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Monday, April 9, 2012

Sweet Cherry Towels

I love anything with cherries on it for the summertime.  I love the vibrant red against a white background.  Something about it has a happy feeling of a moment in time that has long since passed. 
 First of all, I have not learned Photoshop (yet!) so what you see here is literally cut and pasted with my two little hands and a pair of scissors.  Yep, it was done the old fashioned way.  I printed out the French typography image of my choice from the Graphics Fairy and sized it in Wordpad to fit my towels, which, by the way, I purchased at Target.  They come in a package of four and the package was $4.  Then I used another Graphics Fairy image of the cherries and made a smaller image to superimpose over my typography.  I cut those out very carefully, positioned the cherries image over the script and made a reverse color copy of the two images together on my color printer.  Then I printed that onto my Avery light weight iron on transfer paper and ironed it on.  The result is magnifique!  Two pretty towels ready for a summer luncheon.
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13 comments:

NanaDiana said...

Oh- I love it! I am not techy at all either and do a lot of my stuff the "old fashioned way". You did a great job- Did you know that we live in the Cherry capital of the US? Door County is full of cherries and festivals, etc. xo Diana

Rhissanna said...

That's a really lovely design, and yes, cherries are perfect symbols of Summer.

Laurel Stephens said...

These are charming. I love the bright red cherries over the typography.

Susie said...

Maggie, That sure is pretty. So ready for Summertime. I like cherry prints too, but I do not have anything like that. Smiles, Susie(She Junks)

Anne said...

Maggie,
This is so pretty.I am so ready for an afternoon outside.
Anne

Kim @ French Country Antiques said...

These are so precious! I like the old-fashioned way of doing things!

Heart Vintage Design said...

I love your towels : )

Beth said...

These look so fresh and summery! You did a wonderful job on the design choices and placement.

Unknown said...

Gorgeous! I would love if you link your creation to the French party on Monday!
XO
http://lechateaudesfleurs.blogspot.com/

Rupa said...

Came here via GF. You did an amazing job of "collaging" it by hand and transferring the image to towels. FYI..I don't know enough about PS either but I recently found out you can do a lot of collage/changing colors etc in MS Word 2010. Until then, I honestly hated Word 2010 but now I love it for being able to fade backgrounds, create collage, change to b/w in a second or sepia etc. Hope you give it a try :)

SwedishCorner ~ DownUnder...Pernilla said...

Lovely!
...looks very summery.
Visiting from Feathered Nest Friday :)

Greetings from Australia♥
~Pernilla

Diane said...

How very pretty the towels turn out to be. I pinned your tutorial to share with others. Diane

Donna@Conghaile Cottage said...

LOVE,LOVE,LOVE them!!! I am SO IMPRESSED! I'm making a mental note to make these "OR AT LEAST TRY"!!! OK, I'm going to have to write that note down BECAUSE I "REALLY WANT THESE"!
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing,
They are wonderful
Have a great weeks end,
Donna