Well now you can roll your own with one single trip to the local Arts and Crafts store like
Michaels. With the help of Self-Adhesive covering that comes in a variety of colors by packages of 5 sheets measuring 8.5" x 11" from the Con-Tact brand ( cost about $6 USD ). Also the same stuff is available in rolls, which were more expensive. I picked Metallic to cover up that huge hole where the LCD used to be in this gutted GB to Synth project. You too can make something that
looks like this minus the scary holographic eyes. While at the store I found a bunch of other cool stuff like a clear grid plastic ruler which will be super duper helpful when it comes to making those switch holes and also some type-writer button looking stickers. So don't be afraid to travel outside your local Goodwill into more expensive hobby boutiques, never know you will find to help better your creations.
Well now you can roll your own with one single trip to the local Arts and Crafts store like Michaels. With the help of Self-Adhesive covering that comes in a variety of colors by packages of 5 sheets measuring 8.5" x 11" from the Con-Tact brand ( cost about $6 USD ). Also the same stuff is available in rolls, which were more expensive. I picked Metallic to cover up that huge hole where the LCD used to be in this gutted GB to Synth project. You too can make something that looks like this minus the scary holographic eyes. While at the store I found a bunch of other cool stuff like a clear grid plastic ruler which will be super duper helpful when it comes to making those switch holes and also some type-writer button looking stickers. So don't be afraid to travel outside your local Goodwill into more expensive hobby boutiques, never know you will find to help better your creations.
1 Comments:
At 1/31/2006 02:39:20 AM, captainmarmalade said…
a while back i picked up some of that adhesive backed white paper for printing my own sticker labels instead of using a labelmaker. it seemed expensive at the time (around $12) cause i got it from staples, but for the past 2 years i've had the same pad of sheets cause each project will only use around 1 sheet of paper. the excess strips and other pieces lying around also get used to label wires when bending or setting up external connector jacks. i'm sure this stuff can be picked up from an ebay store or somewhere online for cheaper, but i needed it in a hurry at the time. there's also the route of getting a sticker maker (which i also got, but for free). the only thing about that is that you have to get the refill cartriges which can cost you.
-captainmarmalade
p.s. i can't remember where, but a few years ago i looked into having custom stickers made. there was an online form to fill out for some free samples. filled out the form and an envelope full of assorted sample sticker backings (like the ones mentioned in this post) were sent. but there were A LOT of cool ones. they were all about 3 x 5" or somewhere around that... but i can't remember what the url was
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