{"id":1297,"date":"2015-07-26T16:42:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T21:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mightylittlelibrarian.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2015-09-08T12:42:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T17:42:30","slug":"library-wall-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mightylittlelibrarian.com\/?p=1297","title":{"rendered":"Library Wall Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three years ago during July of 2012, I posted about our library wall quotes<\/a> and word cloud<\/a> that I put up when we moved into the new library. Just three years later, and I felt like it was time for a change.<\/p>\n

For the past several years, the library has been decked out in neon colors and zebra print, which I loved and has been a lot of fun. A few things lead me to the decision to redecorate the library. First, I was lucky enough to hear Erin Klein<\/a> speak at the Arkansas Association of\u00c2\u00a0Instructional Media<\/a> conference this spring. Erin also did a TL Virtual Cafe webinar on Classroom Cribs.<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0She talks a lot about creating an inviting space where all students feel welcome and comfortable. Although my students absolutely loved our library as it was, I knew that I could do more to make it more appealing to both genders and not so “girly.” I’m also currently reading Dave Burgess’ book Teach Like a Pirate<\/a>. He talks a great deal about incorporating your passions into your teaching practice as much as possible. I took inspiration from both of these awesome educators and decided to revamp the library with a travel theme — anyone who knows me knows that I’m passionate about travel. Plus reading and travel are a perfect pairing, don’t you think?<\/p>\n

So now for the part that everyone’s curious about — “How did you do those awesome wall quotes?!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our PTO purchased a Cricut Expression<\/a> machine years ago. I used it the first time we put up quotes. It is great for cutting vinyl and crafting with card stock.<\/p>\n

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Purchasing a USB cable and downloading Cricut Craft Room<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0saved me a lot of time in the layout and cutting process, but this is still VERY time consuming. I brought the machine home and cut out the quotes over the course of about a week — and I spent MANY hours working on it during that time.<\/p>\n

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I prefer to use the 12×24 mat and order sheets of vinyl that size from ExpressionsVinyl.com<\/a>. They have a large selection of colors and I’ve been more than pleased every time I order from them.<\/p>\n

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In the picture above, you can see that blade of the Cricut wasn’t set very deep — it didn’t cut through the backing, just the vinyl. When I cut out the quotes, I had it cut deeper so I could lay out the quotes and make sure none of the letters are missing.<\/p>\n

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It’s kind of crazy how trying to fit as many letters as possible on a sheet and make sure you end up with all of the right words and punctuation can blow your mind!<\/p>\n

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I’ve purchased the vinyl transfer paper before, but never actually used it. Instead, we invested in this handy little laser level<\/a>. We use 3M Command Strips to stick it to the wall and shoot a line.<\/p>\n

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Then the letters go up one by one.<\/p>\n

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They peel back up from the wall pretty easily without tearing if you have to adjust them…which you will. Often.<\/p>\n

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I spent pretty much an entire day up on the ladder putting up the quotes with the help of my awesome mom. I’m so happy with how they all turned out!<\/p>\n

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I went with these five travel and reading themed quotes…I love each one of them dearly and hope they will speak to my students, too.<\/p>\n

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We even changed some of the font and color of the words in the word cloud above the circulation desk.<\/p>\n

The finishing touches on the rest of the space are still underway and I can’t wait to post again soon with the rest of the details!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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