.:Review & Giveaway–Cricut Mini:.

A couple of months ago I had the opportunity to visit the Cricut headquarters for an intimate blogging event.

I came away excited, full of ideas, oh, and also with a Cricut Mini in hand.

It’s okay to be jealous.

I had just the project in mind for my new toy. Our new house has a long skinny window right by our front door, which offers anyone who comes a-knockin’ a lovely peek into our new abode. I’ve seen the faux frosted windows online before, made using Contact paper, so I figured that would be a good fix to toning down on the view inside.

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At the blogger night, the good people from Cricut showed us their new manuals. Seriously. Doesn’t that alone make you want a Cricut Mini?

There’s something about nice, creative packaging that gets me every.single.time.

The instructions are super clear and easy to follow, and Cricut even includes the materials for you to complete your first project right away – a thank you tag! Score!

So after breaking out my machine, I took a look at that super clear, super open window.

I measured how many inches wide it is.

The window is about six inches wide, so I needed to make my design six inches wide.

I downloaded Cricut Craft Room and opened up the program.

I went to the Cricut Elegant cartridge and chose this shape. I dragged it up to the work space. I sized it to about 2” x 2”.

 

Then I copied the shape, and dragged it next to my first shape. When the edges touch, a little window pops up and asks if you want to weld the shapes together.

I made a row of three, welded together.

Then I copied and pasted that the length of my work space; I was able to fit five on the page.

Next I cut a piece of contact paper the size of the cutting mat. I put it on the mat with the paper backing side down.

Then I clicked ‘cut’ in the software. A window pops up and you choose what type of medium you are working with (I chose vinyl for the contact paper) and it tells you what to set your blade and pressure at.

I love that you can change those settings without having to remove the blade!

Once it was cut, I peeled off the design and started placing it on the window.

I just continued down, placing them by hand.

It’s certainly not perfect, but I don’t think you can really tell that much.

I love it!

And the view from the outside.

I think it looks pretty awesome! And I love that I can take it off and do a new design if I ever want to!

Well, I’m about to make someone’s day.

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** Disclaimer: I was provided with a Cricut Mini, but was in no way obligated to gush about it on my blog. I just had to because I really think it's great!

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