Here’s a quick and easy photo tutorial that illustrates how to apply a die cut vinyl decal to your laptop.

Prepare

You will need masking tape & a credit card or squeegee and a clean laptop (no seriously, clean it before you stick a decal on it). Your vinyl laptop decal is sandwiched between a white backing paper and a top layer of clear transfer tape. Lay the decal on a flat surface, graphic side down. Press firmly over the entire decal with the edge of a credit card. (You are re-activating the bond between the decal and the clear transfer tape.)

Tape

Place your decal face up on top of your laptop. Use a few pieces of tape to make a hinge across one edge of the decal & laptop. Make sure your decal is positioned the way you’d like it to be applied. I’m holding up my mac in this photo to show the tape acting as a hinge – it’s wrapped over the edge and all the way to the back of the laptop.

Peel

Once your decal is taped down on one edge, you’re going to peel up the clear top layer of transfer tape – the decal will stick to this layer. Note: If pieces of the decal aren’t transferring, then lay the transfer tape back down & smooth over with a credit card – and use a little elbow grease this time.

After the decal has been transferred completely to the clear tape, you can discard the white backing paper.

Apply

Hold the decal & transfer tape layer taut with one hand and slowly use your credit card to press down on the decal, taking one light stroke all the way down the center.

Apply the rest of the decal by starting at the center and working your way out to the edges of the decal. Finish the application by rubbing over the entire graphic to remove any air bubbles.

More Peeling

Remove the tape hinge & gently peel back that clear transfer tape. Tip: Don’t pull straight up on the transfer tape, try to keep your hand down low, close to your computer & pull back slowly.

Finished!

Removing your design is easy! Just peel up a corner of the decal and slowly remove it. My laptop decals generally leave very little residue behind, just make sure you are peeling the decal off while the laptop is cold.

Questions about the process? Send me an email!
Feel free to check out the wall decal application tutorial as well.
P.S. You can find this weeping willow laptop decal in the shop.

Just a few quick updates..

February was far more busy than I had thought it might be (this is a good thing!). I’ve got a few different projects swirling around this site right now that I’ll be introducing probably toward the end of the week, along with heaps more customer decal photos and photo tutorial for laptop decal applications.

I’ve been searching high and low for a lifestream app or plugin to add to this site – something to consolidate and share all of the social websites that are so popular right now. I haven’t found what I’m looking for at this point, but it’s definitely a priority.

Photo credits: Lion & Lamb

Happy Valentine’s Day.

[This is the final day of the ArtLove Project.]

Wikipedia has a fairly large list of flower meanings here.

The above photo is an origami paper lily that I folded (directions found here). The original plan was to make paper roses — but I couldn’t find any detailed directions with super clear diagrams and it turns out they are quite difficult to make. I thought if I could make paper cranes, that I’d be able to knock out a few roses with no problem. This was not the case. :-)

This is day 13 of the 14 days of love illustrated. You can read more about the ArtLove Project here.

The above photo is of a glossy black laser cut & engraved acrylic charm I had made. It’s relatively small – less than 2 inches wide.

This is day 12 of the 14 days of love illustrated. You can read more about the ArtLove Project here.

Wing it. 3.5 x 5.5inches. Mixed Media on Gray Cardstock

LIMBO – Uncertainty. A transitional state. The waiting game. (Just for reference, I’m talking about the literal meaning) Being in limbo literally means not knowing the outcome of something. Waiting for something to occur.

I think in terms of relationships, a little bit of (short term) limbo is a good thing. It’s excitement, or maybe tension. People crave that to a certain degree, I think.

It’s that moment of flight or fight. Leap & have faith that the net shall appear. All great things come at great risk. Fortune favors the brave. Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.

This is day 11 of the 14 days of love illustrated. You can read about the ArtLove Project here.

Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence. ~David Byrne

I really like the idea that people have a whole greyscale of love emotionality to be shared with the world. A heart is not a finite resource to be hoarded & kept secret. It is best reused often & shared with many.

The above photo collage is a collection of recycled junk mail paper heart cutouts laid out on black textured construction paper. Tweaked a wee bit in photoshop.

This is day 10! You can more about the artlove project here.

You can go here to read about: The ArtLove Project.

You can check out this post to read about: The ArtLove Project.