I’ve been having a wonderful time on Pinterest lately and have found many many {probably too many} crafting projects I would love to do. Since Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, I’ve been focusing my efforts on crafts and decor products for that day. I thought I’d tackle making my own subway art, as my walls are a little bare these days after removing all the holiday decorations.

Since I don’t have Adobe Photoshop or other similar program, I searched around online for an appropriate program to use. I found that I could do the type of font work and layouts I wanted using Google Docs Presentation software {free} which is my kind of program! I have a color printer and along with some cardstock I was able to create several pieces that I was really happy with.

To start off, I opened Google Docs. Then I chose the “presentation” option from the menu that says “create”. It was really very easy to create the subway art. I started by making a list of words related to Valentine’s day (love, sweetheart, be mine, valentine, etc.). Then I entered each word as “word art” and chose a different font and color for each one. I basically just played around with the layout until I was happy with it. I tried rotating images 90 degrees so the words would go down the sides. I added a few hearts for some contrast. I changed up font styles, sizes, and colors for visual interest. Here is the original color one that I did.

One really cool trick I discovered was that you could easily duplicate slides. So I did the first subway art using different colors for words. When I was finished I duplicated the slide and then changed all the fonts to white and changed the background colors. I finally decided that I liked the light pink background, but an all gray one looked really nice too. Seriously, this was a really simple project to do and the great thing is that I can now create subway art for any occasion. After I decided which subway art print I liked the best, I printed it on my printer and framed it in a basic black frame {dollar store frame}. The possibilities for this are really endless, as you can easily resize and create a variety of prints for any frame size.

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