With a new house, comes lots and lots of new “To-Do’s”.  Lucky for us the curb appeal of our new place is quite nice.  The former owners had wonderful landscaping.  There are just a few things I wanted to do to tweak the look.

First up, the mailbox.

It’s old, its been painted, it’s old, and it is a bit outdated. Now replacing the mailbox is not on the Top 10 things we want to get done. It’s not hurting anything but needs a bit of love.

I cracked out my Silhouette Cameo (Cammie—yes I named her) and some permanent (outdoor) vinyl and got to work.

As you can see from the blow image, I played around with several different borders before I settled on one.  To make the borders I just used a tag outline I liked and duplicated it and resized one of the images slightly smaller.  Next I added the numbers in the center.  I like to also put rectangle cut boxes around my shapes.  I find it is easer to week the extra vinyl out and also it seems to make it easier to use the remaining vinyl on my sheet and not waste!

When I cut my vinyl, I just changed all those borders at the bottom to “No Cut” so Cammie just ignored them!  I just wanted you to see some of the options you can do!

Next up, I cleaned up the surface of the mailbox to get rid of any dirt (and bird poop) so that the vinyl would adhere well.

Using transfer paper, I placed the pretty border numbers on the side without the flag. They measure roughly 4 x 6 inches.  I was sure to rub them down really well, especially on the larger one because my mailbox is ridged.

I peeled away the transfer paper, rubbed down the vinyl again and now she’s pretty!

I placed the small numbers without a border on the front. They measure roughly 1.25 x 3 inches.

There!  The old outdated mailbox is brightened up a bit!  Now everyone coming to our house for the first time can find it easily!   I have to say these look so much better than those giant block-like reflective numbers you get from the hardware store!  I might be bias though!

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UPDATE:  Don’t have a machine to cut these with?  No problem!  I have added these Vinyl Mailbox Numbers to my SHOP!  I hope you come check them out.  Great for housewarming gifts!  I can cut them in black or white vinyl!