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 Posted - October 11 2010 : 7:32:20 PM
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Okay - billboards come in all shapes & sizes. I often pick up gift cards that I like just because I like the looks of them. I am paring down the number of things I collect, and I was thinking about this. The other night I had a thought - what if I made billboards out of some of the gift cards that I really like? The current Monopoly Arch Card is one I really like.
What I'm looking for is something I could put the cards into - maybe a particular frame? I could put lighting, legs, etc. on the frame and turn it into a billboard. The neat thing is that I could then display some of the really neat cards that I have saved over the years, even change them out - and thus integrate two things I like. Any suggestions? A standard gift card is 3 3/8" x 2 1/8". I'd like just a really small preferably metal frame that I can buy in quantity, or other suggestions. The cards need to be able to come out if necessary.
Thanks!
Rus
Starting my Tyco and other favorites collection over again after 37 years.
My still in progress list of inventory and wantlist: tyconut.com
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Posted - October 11 2010 : 8:03:34 PM
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Hey TycoNut, Good to hear from you again!
Walt
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Posted - October 11 2010 : 10:37:44 PM
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Some people have little plastic holders to put their debit/credit cards in. It's basically a thin plastic rectangle with a hinged plastic strip on the top for the card to slide in to. You could probably modify a few of those to look like billboards. They wouldn't be metal, but a little metallic paint would probably look good.
Other than that, the only other thing I could think of would be to buy some of the brass wire/metal sheets they sell at hobby shops and scratch-build something.
Hope that gave you some ideas
cheez
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