Sharpie Project: Polaroid SX-70 Skin

If I had to boil down my creative life this spring, Polaroid and Sharpie would be the two things that really define it. So what could be better than a project that brings both together? Inspired by Cori Kindred and Elsie Flannigan's camera makeovers, I decided that my SX-70, which was definitely well-loved in it's past life if all of the nicks and scratches in its leather skin are any indication, needed a new look.

This makeover is slightly different than Cori's and Elsie's - Cori covered her SX-70 in vintage wallpaper, and Elsie decorated her Holga with paint. I used contact paper for mine, and gave the skin a personal touch with Sharpies. I love that I can easily remove and replace the contact paper in case I decide that I want to do something different. I used an SX-70 skin template provided by SDZN, but if you would like to try it on a different type of camera, I think it would be easy to make your own template - just traces the parts that you want to cover onto the contact paper and cut them out.

Yay, I love it!

(PS - there's a Sharpie giveaway coming up a bit later!!)