Easy as Pie “Bread Queen” Personalized Apron

Personalization with vinyl is the easiest way to make a quick, fun gift (not to mention all the organization uses... my heart flutters at the thought!).  The ability to do this at any time for minimal cost is something I'm really going to miss about my job.  I made this apron for my friend BJ, who is a culinary arts major and self-proclaimed Bread Queen, and I'm really happy with the way it turned out.  She and I are are members of the same social club at school, and our colors are red and yellow, which explains the...

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Homemade Holidays: Sweet Little Shirts

I knocked out another Christmas gift yesterday, albeit a fairly easy one.  The hardest part was deciding which animals in which colors to put on the shirts. Runners up are: a fat grizzly bear, a sweet kitten, and a flamingo.  I was also debating about lime green on the teal shirt and pink on the purple shirt, but that was Too Much.  So I decided on a silver unicorn and weenie dog because they have the coolest silhouettes. These sweet little shirts are for my younger sister Dawsen, who just turned four.

The unicorn is part of the font...

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A Bundle of Birthdays

It seems like everyone I know has a birthday in October or November. These are just the beginning of what will probably be tons of birthday and (yikes!) Christmas presents that I should be completing over the next couple of months. What three year old boy doesn't love dinosaurs?  I was very proud when he opened his gift and recognized the triceratops and t-rex immediately!  To make these sweet shirts, I simply ironed heat-set vinyl that I cut out in dinosaur shapes (found at Dinosaurcentral.com) on to simple long-sleeved Garanimals shirts.

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