Make a Custom Shirt

For years I've been making custom t-shirts. Partly because I worked in a t-shirt store in high school I found it was easy to do. Iron-On's have come a long way. Especially with the use of your computer/printer and transfer paper. First you want to buy yourself a plain colored t-shirt. Then buy the transfer sheets. The one I used for this project was for dark colored fabric, but they also make one especially for light colors. I could have used that, but since I already had the dark transfer paper, I went with this. Worked fine. Next you need to find a graphic on your computer you want to copy. Print it out according to the directions. Cut, Press on to the shirt covered with the special tissue paper the kit comes with and within minutes you have yourself a new shirt. I make Maddie a turkey shirt with the same print I used for the plate in her room. It's just so darn cute. I took some pictures of the process I went through to create her shirt. But please READ the directions on the package first before doing anything. I would do a test run, just so you have the hang of it.

Crazy for Rubber Bands

It's all the rage. Kids out here are just crazy for these rubber bands and they are flying off the shelves. Stores can't keep them in stock. These crazy bands come in all sorts of colors and shapes. The kids pile them up their arms and wear as many as the can. Kinda like those jelly or friendship bracelets back in the day. This is the new thing that they all want now.







You wear them like this and then some.



Jared has his and wears them proud.



Is this sweeping the nation or is this just a Kentucky thing?

Plaid is Rad

Brittany is in love with plaid stuff this year. She has a lot of shirts, but now it's spilling over into her shoes and purse. It's very matching. We didn't even buy all this at the same time. They are from different stores and everyone is carrying the black & white is pattern.



It reminds me of our old floor to tell you the truth. It's better on Brittany though.

I prefer her the prettier plaid/stripe shirts she wears. Here is just a few she's got in her closet.



They call it Boyfriend Flannel shirts sometimes.



She loves it and it's back in style again. It seems every decade they bring it into fashion. I was telling her that I wore this type of checkered shirts when I was in the 8th grade. I have pictures of me in photo albums wearing it. It's funny that she's in the same grade and all these years later it's what is hot. HA!