While they are still young, Lindsey wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to have a joint birthday party for her two boys. She chose a pirate theme and we had fun coming up with a few items for the big day.
I had some fun with the wording!
Lastly, I created t-shirt graphics for Tyler and Cameron.
It's not easy to read, but they say "Aarrg matey, I'm Captain Cam" and "Captain Ty" and their age is printed on the skull's eye patch. I love how they turned out!!
Happy birthday Cam and Ty!
For his 4th birthday, Nathan wanted to go with a fun robots theme. His mommy, Cari also asked me to make sure we incorporate a lot of orange, Nathan's favorite color.
Cari is a photographer and was gracious enough to take some great photos from his party. I love how everything turned out!
Food signs... loose screws, spare parts, mega bytes... there was also robot fuel, nuts & bolts, and fuel cells.
Cari wrapped juice boxes in aluminum foil and adhered the robot parts that I designed to each box, turning them into miniature robots.
Nathan's birthday t-shirt!
Favor tags. I love the striped bags!
Pennant banner.
Lastly, we created this fun sign for the front door. In case you didn't know what the password was...
Happiest of birthdays Nathan!!
My grandparents were celebrating their 90th birthdays and their 67th wedding anniversary. Our entire family made the trek to Kansas City to celebrate with them. Because it was the biggest event we were celebrating since their 50th anniversary, my aunts asked me to create an invitation to commemorate the occasion. It also served as a way to let guests know what get-togethers were happening throughout the course of the weekend.
I used Cobalt pocketfolds from Cards and Pockets and learned that six is the maximum amount of inserts that will fit into the pocket when they are printed on card stock.
I created wraparound address labels for matching envelopes and each pocketfold was held closed with a circle of the patterned paper.
For her 3rd birthday, Clara wanted a dinosaur theme and her mommy, Kelly made it happen! Kelly had already purchased a birthday t-shirt for Clara that had orange gingham on it, so we continued that pattern on a few items.
In addition to the invitation, we also did a pennant banner.
The food signs (below) and the favor tags (above) were the same tags, I just sent a writable file to Kelly so she could type whatever she wanted into the space and then print them. Mmmm, I want a Nutella lava cake!
Lastly we did a single circle with the number three done in the same gingham pattern from the other items.
Happy happy birthday Clara!
Designing a custom t-shirt for your birthday party is simple; we work together to make a design that you're happy with and coordinates with whatever theme you have in mind. If we are also creating invitations and other printed items, then the graphics can match.
Recommendations:
First, choose t-shirts that are 100% cotton. It's recommended to prewash them to account for any shrinkage and then iron the shirt to create a smooth surface before you being adding the graphic.
Iron-on fabric transfer paper is available at most office supply and craft stores. Choose the paper that is appropriate for the shirt you're using. It's available for both light and dark shirts. The dark shirt paper can work on light shirts, but the light shirt paper will not work on dark t-shirts.
To adhere the graphic to a t-shirt, print the design onto iron-on paper. Please note whether the directions specify that you print a mirror image of the graphic. Typically paper designed for light fabrics requires a mirror image print.
Carefully cut out the design and then iron it onto the shirt following the directions that came with the paper.
If you would like to have your t-shirt graphic professionally printed onto a t-shirt please don't hesitate to ask me for a quote. I have worked with a couple of small shops that can do professionally screened t-shirts with custom graphics.