Little Prince Party Blog Hop

Happy April!!

Can you believe we are in April already??  Today is day two for this Super fun blog hop hosted by Jessica from homespun elegance.  If you are coming from Jodi you are in the right spot! If you want to start at the beginning, click HERE!  I am the last stop on today's hop but there is another day of all new designers tomorrow so be sure to visit homespun elegance again tomorrow :-)

1. STARTS AT: www.homespunelegance.blogspot.com
2. Mindi Palmer http://www.scrappintoxicmidge.blogspot.com/
3. Mandee Gillen  http://www.thescrappinlounge.com
4. JulieK  http://3girljam.blogspot.com/
5. Meriah Hamlin - www.twoscraptasticgals.blogspot . com
6. Laurie http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com
7. Miranda www.nanasscrapspot.com
8. Jodi Ethington - www.talkingtwineandtrim.blogspot.com/
9. Rebekah Ostrus - http://craftyteachermom.blogspot.com   YOU ARE HERE!

I  am a proud mommy to two little princes and I couldn't figure out what I wanted to share with you, so I chose 3 projects :-)

The first is a Spiderman card I made for a birthday party we were invited to last weekend.

I found this Spiderman jpeg on the internet and used my silhouette to print and cut the design.  The spiderweb and 5 are from my silhouette.  It's kind of hard to see but I heat embossed the spiderweb to make it have a glistening effect.  The "make a wish" sentiment is from Pink by Design (I design for them!)

My next project is a type that I do a lot!  I love to print designs on heat transfer paper and make custom t-shirts for my boys and their friends :-)  

These adorable Avengers are the creations of Lisa over at Pretty Papers, Pretty Ribbons.  The font for the name is called Masked Marvel.  The printable transfers I use are June Tailor.  I print and cut them using my silhouette and then iron it on.  Super easy but a great personalized gift :-)

The last project I have for you today involves some sewing.  I will be the first to tell you that I am a beginner when it comes to sewing.  I get an idea in my head and then I just try to put it together on my own (which is what I did here).  I wanted to make something I could carry along in the car for my little guys that would keep them busy when  they get bored.  

Here it is folded up

The inside

The storage

I found some super cute white boards in the $ spot at Target, along with mini dry erase markers and erasers.  The pocket on the left holds the whiteboard and a few other books and the right side has compartments to the hold the markers, eraser and a hotwheel or two.  They don't take up much room at all!  It cost me less than $5 to make both of them because it doesn't take much material.  I don't have step by step instructions because I honestly just made it up as I went.  If anyone is interested I can try to write out the dimensions and how I put it together :-)

Blog Candy!

If you become a follower and leave a comment, I am giving away the "Dots for Sure" from Unity Stamps! (unfortunately due to shipping, US addresses only)

Thanks for hopping with us today! Don't forget to head back to Jessica's blog tomorrow for day 3 of this awesome hop! Lots of prizes are up for grabs :-)  You have until April 5th at Midnight CST to enter the giveaways.  I will be picking a random winner and posting it April 6th so please leave a way for me to contact you!

~Rebekah

Angry Birds Personalized T-Shirts

Hi!
Today I have a project for you that I am super excited about.  Recently, my 3 and 4 year olds have become obsessed with Angry Birds on my husband's iPad.  I am not exactly thrilled that they are wanting to play video games this young so I limit them to 10 minutes each for the whole day.  Well, we were at the water park today and my 3 year old spotted an Angry Birds beach towel and was so excited.  He knows I can make stuff so he said "make me one please???"  Melted my heart and I told him I could make him a t-shirt.

I found Angry Birds jpegs on my computer and put them into my Silhouette Software.  I had to trace and detach them before I made them the size I wanted.  I found a font that looks exactly like angry birds font called "Feast of Flesh" (that sounds really nice, doesn't it!?)  You can get it for free at dafont.com. I adjusted everything the way I wanted it and left my son's name white so it would show up really nice on a black shirt.

I used the print and cut feature of my silhouette for this project.  I made sure it was set for standard size paper, added the registration marks, made sure my cut lines were correct, and then I printed it onto "June Tailor Dark T-Shirt Transfer paper" that I found at Michaels.  I then cut it on my silhouette.  I used the light print paper settings which keeps your blade at one and clicked for it to double cut.

I followed the iron on directions and voila!!!!!

I finished it just before bedtime and my little guy's face just lit up!  He said "Thank you Mommy!" and ran to show his daddy and brother.  He asked if he could wear it and I told him "as soon as he wakes up" ;-) He wanted me to take his picture holding it up!

Of course I had to make my 4 year old one too!  He hasn't seen it yet because it wasn't quite ready when he went to bed!

I do have the silhouette files and would be happy to email them to you if you would like!  Leave me a comment with your email address and I will get it out to you!

Have a great day!

~Rebekah
P.S. I found the shirts at Michaels, and they are 4 for $10 right now!