The "Do it Yourself" DIY Shirt!  So, my daughter (11) is a hilarious artist! She doodled this little guy on a paper... He's balding and yelling "do it yourself!" We thought it was hilarious and worthy of a DIY t-shirt! I scanned her art into photoshop and then traced all the lines on a new layer. It's just so hard to get clean/crisp lines from sketchy lines...so it was a little labor intensive.  Then I deleted the image and left my traced image.   Saved it off and imported it into Silhouette Studio. Then it's just as simple as tracing and selecting cut lines. (more silhouette details on this tutorial ) Now lay out the heat transfer material on the cutting mat. (I'm using flocked) Reverse the image if you have text (since it cuts from the backside) Then have it cut according to Silhouette directions. Weed the excess vinyl Place on shirt and cover with a tea towel and iron on high for a couple minutes. Once i...

 DIY Mother's Charms for Floating Locket Necklace! This is the perfect custom gift idea for the mother in your life!  Hilarious little shrunken heads in a locket!  You will need: Grafix Shrink Film, Printable, White Inkjet, 6-Pack  Scissors Oven or toaster oven Floating Charm Locket Pendant Necklace with Snake Chain I got mine from Doreenbeads.com , they have a big selection of Floating Lockets ! It's easy.  Just find some adorable pictures of your future charms. I used photoshop to select their head shape and lay it out to print. They need to measure about 3/4 inch tall...they will shrink to about 1/4 inch. I went with an updo hairstyle for my daughter...I think it's easier than cutting long hair. Your choice.  Cut around all the little heads. Place them on a parchment lined baking sheet with the picture side up! Then bake in the oven at 350* ...watch them! They will curl up and then flatten out...then they are done. Takes 3-5 ...