Custom Twin Onesies!
One of my girlfriends, Amber, is due with twins in November, and she recently found out she and her husband are going to be blessed with 2 little girls!
I was so stinking excited to go shopping for little girl clothes! I love my boys, but there is nothing, and I mean nothing like shopping for little girlie outfits! I was not disappointed and found some CAH-UTE little things.
But I also wanted to make some things myself.
Be prepared for some serious cuteness!
(You can find this stripflock HTV at Expressions Vinyl! (affiliate link))
I recently purchased some white flocked heat transfer to use with my Silhouette machine and decided now was an excellent time to try it out!
I found 4 cute pink onesies at Walmart (Did you notice the ruffley sleeves? Cute!) to act as the backdrop of my designs.
I came up with 4 fun designs using the fonts on my computer and various images from the Silhouette image library.
The first set of onesies I wanted to make were a big sis/little sis set. I mean really, where are you going to find a big sister onesie for an infant? You pretty much have to make your own!
The for the second set of onesies I wanted something simple and girlie. So I made two variations of "cute as a button" adding various flourishes to the scalloped oval and the buttons.
(Of course my husband looked at these onesies and said "cute as a what??" which made me second guess my design, but I still think they're cute!)
For the final Big Sister/Lil' Sister onesies I tacked on some ribbon bows to the ends of the doily banner. The image of the doily banner has its own ribbons, but they were so small when cut by the Silhouette that they just weren't going to work. I like the real bows better!
Another look at the doily banner.
You can also see how plush the flocked heat transfer is. I love it!
The extra flourishes really add something fun to the cute as a button design.
To help emphasize that the buttons are buttons (*ahem, hubs*) I stitched some pink thread through the "button holes."
And because I was having so much fun with my Silhouette, I decided to use it to help decorate the gift bag, too! I used a little 3-D baby bootie template to make the shoe and threaded pink ribbon through as a lace. I also turned a decorative tag into a card by copying and pasting the tag image next to the original and welding the two together. Then I also cut the tag at a slightly smaller size out of white cardstock so I could write my message to Amber inside the card.
This was too much fun! I can't wait to play with the flocked heat transfer some more. I have many more ideas spinning in my head for it!
These are too cute! I love them!
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Do you say where you purchased your flocked vinyl? I've ordered the regular heat transfer online, but not the flocked ... must.buy.soon 🙂
This is such a great gift idea. I love that you used stripped onesies!! I am hosting a baby linky party this week on my blog and would love if you linked these up!!
babyweeklinky
So cute!!! Love all the details!
LOVE this idea!! And your daughter is absolutely beautiful!! SO cute!!
We host a linky party called "Help a Momma Out" every Tuesday! This would be an awesome link up!! I would love for you to share it! Thanks so much for considering 🙂
Kristine
http://www.jandmseyecandy.blogspot.com
These are just beautiful!
Oh, these are so cute!!! I love the bows you added to the bunting on the the big sister and little sister onesies. Great job!
Get out of here with all of this cuteness!! What a great tutorial...I cannot wait to try this on my silhouette 🙂 Thanks for sharing the images and fonts you used. The ribbon bows you added are the PERFECT touch. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE the 3D baby bootie! I could go on and on Michele! Such a beautiful job 🙂
Michele, these are so SO cute! I love that new font you used. I'm going to have to check this out!
How sweet! I'm sure they'll be treasured and smiled at often.
Congrats to the upcoming new parents too 🙂
Visiting from ShabbyNest Linky Party today 😀
~Suzanne in Illinois
Love them! The flocked fabric is so cool, I'm going to have to try that. And I LOVE, LOVE the little banners, those are just adorable!
So cute! I also have a cousin with twin girls, so this idea is perfect!
I'd love for you to link up with our first Crafts for Under Twenty-Somethings blog party! It's specially for kids and teens crafts, so your post is perfect!
Love your blog!
Melanie
http://bearrabbitbear.blogspot.com/2011/08/crafts-for-under-twenty-somethings.html
These are absolutely adorable! The flocked fabric looks great on them!
These are gorgeous! What lucky little girls!
These are so cute!! I just ordered some heat transfer vinyl to try and this is great inspiration! I need to find the flocked vinyl now. 🙂
These are seriously cute! Your friend is going to absolutely love 'em!
so much cuteness!!!
Oh my gosh Michele! These are so cute - you did a great job with these! I love the extra touches you did with the thread on the buttons and the ribbons on the bunting!!
GAH! Those are so darn cute! I love them! What a great gift!!
Cute! I LOVE the little baby bootie tag!
Simply adorable! I've ordered some heat transfer vinyl but haven't used it yet. 🙂 These turned out so great I might just have to bust out some t-shirts tonight! 🙂
Oh I have silhouette envy! I want one so bad. Sigh......love what you did. She is going to adore them! I knew it was cute as a button right away!
Michelle I love this project... reminds me of the t-shirts we had in the (clearing my throat) '70's. Want to hear more about the silhouette!
Michelle, those are super adorable! I love that you embellished them with ribbon and added thread to the little button. Great idea! Keep them coming.