Phase 1 of operation fire truck birthday party is complete!
I’ve been working in all of my spare time on drawing a fun antique fire truck that I can use on the little guy’s birthday t-shirt and other birthday related items.
And its finally done!
I printed it out in its final form on some heat transfer paper.
(The same paper I used in this project.)
Ummmmm… Anyone see anything wrong with this picture??
Since this is an iron on, the wording should all be backwards!
So I double checked that I had made a mirror of the image in my drawing program and tried again (thus the same image twice on the same sheet of paper again).
Yeah… still printing the wrong way.
So I flipped the image back the it would look normally and tried to print again…
SUCCESS!!
Apparently my computer and printer are smarter than me.
Since I had the printer set to heat transfer paper, it automatically reversed the image for me!
So I went about doing a quick and dirty cut out of the firetruck and letters with my trusty X-acto knife. You can see the edges are pretty rough and some of the white is showing.
No worries! I’m putting it on a white shirt so it will never be seen!
Finished product!!
Did you notice the #2 on the door? That’s for little man turning two and he can still wear it until he gets too big for it because its not necessarily birthday specific.
Only problem with this shirt now? Its a long sleeve shirt. 🙁
Its all I could find, and I was in a hurry to get this project done so I could share it with you!
But my mom has assured me she can make this into a short sleeve shirt without problem (I’m sewing challenged!). So yay!!
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So the reason this post is so late coming today is that the hubs and I have been out of town for the weekend celebrating our anniversary. 7 years, baby!!
And what should we spy during our travels??
These two FANTABULOUS antique fire trucks sitting in the parking lot of a small town fire station! We HAD to stop and take photos. I just know we can use these in the little guy’s bedroom makeover. *squeal!*
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And I’m excited to say that, do to popular demand (okay, at least two of you!) I now have this antique fire truck design available in my Etsy shoppe. Its available in .jpg format so that you can easily crop and resize.
Kara @ Mine for the Making says
September 15, 2011 at 2:40 PMSo stinkin’ cute! Love how you personalized the fire truck 🙂 The antique trucks you took a pic of are SO COOL and would look great in his room makeover!!!
Thanks for linking up to DIY Diva Thursdays, Michele 🙂
Nina @ Momma Go Round says
August 13, 2010 at 8:05 PMFor my 3rd comment on this shirt….Thanks so much for linking up! Obviously I love this shirt and I’m so happy it was part of the party today!
Nina
http://www.mommagoround.blogspot.com
Leslie says
August 11, 2010 at 1:51 AMLove your HOT t-shirt! Happy late anniversary! Thanks for linking up to Hoo’s got talent!
Becca says
August 7, 2010 at 11:40 PMSuch a cute project. I can’t tell you how many iron on sheets I go through with the whole mirror image thing. Glad to know I’m not alone. Thanks for linking up!
Becca
becca-homeiswheremystorybegins.blogspot.com
Becca says
August 7, 2010 at 11:40 PMSuch a cute project. I can’t tell you how many iron on sheets I go through with the whole mirror image thing. Glad to know I’m not alone. Thanks for linking up!
Becca
becca-homeiswheremystorybegins.blogspot.com
Nina @ Momma Go Round says
August 7, 2010 at 12:52 AMSo I know I already told you how much I LOVE this shirt….but thought I would let you know I’m having a t-shirt linky party next Friday. I really hope you’ll link this one up…it’s adorable!
http://www.mommagoround.blogspot.com
jennoreilly says
August 6, 2010 at 7:41 PMmy almost 2 year old is in love with firetrucks too. He saw one at the grocery store a few weeks ago and now it’s all he can talk about!!!
Here from TidyMom, happy weekend!
FrouFrouBritches says
August 6, 2010 at 2:34 PMThat is absolutely precious! What a lucky boy!
[email protected] with power tools says
August 4, 2010 at 10:14 AMVisiting from Whoo’s.. and I love this!! So cute, I’ve gotta get some heat transfer paper-
Candace @ Candace Creations says
August 4, 2010 at 12:42 AMThat is SO adorable! Great drawing I love it! And that picture is too perfect!
Amber says
August 3, 2010 at 5:34 PMI linked over from Tip Junkie….what a cute shirt! My son turns 1 at the end of this month and we are having his party at the Hall of Flame Museum (it’s a museum of antique & foreign firetrucks in Phoenix, AZ…. http://www.hallofflame.org). Anyway, I’m heading over to your Etsy shop right now to purchase the file. Love it!
Amy says
August 3, 2010 at 2:20 PMThis is so cute! My little man loves fire trucks and firemen. Thanks for sharing your cool project!
Alison says
August 2, 2010 at 5:32 PMWOW!! Michele, this is incredible!! You drew this picture?! I don’t know the first thing about heat transfer paper, but perhaps I’ll have to look into this. I am impressed! You are definitely going to have to post pics of your little man wearing it!
[email protected] Not Just Paper and Glue says
August 2, 2010 at 4:24 PMIsnt’ that the most adorable little shirt! You are awesome!!!
Liz @ LivingMySweetLife says
August 2, 2010 at 12:52 PMhow adorable!! That is the cutest truck! and hooray for awesome mom’s who can help!
Jami says
August 2, 2010 at 9:13 AMYou are awesome! That truck is gorgeous! You must have some fun ideas for wrapping gifts, too! I hope you’ll stop by my PRETTY PACKAGES PARTY and share some of your talent! Be sure to grab a button for a reminder!
http://blackberryvine.blogspot.com/2010/08/first-ever-pretty-packages-party.html
smiles!
Nina @ Momma Go Round says
August 2, 2010 at 12:34 AMSo cool! I did a Mod Monkey shirt for my son’s bday. It was so fun to have a themed shirt for the party….and your’s is just adorable!
Love the antique trucks too! A great photo of those would be super cool in his room 🙂
Erin @ Crafts and Sutch says
August 1, 2010 at 11:16 PMSeriously adorable! I can’t believe you drew that! 🙂 AMAZING! I’ll be making a cutie shirt for my little guy’s 1st birthday next month! 🙂
Erin
Beverly @ FlamingoToes.com says
August 1, 2010 at 11:11 PMWhat a sweet shirt! He’s going to be stylin’ at his party!
And I love the picture of those antique trucks. That is cool!
Jenglamgirl says
August 1, 2010 at 10:20 PMthat is DARLING! turned out precious! Thnx for linking, Jenn