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    Great job!  I've made dozens of rhinestone shirts for the moms at dance - with their kids' names on the back, etc.... I'm making a few this weekend and will post a pic.  I use thermoflex to do the outline, say.... "Britt's Mom" (I outline the letters in vinyl and put the rhinestones in the middle).  I found the easiest way for me was to put the shirt on an acrylic board that I can use to carry the shirt over to the press (I hate working on the press itself for so many stones).  Then I place each stone - and move the shirt over to the press -- carefully sliding the board out from underneath it.  I CAREFULLY put my teflon sheet over it and press.  I've NEVER screwed up a shirt that way yet.  I did make a few errors when trying to put tape over the stones. 

    I rhinestoned my daughter's dance costumes -- $100 in stones on her hiphop costume -- it's CRAZY.... and at the last competition, one of the judges said "wow, that shirt is awesome"... made it worth it!!

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    I know this is probably the dumbest question -- and I should have been able to figure it out for myself -- but my mind has a block - and I'm at a loss...

    Here's what I need to do:

    I need to airbrush on a cross shaped cookie.  I have to add the baby's name.  I was going to make a stencil out of vinyl - but WTF do I do with the middle of the lowecase "a" because once I peel the backing away, there goes the center of my "a".

    Is there a product that takes care of this?  a technique?  or do I simply have to use a font where it's all connected and make my stencil out of vinyl?

    Thanks, as always!!

    Lisa

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    One of my clients needs 3,000 bbq grill baskets logo'ed.  They're thinking silk screening on the wooden handle, but I was thinking more of a branding iron.  Is there any vinyl that would withstand the bbq?  If it was your client, what would you suggest?  Keep in mind the liabilities with idiot grillers who would potentially hurt themselves with this tool.... So vinyl could melt and burn them, right?  And a metal tag added to the handle would get hot to the touch. 

    ugh... i have no desire to be challenged today.  :huh:

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    Several people have used their cricut expression.  They move the rollers to the side.  I use the program from Craft Edge and haven't bought a cartridge in over a year.

    Thanks Linda!  It's worth a shot -- I have a HUGE clientele of new brides/new moms.... and to be able to send them edible cake decor so they can affix to their own cakes would be a big seller.

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    They get more for those cakes than we make with a 50 yd roll of vinyl. :)

    You're not kidding!!  My sister's wedding cake was $2,000 (granted, it fed 300, but still...)

    I was thinking of buying a spare "cheap" one to try it out on... and Cricut is going to sell one just for cakes, but I don't want to buy cartridges, so we'll see.

    I've have my LP24 for a few years -- I may test it out using SugarVeil icing instead of fondant --- and if it doesn't work or jams it up, I'll get myself another plotter... maybe even upgrade.  I have a very large cupcake business, and I'm thinking I can expand my products.  I don't do vehicle or signs -- just wallwords, heat applied stuff, etc -- and I'm quite certain I can make more than I do on tshirts...

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    Oh Carol, it's just the start....

    A few years ago, someone asked me if I could make them a bunch of mousepads.  I figured I could use inkjet transfers, but did some googling... and came across sublimation.  And within 2 weeks, I was printing/pressing photos on ceramic tiles, magnets, plastic, etc. 

    Then I saw a catalog from Uppercase Living.  I ordered a few items for my house and was disgusted with how much they cost.  When they arrived, I noticed they were cut from Avery 631 vinyl - and did some more googling.  And the snowball just kept rolling....

    Now today I find out I can cut fondant with my plotter.... Jeez, we're going to need another house for my stuff!

    A $10 mousepad has turned into $6,000+ in equipment, thousands upon thousands of substrates/ink/vinyl/fabrics, many sleepless nights... and an obsession beyond comprehension!!

    Can't wait to see your works of art!!

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    Not just using it for a stencil... but I came across a blog today (while I was supposed to be drafting an agreement, i might add) for a cake company that uses a Cricut for cutting fondant, gumpaste, modeling chocolate. 

    HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!  That's all I needed to see -- and now I want to run home, adjust my blade, and cut food.  I baked 145 cupcakes a few weeks ago because I wanted to try new frostings... imagine what the hell I can do with this?:)

    Here's the link.... http://www.cuttingedgecakeart.com/blog.php#03012010]http://www.cuttingedgecakeart.com/blog.php#03012010"]http://www.cuttingedgecakeart.com/blog.php#03012010

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    For my day job (I'm VP of a major corporate promotions company that runs sweepstakes/games/contests/offers) - one of our clients wants to do a give-away on FaceBook to the first 100,000 fans... They get a free tshirt - one of three colors, in one of three sizes with one of three logos.  (yes, that means 27 different options).  We have our procurement department researching having the shirts screened - but one of the issues is timing.  We won't know what sizes/colors of shirts until the end.  So I was crazily thinking plastisol transfers.  There would only be 3 logos - all 1-color - all in black.  If I ordered those, they would just have to be pressed then.  Our company could purchase a bunch of presses and hire staff to make the shirts.

    Am I crazy thinking this could work?  Timing is our biggest issue - and stock (not knowing what colors/sizes upfront that would be ordered)....

    Thoughts??  Suggestions??

  18. Posted

    Sorry for your loss.... and glad to see you're picking yourself back up and able to focus on something fun!

    Now, as for me, I'm a bit of a cupcake whore.  Really.  I baked 145 cupcakes 2 weeks ago because I wanted to try new recipes for icing.  Yeah.  Cupcake whore. 

    Pink/brown are great colors for the name of the store.  I think I'll have to make a trip to visit....

    I'll check out your link now... just wanted to reply to the post first.  Good luck!!!! 

  19. Posted

    For the invites, have a guy go around in a suit and subpoena the guests, like a process server.   Bonus points if you can surprise them at restaurants, school, church, etc.   Make a very official looking letter and scare the crap out of them for a second.

    See, that's the crazy thought I put into my invites.  Usually, they are hand delivered (like the Survivor torches that were left on each person's front lawn with handpainted coconut shells with their name in Hawaiian and a colored bandana...).

    I was also thinking of either making a puzzle and putting the party message in black-light only ink - and supplying a blacklight.  Or having a web Flash game created for them to research a crime, find clues, and solve for the invite. 

    But.... decor has to be vinyl-inspired - because when you can make just about anything, why not?

  22. Posted

    Thanks for the input and ideas!!  We'll be having it at a catering hall - so I'm hoping they won't have a problem with the vinyl! 

    Going to check the link now for stuff that glows -- that's awesome!!  Thanks Midwaste!

    Hiring a caricaturist to do "police sketches" and renting a photo booth for "mug shots".  I have to really think outside the box for the invitations -- my invites set the mood for the party and are never just a printed invite.  She had a murder mystery party a few years back and the "save the dates" were 8" flesh-colored chocolate feet with real police toe-tags.  The actual invite was a HUGE sheet of black oaktag with a dead body outline and crime scene tape across it.  Attached was an evidence bag that contained each person's script for the mystery play.  The favors for that party were dead body outline towels.  They were AWESOME!!!!! 

  23. Posted

    I'm hung up on 2 aspects of the planning:

    1.  I want to give away shirts as the favor.  But I'm hitting a dead end (no pun intended) on something "fun" to have them say.  I was thinking... "I survived Britt's Crime-Scene: Sweet 16" or "I have an alibi, I was at Britt's Sweet 16" - or something of that nature.  Any suggestions?

    and...

    2.  I want a luminol effect for the party.  Not in a gross/gory/bloody way - but in more of a forensics/fun way.  I was thinking of cutting a lot of wall vinyl out and contrasting with glow-in-the-dark subliminal messaging/imaging vinyl.  Am I nuts to even think I can pull this off?  Any other feasible suggestions?