A camping board T Shirt?

[TN 5 pack]

Thanks for bumping this up. Newer to DIS and wife is now in the process of making T's for everyone. Great designs.

 

[Tigger0624]

As long as the transfer paper you get is specifically intended for "dark fabrics"...I use the dark fabric transfer paper even for lighter colors because its thicker and seems to be a better quality IMHO.

Heres the best pic I could find of mine in black:

my kids':

Cool- DH isnt one to wear white or light colored shirts- almost everything is black, blue, or a shad of gray! Any time he attempts to wear any lighter color- it seems that he has some sort of stain within 5 minutes that I usually can not get out!

I went to Walmart to see about getting the shirts and transfer paper, but they only had the Avery brand so I figure I'll go to Michaels or something tomorrow. Would it be better to have the transfers printed out at staples or something instead of on a home printer? I would like these to last! LOL

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Okay so are they on this thread somewhere and I need to go thru the pages? I mean to find the ones like on the shirts in the photos shown on this last page of this thread?
And then you just print that on transfer paper and put it no the shirt? Is it really that easy?

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Yeah....browse through the 15 pages ....there are several different designs with different color variations and styles...my personal favorites are the the 4th of July one, and the one with the flames in the center...hmmm......maybe I'll post all of the ones I made on one post....that may make it easier. Be back in a few with that.

 

[BigDaddyRog]

OK, these are all the ones Ive made so far...but there are other designs through out the thread that are very also very cool, as well as usefull info on where to get large quantities of blank shirts at excellent prices, hints on applying these to shirts, hints on correcting mistakes, types of transfer papers that may be better than others, etc...the whole thread is worth a look.

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[Shan-man]

Here are some of my graphics. These are just small thumbnails, the full-size (print quality) versions are here (the ones without "sm" in the name). And, if you are interested in line-art versions (Illustrator), there's lots of good stuff here on my files site.

 

[CampingChristy]

Shanta or Rog - couldn't I just prepay you to send me three iron on's for my family's -shirts? I don't know that I am "smart" enough to figure out how to print them myself!!

Can't blame a girl for asking????

 

[cnlmom]

Nothing to be "smart" about.....making T-shirts is super simple. There are easy to follow directions along with thousands of beautiful designs on the Creative Designs board right here on DIS.
Just go to your local craft store or Walmart. Purchase the DARK transfer sheets and follow the instructions on the package. You do not have to flip the design backwards or anything. Just print and iron on.
I have been making homeade Disney Shirts for the past few years. One fun thing is for everyone to wear the same color shirt, makes great photos and easy to spot your party, and you get lots of attention from CM's. I used to do not only same color shirt but same design, but now I just do same color shirts and give everyone freedom to pick their own design as there are so many wonderful ones out there.
Have Fun!!!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Christy...I PMd you...but cnlmom is 100% correct. It really IS very simple. But I dont mind mailing them to you if you prefer.


cnlmom...I agree....it is alot of fun to wear matching shirts if you're part of a group, and the cast members do seem to notice. We had 7 of us on our last trip and one day we all wore blue shirts with a different dwarf on front, and our names inside of mickey heads on the back. It was just the dorky kind of fun we needed!!!

this was our "pixie hollow" day...

this was what the backs looked like...

 

[LuckyinGa]

Rog, these are awesome!! You all make it sound very easy to do so I'm definitely going to try making this project for the family.

You guys are all very creative and talented with all of this computer stuff. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being so kind to take the time and for sharing with everyone here.

 

[Tigger0624]

To all of the creative geniuses on here...

I am completely lost at this technical stuff- but I'm trying... I wanted to personalize our tshirts for the trip- so I downloaded the GIMP program and the disney font... i even managed to open the file and add text to it but I can not for the life of me figure out how to use the Disney font with it!!! I am so technically challenged its not funny

I was so excited today- I went out, bought all the tshirts and transfer paper, determined to get our own t's made up... now this.... help please!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Where did you download the DISNEY font to? It HAS to be loaded into
c/windows/fonts

once you have the disney font file in the fonts folder it will automatically show up in gimp.

if none of this makes sense to you..PM me, I'll give you my # & I can walk you through it over the phone. Its alot simpler than it sounds.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Wow- thanks! I'm going to favorite this thread so I can find it again.
I know DD will like the pink one- I like the neon one and DH will love the one with the flames in the middle (and that will get him to wear it. The way I ever got him to wear a mickey shirt was to find one where Mickey was riding a Harley... I know what pushes his buttons LOL)

I don't know that I can figure out how to do the font/name thing on the back- but I think I'll pass on that anyway. If I make some gender neutral - there may be some passing down (or around) shirts in the future. (ie: DS shirt to youngest DD, and who knows between me and DD- it wasn't that long ago, a few years, that I wore shirts the same size she wears now! And I'm on my downward spiral to get there again... so "her" shirt may end up "my" shirt in later years.... while "my" big shirt ends up being a nightshirt or something. LOL Who knows! I just don't want to limit things with names on the back, I don't think- we'll see)

Now is the dark transfer paper only if you're doing it on dark or black shirts? If you do other bright colors- you use "regular" (or is it called light?) transfer paper? Honestly I don't even know what transfer paper looks like... I'm gonna have to find some. Where's the best place to find this stuff? Walmart or Target? Or do other places have it?

 

[BigDaddyRog]

I use "dark fabric" paper on all shirts, the "light fabric" paper only works on light shirts. You can get the transfer paper at Walmart, not sure if Target carries it or not, but I would bet they probably do. DONT BUY AVERY BRAND...its awful quality and the inks run and blend terribly on it, look in the "crafts section" at walmart, they have other brands besides Avery, which is what you'll find if you only look in the "computer section" at walmart. Any craft stores will carry transfer paper, and will usually have a larger selection of brands.

it will usually come in a package resembling something like this...

you may also want to do an ebay search for "dark transfer paper" or "dark transfer iron on" if youre going to want a better deal on larger amounts of it. It will usually cost less than $1 a sheet if you buy it in bulk sizes. You may not think you could use 25 sheets...but once you get started, you wanna decorate EVERYTHING!!! Pillow cases, pantyhose...Im telling ya, when ya first start...ya go nuts with this stuff!!!

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Rog - You are the best. Now I can't wait to get home to see what the graphics look like. This new job is great but it really cuts back on my Dis time!!

 

[Shan-man]

I am hardly an expert on this (which is why I have remained uncharacteristically silent!), but I thought I better chime in with a few warnings. If you have an intricate shape to your design, it would be best to use a regular transfer paper and a white shirt (or VERY light). These transfers are clear so you can just roughly cut the shape. If you use a dark transfer, which is a white iron-on sheet, you will have to very carefully trim out your shapes to keep the white from showing around the edges. For instance, on Rog's dwarf shirts above, he had to carefully trim the bottom edge of the letters for the dwarfs names. Just keep in mind the trimming task as you develop your design. You sure don't want to trim around an element like a mouse tail or lots of type. Finally, do not buy the stretchable transfers unless you are using high synthetic count shirts... they will not work unless there is like 60-80% poly/nylon in the blend... learned the hard way.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

I use "dark fabric" paper on all shirts, the "light fabric" paper only works on light shirts. You can get the transfer paper at Walmart, not sure if Target carries it or not, but I would bet they probably do. DONT BUY AVERY BRAND...its awful quality and the inks run and blend terribly on it, look in the "crafts section" at walmart, they have other brands besides Avery, which is what you'll find if you only look in the "computer section" at walmart. Any craft stores will carry transfer paper, and will usually have a larger selection of brands.

it will usually come in a package resembling something like this...

you may also want to do an ebay search for "dark transfer paper" or "dark transfer iron on" if youre going to want a better deal on larger amounts of it. It will usually cost less than $1 a sheet if you buy it in bulk sizes. You may not think you could use 25 sheets...but once you get started, you wanna decorate EVERYTHING!!! Pillow cases, pantyhose...Im telling ya, when ya first start...ya go nuts with this stuff!!!

LOL
I think you're probably right. Just THINKING about it I started thinking- hey if I can really do this (and not look like crapola) then maybe I can make other things- pillowcases for the cruise, etc. etc. etc. LOL

I happened to be in walmart tonight and bought some- June Tailor brand- hope that's okay? It's all that they had in craft section of my walmart (thought that would be the obvious place to go-didn't even think about the computer section?)
Now I need shirts to put these on. But WHERE in the world do you get matching color shirts in such a variety of children and adult sizes? That's something I have no clue on and they need to be inexpensive..... yanno? Where do you get your shirts? thanks!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

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[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Thanks!
I'll check that out. I wish I could find a brick & mortar place to get the shirts though. I waste SO MUCH money buying shirts that end up not fitting/not the right size. Why are sizes so weird now?
Do you know I've ordered years ago- and then again recently and disney online STILL hasn't got their sizing figured out? I even got my youngest the SAME SIZE shirt in various designs-and they are all different sizes- it's ridiculous. I mean the size says the same- but the shirts are extremely different in actual size. One could actually fit Ruby! (I ordered kids small for Rita- Ruby is 15yrs old and almost as tall.. and almost as big as me in shirts. I'm a little fatter all over- but in the "shirt" area she's about as big as me if you get my drift). There is no way a kids small should fit her! She wears adult clothes. Totally ridick and can't figure out why the shirts are such different sizes when they all say small. *rolling my eyes*

Okay end of rant about that- but anyway... I get so tired of ordering shirts online -from anywhere- and the shirts not fitting. I bet there is no regular store that would sell solid color shirts in various sizing for the entire family? So I wonder if I should just go with whatever color they want- with just the same iron-on on them?

 

[Shan-man]

Oh, I'll chime in on this too. I bought an embroidered tee at Disney in early 08, and then this last trip bought the SAME SHIRT in the SAME SIZE and the new one is a size smaller! Ugh! So irritating! (rant, rant, rant, grouse, rant!)