Best ways to cut out and position transfers? How many shirts to bring?

[Iloveeliot]

I hope everyone is enjoying the last days of summer. Now that I have my wonderful t-shirt designs figured out I have some questions. If I want to cut out a shape like a Mickey head or more intricate letters what is the best way to do it? Big scissors, little scissors, an exacto knife, some other way. Is there a good way to cut out the small bits of white inside letters? Is there some standard way of positioning the transfer from top to bottom? When trying to center it left to right is it easiest to measure or eyeball it? If it's a bit off center will it be obvious when wearing the shirts? If placing the individual letters for a long word is there an easy way to space them? Should I try to keep the paper I cut them out of to use as a template? Can you tell I'm a bit of a perfectionist? My last question isn't really a DISign question but maybe some of you can give me suggestions. If two adults are going for 7 days and 6 nights (no water parks but definitely water rides like Kali and Splash Mountain, also no dress up days or meals) how many t-shirts per adult would you bring? Thanks so much for any and all suggestions. -Roni

 

[wgwtgb]

I was a bit of a perfectionist myself when I did out last shirts. With the whites in letters such as "e"... choose...either cut them all out or leave them all in. It's a very tedious task, so know that it will take a lot of time.
I always measured my shirts and transfers to get them exactly in the center. I would have bothered ME if I didn't have them exactly. Would anyone else have noticed? Probably not, but it would have bothered me.
As for what I used to cut them out... big designs, I used big scissors... Little designs I used little scissors. I did cut out the center of letters with an exacto knife, but be aware that it's easy to cut straight lines with it, harder for curves. I always placed it under a piece of cardboard to make it a little easier.

Either way you decide to do things, know that your family will be more magical bc you took the time to create these.