***Disney Design Addict's Chit Chat,Designs and Pixie Dust! Everybody WELCOME!*** Part 2

[Handbag Lady]

I am sitting here utterly exhausted and almost in tears because I was up until 5:30am working on everything I'd gathered up for the past couple weeks together in one place.I thought I was doing a good thing by moving the thread to it's own board since people were complaining about ALL the pages to read and too much to catch up on. Hard to find design ,tips etc.

My mind is in a haze at the moment.But I'll try and explain.

My outlook on the whole thing was...say someone wanted a design.They'd start their OWN thread on the board like with a title "Looking for a Design for my son's Birthday trip" then inside the post it would say he'll be 12 loves Sticth,anybody have any ideas.Then everyone could disuss on that thread about that particular design etc.

Or start a new post that says Hey J&nMom,can you make me such and such....

He Midnite....can you design a 3 D design for Space Mt?

Hey can you make a Titans football design for me...

etc etc

I was thinking THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER for everyone...now I'm not sure.


Finished shirts I thought would be in the Finished Shirt thread.....make comments there about the finished product.,oh I love your shirt it lookes great...etc...so ALL THE FINISHED SHIRTS were in one place and easy for people to veiw.

The Design GalleryI was trying to keep a place where people could just look at designs and NOT have to wade through a gazllion post...that's why I've locked it so it will only consist of pictures... similar to the webpages some have set up.ALL the designs would be in one place so people could scroll through the pages and find a design they liked.I have the designer listed and will customize so the person can PM then for the customized design...then when the design is done whoever made it...say MOMOF2OH she'd start a post on the CSS Board and say...your design is done...then everyone would be able to see it and make comments on it and ask for one themselves if they liked it.Then everything wouldn't get lost in a huge thread.Then I would add the new design to the Design Gallery.

Welcome post I thought this would be our chit chat post...oh you're form TN ...me too...etc etc so all that didn't get lost in pages and pages.

FAQ&TIPS...where you ask questions about how to make shirts.Chit chat about that.

Honestly I'm not going to be some post Nazi....I want every one to have fun and chit chat etc wherever you want to in your posts ...You have the ENTIRE CSS Board at your disposal !

Right now I'm too hazy and sorta overwhelmed...I'm sorry if I've confused everyone.That was not the goal I was aiming for. I was trying to make things easier...I'm not sure I accomplished that at the moment.

We'll see how things go over the next few days...I'll listen to suggestion and we'll see if we can all get this working smoothly as the community that we came to know and like.

Ya know Rome...and WDW weren't built in a day!


Once again I'm sorry to cause so much confusion.

That is exactly what I would have done myself. I am new to these boards and new to making t-shirts. It is so helpful to find what I am looking for quickly, so that I don't get discouraged in my quest to be cool like everyone else.


Baloo

 

[kadaten]

Aarrgh!!!! I have spent days reading this thread trying to catch up. It was around 200 pages when I started and is over 280 now that I have finally finished! AND now it morphs into an entire BOARD?!?! Aarrgh!

Kudos to all those who have posted designs - they are all fantastic. Now, I just need to get started on my own!

Just a few thoughts that I have been holding onto as I read the whole thing...

1. For those going in early December - from over 10 years of visiting WDW the 1st weekend of December - most of the time the weather is gorgeous. Maybe a little cool in the evening and early morning, but a little layering works great. HOWEVER, there was that year that it was well below freezing! The orange groves all froze and Disney gardeners were frantically replacing plants in the parks. We were very grateful for our long pants, jackets and even scarves & mittens that year. Assume the weather will be nice, but then pack one warm outfit "just in case"!
2. There hasn't been much said about Paint Shop Pro. This is certainly another alternative for this type of design. It is very similar to Photoshop and has most of the same features. Although most professional graphics folks normally use Photoshop, a lot of "prosumer" graphics people use Paint Shop Pro since it has most of the same features and costs less. I have been using it for years for photo editing and recently started using it for digital scrapbooking. Just wanted to mention it for those who are still choosing which program to use....

Once again - great job on the designs everyone! This thread is the internet at its best!!!!!!!

pdarrah

pdarrah Thank you SO MUCH for the Paint Shop Pro info. I have it, just haven't figured it all out yet...so it's good to know I got the right tools, just have to learn how to use them!

Oh, and I couldn't agree more on #1. We lived in Jacksonville for 3 winters. The first 2 we wore shorts on Christmas....the 3rd we dug out our ski parkas! No lie! The weather can really do anything and it's a good idea to have some layers!

 

[julia & nicks mom]

I am sitting here utterly exhausted and almost in tears because I was up until 5:30am working on everything I'd gathered up for the past couple weeks together in one place.I thought I was doing a good thing by moving the thread to it's own board since people were complaining about ALL the pages to read and too much to catch up on. Hard to find design ,tips etc.

My mind is in a haze at the moment.But I'll try and explain.

My outlook on the whole thing was...say someone wanted a design.They'd start their OWN thread on the board like with a title "Looking for a Design for my son's Birthday trip" then inside the post it would say he'll be 12 loves Sticth,anybody have any ideas.Then everyone could disuss on that thread about that particular design etc.

Or start a new post that says Hey J&nMom,can you make me such and such....

He Midnite....can you design a 3 D design for Space Mt?

Hey can you make a Titans football design for me...

etc etc

I was thinking THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER for everyone...now I'm not sure.


Finished shirts I thought would be in the Finished Shirt thread.....make comments there about the finished product.,oh I love your shirt it lookes great...etc...so ALL THE FINISHED SHIRTS were in one place and easy for people to veiw.

The Design GalleryI was trying to keep a place where people could just look at designs and NOT have to wade through a gazllion post...that's why I've locked it so it will only consist of pictures... similar to the webpages some have set up.ALL the designs would be in one place so people could scroll through the pages and find a design they liked.I have the designer listed and will customize so the person can PM then for the customized design...then when the design is done whoever made it...say MOMOF2OH she'd start a post on the CSS Board and say...your design is done...then everyone would be able to see it and make comments on it and ask for one themselves if they liked it.Then everything wouldn't get lost in a huge thread.Then I would add the new design to the Design Gallery.

Welcome post I thought this would be our chit chat post...oh you're form TN ...me too...etc etc so all that didn't get lost in pages and pages.

FAQ&TIPS...where you ask questions about how to make shirts.Chit chat about that.People were giving the same tips over and over...now there is a post to refer to...there's plenty of room up there for more tips as people discover new secrets as they make their shirts.

Honestly I'm not going to be some post Nazi....I want every one to have fun and chit chat etc wherever you want to in your posts ...You have the ENTIRE CSS Board at your disposal !

Right now I'm too hazy and sorta overwhelmed...I'm sorry if I've confused everyone.That was not the goal I was aiming for. I was trying to make things easier...I'm not sure I accomplished that at the moment.

We'll see how things go over the next few days...I'll listen to suggestion and we'll see if we can all get this working smoothly as the community that we came to know and like.

Ya know Rome...and WDW weren't built in a day!


Once again I'm sorry to cause so much confusion.

Baloo - you did exactly what your goal was - I think we all just love our little thread SO much we don't want to abandon it -

I think the design, tip and finished product thread is PERFECT!!

I just think we like the convenience of keeping up with only one post - and since we are all caught up - we don't care that there is 4500 posts to read to get to the end (he he)

so I say keep the three threads as they are -

add a link to the first post of this thread to the other 3 - telling people they are the summary of the 4500 posts in the thread and that they can come to the end of the thread to join our DDA community - or is our thread too long and we need to start over in the introduce yourself thread?

I am also worried we are going to overwhelm the scrapbookers!!! They might hate the DDA pretty quickly if we are posting new threads and theirs get swallowed!!

We REALLY appreciate your work - it is awesome - we just are a simple group reluctant to change!!!

WE LOVE BALOO!!!!!!!!!!!​

 

[bear74]

I think I've got everyone now. Please PM me if I missed you.

Oh! Thank you. I love them. now I have my 2 baseball temas that I watch and my 2 football teams. One quick question. Could you post the Mickey's by themselves. The 2 above. The Dallas cowboys and the Houston Texans Mickeys. I have an idea for a shirt if I can figure out photoshop.
Thanks!

 

[kadaten]

Baloo - you did exactly what your goal was - I think we all just love our little thread SO much we don't want to abandon it -

I think the design, tip and finished product thread is PERFECT!!

I just think we like the convenience of keeping up with only one post - and since we are all caught up - we don't care that there is 4500 posts to read to get to the end (he he)

so I say keep the three threads as they are -

add a link to the first post of this thread to the other 3 - telling people they are the summary of the 4500 posts in the thread and that they can come to the end of the thread to join our DDA community - or is our thread too long and we need to start over in the introduce yourself thread?

I am also worried we are going to overwhelm the scrapbookers!!! They might hate the DDA pretty quickly if we are posting new threads and theirs get swallowed!!

We REALLY appreciate your work - it is awesome - we just are a simple group reluctant to change!!!

WE LOVE BALOO!!!!!!!!!!!​

I think you're on to it julia & nick's mom! We like to have the one thread to keep up with each other....this is our chatter thread....we know where to find everyone, ask for designs, etc. But I also agree that the 3 new theads were desperately needed, 'cause it makes stuff easy to find!

So, what if it's like this:
This thread...continues as is...our happy little community keeps on keepin' on
Design thread....where designs are posted so they're easily found (GREAT idea to keep it locked so the designs don't get buried by chatter, Baloo!)
Finished shirts...where we can ooh and aah over the finished product
Welcome thread...use it to explain/link to the other 3...

I also worry about overwhelming the rest of the board....as much chatter as we have on this one thread, everything else may get buried if it becomes all individual threads, and we'd hate to wear out our welcome in our brand new home! We'd also hate to lose a request if it happened to slip on to page 2!

Good job, Baloo! You done good! I know this took hours and hours to put together and you should know how much we ALL appreciate your hard work! We just need to get everyone operating on the same page, uh, so to speak!

 

[MinnieMouseMom]

Oh! Thank you. I love them. now I have my 2 baseball temas that I watch and my 2 football teams. One quick question. Could you post the Mickey's by themselves. The 2 above. The Dallas cowboys and the Houston Texans Mickeys. I have an idea for a shirt if I can figure out photoshop.
Thanks!

Sure! When I get home from work, I'll post them for you.

 

[cocowum]

Baloo - you did exactly what your goal was - I think we all just love our little thread SO much we don't want to abandon it -

I think the design, tip and finished product thread is PERFECT!!

I just think we like the convenience of keeping up with only one post - and since we are all caught up - we don't care that there is 4500 posts to read to get to the end (he he)

so I say keep the three threads as they are -

add a link to the first post of this thread to the other 3 - telling people they are the summary of the 4500 posts in the thread and that they can come to the end of the thread to join our DDA community - or is our thread too long and we need to start over in the introduce yourself thread?

I am also worried we are going to overwhelm the scrapbookers!!! They might hate the DDA pretty quickly if we are posting new threads and theirs get swallowed!!

We REALLY appreciate your work - it is awesome - we just are a simple group reluctant to change!!!

WE LOVE BALOO!!!!!!!!!!!​

Once again I'm in agreement with julia & nicks mom. Especially the we love Baloo part!!!

 

[MinnieMouseMom]

Here ya go, Bear74,

 

[Glynis]

Ok. . .with the help of many wonderful people on this thread I have finally finished Phase I-which is to say my t-shirt design in PhotoImpact. Thank you all!!!

Phase II-Design to t-shirt. I bought the Avery Dark T transfer paper on the advice of several posts that it was quality (I like that you don't have to print your picture in mirror image-with this paper what you see is what you get). Read the directions. . .sort of. Decided not to print a test page even though it was suggested about 100 times-didn't want to waste ink. Well guess what?! It came out portrait instead of landscape so I wasted not only ink, but a $2 transfer sheet!!!

Second attempt (after printing out a test sheet). Design successfully put to transfer paper. Iron is heated, pre-washed t is ironed, design is ironed onto t. . .and ironed. . .and ironed! Oops. . .in tiny print on the bottom of page one of the directions it says to remove the backing off the transfer paper before ironing. Missed that! Now up to $4 in transfer paper ruined!

Third attempt (thank goodness I didn't ruin t) was finally successful. The moral of this story is:

1. Start with a practice t-shirt-you're probably going to need it!
2. Do not skip the test print page-the gods will make sure that you do not save ink!
3. Read all of the instructions-do not forget to remove the transfer paper backing before ironing!
4. No matter how tempted, do not begin iron-on project after midnight. It will be doomed to failure!

If you do the above. . .it's not hard at all. Will post pics when I am finished with all 10 shirts.

I'm looking for the Avery transfer paper and have a question. I looked at the transfer paper for white shirts, and it says I need to have a program that will flip the design. I'd rather not have to do that since I'm a complete computer dunce! Does the transfer paper for dark shirts not require that you flip the design? Is it a specific type of paper that I need to look for? What does it say on the package about flipping the design? Thanks for helping me.

 

[MinnieMouseMom]

 

[Brendita]

I'm looking for the Avery transfer paper and have a question. I looked at the transfer paper for white shirts, and it says I need to have a program that will flip the design. I'd rather not have to do that since I'm a complete computer dunce! Does the transfer paper for dark shirts not require that you flip the design? Is it a specific type of paper that I need to look for? What does it say on the package about flipping the design? Thanks for helping me.

I'm not sure about the Avery for white.
I used the Avery for dark.
You don't have to reverse the design.

Here are a few of my tips.
Don't try to do all at 1 time.
Did in steps not as stressfull.
I wash shirts 1 day, printed designed 1 day, ect.

1. Wash & dry all shirts.
2. Print your design on the Avery paper.
3. Trim your design.
4. Peel the back paper off.
5. Measure for position on shirt. (I placed all designs 4in. down from collar)
6. Place design on shirt.
7. Put the paper sheet over your design.
8. Iron about 2 min. on hottest.
9. Let cool 2 min.
10. Peel paper sheet off. (save this paper can be used again for touch ups)

 

[LoriDee]

I'm not sure about the Avery for white.
I used the Avery for dark.
You don't have to reverse the design.

Here are a few of my tips.
Don't try to do all at 1 time.
Did in steps not as stressfull.
I wash shirts 1 day, printed designed 1 day, ect.

1. Wash & dry all shirts.
2. Print your design on the Avery paper.
3. Trim your design.
4. Peel the back paper off.
5. Measure for position on shirt. (I placed all designs 4in. down from collar)
6. Place design on shirt.
7. Put the paper sheet over your design.
8. Iron about 2 min. on hottest.
9. Let cool 2 min.
10. Peel paper sheet off. (save this paper can be used again for touch ups)

Thanks for the tips. Did you use the Avery Paper for Dark t-shirts on White t-shirts as well? I just wanted to clarify it. Thanks.

 

[JnEsWDWMom]

Here you go JnEsWDWMom

Tracy

Thanks!

 

[MinnieMouseMom]

 

[MinnieMouseMom]

 

[taeja71]

I don't have a design to share, but I do have some Christmas/Holiday phrases to throw out to the group:

Magical Merriment in the making (possible cruise phrase)
Merriment with Mickey and the Gang
Dreaming of Magical Holiday Memores

If I were to come up with other catchier sayings, where would I post them if this thread is being divided up? Should I PM a t-shirt designer?

I don't know if the following has been posted before, but I've used the Print and Press product from Wal Mart. It is a iron-on transfer. You can find it in the Craft/Fabric section of the store. It comes in sheets of 3 all 8 1/2" x 11" in white. Its for color injet/ color injet copy machines. I used the product to print photos for pillows. My computer iink and the print and press product worked really well and it only cost $4.96 at my Wal Mart.

I've finally caught up on reading all the pages of this great thread so post away!

 

[JnEsWDWMom]

I think I've got everyone now. Please PM me if I missed you.

Thanks! It looks great. I'll be sure to post pics when I finish.

 

[JnEsWDWMom]

Way too cute!!

 

[Baloo]

Hi all!!

I'm okay just tired and overwhelmed.I was expecting more positive comments than negative this afternoon so that took me by surprise! I'm sorry if any one is confused by all this new stuff...I think I AM CONFUSED now!!

I have gotten some really nice responses and the things people don't like are helpful as well ...just bear with it as we get the kinks worked out.Thanks y'all are sweet! I care about all this and you people taking part in it and I don't want to muck it up.

I added some designs that people sent me but I think I need to take a step back for the evening and think about the suggestions I've gotten and take care of it later when I'm coherent!

I'm going relax now!! What did Scarlette say? "Tomorrow is another day."

Thanks again for your help!!

 

[JnEsWDWMom]

All I could say was wow! I want to be a Disney Bride!!! (too late for me little frowny face here if it worked)