Help! My Personalized Tee from Disney is on Back order...

[DisneyBride'03]

Hi..I am new to this thread, am not even sure how it works I just saw some fabulous designs and not sure how they got onto a t shirt...I know
Anyway, I had ordered a tee from DisneyShopping, and they never notified me it would be on back order.

Long story short..kind of..surprising my DD for her Golden Birthday, trip to WDW..she has no clue. My plan was to wake her up, give her a gift, and it would be the shirt!

I had it say...Birthday Princess... Grandma, Mom & Me, Walt Disney World March 2007

Well, that was all I could request on their shirts. Her name is Courtney, she will be 10, however we will be at Disney from March 2-5...

So if anyone can help, I would so appreciate it , really

 

[bethbuchall]

I have several birthday designs that I could personalize. Or we could make something new up as long as I can find clipart for it. Here are a couple of examples.

 

[bethbuchall]

It's pretty easy to make your own shirts. I think there are some directions up in one of the stickies at the top of the board. The directions in the transfer papers are pretty detailed, too. If you still want more help with that, post a separate thread. I'm sure you'll get lots of hints and help.

 

[DisneyBride'03]

Thank you Thank you!!!! Wow..those are ALL awesome!! I adore the one..Castle in the B/G.."Celebrating with a few friends" Princesses..Courtney will be 10...can you put the cake on this one? Its on the Pooh one...just wondering?! I will go ask around how to do this. So I assume I print your design...how much does this cost? Thanks again for your reply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bethbuchall]

How does this look? I can change the colors of the text and cake if you would like.

I'll try to walk you through making the shirt, but I haven't actually done it since August. I made over 30 shirts for our family of 5 for our August 2006 trip. I think that the most important thing is to read the instruction sheet very carefully a couple of times before you start.

I used the Avery transfers for dark shirts which I bought from Wal-Mart. I don't remember the exact price, but it was less than $10 for a pack of 5 8-1/2"x11" sheets. You can use the transfers for dark shirts even on a white shirt, and I think that they hold up better than the transfers for white/light shirts. The one thing about the transfers for dark shirts is that they will show up white wherever they are not printed. This design is an easy one to trim around, so you shouldn't have any problem with that. Just trim off the white margins before ironing.

The instructions say to use a 100% cotton shirt. I honestly didn't notice much difference between our 100% cotton shirts and our 50/50 blend shirts. Wal-Mart sells a boys' Fruit of the Loom 100% cotton shirt for a regular price of $3.33 or you can get the 50/50 blend shirts from A.C. Moore or Michael's for around $2.00-$3.00 depending on whether they are running a sale.

Wash and dry your shirt before you iron the transfer on without using any fabric softener.

First, right-click on the image and choose "Save As" to save the image as a jpeg file to your computer. Next open it in any program that you can insert a jpeg file into (Word or Paint, for example), and resize it to the size that you want. If you are using the dark paper, you are ready to print. If you are using the light paper, you will need to flip the image using either the program's controls or the printer's controls (not both). Print onto the transfer in Best mode and allow to dry.

Follow the instructions with your paper carefully to iron the image onto the shirt. You need to iron on a flat, hard, heat-resistant surface, NOT the ironing board. I have a cheap formica desk that I wasn't worried about ruining. Nothing happened to it, by the way. You can also use a large wooden cutting board on top of the ironing board. If you are using the dark transfer paper, don't forget to peel the design off the backing. Place it on the shirt; cover it with the included parchment, and iron for the specified amount of time. Allow the parchment to cool before removing.

If you have any other specific questions, please post them. I'll answer what I can, and there are plenty of people here who have used the transfers more recently.

Just for fun, here is the stack of shirts that I made in August...

Since the paper comes in a 5-pack, maybe you'll want a couple of other designs done. It gets addicting!

 

[DisneyBride'03]

I can see how it gets addicting!!! Thank you so much for your time, and for the instructions> I will have DH help with the computer stuff, I think I saw your shirts on another thread!
I bet people asked you where you got your shirts!!!! Is there a design you have for first timers? My mom is going on this trip too..3 generations, just us 3. Or what about her 69th B day at WDW? I think that would be cute if they had matching shirts Maybe not princesses for her tho.
Everything was great on that shirt, thank you again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bethbuchall]

If you want to do something similar without the princesses, I have this one with Mickey and Minnie. Or we could put her favorite characters on it.

 

[bethbuchall]

And you'll need something for you, too!

 

[DisneyBride'03]

My mom's name is Lillian...(duh sorry) 69.. Thank you love it loveit! Hope I can pull this t shirt pritning transfer thing off

As for me...my gosh. how sweet, didn't even think! Have no idea..I am just the mastermind and financier I love Mickey and Minnie...I did have a Fairytale Wedding...well thats next years trip...anniversary and youngest DD 2nd birthday!

I just want them to have the best time together...grandma and granddaughter!!! YOu are awesome!

 

[bethbuchall]