The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 20

[tinker1bell]

Mickey and Donald say HI and a very Happy Birthday

 

[marcij]

Kristine -- the shirts that I made with our Christmas card picture bled as well. Very frustrating to put all that work in to it and lose them after a wash!

 

[Tammi67]

no, they didn't fade...the colors bled into the white parts of the transfer.

Example, this design, the colors of the frame, bled into the picture of us

HHmmm....nope, never had that problem. Maybe you didn't iron long enough to get the colors to set?

 

[Tammi67]

yes, I washed the shirts prior to doing the iron ons. It's not the shirts themselves that are bleeding. It is strictly the colors on the actual transfer paper that is bleeding.

Maybe it's not the transfer paper, but the type of ink/printer you are using?

 

[ellenbenny]

For those of you who have done iron ons...I have a question or 2. I used the dark transfer paper from eBay. I noticed that many of the shirts bled after washing. I tried different things...cold water, warm water, gentle etc. Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions? Since I am doing shirts for 11 people in December, it bums me out that they won't look good after just 1 washing!!

I actually didn't detect any bleeding, could it depend on the ink in your printer and your printer settings? Not sure what you would do differently, but I have an HP printer with the dark ebay paper and never had a problem.

 

[KristineN]

I have an HP photosmart 8250...I think I used a higher quality print setting...I feel like I iron them for long enough...I just can't figure this out

 

[tinknme]

Thanks Chanon!

Paula hope you & your dh are feeling better soon

I talked to her earlier today...both her and DH are sick right now so the conversation was very brief...even though she told me to say that she has this massive headache and if I left it at that, you'd all thought she was getting over a hangover...so she's getting better! (Or as she puts it: "I'm not dead yet!")

 

[UP Disney]

Close your eyes...And go back...
....Before the Internet or PC or the MAC......
....Before semi-automatics and crack....
....Before Playstation, SEGA, Super Nintendo, even before Atari...
....Before cell phones, CD's, DVD's, voicemail and e-mail....
....way back....
....way.....way.....way back.....
I'm talkin' bout hide and seek at dusk
Red light, Green light
Red Rover....Red Rover.....
Playing kickball &dodge ball until the first...no...second...no...third
Streetlight came on
Ring around the Rosie
London Bridge
Hot potato
Hop Scotch
Jump rope
Duck....duck....GOOSE!!!
YOU'RE IT!!
Parents stood on the front porch and yelled (or whistled) for you to come home - no pagers or cell phones
Mother May I?
Hula Hoops
Seeing shapes in the clouds
Endless summer days and hot summer nights (no A/C) with the windows open
The sound of crickets
Running through the sprinkler
Cereal boxes with that GREAT prize in the bottom
Cracker jacks with the same thing
Ice pops with 2 sticks you could break and share with a friend
...but wait.....there's more....
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons
Fat Albert, Road Runner, Tom&Jerry, Heckle&Jeckle, Pink Panther, Richochet Rabbit,
Schoolhouse Rock
Watchin' Sunday morning oldies (Abbott &Costello, Three Stooges, Tarzan, Shirley Temple !!)
Wonder Woman &Super Man Underoos
Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar
Your first day of school
Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses
Climbing trees
Swinging as high as you could to try and reach the sky
Getting an Ice Cream off the Good Humor Truck
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
Jumpin' down the steps
Jumpin' on the bed
Pillow fights
Sleep-overs
A 13" black and white TV in your room meant you were RICH
Runnin' till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from PLAYING
WORK: meant taking out the garbage or doing the dishes
Your first crush
Your first kiss (the one that you kept your mouth CLOSED and your eyes OPEN
Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7UP" or hangman" in the classroom, remember that?
Oh, I'm not finished yet....
Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
So was a swig from the hose
Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
Class Field Trips with soggy sandwiches
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there
When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance;
and another quarter a MIRACLE
When ANY parent could discipline ANY kid, or feed him, or use him
to carry groceries...And nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to
the fate that awaited you at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of
drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! And some of
us are still afraid of em!
Didn't that feel good? Just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember
that!"
Well, let's keep going!!
Let's go back to the time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issues" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"
Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom
Scrapes and bruises were kissed by mom or grandma and made better
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
Water balloons were the ultimate, ultimate weapon.
Older siblings were your worst tormentors, but also your fiercest protector
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life......I TRIPLE DOG DARE YA!!!!!!

 

[Glynis]

I have an HP photosmart 8250...I think I used a higher quality print setting...I feel like I iron them for long enough...I just can't figure this out

That is so frustrating!

 

[Glynis]

Close your eyes...And go back...
....Before the Internet or PC or the MAC......
....Before semi-automatics and crack....
....Before Playstation, SEGA, Super Nintendo, even before Atari...
....Before cell phones, CD's, DVD's, voicemail and e-mail....
....way back....
....way.....way.....way back.....
I'm talkin' bout hide and seek at dusk
Red light, Green light
Red Rover....Red Rover.....
Playing kickball &dodge ball until the first...no...second...no...third
Streetlight came on
Ring around the Rosie
London Bridge
Hot potato
Hop Scotch
Jump rope
Duck....duck....GOOSE!!!
YOU'RE IT!!
Parents stood on the front porch and yelled (or whistled) for you to come home - no pagers or cell phones
Mother May I?
Hula Hoops
Seeing shapes in the clouds
Endless summer days and hot summer nights (no A/C) with the windows open
The sound of crickets
Running through the sprinkler
Cereal boxes with that GREAT prize in the bottom
Cracker jacks with the same thing
Ice pops with 2 sticks you could break and share with a friend
...but wait.....there's more....
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons
Fat Albert, Road Runner, Tom&Jerry, Heckle&Jeckle, Pink Panther, Richochet Rabbit,
Schoolhouse Rock
Watchin' Sunday morning oldies (Abbott &Costello, Three Stooges, Tarzan, Shirley Temple !!)
Wonder Woman &Super Man Underoos
Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar
Your first day of school
Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses
Climbing trees
Swinging as high as you could to try and reach the sky
Getting an Ice Cream off the Good Humor Truck
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
Jumpin' down the steps
Jumpin' on the bed
Pillow fights
Sleep-overs
A 13" black and white TV in your room meant you were RICH
Runnin' till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from PLAYING
WORK: meant taking out the garbage or doing the dishes
Your first crush
Your first kiss (the one that you kept your mouth CLOSED and your eyes OPEN
Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7UP" or hangman" in the classroom, remember that?
Oh, I'm not finished yet....
Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
So was a swig from the hose
Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
Class Field Trips with soggy sandwiches
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there
When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance;
and another quarter a MIRACLE
When ANY parent could discipline ANY kid, or feed him, or use him
to carry groceries...And nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to
the fate that awaited you at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of
drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! And some of
us are still afraid of em!
Didn't that feel good? Just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember
that!"
Well, let's keep going!!
Let's go back to the time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issues" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"
Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom
Scrapes and bruises were kissed by mom or grandma and made better
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
Water balloons were the ultimate, ultimate weapon.
Older siblings were your worst tormentors, but also your fiercest protector
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life......I TRIPLE DOG DARE YA!!!!!!

Thanks for sending this, Vicki! What a wonderful break!!! I do remember those times. The good old days!

 

[tinknme]

I agree!

me too!!

Maybe us DDA'ers should (after the competition) show off our stories!!

 

[ellenbenny]

I have an HP photosmart 8250...I think I used a higher quality print setting...I feel like I iron them for long enough...I just can't figure this out

That does seem odd. Will the ink smear after printing, before ironing? If it is then maybe the ink isn't adhering to the paper. Are you choosing iron on transfer as the paper type in the printer properties? Other than that I don't know what else you could do.

 

[UP Disney]

The temps for this weekend range from 64-70. Should I even bother taking any short sleeved shirts? Maybe just one?

This is summer weather for us. It is cooler summer weather but still summer weather!

 

[Tammi67]

That's Vicki. That bit of nostalgia brought tears to my eyes.

 

[UP Disney]

Good morning everyone... it finally happened, I got whatever my kids have been passing around for the last month. Hope everyone has a good Monday.

I'm sorry to hear that you picked up a bug from the kids. I hope you are feeling better soon!

 

[yellowfish78]

I would LOVE to read some of the competions that have been entered!!! (I was going to enter Flora, Fauna, Merryweather and the Evil Witch as the Golden Girls, but I didn't have time to do the photos...)

So please add me to your PM's out!

 

[yellowfish78]

I have an HP photosmart 8250...I think I used a higher quality print setting...I feel like I iron them for long enough...I just can't figure this out

Are you letting them dry enough before ironing? I've never ironed mine on the same day that I printed them...let them dry overnight and no bleeding on my shirts. I can't think of anything else either...

 

[Tammi67]

I would LOVE to read some of the competions that have been entered!!! (I was going to enter Flora, Fauna, Merryweather and the Evil Witch as the Golden Girls, but I didn't have time to do the photos...)

So please add me to your PM's out!

That would have been great!!!!

 

[yellowfish78]

That would have been great!!!!

Not as good as the Little Mermaid as Lucy Ball!!! That was an awesome idea!! (forgive me for not giving credit to the person that said that one...I don't remember who it was...)

 

[KristineN]

I usually let them dry overnight...but I did not set the printer for iron ons. did everyone do this??

Are you letting them dry enough before ironing? I've never ironed mine on the same day that I printed them...let them dry overnight and no bleeding on my shirts. I can't think of anything else either...