For us, no trip to Disney is complete without adorable homemade Minnie t-shirts. :) Last year, I purchased two Minnie head iron-on decals from an Etsy shop, sewed on a bow, and the shirts were adorable! This year I knew I had to learn how to use my new Silhouette Cameo and make them myself! I was hesitant to do it, so much so that I actually looked up the Etsy shop I bought the decals from last year! The shop doesn't exist anymore, so I took that as a sign that it was time to conquer the Silhouette.

Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of the process because I did most of this project the night before we left!

- I used plain white t-shirts from Old Navy. I love their shirts because of the cute girly details, but the ruching at the neck does make it hard to iron on the decal. I had to stretch it over the end of the ironing board which worked fine.
- The fabrics I used are Michael Miller Ta Dot in Lagoon and Raspberry.
- To create the decal, I used Heat 'n Bond Ultra and adhered it to a square of fabric according to the package directions.
- In Silhouette Studio I actually designed the head myself just using the circle tool. I put two on the page so I could cut them out together.
- I placed both pieces of fabric with the Heat 'n Bond attached on my cutting mat. I set the blade to a 7 and had it double cut. I think the speed was a 2 or 3.
- Once they were cut, I peeled the finished heads off the mat and ironed them onto the shirts! I sewed a bow to each shirt and used clear nail polish to seal the ends.

I'm not practiced enough with my sewing maching to sew around the decals, which is why I used Heat 'n Bond Ultra. :) These actually wash really well though and still look pretty cute! After the decals were made this project only took a few minutes per shirt. I almost made two more in different colors, but realized I already had far more outfits for the girls than days in our trip!

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Yesterday we flew home from a fantastic trip to Disneyland! We were able to celebrate Camille's 3rd birthday there and we spent time with the girls' California grandparents. Everyone had a great time, although we ended the trip exhausted and ready for some much needed rest!
We decided to keep the trip a surprise from the girls, mostly because they have no sense of time, so telling them ahead of time would just lead to a daily Q and A over when, where, what, etc. Camille has been to Disneyland a few times and Disney World once, so we didn't really need to prepare her for what to expect. She's very interested in going on adventures right now though, so I decided to make her an adventure book that would tell her the story of what we were doing. We gave it to her in the car on the way to the airport. She was definitely confused at first, but started getting excited as we answered her (many) questions!

I was struggling with how to make the book (she currently carries around our Entertainment book and calls it her 'adventure book') and what to put in it. I had an epiphany one day after remembering this book ChiWei from One Dog Woof made for her son. I loved her idea and I realized this would be the perfect way to use it!

The book started as a board book from the dollar section at Target. It only had ten pages, which was perfect for this project! The pictures came from google images and I copied them into Photoshop Elements to add the captions. I used rubber cement to glue them to the pages which took me back to all the school projects I did many moons ago. :)

This is such a great technique for personalizing books for the kiddos! Camille loved her book and we can't wait to go back again!

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