Father’s Day or Your Wedding Day

This is a terrific Father’s Day gift. Use Dad or Grandpas favorite photo of his babies or use a photo of you and him from your wedding day! Also a supremely perfect Father of the Bride gift for the morning of your wedding. We’re sharing super sweet printables to accompany your tie gift too, just scroll to the end of the post to grab them. Anytime you need to fancy up a tie, this would be a terrific way to do it!

A Little Turquoise

I have mentioned it here and there that we’ll be launching a baby/kids blog soon and it’s right around the corner! In a few short weeks you can look forward to lots and lots of different type of mom-ish content from kid projects to DIY room decorating ideas, advice, and so much more. This is just a little preview of what’s to come!

ps. Yes, those two (the ones with the turquoise headbands) are my adorable babies!

SUPPLIES:

• Canon PIXMA TS9521C All-in-One Crafting Printer
• The Perfect Tie For Dad
• Iron-on Transfer Paper
• Small Piece of White Fabric
• Iron (or EasyPress)
• Liquid Stitch Fabric Glue
• 4″ Square Gift Box
• Colored Cardstock
• Glue Dots
• Scissors
• Our FREE printable labels at the end of the post!

Fabric Tip: Since you need such a little bit of fabric, if you don’t have a piece of white cotton laying around, just purchase what is called a “quilting square”. Usually they are 18″ square and only like $1.99.

Measure

Start by measuring the backside edge of the tie, the inside part that is showing under the flap. Add 1″ to the measurement and size your photo that size. This tie measured 2″, so I sized my photo to 3″ square.

Print

I’m printing my iron-on photos using my fabulous Canon PIXMA TS9521C Crafting Printer because the print quality is stunning and I never have to worry about unique materials running through my printer. Trim down to size.

Make Your Patch

Iron your photo onto a piece of white fabric following the directions on your iron-on transfer package. Since I no longer own an iron because the EasyPress is the best thing ever, I’m using my mini for this project – but feel free to still use your iron. The EasyPress settings are 365˚ for 45 seconds.

Peel + Trim

This is a cold-peel project, meaning you need to wait until the fabric is completely cool before peeling the backing paper off. Then trim right along the edge of the image, cutting off a tiny sliver of the print. The iron-on actually creates a non-fray edge which is awesome.

Photo Tip: Iron-on projects are always reversed when ironed, so if you don’t want a backwards photo (or wording) you must mirror the image before printing!

Fold To Fit

Now simply fold the bottom two edges of your photo patch to fit your unique tie. All ties will be different, so fold based on the tie you are working on.

Glue The Flaps

Glue the two folded flaps first using Liquid Stitch. Hold until dry, a few minutes.

Trim To Fit

Trim the rest of your photo down to fit nicely inside the tie flap.

Glue

Add a line of glue along the edge of the patch, plus all over both folded corners to secure inside the flap of the tie… and it’s complete! WAY easier than it looks right!?

Create Your Gift Box

We have two super sweet printable labels for you. A silly “dad joke” type little card for inside your tie box and a Happy Fathers Day wrap for the outside of it! Print the all black design on ANY color paper, the color of the paper will show through the black print as the text color! Trim down and write a little note on the back of the small card if you like.

Wrap

Roll your tie up leaving the photo flap showing, then place inside a 4″ x 4″ gift box. Place the card on top of the tie and add the lid. Then adhere the label around the top of the box to finish your gift!

Huge Thanks

To my friends who lent me their lovely photos to use… Shannon, Lauren, Steve, and Shea! Photographers: Steve Cowell Photography, Lizzie Photo, Chelsea Maras Photography and Iron & Fern.

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