‘It’s Not Mine’

Look Familiar?

“It’s not mine?”  Sound familiar?

Well, someone had to put it there…

I am on a quest to control the towel ‘dropper’ of the family.  You think I could figure it out from the streaker, but little ones can run so fast!

I found these towels for  $3.50 at Walmart.  They are huge and fluffy and white and did I mention $3.50?  Why white?…one word BLEach.  {{O they look so cozy}}

A little bit of vinyl on the wall so that each child knows where his/her towel should go.

 No more, "I don't know where to put it."

(The vinyl is 1.5 inches tall and I used the ‘my name is honey’ font.)

If you need vinyl, strips, or a cutter click here to find out more about where to find it.

Then came the towel labeling.  AHHHHHH!  Doesn’t this picture scream clean, simplified organization!?!

I know there are a couple ways to label towels

1.  Embroidered Towels, but I don’t know how to do that…or where to do that.

2.  Use a sharpie marker…that’s what my mother used when I was a girl to label our towels{{ she tells me she likes the look of these better though:)…thanks mom! She always knows how to make me feel good!}}.

3.  Buy each kid a different color of towel and they are assigned that color {{I can’t even remember my kid’s names, let alone a color that is supposed to be associated with them}}

4.  Heat Transfer Paper… ?!

I used heat transfer paper from Silhouette

If you have a craft cutter it is really easy to use.  If you don’t, you can use scissors or an exact o knife.  I cut out my letters using the Silhouette…don’t forget to mirror the image after you design it or it won’t cut backwards and that’s what you want.  Place the shiny side of the heat transfer paper down and then cut. I didn’t use that much.  I could make a lot of wedding presents with this.  Monogrammed towels in a basket full of toiletries.  I just need someone to get married!

Pull the excess heat transfer paper off…just like when you ‘tweeze’ vinyl.  It comes with it’s own ‘backer’ paper.  That’s the clear stuff you see. Lay it down on the towel.  I did the ‘M’ first. Iron for about 60 seconds.

Pull the clear plastic off.  You can then lay the next color on and then iron the next part.  Yea…organization and simplicity!  Missy and Shelley both asked me if they wash off…so I tried it.  I used bleach, hot water and a vigorous wash cycle and they came out just fine.

This total project took me under an hour…

and you know how much time it’s going to save me???

…busted!

Alison

Alison is one of the 3 founders of HowDoesShe.com She is the mama of 4 rockin' kids who love PB and J's. She has one fantastic husband who is the love of her life and loves long walks on the beach!

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