I often have brainwaves about projects. There is so much on the Internet (and in life!) to be inspired by. My practise is to write the idea down in a notebook and think about it some more, then if I decide to go ahead with it I will start accumulating the resources to do it. Sometimes it takes a while to do this, and I might get distracted or lose interest in the meantime. By the time I have the resources lined up, the project might sit there....idly.....waiting....for me to remember to do it, or find time to do it, or just to get motivated again. Does this happen to you?
OK then, just me? Moving right along.
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| It's all systems go at Chaos Central |
I had been planning to print some transfers onto a few shirts for the boys, for like ever. I bought some t shirts and found some images online that I liked. And then I had to save up for fricken printer ink. Seriously! Why is that shit so expensive?
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| What is this thing? Why do I need to keep it away from plastic bags? |
I had to remember how to use an iron.
I thought I had given up on that years ago, it was a bit of a rude shock.
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| That ink might as well have been made of solid gold. |
Making sure the printer was all ready to go was fun, I so love my printer (Canon MP500). I was finally able to crack the seal on some special transfer paper, that came with the printer. One of the things I love about Canon is that they are always doing giveaways, just never on ink.
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| So easy! |
The software driver for the printer is so easy to use.
Not to sure about the 'You are out of ink' pop up yet.
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| Afternoon sunlight through my window. |
Let the transfers settle for a minute or two. I used images I found on the Internet, and I have no plans to make any money out of them so I am not breaching any copyright laws.
OK, so you have to iron for a long time. A very long time. The instructions say to press the iron into each little square for about 10 seconds (using 20 kgs of pressure), then when you finish turn the shirt and do it again. And then twice more. And once more for good measure. Which I did. It says that if you are unsure, continue ironing until the paper goes light brown, but I was pretty sure before we got to that stage...
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| My plan comes to fruition! |
Just so you know, this is not a sponsored post for Canon. My Canon printer (and it's ink) was paid for in full by me. I just really, really love it.
What plans do you have sitting on the shelf? What is your favourite brand of printer?
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