Last weekend, I was getting ready to go to a Halloween party when I realized I had nothing to wear! I don’t have any cute halloween clothes- how is that possible? I love themed and festive things. So at the last minute I wanted to make something fun and I came up with this adorable shirt! In total the project took me less than 30 minutes and then I was off to the party, appropriately festive. And the shirt was a hit!

I did this project using my Cricut Explore Air, which is quickly becoming my favorite craft tool. I used it to make my adorable studio sign for my office that I absolutely love. And now this shirt is so amazingly easy to make with such great results. What’s not to love?

I was a bit nervous to try using iron-on vinyl, but it went really well. For my first time using iron-on vinyl I think I did a pretty good job! I used this tutorial from Rae Gun Ramblings to figure out what to do.

Alright- who’s ready to craft? I’ll walk you step by step how to make this shirt, and you can even download the design I used for free to make your own boo shirt!

tools and supplies:

• Cricut Explore Air
• Iron on Vinyl (You can also get awesome vinyl here)
• T-shirt
• Iron
• Cricut tools (optional)

step one: download file

Click the image to download the file!

This step is pretty self explanatory! Just click the image above to download the file you need to make this shirt. My favorite part is the little ghost.

The image is backwards- but don’t worry, that’s on purpose. When you cut iron-on vinyl you cut it backwards because the underside ends up becoming the front of the design.

step two: import image to cricut design studio

Launch your cricut design studio and start a new project. You’ll want to upload the image, and you can do this by clicking the upload image tab on the left. Them press the “upload image” button.

The upload will ask you what type of image it is, and you should select simple image. Next you will click through the select and erase and press next. Because the file is in .png format, the image is already transparent and you wont need to remove the background.

The images below show you what this process looks like:

step three: insert image to cricut design studio

Now that you’ve uploaded your image, you’ll want to insert it into your design studio so you can make the cut!

Click on the image you uploaded, and click insert images. You’ll want to resize the image to your desired size. I made mine 11″ by 7.48″, because I wanted a large design. You can size it to fit your shirt.

Step four: prepare your mat

Now that your design is ready, you’ll want to prepare your mat. You’ll want to place your vinyl front side down. The back side will look much duller and you should be able to tell the difference, as you can see in the photo below.

Make sure you have enough vinyl for the size you selected in the previous step.

Once your mat is prepared, you can load it into the Cricut machine. Make sure to set your dial to “iron on vinyl.”

step five: cut and peel

Now you’re ready to cut! If you press the green circle that says “go” in Cricut design studio, it will show you a preview of your design. Approve the preview and then press the flashing “go” on the machine once you are ready to cut.

When the cut is finished, you can peel away the excess vinyl to leave your design behind.

step six: weed

When you peeled away the vinyl, the smaller pieces on the inside of letters and the ghost eyes did not come up. It’s time to “weed” those out. You can use the cricut weeder to do this- or possibly a toothpick. Just push along the edge and the vinyl should pop up.

step seven: iron on

Once you’ve got the design how you want it, you’re ready to iron it on! You will leave the plastic on the front of the vinyl to iron over.

Place your design right side up on the shirt where you want it to be located. You’ll want to use a setting for cotton on your iron without water.

I put some cardboard between the top and the bottom to keep the shirt stiff and easy to iron. Then iron away for several minutes until you are confident the vinyl has attached to the shirt. And now you’re done! Just peel away the plastic and you’re ready to go!

Woohoo- you’re done!

I love this shirt because it’s cute and festive. I can’t get over how cute the ghost exclamation point is. I’m so glad I added it- it’s the small details that really make a big difference in the final design.

And who doesn’t love a little sparkle?

I honestly can’t believe how easy it was to make this shirt. I feel like I should customize all the shirts I own now… but I won’t go that crazy.

But at least now I know I can make something pretty quickly at the last minute!

And the important part is, Biscuit approves. He even got his hair all over it. Why do I ever wear black clothes?

But who could say no to that adorable face?

All in all, one of my favorite cricut projects to date. I feel like I’m getting the hang of it now so you can expect more fun cricut tutorials from me! I might even have a little holiday idea up my sleeve… I can’t wait to share it.

But for now, I’m loving my boo shirt!

What do you think? Are you ready to make your shirt?

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 Who’s that hiding there in the ornaments?

It’s Falafel! (Check out her cute little teeth!)

Falafel is half-jewish. She loves to enjoy the dim candlelight from our menorah.

Now get settled in because Falafel is ready to deliver presents!

And off she goes! With her little reindeer-hogs.

Spreading holiday cheer to all!

Ok, I’m a huge nerd. But how could I not with all this cuteness! And don’t worry- Falafel got extra worms for being such a good sport taking these pictures. She’s been in a particularly good mood the past few days- must be the holiday spirit!

Oh, and I don’t want to forget to say…

HAPPY HEDGIEDAYS!

I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season filled with cheer, family, friends, over-eating, and of course, cute animals. Especially hedgehogs.

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Holiday time! Only one of the best times of year. Now that we’ve made it through co-hosting our first (early) Skarie family christmas, I’m in full fledged christmas spirit mode. And you know what the holidays are great for? Desserts!

Well, luckily, M&M’s® have some pretty adorable (and delicious, obviously) seasonal treats! Can you get any more festive than White Chocolate Peppermint? And I’m a sucker for mini anything, so I love the M&M’s® Mini Baking Bits too!

And if you are anywhere as festive as me- you’ll be equally as excited about holiday edition Glad storage! Food storage is a must during the holidays with all the leftovers and treats, so it might as well be cute, right?

The white chocolate peppermint M&M’s®  and holiday edition Glad storage are only available at Target– so you should head on over and pick them up today! And hurry, because you’ll want them both for this super delicious festive treat.

So- let’s get to the recipe! You know I don’t like to make anything complicated- so you can make this fudge with about 15 minutes of prep time.

That fudge is a beauty isn’t it? It is so perfect for the holidays. I made Lars bring it in to work because I would’ve eaten that whole thing myself if you let me. I’m a sucker for fudge.

I love the M&M’s® White Chocolate Peppermint candies. They are so beautiful. They inspired the flavor for this adorable mint fudge. And if you aren’t convinced it’s beautiful, check out this close up:

Yeah. That’s some good looking fudge.

My favorite part of the fudge is the M&M’s® surprise layer. You can see them above in between the layers. It’s a fun little extra crunch.

And since I made Lars bring the fudge in to work- the Glad packaging was perfect! I was able to fit all the fudge in one Glad holiday edition deep dish. I always love a trip to Target, so if you want an excuse to go, these Target exclusive Glad holiday edition containers are amazing.

And you know what the best part about the Glad holiday packaging is? There are recipes on the back! I tried out the M&M’s® Black & White Peppermint Brownies, and let’s just say they did not disappoint.

I mean, just look at them. Don’t you want to just eat them right off the screen? So, if the fudge didn’t quite satisfy your chocolate peppermint craving, just whip up a batch of these. They are so perfect for the holidays.

There’s plenty of awesome chocolate peppermint recipes to go around! I hope you make this easy fudge at home. And definitely get yourself the Glad storage containers so you can get the recipe for the M&M’s® Black & White Peppermint Brownies.

Happy Holidays! What’s your favorite holiday treat?

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Well I’ve seen lots of cute Harry Potter cupcakes, and I’ve seen snitch themed things from candies to cake pops. I wanted to do something I hadn’t seen before.

One of my favorite silly treats in the book was Weasly’s Wizard Wheeze’s canary creams. When you eat one, you temporarily turn into a canary. How great is that? A fun, delicious treat, and a harmless prank.

Well, Ron and George wouldn’t let me share the incantation they use to make the cookies turn you into a canary because it’s a trade secret. But, you can make the cookies, and then try to figure it out yourself.

When I bake I usually use measuring cups, but I used my kitchen scale for this recipe, and I found it to be much easier! I’m definitely going to have to use it more often. I’ve only been using it for beauty recipes, but man, it’s great for baking! No worrying about leveling off your measuring cup perfectly- just pouring slowly onto the scale until you get the right amount. I highly recommend it for this recipe.

Here is what the dough should look like when it is ready to be rolled out! You just need to bring it together in a ball with your hands and then roll it out between two pieces of parchment paper.
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How cute are these canaries? This is the cookie cutter I used.

And here they are puffed up and baked. There’s always the worry when you use a cutter that the baked version won’t look as good as the raw dough- but this recipe is perfect for cutting shapes. 

Mmm- look at that frosting! So so so thick.

And with a little food dye… it’s canary yellow! The perfect color for the cream part of the canary cream. 

And next is the easiest and most fun step- decorating! To make the cream cookie sandwiches just spread a thick layer of frosting and stack another cookie on top!

They’re pretty darn cute as is.. but as always with me I had to keep going and do more cookie decorating. Frosting is just so much fun to work with. And sprinkles. And there was a lot of frosting left over so really- it would have been wasteful not to do more decorating.

Ok.. so here is what you’ve been waiting for. I got the recipe from Gluten Free on a Shoestring

To make the decorations on my cookies, I just put some yellow and red frosting into ziplock bags and cut a tiny tiny piece off the corner of the bag. I then piped the designs onto the cookies. Aren’t they adorable?

The ziplock makeshift pastry bags are super easy to use.

I think Harry will appreciate these for his birthday. It will bring him back to his Gryffindor days. He sure loves to reminisce.

Happy birthday Harry!

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