Personalized Dishes

Last week I finally got around to customizing these dishes for my kids. Now that Annaliese is in bed I can post pictures--they will find them in their Easter baskets in the morning. :)


The Playtex "Create My Own" plate and bowl come as a set, the cups were purchased separately. I'm not sure if they are still available in stores (these were purchased well over a year ago) but you can find them online at the Playtex Store and other sites.
For the monograms I used Five Star Font's "Not Too Girly Whirly" font. I rearranged the star/flower motifs to fit my space better. I also decided to use the lower case stacking font from the Diploma~Graduation monogram set for their names.

Recent stitching...

Here are several items I've monogrammed in the last week or so...

Kristen asked me to monogram Madison's backpack. Thanks to her request, I learned that Old Navy had cute backpacks, and immediately ran to get Annaliese's! Madison chose Embird Alphabet #38 for her name:


Susie and Lisa requested that I monogram this blanket for Ellie, who is starting her freshman year at UF. I used the Elle alphabet from 8 Paws and a Claw.


Melanie requested matching cups for her daughters. Jailyn got a Playtex sippy cup and Jayla got a water bottle. The "J" is Deco Alphabet from Designed by Jane and their names are stitched with Harrington from 8 Paws and a Claw.



Her son Jaeson got this onesie (I digitized the star, used Embird Alphabet #8 for text):

Personalized Cup for Annaliese

The day after I made the insert for Jack's cup, I noticed in the Publix ad that they had all their Playtex cups on sale 20% off, including the Create-My-Own-Cups. I was pretty sure I hadn't seen them at the Publix I frequent, but I decided to check. Believe it or not, they had them! Not only did they have the sippy cup variety like Jack's, they also had straw cups, which are still good for Annaliese.
I bought all the cups that location had (Publix on Mahan Dr.). If anyone is interested in one, I have a small supply here, or if you live in Tallahassee, visit one of the other 50 Publix locations and pick out the color lid you want! $3.99 is a good price on these, through Wed 4/9.
Here is Annaliese's:


The applique A is from Five Star Font's Hipster. I added her name with Embird Alphabet #8.

Monogramming travel cups

Yesterday a friend called with an embroidery request. She had bought a personalized travel mug at a local boutique, but the gal that does their embroidery was out of town for a week. So I did it for her! I used Embird Alphabet #17 (Curlz).


This week is spring break and Annaliese and I had the pleasure of entertaining the son of one of Carlin's co-workers. Today the sippy cup he brought was one of Playtex's Create-my-own-cups. It was missing an insert and I just couldn't let him leave with it empty! :) I used Five Star Font's Baseball Monogram. Here's the insert:

And in the cup. If I had to do it over again, I would scoot "jack" more to the left so it is closer to the baseball. This monogram may be a touch too wide for this type of cup. But it's cute none the less and I whipped it out really quickly while we all were dancing and singing along with a CD.