Pajamas and some sisterly love!

Hello again and thanks so much for stopping by!

A few months ago, I made these pajamas as part of the Bundle Up sale through Pattern Revolution (I do pattern reviews over there; if you haven't checked them out, you should!) They were doing an all boys bundle, but I girled it up a bit for my munchkins and designed an iron-on transfer (available below) to go along with their outfits.  I have been meaning to blog about them ever since, but you know how that goes...

As I have probably mentioned before, we are pretty big fans of Frozen around here and that doesn't seem to be coming to an end anytime soon.  So I thought these little short and tank top PJ's were a perfect time to bust out some of my hoarded carefully collected frozen fabric and put it to use.  

I simply made the tops and shorts out of some more girl friendly fabric, skipped the fly on the shorts and added a little ruffle to the bottom.  Voila! Boys boxer set changed to girls short set!

I think they worked out really well and they were super easy and comfortable.  I have another set for each girl (in the opposite fabrics) already cut out and sitting in my "too-due" pile so they each have 2 matching sets.  I think these will go in the suitcases when we take our Disney cruise next year!

One thing I love to do to my shirts is to embellish them with iron on transfers.  I used my much loved  (affiliate link) 

Silhouette CAMEO Electronic Cutting Tool with Silhouette Studio Designer Edition Software

to design the emblems and then print them on printable iron-on transfer paper.  I really like the versatility that I have making shirts this way.  It is super easy to use and I can make a shirt in minutes once the emblem is designed.  I've done these for birthday parties and holidays.  It is a nice alternative to embroidering a shirt if you don't own an embroidery machine too.  All you really need is a printer, the iron on transfer paper and an iron.  

I like to use this product (affiliate link)

JET-OPAQUE II HEAT TRANSFER PAPER 8.5 X 11" CUSTOM PACK 25 SHEETS
and have used it tons of times with great success.  I ran out one time and, in a pinch, ran to my local craft store and bought a different brand.  That brand turned bright yellow after washing and parts of the transfer peeled off.  Now I keep lots of Jet-Opaque on hand and only use that.  Lesson learned the hard way :(



I think the outfits turned out great, and the girls were thrilled to take pictures in them because I let them jump on the bed (a rare treat) while I was taking pictures.

One thing I wanted to do with the emblems was make the "frozen-esque" without being over the top (or violating any copyright stuff).  I love the underlying story and how it honors sisterly love so I decided to incorporate that into the shirts.  And with my Olaf shorts...well of course I had to say something about hugs!

I think my girls are both about sisterly bonds and hugs, so they shirts were especially fitting :)

If you would like to make your own shirts for a set of Pj's or just use the emblems for something else, I am including the link to the dropbox file for them today! I included both the cameo file for those of you who have one, and a PDF for those of you who don't.  You can just download the PDF file, print it out on the printable iron-on transfer paper and cut around the edge of the circle. Easy Peasy! 

***A couple notes***

I changed the snowflake on the downloadable one linked below because I wanted to make sure all of the graphics and fonts I used were open market and allowed for this type of use.  But it is still just as cute!

I also changed the pink lettering on the warm hugs file to red and included that for those of you who have boys and maybe don't want the pink letters :) Both the red and pink are included below.  

Warm Hugs Pink PDF
Warm Hugs Pink Studio File
Warm Hugs Red PDF
Warm Hugs Red Studio File
Sister PDF
Sister Studio File

If you have any questions or issues, you can comment below or email me at blogslikeamother@gmail.com and I will try to help!  Hope you enjoy them.