Read direx first, i.e., I am an idiot

[meems]

I'm trying to make a gift for my friend, who is due here at any moment. (of course I waited till the last possible moment. My plan is to make t-shirts by ironing on a little design I made using some cute Jacque Larsen stuff.

So I print out my images and choose mirror image b/c isn't that what you do for t-shirts? Nope, not for this kind of transfer paper.

For one of the designs, it doesn't matter if the image is flipped so I go ahead and start ironing it on. Nothing seems to be happening.

I go look at directions. Oh, I was supposed to peel off the backing first. duh.

Just felt compelled to share the tale of my stupidity . . .:blink:

on the bright side . . . I found the 2 blinkies for today right away! thanks Robin and Kristin!

 

[sczos911]

I'm not a direction eader either. And I'm last minute, too.

Glad you found the blinkies. I have yet to do so.

 

[bergstromfarms]

I never read the directions either unless I REALLY need to

 

[ditzyscrap]

I think we ALL have those moments.

A couple months ago, I was working on a sample (read: first attempt) hybrid project, and had an open book of glue dots laying on my desk. I set down the hybrid project DIRECTLY onto the book of glue dots, and realized immediately what I'd done, so I pulled it back up and was pulling the glue dots off. At the same time I was talking to Kristin on Yahoo and was telling her what I just had done. Not even 5 seconds after I finished pulling all the glue dots off...I put it back down...ON THE GLUE DOTS. Again! OMG, it was funny, but not.

Fast forward a month or so, and I took the project with my to a crop w/ Paula (Duncan)...I started telling her the story about the project and glue dot catastrophe, and when I was holding it, it kinda slipped out of my hand and...you guessed it...onto an open book of glue dots. ARGH!

 

[winkasheart]

OMGosh..too funny...mainly because that sounds like something that would happen to me, lol. I always wait till the last minute myself...although I have learned to read directions...sometimes, lol.

How did the T-shirts turn out?

 

[scarlettcharm]

I'm so glad you felt compelled, because I NEEDED a laugh! :wub:

 

[Brandy]

Lmao bree that is something i would do!

 

[meems]

LOL, Bree, I could totally see myself doing that too! (and this is why I probably never do hybrid projects.)

T-shirts, well, they didn't turn out as cute as I was envisioning them in my mind . . .

If I can find batteries for my camera I might post a pic . . .

 

[scarletheels]

Omg, Bree. I am laughing so hard right now. ROFL That is just insane.

LOL @ meems - we all have our moments!

 

[Micheline Lincoln]

ROFL, thus why I never attempted to do a hybrid project