#1 Blog Post ~ How to Print on Burlap

Have you survived my post inundation this week?  I hope you’ve enjoying a look back on my top posts & are enjoying all the giveaways.

Well it was 2 years ago today that I click that publish button on my first blog post.  It has been an exciting two years of getting to share my passions with you guys and being inspired by so many amazingly, crazy-talented ladies out in bloggyland.

I want to thank my readers for reading my ramblings (or spew as I call it).  I don’t consider myself a writer at all.  I LOVE creating and I LOVE sharing about it, but the technical writing end is just the means to get it out to you.  So THANK YOU for being apart of this journey & I’m excited to see what the next year brings!

On to my most popular blog post of all time and by a land-slide!

{How to Print on Burlap}

So… I finally got my hands on freezer paper!

I figured I would try to use my freezer paper to print on some burlap… did you know you can print on material with some printers?

{1st Step}

I created my “laundry” verbiage in Photoshop elements, but you could use any word processing program.   I made it 8 1/2” x 11”, so that it would run through my printer as a standard piece of paper.  I went to an online dictionary to find the definition I used.

{2nd Step}

Iron the burlap.

I had a piece of scrap burlap that worked perfectly for this project.  You want your fabric nice and smooth for the printing.

{3rd Step}

Place your freezer paper on top of your ironed burlap with the shiny side down (touching the  burlap).  Run a medium, dry iron on top of the freezer paper and it will magically adhere to your burlap.

{4th Step}

Cut your burlap/freezer paper into your 8 1/2” x 11” size.

{5th Step}

Run your burlap/freezer paper through your printer.

{6th Step}

Peel off the freezer paper….

and you have this amazing printed burlap!

To finish off this project, I used the leftovers of the foam board from my Check My Pockets laundry sign to create the backing for my empty black frame.

To adhere the burlap sign I used decorative nails.

I used scraps of burlap, remnants of a sweater I turned into a pillow and the remains of my daughter’s dress turned pillow… and twisted and hot glued them onto felt to create some cute flowers.  I glued the flowers onto the foam board and frame with my trusty hot glue gun.

My newest laundry love!

If you are worried to try printing on your own printer, you can check out my Burlap Beauties on my sidebar that I sell.

I’ve got the final 2 giveaways coming soon!