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My bestest friend in the whole world (beside Mr. Peacock, of course) is getting married in June. She requested a girls’ weekend in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin - Miss Sundae’s wedding locale - for her bachelorette party and we couldn’t have been more happy to comply. Lake Geneva is an extremely cute little lakeside town just a few hours from Chicago. The big party was this past weekend and we had an amazing time. Once everyone shares their pictures with me, I will write a bigger post with all the details. Everything turned out perfectly and no one wanted to leave on Sunday morning!
My friend did not want anything crazy or any of the typical, kinda tacky but fun antics during the weekend. She did not want a veil covered in condoms or plastic models of the male anatomy. She did not want strippers or embarassing party games. She and I are on the same page there, so it was easy to agree. We wanted to make it special and different from just any other girls’ weekend, so we threw in a few surprises.
First off, the goody bags.
They were filled with candy, girly spa stuff, plastic accessories and lip smackers (the bride and I LOVED these in grade school). We even found little packs of “special candy” at Lover’s Lane on the way up to Wisconsin. Hers had a few extra goodies, including a little crown, a flashing shot glass, a big button with “I’m the Bride” on it and a pretty tame deck of truth or dare cards. I made the little stickers with my favorite new find- full sheet labels- and a big circle punch. I heat embossed the little engagement ring stamp with gold embossing powder.
We also made matching tank tops. The bride is notorious for her love of pink, so my trip to Old Navy was pretty. I designed an image for an iron-on transfer and made them at home. It was surprisingly easy and I was really happy with how they turned out.
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Those tank tops are so lovely!! You did a great job– I can’t wait to hear more about the weekend 
Those tanks are so cute! Would you mind sharing the graphic for them? They would we be a great accent for my address labels! Thanks!
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Ok, I can’t help but wonder what you are holding for ransom, Cynthia.
Back to the topic…those are darling shirts!!! It’s a good thing I don’t know how to do iron-on stuff, because I would have put that on EVERYTHING. We would have had bags, shirts, pillowcases. I’m a dork!
what a cute idea! i love the tank top
pretty! how did you make the inside white? Did you print it out as grey? When I last made t-shirts, the white parts came out as transparent instead.
So adorable - I can’t wait to see more pictures! And I must say, having grown up near Milwaukee, I have learned to love the somewhat dismal landscape of strip malls and porn stores on that drive between Chicago and Milwaukee… I hope you stopped at Mars (Mar’s) Cheese Castle for some delicious curds! Yummmmm….
Oh, I love those tank tops! I’m going to have to look into making iron-ons…
How funny! I used the same design template you used for the tanks to create bookplates for my bridesmaids. Gotta love istockphoto!
Miss Peacock, thanks for the inspiration… I was just beginning to plan a no-craziness bachelorette…
@KateMW: love the pillowcases idea 
Too cute! Where did you find those crowns? They make me want to play dress up. Or, like, put them on my pets.
Thanks you guys! I am so glad that you liked them!
For everyone looking for the graphic, I bought it from istockphoto.com. Search for hand drawn frames and you should be able to find it- or something similar that you might like more! There are several in that particular file and you have to break the images apart.
I would do a how-to, but really I just created this image in Powerpoint (Photoshop would be better, but only Mr. P has a copy and he wasn’t home by buying the frame image, copying the jpeg, pasting into Powerpoint and hovering a text box over it. Not very exact! I printed it on dark t-shirt transfer paper. I bought the iron on transfer paper at Jo-Anns. I bought June Tailor brand. I think the background is white instead of translucent because I bought the dark shirt transfer instead of the normal transfer. The heart just happened to perfectly match the shirt, its not a hole in the image.
If that still doesn’t make sense, I would be happy to do a real how-to!
The crowns and most of the goodies came out of the dollar bins at Target. I <3 Target!
Can you send me the link for the graphic?? I love them!
Those tank tops are adorable! Were you able to find an iron-on transfer that doesn’t flake after a wash or two?
The tank tops are adorable. I love them and hope that you share the graphic for us less talented people.
The good bag is cute too!
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I would love if you would share the graphic!
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thanks!!!!!
You’ve inspired me!!! I’m going to make some tank tops for my sister’s wedding this weekend! You’re a genius!
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Hi, Question: I bought the same image from istockphoto, but it came with a couple of other frames. How did you copy and paste only the frame you wanted into powerpoint?
Thanks,
EM
I love the tank tops you made. Where did you find a company or online service to produce the design? I’m the MOH for my friend, and I want to make tank tops for the Bachelorette Party, but I can’t seem to find a place that will make custom designs and let me iron them myself without costing a fortune. Please help!
@Marigny Hluza - I made these tanks tops for my bachelorette party. No company necessary. I bought the design from istockphoto.com, manipulated the design and message in Microsoft Word, bought Dark t-shirt transfer paper from Hobby Lobby (June Tailor iron-on) and ironed them on to Hanes tank tops I bought at Target. Voila!
I also discussed it in my previous comments, if you want more detail. Good luck!
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Miss Peacock, Chicago
Age and Occupation: 26, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Internet Whiz
Engagement Date: December 5, 2006
Wedding Date: September, 2008
Blogging Since: December 13, 2007
Venue: St. Clement Church, Cafe Brauer (or a big church wedding and a fancy party at a cafe in Lincoln Park.
About Me: I am a grad student with a secret obsession for all things wedding related. I also love to read, travel, drink champagne and go for walks with our dog, Maisy, and Mr. Peacock. We are planning our very vintage wedding in the greatest city in the world, our hometown of Chicago. I am so proud to be a Bee!
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