YEAR: ___

My friend Kelly made a birthday shirt for her son's first birthday. It was so cool I thought it was a project I would like to try to tackle.

materials: a plain t-shirt, wonder under (or heat n' seal), material, thread, iron, sewing machine

• step one: prewash material and t-shirt
• step 2: apply wonder under to the back side of your material
• step 3: cut out your pattern/design
• step 4: iron your design onto the t-shirt (be sure to take the paper backing off the material first)
• step 5: stitch the perimeter of the design
• step 6: ready to wear

YEAR: one. A shirt for my nephew.

YEAR: one. A shirt for my son. To go along with his monster birthday theme.

I went through my husband's closet and snipped off the extra buttons on a few of his dress shirts to use as the monster eyes.

My birthday boy sporting his YEAR: one shirt. My little monster in his monster YEAR: one shirt in front of his monster cake! You're never too old for a birthday shirt. YEAR: forty. A shirt for my brother.