nobody beats the biz!

as previously mentioned, we have recently moved. while we are settled in for the most part, there are still a few boxes & bags of clothes that need going through. papa had the afternoon off and we decided to take on a few of them bags. we figured if the clothes have been in these bags for the last month and we haven't missed them, surely we needed to reconsider whether they were worthy of being kept any longer. we started to dig in & quickly had 3 piles going-keep, donation & re-purpose.  it wasn't very long into it that papa opened up a bag to find the awesome and mega clearanced biz markie & fat boys t-shirts i got online for him last winter (i also bought a digital underground shirt that day, but it wasn't in that bag because it actually gets worn on a regular basis). the print on these two are a heavier, thicker ink making the shirts stiff & uncomfortable for papaeel. knowing i would want to upcycle them both, he handed them to me. i immediately showed the biz markie one to H (as he is slightly obsessed with yo gabba gabba! & will frequently roam the house beat boxing like biz does). it took him a second, but when he realized who it was, he took the shirt and carried it through the house performing his very own style of biz inspired beat boxing. i looked at papa & we both knew that i had no other choice but to make H his very own biz shirt! i redirected my intentions of unpacking & began to focus on finding a shirt of H's to use for this sure to be unparalleled, applique adventure. i thought this one would do just fine.....

i knew i wanted biz, but i also knew all of him wouldn't fit on H's shirt. i went ahead and cut all of him out so i could play around with positioning before making any final cuts to biz himself.

once i determined placement, i cut biz to size and ironed my adhesive paper to the back.

i cut biz out, peeled off the backing of the adhesive paper, made sure he was precisely where i wanted him & began to iron him on (because i knew there was a chance the ink could transfer onto my iron with it being so hot, i used the remnants of the original biz shirt to place in between the biz & the iron).

i have to admit, when i pulled that top t-shirt remnant off, i was impressed! what a rad shirt for my little man! i knew in order to withstand being worn by a toddler & survive multiple washings that i should go ahead & run a stitch around biz's perimeter.  i went with red thread. i thought it would compliment biz's bling well.

i couldn't be happier with the finished product! H rather likes it too!