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Spirit Swag — Personalized cowbell

October 1, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

For me, fall means FOOTBALL!!! It's an especially good bright spot this year. Since my son is no longer playing college ball, we have "adopted" a couple of players from a local university. It's so they have a family away from home. This week, I'm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Projects, Tips Tagged With: bell, logo, project, spirit swag, vinyl

How’d They Do That? Half in, Half Out Logo

August 12, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I'm one of those folks who looks at signs not only for the information on them, but to check out the fonts and graphics. This past weekend I was in an airport and saw a sign with the logo for Colorado Mountain College. It looks like this: Note: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: control point, design, Drawing Tools, logo, modify, regular polygon, shapes, subtract, weld

Adding a multi-color design element into a school mascot

December 19, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

My son's girlfriend coaches high school soccer. Of course, that means I just HAVE to make her some spirit swag with the mascot. But I didn't want just any old design. I wanted to find a way to incorporate soccer. I love the final result, so thought … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: logo, mascot, modify, shirt, spirit, sports

Knockout designs made easy

September 20, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette knockout knock outs

For my first project in my Spiritwear series, I want to teach you how to create a knockout design. This is a fun way to combine a school mascot with the team name or another phrase. I promise it will be easier than any other knockout method you've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: divide, htv, knock out, knockout, logo, mascot, modify, spirit wear, spiritwear, team, tshirt

Trademark and copyright for crafters

September 17, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I sit here on a Saturday afternoon watching college football, my favorite thing to do (besides crafting). The only bittersweet thing is that my son is no longer playing as he graduated last spring. I've made a TON of spirit items over the years and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: college, copyright, law, legal, license, logo, mascot, patent, school, tracing, trademark, university

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