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The Official Crafter Guide

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If you have a crafter or inspiring custom entrepreneur in your life the holidays are a great time to gift them the new equipment that they’ve been dreaming of!
Today we are rounding up the TOP 5 GIFTS that are sure to be on their wish list!
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Heat Press!  The #1 wish list item from crafters is a HEAT PRESS! Now is the time to make their wish come true!   Our most popular heat press, the Trans Pro 15 x 15, is an easy to use, manual heat press ideal for applying heat transfers to t-shirts, jackets, mouse pads, tiles, and more.

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Silhouette Machine! There’s a reason that Silhouette machines are always on the holiday wish list because they are GREAT! And this year there is a brand new machine that many crafters are going to want to upgrade to! The Silhouette Cameo 4 Plus is the largest Silhouette machine on the market meaning that you can cut bigger and better!  

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Vinyl!  A crafter can never have enough vinyl! Just mix and match the different prints and patterns of the adhesive and heat transfer vinyl.

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Sublimation Printer!  If your gift recipient is ready to take their crafting business to the next level, get them a sublimation printer. With a sublimation printer, your crafter can create one-of-a-kind, custom pieces like mugs, phone cases, frames, license plates, tags, and more. And if you purchase the Sublimation Starter Pack, they will have everything they need to get started!

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Mug Press! If the crafter in your life already has a custom business there’s a good chance that a mug press is a nice item on their wish list!  From making custom mugs, waterbottles, glasses, and everything in between they’ll be raising your glass to you for years to come!

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What is on your holiday wish list this year? Tell us by commenting below or tagging us on social media!

 

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Silhouette Cameo 4 Pro: What you need to know and how to get one

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Did you hear the news? The Silhouette Cameo 4 Pro is here!!

If you like to cut large designs this Silhouette Cameo is for you!! This crafting dream machine has all of the same amazing features as the Cameo 4 model but with a 24″ area to cut!!

Just imagine all of the things that you can make!!  Want to learn more about it? Scroll down.

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The Silhouette Cameo 4 Pro has:

  • A 24″ wide cutting surface
  • Register and cut printed materials
  • PixScan™ compatible
  • Cut or sketch with the dual carriage system
  • Has a dual-carriage
  • Bluetooth® compatible
  • Automatic tool detection
  • Built-in roll feeder that cuts up to 60′
  • Work with thick materials the Pro has 3 mm clearance

Want one? Preorder it now!! The Silhouette Cameo 4 Pro will be shipping out in early December so that you have it in time for the holidays.

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New Products For Back To School Season

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Back to school is around the corner, and regardless if the kids are heading back to school, going virtual or am a mixture of the two we can still make it special with PERSONALIZED BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES!

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New to this year’s school supply list, you will find Kid Face Masks. Personalize it to the kid or customize it with some school spirit, the option is yours! But one thing is for sure, adding a name or another identifying feature will surely help the kids keep track of their face mask.

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Water bottles are always a HOT seller when it comes to Back To School Season. Regardless if you add Adhesive Vinyl or Sublimate it when it comes to Water Bottles, you have options! This year we can now carry 3 new stainless steel water bottles – white, stainless steel & glitter!

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Another popular back to school item are pencil cases! From adding adhesive vinyl to the plastic boxes of sublimating a beautiful custom design onto a pencil bag. If you haven’t had a chance to check out our new pencil case blanks, you are in for a real treat. We now carry linen pencil cases and large glitter pencil cases. Both would make the perfect back to school accessory.

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Mini Drawstring Backpacks may not be able to carry all of their books but it would make for a great grab bag if you decide to take your school sessions outside or to store their personal items at practice.

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If you need to figure out a way to keep yourself organized this year’s Back To School Session you can do so with a Dry Erase Message Board or even personalized Magnets.

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What Back To School Supplies have you started personalizing for this Fall? Tell us on Facebook or Instagram!

 

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Cut an ear saver with your Silhouette

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As I am sure you are already aware, the CDC recommends that all people wear a mask or cloth face covering while in a public setting when it is hard to practice social distancing. Which means a lot of us are starting to suffer from sore ears. While this is a small price to pay to keep ourselves and others safe, we figured it wouldn’t hurt to find a way to craft a solution. And guess what? It worked! 

In today’s blog post, we are showing you how we cut through a thin plastic book cover backing to make yourself an ear saver.

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You will need:

  • a Thin but durable plastic material. We used the backing of a plastic book cover. 
  • Cutting Machine, we used the Silhouette Cameo 4.
  • Cutting Mat
  • Computer

Directions to make an ear saver:

Design your ear saver. 

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Cut the back page off of your book cover.

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Place it on the mat and insert it into your Silhouette Machine. 

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Go to the cut setting of your silhouette cameo 4 and look at the settings. If you use the plastic book cover backing, we used the shrinky dink cut setting.

Do a test cut. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP. If it cuts entirely through and you can lift it off just fine, you can move on to the next step. If it doesn’t cut, adjust your cut settings.

Click cut! 

Carefully lift off your ear saver and the remaining cut-up book cover. 

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Try it on.

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A few important notes:

  • Our employee that made the ear saver has only used it about 5-10 so far. So far, so good. But we have no way to know how long the plastic ear saver will hold for. If you are concerned about that, you could try cutting slightly thicker material. 
  • When trying to figure out the size, we measured the back of the ear to the other ear to get a feel for how big it needed to be.
  • We also cut a few different designs to see what angle would work best; we’d recommend you do the same or see if you can find a proven ear saver pattern to purchase.
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Customize Auto Accessories

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Are you ready to hit the gas on your business? Expand your product offerings by test driving some new custom categories like Auto Accessories!

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Here at Pro World, we have car accessories that can be decorated to use in your car, on your car, and even about your car! Perfect for any car enthusiast. Want to see them? Scroll down!

 

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Customizable License Plate

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Car Coasters

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Then, if you start sublimating auto accessories you can also add window decals into your product offering. All you need is a little vinyl and a cutter!

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Have you used any of our auto accessory products before? Tag us on Instagram we want to see what you have made!

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Unboxing Your Cameo 4

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A common statement that we hear from customers is “I’ve had my Silhouette for about a week and I’m scared to take it out of the box” So we thought it would be a good idea to walk you through the unboxing process to show you that there is nothing to fear! In fact the quicker you do it the sooner you can start making awesome goodies!

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So first things first open your box.

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Inside you are going to find some papers, cords, cutting mat and of course your Silhouette Cameo.

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As you start peeling away all of the packaging materials you will find some neat spots that move. Like this one for instance. Watch what happens.

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It opens! It’s also the perfect size to store your extra Silhouette Blades.

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If you’ve made it this far you may be wondering where the blade is. Look inside the tan triangle!IMG_1677

Now you should have the remaining pieces to put together.

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Start by plugging in all of your outlets.

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Take your auto blade and place it into your machine.

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To do this just pull the tab out, place the blade in and gently push the tab back.

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At this point you are ready to design something and make your first cut! Youw ill need to download your Silhouette software by following the instructions on the card.

Open the program and start with a simple design/shape. As you see I used a rectangle.

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Now head over to the send option. Change the Material type to whatever you are cutting with. Make sure the blade is on Auto Blade and click cut!

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Once you cut you can weed your design!

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Congrats you are now ready to get to crafting!

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Easter Items That You Can Make or Decorate!

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With Easter “hopping” up around the corner. We thought it would be fun to share some ideas of things that you can make for Easter!

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Want to decorate your space? Make Easter pillows! For this project, we used a sublimation printer and sublimation pillow blanks but you could also use HTV! See how we made them here!

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Want to make the kids some Custom Easter shirts? Roll out the HTV and get designing! Need a tutorial? Go here!

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Want to make a shirt but don’t have a lot of time? Grab an Easter heat transfer and make a funny bunny shirt!

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As your making things for the kids. How about you make them some custom Easter pajamas! That way they can wear them on Easter morning! If you want to see how we made them go here!

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Looking to make some personalized items for the Easter Basket? Personalize a stuffed animal! Just cut the name and press!

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Or if you were looking for something a bit larger you could personalize a beach chair with some HTV!

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Sublimation Blank Starter Package

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Here at Pro World, we love our customers! So we are constantly looking for ways to help you with your custom business. So when you asked for a Sublimation Blank Starter Package we were happy to put one together!

Now with our Sublimation Blanks Starter Package you will get a ton of our best selling sublimation blanks ready for your custom designs. This package contains a variety of substrates; glass, hardboard, aluminum, and ceramic just to name a few. Perfect for practicing with your brand new sublimation printer or getting a variety of products to offer to your customers. All products contain a polymer coating and can be applied with your commercial heat press.

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Isn’t that great? And while we were thinking about new packages we decided to make one for the Galaxy Elite Cutter Starter Package and the Silhouette Cameo Starter Package. See what they entail below!

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With the Galaxy Elite Cutter Starter Package you will get the Galaxy Elite 15″ Cutter which is a mid-range professional grade vinyl cutter that includes Dragon Cut Software and able to contour cut. It is a desktop cutter driven by stepper motors. With a maximum clearance of 19.3″, this cutter is perfect for running 15″ vinyl which is a common width for vinyl. This package also includes sheets of Siser Easyweed Heat Transfer Vinyl  and rolls of Oracal 651 Adhesive Sign Vinyl – just enough to get you started. And to top it all of you will get a treasure trove of accessories to round out your package which will include a weeding tool, a non-stick sheet, a squeegee, a siser color guide, and oracal tape. We designed this so you would get everything that you need to get started in the garment and sign vinyl industry.

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And our last new package is the Silhouette Cameo Starter Package. This package includes the Silhouette CAMEO® 3. the ultimate DIY machine. You just connect it to your computer with a USB cable and you are ready to design. This machine uses a small blade to cut paper, cardstock, vinyl, fabric, and many other materials up to 12 inches wide and 10 feet long. Includes Cameo® 3 cutter, power cable, instructional manual, cutting mat, cutting blade, cross cutter, a one-month subscription to the silhouette design store, and 100 free digital designs. This package also includes Siser Easyweed and Oracal Vinyl and loads of accessories like the Siser color guide, weeding tool, non-stick sheet, and vinyl squeegee!

Which package are you most excited for?

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide

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With Mother’s Day around the corner, we thought now was a good time to share our top 5 gifts for the women in your life, including you! This way, when you inevitably get asked what you would like for this special day, you can easily share your wishlist. For business owners, these are also great items to add to your offerings so you can take your custom business to the next level.

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Wouldn’t it be nice to put the iron away for good?  With a heat press, you can do just that! Pictured above is our most popular heat press, the Trans Pro 15 x 15. This easy to use, manual heat press is ideal for applying heat transfers to t-shirts, jackets, mouse pads, tiles, and more! The even pressure and temperature makes creating custom items a breeze!
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Have you been dreaming about owning a Silhouette Machine? Then this is perfect for you! With the Silhouette Cameo Value Package, you will receive a Silhouette Cameo 3, a Vinyl Starter Kit, a Rhinestone Starter Kit, and a Heat Transfer Starer Kit. Plus, you can add a discounted 15 x 15 Heat Press to the package so that you are all ready to get crafting!
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Are you ready to take your custom business to the next level? Great! With the Sublimation Starter Package, you will be able to create one-of-a-kind, custom pieces like mugs, phone cases, frames, license plates, tags, and more. This bundle includes a high-performance sublimation printer, ink, paper, and easy to use creative software. You can add a heat press to this bundle as well!
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Wouldn’t it be nice to open your Mother’s Day gift and find a box full of vinyl? We offer an extensive selection of heat transfer vinyl from all major vinyl manufacturers including Siser, Chemica, FDC, and Specialty Materials. With a wide array of colors and prints your new vinyl stash will surely bring a smile to your face! Plus, your family can can add a mini heat press to their order for ONLY $89 when they spend $199, or add a 15 x15 Heat Press for $99 when they order $399 of merchandise!
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Motherhood is hard work! And nothing says love like the combination of coffee and crafting! With the Pro World Mug Starter Package you will receive a Virtuoso Sublimation Printer, Trans Pro Mug Heat Press, Ink, Paper, Mugs, and more. The perfect way to start your day will always be within reach!
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Layering Chemica Glitter Heat Transfer Vinyl

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Happy St. Patty’s Day! Today we are going to show you how to layer Chemica Bling Bling heat transfer vinyl.

yes you can layer glittered HTV see how at @proworldinc

But first you need to grab a few supplies:

Design, Cut and Weed your Chemica Bling Bling pieces.

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Warm up your heat press, and press your first vinyl layer at 320 degrees F for 10 seconds. Peel the plastic transfer paper off, and lay the next shiny piece on top.

Layer Glitter Heat Transfer Vinyl! See how!

Cover your full design with a teflon sheet, and press it again at 320 degrees F for 10 seconds.

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Peel back your plastic overlay and admire your sparkly results!

Now it’s  your turn to try. Tag us on Instagram so that we can see your projects by using the #proworldinc

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