How To: Valentines Day Mug for your Other Half

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Let someone know they are the peanut butter to your jelly with this sweet personalized Valentine’s Day Mug.  Want to make the gift even sweeter?  Mugs are the perfect container for everything from stuffed animals to some peanut butter and jelly filled truffles! 

Skill Level:

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Materials

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Sawgrass SG 500 or 1000 

Tumbler/Mug Press 

8.5”x11” sublimation paper or larger 

15 oz Ceramic Mug  

Alcohol and a Lint Free Cloth 

Heat Tape  

Pressing Guide

  • Time: 4.5 minutes
  • Temperature: 375 degrees F
  • Pressure: Medium

Valentines Day Mug for your Other Half:

  1. Go to the "Blank Products" tab in CreativeStudio and click on the “Drinkware” Icon then go to page 5. Scroll down to the “15oz Ceramic Mug”   

  1. Go to the "Designs" tab and click on the “Valentine’s Day” Premium folder.  Scroll to the “perfect pair” design and click on it.   

  1. Click on the background to select it and then delete. 

  1. Click on each name and change it.  If you need to resize after changing the name, there is a slider right beneath the text box or you can use the anchors on the text box in the design. 

  1. Choose “select all” from the top menu.   

  1. Resize the design and move it to the left side of the print area.   

  1. With select all still in place, hit duplicate on the right side.   

  1. Move the copy to the right side of the mug. You’ll have to move the pieces separately. 

  1. Now we are ready to print, click on the "print" Icon at the top right the printer should be set on your printer, choose the paper size you will be using, set the product to “ceramic mug,” and change color mode to “vivid.”  Then, you will click on print. Sawgrass Print Manager should pop up and click on print. 

  1. Turn on and set your tumbler/mug heat press to 375F and your time to 4.5 minutes. 

  1. Rubbing Alcohol and a lint free cloth can be used to remove fingerprints from ceramics. 

  1. Place your design face down and center on the sign, tape down the printed design with heat tape on all edges 

  1. Place the mug in the press and close.   

  1. After timer goes off, slowly open the press and remove the transfer paper.    😊 Enjoy! 

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