How To Make It: Valentine Vase

This elegant and versatile Valentine's gift is made with a wine chiller that perfectly doubles as a vase.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Tools & Supplies to Make It:

How to Create It:

Log into MySawgrass and from the Landing Page choose Design.
For your product, select the Stainless Steel Wine Chiller by opening the Kitchen & Dining category or by using the search bar.
Once the design tool opens, click on ELEMENTS and then BACKGROUNDS.
Click on PATTERNS panel of the design tool and search for Ribbon to choose the Pink Ribbon pattern.
Click on DONE to add it to your product.
Use the SIZE slider to adjust the pattern size.
Once the design is in place, hit the Print button and then on the Print Screen click on Print File.

How to Print It:

You should get a popup that asks if you want to open Sawgrass Print Utility. You will need to click Open Sawgrass Print Utility. If you are not seeing this, you’ll need to disable your popup blocker.
In Sawgrass Print Utility, start by scrolling down and making sure your print orientation is set to Landscape.
Set your print preset to Stainless Steel Drinkware.
Make sure that the media size and type match what you have in the printer. On the Color Management Tab, we suggest having the Color Mode set to Vibrant.
When you’ve confirmed all of your settings, Hit Print.

How to Press It:

Turn on your press on and set the temperature to 325F degrees
Cut any excess paper away, wrap your design around wine chiller, and secure with heat tape.
Wrap your product in shrink wrap.
Place the wine tumbler in the oven 12 minutes.
Rotate product half way through the time.
When finished, remove the shrinkwrap and paper as quickly as possible.

Tips and Tricks:

You do not have to use a heat gun and shrink the wrapper before inserting it in the oven. The oven will quickly do that step for you.
Shrink Wrap is hard to remove once it has cooled. If it hardens before you are done, use a heat gun to warm it slightly and then remove the remaining wrap.