Thank you for joining me again today. If you want a personalized cup but don’t want to spend big bucks then you have come to the right place. I am a barista at Starbucks. We are encouraged to use reusable cups for our drinks while we are working to reduce the amount of plastic that is thrown away and to save our Earth. In the past, I have tried a couple different designs on my cup and haven’t found one that I absolutely loved and have had problems with the vinyl bubbling. So this morning I decided to take a different approach. If you have seen any of my recent posts you know that Autumn is my favorite season. So I decided to do an Autumn inspired cup. You can see what came up with below:
I absolutely LOVE this design. If you would like to know how I made this then please keep on reading. One of the things I like about Starbucks is that if you bring a reusable cup in with you, you get 10 cents off for helping to save the planet. Naturally, Starbucks has its own reusable cups that you can purchase. Of course, the prices vary where you live, but the cold cup that you see above around me is only $3 plus tax. That is really a good deal. It is made out of hard plastic and the lid actually fits securely on there so that there isn’t any leakage. If hot drinks are your game they also have reusable hot cups for around $2 plus tax.
So far you have $3 invested in this project now, you just need to decorate it. Since in the past, I had a problem with Cricut permanent adhesive sticking to the cup I went with a different vinyl this time around. I bought Oracle 651 permanent vinyl. I love this stuff because it works really well, has a shiny finish, and…. it is only $2 per 12 X 12 sheet at Michaels. They recently had a sale that each sheet was $1 so I bought a lot of colors. If you want, on this brand you can also use a coupon if it is not on sale which is nice.
So since I knew that I wanted it to be autumn-themed I picked a dark red and orange. Now for the fun part. So for the around the siren logo, I found a free SVG that looks like fall leaves. It was actually a set of 2 different frames. You can find it here. So I just had to decide which one I wanted so I picked the first one. Next, I had to get the right sizing for around the logo. This could be challenging because the logo is actually an oval, not a perfect circle. I wanted to leave a tiny bit of space between the frame and the logo. So the custom size of the frame was 5.306″ wide X 4.917″ high.
When doing the name I looked through the different fonts that I had on my computer. I wanted the name to stand out so I picked the bright orange vinyl. I am also a super Star Wars nerd, so I ended up using the Star Jedi font from dafont.com. (If you want a link to the font click here.) I picked the one Star Jedi Outline found out of that bundle and cut it using my Cricut.
When I did the weeding I started with the leaf frame first. I didn’t want to waste vinyl so I took the leaves out carefully as I was weeding and set them aside on some leftover backing from a different vinyl sheet. This way I could use them again and finish decorating the cup. I applied that directly to the cup using transfer tap as carefully and evenly as I could.
Next, I started weeding out the letters and put them on the opposite side of the cup where the boxes are and lined them up.
Lastly, I took those leaves that I had saved and put half the amount on one side, then the rest on the remaining side. Then, Voila! My custom Starbucks cup. You can use the same color vinyl for everything if you want, totally up to your preference. You still have a lot of both sheets left for another project. So $3 for the cup plus $2 for both sheets of vinyl equals a custom cup for $5.
I hope that you enjoyed this little tutorial. If you did please comment below and I’ll make some more instructions like this. Until next time, have a craftastic day!
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