Creating with Joy

How sweet is Sam the Wonder Lab? Make any dog feel more special with a fabric bandana in your favorite color, personalized with their name. Learn more on Candice Windham's blog.

This is a great personalized gift idea for the sports fan or athlete in your life. Click here to see how Lorrie McCullers used Joy letters to turn a ready-made plastic sign holder into a cherished memento to celebrate her favorite baseball team. Go Braves!

'Tis the season for celebrating the grads in your family! Marilyn glammed up a ready-made sign holder with glitter and bling in school colors and then personalized it with Joy letters and numbers. Click here to learn how she made this special graduation party sign.

Okay, so maybe he's not exactly a chef, but he's your most favorite "cooker guy," right? Check out how Sue Eldred painted a kid's canvas fabric apron and then personalized it with her grandson's adorable phrasing, using Joy iron-on letters. He loves to help Grandma in the kitchen!

  Monogrammed pouches not only help you stake your claim on what treasures lie inside, they're also just plain cute! You can ink or dye the white Joy embroidered letters to match the colors of your fabric, like Lorine did for her sturdy zippered pouch for scissors and other sewing accessories. Perfect for toting things […]

We just love how designer Madeline Arendt took a plastic tote bag from pretty plain to pretty cool with Joy embroidered letters and some bling. You can use Joy letters on any surface - glue them to plastic, wood, paper, or iron them on to fabric to personalize your favorite wash-n-wearables.

Time for the pomp and circumstance! If you want to give something special to your graduate, try making this fun storage box with a personalized mortarboard for a lid. Click here to learn how designer Beth Watson used Joy Varsity Block letters and numbers to make this quick and easy graduation gift.

The large Varsity Block numbers with sticky-back are perfect for adding a table number to your DIY wedding tables. For this shabby chic outdoor wedding reception, Julie McGuffee used a combination of burlap and lace to frame vases of flowers for simple, colorful centerpieces. The texture of the embroidered number on burlap contrasts nicely with […]