Create a DIY customized yoga mat and equipment for the last word self-care expertise at residence. You gained’t consider how fast and straightforward it’s to design your personal customized yoga gear with Cricut!
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Self-Care at Home
Taking time for self-care can undoubtedly be a problem at instances, however you simply can’t under-estimate the significance of caring for your self. Having some devoted “me time” may help to spice up bodily well being, enhance productiveness, improve optimistic considering, and and make us much less prone to emphasize, anxiousness and different emotional well being points. Not solely will this be helpful to you, however it’s going to even have a optimistic impact on these round you. So, for those who’ve been fighting self-care time recently, right here’s your reminder to schedule in a while for your self!
Having a peaceful and enjoyable atmosphere can play an enormous position relating to making a optimistic self-care expertise. So I made a decision to create just a little area in our bed room that I may use for doing yoga, some easy workouts or just a little meditation. To make it much more significant, I personalized my train mat, water bottle and train towel and made some fairly customized candles to tie all of it collectively. Hopefully this would be the motivation I have to maintain myself going!
“Self-care is how you are taking your energy again.” – Lalah Della
DIY Custom Yoga Mat Tutorial
Take your self-care expertise up a notch with a straightforward DIY customized yoga mat. Use the “Breathe in Calmness” design included or create your personal!
Supplies
Directions
Create your design.
In Cricut Design area, create your design. You can use a pre-designed graphic, a favourite quote, your title, or design something that you prefer to! Since respiratory is all the time at the core or any of my train or yoga routines, I made a easy “breathe in calmness” phrase design utilizing the Alexis Mattox-Emma Rae font. You’ll find the design HERE if you need to make use of it for your personal venture. {NOTE: You have to to log in to Cricut Design area to see this.}
Decide what measurement you prefer to your iron-on to be and regulate the font and/or picture measurement as wanted.
Group and Connect Every Design
In the event you’re creating your personal design, make sure to group and connect the font/photographs that you just need to keep collectively. In any other case, the Cricut machine will separate the designs for the most effective chopping possibility when it types the pictures onto the mat. Click on “Make It” while you’re prepared to maneuver on to chopping.
Reduce the design.
Earlier than chopping, examine the picture structure on the preview mat to make sure that all the pieces is the best way you prefer to. A very powerful factor to recollect when chopping iron-on is to click on the button to reflect the pictures. Don’t overlook this step!!!
Place your iron-on materials shiny facet down and observe the prompts to chop your picture. Choose the iron-on materials that you just’re utilizing from the fabric record.
Weed the design.
Peel away the surplus vinyl so that you’re left with simply the design. Use your weeding device, to weed out any of the smaller particulars.
Iron on the design.
Set your EasyPress 2 to 275F and 30 seconds. Place your yoga mat over the EasyPress mat {or use a thick towel} and pre-heat the floor for 5 seconds the place you can be making use of the design. Subsequent, place the design on the mat with the shiny facet up, and cowl with the parchment or protecting sheet. Apply the warmth along with your Straightforward Press for the really useful period of time. Enable to chill barely and then fastidiously peel away the liner. If the fabric shouldn’t be sticking to the mat, you want to apply warmth for just a little bit longer. {apply in 10-15 second intervals at this level so that you don’t burn the mat}. Enable to chill.
And that’s it! You now have your very personal DIY customized yoga mat!
Can I do that venture with out an EasyPress?
Sure! In the event you don’t have an EasyPress 2, there are 2 ways in which you would nonetheless do that venture. The primary possibility is to only use everlasting Sensible vinyl as an alternative of the iron-on to use your design. Upon getting your vinyl utilized to the yoga mat, use your hair dryer over the vinyl to assist “soften” the vinyl into the mat just a little extra and make it extra sturdy.
The second possibility is to make use of a daily iron as an alternative of the EasyPress; nevertheless, this could be a little bit of of venture. Not like the Cricut EasyPress, a common iron has variable warmth {the entrance of the iron has totally different warmth than the again}, you don’t know the precise temperature, and the floor space is smaller and irregular. This may end up in extra problem getting your iron-on to really switch and stick or, even worse, injury to the fabric. In the event you do need to do that methodology, make sure to use a decrease temperature setting to keep away from melting the mat and maintain the iron shifting round to keep away from burning the mat.
Find out how to Clear Your Yoga Mat
Yoga mats are typically fairly straightforward to scrub and keep with just a bit TLC. To scrub, fill a twig bottle with a few drops of dish cleaning soap and two cups of heat water. Spritz frivolously over the mat and wipe the floor clear with a moist microfiber material. Enable the mat to utterly dry earlier than rolling again up. For additional disinfecting, lay it out within the sunshine for a number of hours. {NOTE: You don’t need to maintain it out within the solar regularly, however an excellent air-out each now and then does wonders!}
DIY Yoga Accessories
Upon getting your mat executed, don’t cease there! You need to use Cricut to customise your entire yoga equipment too for the last word self-care expertise. I’ve extra designs and venture concepts for you beneath. You may all the time interchange the designs and initiatives or simply use them as inspiration for creating your personal! {NOTE: To entry the designs linked beneath, you will want to log into your Cricut Design area.}
Water Bottle
Retaining hydrated all through the day is its personal type of self-care, so maintain one helpful all day lengthy! I attempt to keep in mind to do a minute of deep respiratory usually all through the day, so tying that to ingesting water is an effective way to recollect each.
I used this everlasting Sensible vinyl shimmer in silver for mine. It’s laborious to see the shimmer within the picture, but it surely’s a pleasant refined sparkle! In the event you’d like to make use of the Simply Breathe design, you will discover it HERE.
Microfiber Train Towel
“Progress over perfection” is a phrase that I repeat to myself always and it’s very true for me relating to understanding. A bit little bit of train, 10 minutes meditating, or a number of yoga poses within the morning is unquestionably higher than doing nothing!
I used white Sensible iron-on for my yoga towel, utilizing the identical steps because the yoga mat. If it’s a brand new towel, wash it beforehand to cut back any future shrinkage and take away any residue and additional fluff. Use the Cricut Warmth Switch Information to find out what temperature and time setting you want to use in your EasyPress {based mostly on the towel materials}. You’ll find my “progress over perfection” design HERE.
Yoga Candle
I’ve all the time discovered watching the flickering glow of a candle to be so enjoyable. For an additional indulgent self-care session, mild a candle and breathe in your favourite scent as you meditate or stretch. Or place it beside the tub or in your nightstand earlier than mattress for just a little extra rest time.
The candle was made with a easy vinyl switch utilizing gold matte metallic Sensible vinyl and certainly one of my favourite quotes. Life all the time appears to be stuffed with chaos, so you could study to seek out your personal calm someplace in that craziness! The calmness by no means comes by itself. 😉 You’ll find the “Discover the calm within the chaos” design HERE.
I hope these initiatives encourage you to create your personal customized yoga mat and equipment and encourage you to schedule in just a little extra self-care time! Take pleasure in!
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