Make a personalized coffee mug with your child's photo or a wedding photo or even a picture of a recent trip with friends on it. Use dye sublimation paper to transfer the photo to the paper and then a printer and heat press to transfer that image to a coffee mug or wide-brimmed latte cup.
Transform a child's drawing into something enjoyable to look at every day by using dye sublimation to transfer the drawing to a plastic plate that the child can use to eat on. Extend this idea to ceramic or even china plates, transferring children's designs and sketches or your own to ceramic plates. Display the plate in a fine china cabinet or set it in a stand on a mantel to proudly display your work in your home.
Perhaps one of the oldest dye sublimation applications in existence, graphic t-shirts in an array of colors are easy to create with dye sublimation. Select a design, portion of text, photo or piece of artwork which you like and transfer it to sublimation paper. Use a printer and heat press to imprint that image permanently on a t-shirt or other piece of fabric such as sheets, pillowcases or pajamas.
If you can think of it, you can sublimate it, generally speaking. Use dye sublimation to transfer colorful, or even ultraviolet designs, to metal, wood or plastic key chains. Create a custom line of bar coasters for the unveiling of a home microbrew at your next party. Or, create wine bottle toppers out of cork and ceramic with the date of your wine tasting event party on them with sublimation. You can use sublimation to create a variety of party favors for your next event, wedding or get together.