I heart Gee

So after my Conan shirt disaster I knew I had to get back on the craft-horse and keep working.


We have these huge canvas prints of Jesus in our church and Phoenix absolutely loves them. Whenever he see's them he runs up and goes "Gee! Gee! Gee!".  It's such a relief to hear him ask to pray or beg to go to "Gee's house" since he also cusses....Everything in moderation.


Anyway I was inspired by his love of Gee to make these shirts for him and my niece.


Material Needed-


Freezer paper 
Xacto knife
Fabric paint- Black and Red (the red kind was the pearl finish which put nice sparkles in the heart)
Plain cotton tshirt

(If you print this size it's perfect for kids. But next time I do this for adult sizes I would blow it up some more)


Step 1: Trace the stencil onto the DULL side of the freezer paper and cut out using an xacto knife.

Step 2: Iron on the stencil (and inside image pieces) to your t-shirt with the waxy side touching your shirt.

Step 3: Slip a piece of paper or cardboard inside your shirt. Fill the stencil with fabric paint. Don't glob on to much paint or you'll end up with my Conan results. 

Step 4: Allow the shirt to dry about 4 hours (or whatever the paint bottle says) and then peel stencil off, cover design with a cloth and heat seat with an iron.

And there you go! 

I also have so many more ideas for freezer stencil designs that I decided to start an Etsy shop. I don't consider myself some super duper awesome crafter that people would actually pay for my stuff, but I've seen a lot worse on Etsy so I decided to give it a shot.


Stop by Gee House and stay tuned for more designs.

Disclaimer: I'm still very new to this so if you have any questions let me know or click here for more freezer paper help.
 
Enter the giveaway before it ends!

Freezer Paper Stencil- Conan O'Brien Tshirt

Is anyone else as excited as I am over the crazy beautiful weather right now? Mmmmmmmm......It's gorgeous!


We're taking Phoenix to the zoo today to spend some time together before Daddy hops on a plan to LA for 3 weeks. Daddy has tickets to the Kids Choice Awards so he has explicit instructions that if he runs into the one and only ORIGINAL Justin (Justin Bieber YOU wish!) he is to call me PRONTO!


But first I wanted to show you what I made yesterday.


Hopefully last month you stopped by MADE to score some great tutorials on all things BOY. This has become one of my favorite blogs!


Dana came up with this adorable Conan O'Brien tshirt and I wanted to make it for Phoenix. I had to explain to my Dad and siblings why it was Phoenix needed a Conan shirt.


The reason? Well although I am on Conan's side in this whole Jay/NBC/Conan debacle I honestly don't watch his show (or any late night) but I like putting Phoenix in relevant pop-culture stuff. It makes me think other parents are like "Cool his parents must ROCK!" (or be 22). I'm pretty lame huh?


So he needed a Conan shirt.


I followed the tutorial Dana had posted here and here.

After TWO hours of cutting the stencil out I was finally able to get this.

And after over night drying

this is what I ended up with.

I'm a little torn because


A. I'm wondering if Conan looks a bit like Hitler? That would NOT be cool to put my 19 1/2 mth old in a Hitler shirt

and....


B. I'm wondering if the words are so messed up that you can't read it and it looks messy?


Not to mention the paint I smeared.

My 10 & 8 year old sisters say he should wear it and Shawn says its art and doesn't need to be perfect. But I think he's just saying that because he doesn't want me to beat myself up to much and stop crafting all together.


But I learned with my first project that crafting takes patience and PRACTICE. 


What do you think? Should I use the shirt as a rag or let him wear it?

Sticker Craze

Three cheers for me! Yay! Yay! Yay Alex!

I finally completed my first craft project. Gosh...I've been wanting to do some type of craft project for ages, but I was intimidated by all the directions and paste and paper and scissors that I just day dreamed about being a crafter.

But Samster Mommy posted this great sticker book tutorial and I knew it would be a perfect addition to our car toy box.

I'm not going to jack her tutorial and post it here because that would like Blogarism (like plagarism?) so click here and you can get all the details on how to make the sticker book.

I made two, one for the house, one for the car. My first didn't turn out as "neat" as I would like it. But the second one looks a lot better.

Crafting requires patience. I think that's why the first turned out kind of "unfinished" looking. But I took my time with the second one.

(Put it all together while watching The Bachelor. Booo Vienna!)

Go to Samster Mommy for the full tutorial but here are some pictures from my books in various stages.

The Boy

UPDATED- LINK HAS BEEN FIXED.


For the past like 6 months (but maybe more) I have been completely envious of all the fabtastic crafters in the blogoverse. I have my eyes on getting a sewing machine and have been planning to since my birthday in October....But I'll admit it. I'm a bit apprehensive because I'm scared. 


I start a lot of things and never finish them, but I really, really, really want to learn to sew...maybe I'll get the courage in a few weeks.


Anyhow all of the fantastic crafters always have great project tutorials and ideas for girls. But nothing for boys.


Until today...


I stumbled on to MADE and she has taken the entire month and dedicated it to crafting for boys!


Stop by if you've got a little guy in your life. I've already bookmarked uhm...everything for Phoenix!