Something for the boys!

Finally something for the young boys of the house! I saw this project online (of course, where else?)
Grab a t-shirt, plain white works best. This one for Westley was just an undershirt out of his drawer.

Lay it on a flat surface

Grab the middle of the shirt and give it a turn. Do the same for sleeves and bottom.
Sorry, don't know why I took this picture upside down! :)

Now grab some spray paint.. that's right! Spray paint! I just used whatever was in the cupboard in the garage. Westley's favorite color is green-- so there you go. Spray back and forth, nice even strokes. Don't get too close to the shirt. (oh and watch direction of wind...)

Lay it out flat to dry.. will only take a few seconds. Especially when it's nice and bright outside. I had to move it under a tree because it was killing my eyes.
Isn't that cool? Turn it over and do the same with the back!

Here's Addison's. We got his white t-shirt for A DOLLAR at the dollar store. I started with red on his but he thought it looked pink... so I did some quick sprays of black. He likes it.

They wanted to wear them as soon as I was done but they smelled too bad. I was worried how they would turn out after being washed... apparently spray paint is REALLY permanent! No worries about washing!
A fun and quick project for anyone! My daughter now wants one.

Get away projects!

About two weekends ago I was able to escape motherhood and go to Big Bear to join my mother in-law and two sister in-laws for a sewing weekend. So nice to get away and get my projects done without any little people getting in the way. I finished most of them. I made five pillow cases (sorry no pics.. Christmas presents) a bag (forgot to take a picture before I gave it to my cousin--duh!) and the project I was most excited about starting was this Christmas wall hanging!

I found the pattern on the Moda Bake Shop website and the fabric I bought off of ebay. I didn't even start it before I left because I knew once I started I wouldn't be able to stop. The squares are tiny but it pieced together pretty fast. Now it's just waiting to be quilted and the binding put on. Hopefully it will be done before Christmas--- the rate I'm going we'll see. I haven't even had time to plug my sewing machine back in since I've been home!! How sad!

What's In a Name?

The girls room has hardly any decorations. So I got some cut wood, painted the edges brown, had some pink and brown paper and pulled out the awesome Cricut and modge podged away. Too easy. I just hot glued the blocks together and they are sitting about their room. Maybe someday I will put a hanger on the back and hang them on the wall.