What a busy week! Check out these awesome things I did!!
RAINBOW CRAYON WEDDING FAVORS
On Monday and Tuesday, I finished up several Rainbow Crayon wedding favor orders. The colors for one wedding I was creating favors for were tangerine, magenta, and lime! How fun! Here is a photo of some of the Rainbow Crayons!
TIE DYE T-SHIRTS
Wednesday was full of art! I tied-dyed some t-shirts to try some new dyes. I have always used RIT dye, but it always fades and washes out. I went a different route this time and tried the Jacquard Tie Dye kit I bought at JoAnn Etc (see photo/link below).
This kit worked sooooo much better and the dye stayed in. We dyed the shirts, left them bundled (and rinsed the shirts till the water ran more clear), then washed them in the bundles in the washing machine with soap. I guess that is the correct way to do it. I did see where you should leave the dye in for 24 hours on other sites I searched, but I decided to follow the directions of the kit. We also pre-soaked the shirts in soda ash for 20 minutes before we tie dyed. What dyes or techniques have you used???
Here are some pictures together of the bundle, then how the shirts came out!
I was a little concerned that if I washed this shirts right away, that ALL the dye would come out. Nope! They turned out great!
Above: Other shirts we made...
Above: My first attempt ever at a V design and it worked.
Too bad I forgot to take a real picture of it!
Above: The Swirl
Above: Lines technique
CRAFT NIGHT
I have seen all these posts for Etsy Craft Parties, so I decided to start a Craft/Art Night! I figured, why do crafts just on one day of the year like Etsy is promoting?! It happens to be Etsy's Birthday on June 18th, the day they are suggesting others to throw a craft party, but I want to do it all summer!
I organized my first Craft Night, which met last Wednesday with a great turn out! The craft or theme for the first night was Lino-Cut Greeting Cards. I have so much fun carving stamps and art out of the soft-cut linoleum that I wanted my friends to try! Some of them were a little nervous to do this for the first time, but everyone had a blast! Here are some photos that show all the fun we had and the outcome!
Kelly has carved and is ready to print!
Melissa is carving away!
Some of the creations drying on the rack.
Monograms were a popular design for greeting cards. Artists had to remember to write/carve the letters backwards in order for the card to read correctly.
Kate applying ink to her tree design! This was one of my favorites!
Very cool flower design that Melissa made!
My first stamp carving of the night and the outcome... Pretty awesome birthday card I think!
More of my first card design...
My second carving/card design...
The aftermath...
6 comments:
Those owls are darling!! And the crayons are too cute too :)
I love the tie dyes! I have always wanted to try my hand at it! You are so creative and talented!
Oh I did tie dyes a few years back and forgot how much fun it can be althogu don't remember if they looked as good as your though, wonder what happened to them?
How fun! I love those crayons too!
Wow you were a busy bee! Great blog! I am now following!
Fun shirts!
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