More Stenciling

Well I don't know where the time has gone this last week or so. I really thought I could get more done, but for some reason I just could not find the motivation. Good news though, my husband installed locks on our kitchen cabinets so at least I don't have to worry about the little man squishing his fingers. (They're the magnetic kind so the door won't open at all without the 'key' - just what we needed!)

Anyway, I made another cute saying shirt for my son with the same freezer paper technique I showed earlier. I skipped the 'carbon copy' step and just went straight to tracing my idea on the freezer paper, it works well either way. I think it turned out pretty awesome!

Hopefully, this week will be more productive. I'm working on a couple onesies for some family members, but I just can't decide on what fabric to use so we'll see how that goes.

Adventures in Freezer Paper Stenciling #1

A while back I saw this tutorial on using freezer paper to create your own stencils. This week I finally put it to use. When we were in Oregon, I saw this idea for a onesie in a gift shop. It had nothing to do with Oregon or the beach so it was kind of out of place, but I just thought it was hilarious!

So I started by making a word document to recreate it. Luckily I was able to find the same font. I made the document and formatted it the way I wanted it. Normally this is where you'd just print it off, however, my print is not in working order, so I just traced it off the computer screen (if you do this, don't push too hard!). Then I went over it again to make the lines darker.

Then I made a quick carbon copy by turning over the outline and scraping a pencil back and forth.

Then I went back and retraced the outline with the freezer paper underneath.

Then I used an exacto knife to cut out the stencil, ironed it on the onesie and mixed my paint. I didn't have the exact color I wanted, but I did have blue and yellow and brown. 

Then came the painting, be sure to put some cardboard inside whatever you're painting to prevent any kind of bleeding.

And finally after a couple of coats and many hours of drying, I began to peel off the paper.

I love how it turned out!

Now that I got the ball rolling and I've tried this project, I've got a ton more ideas that I just need to make myself follow through with. Share your ideas and freezer paper projects with me! I'd love to see what everyone else comes up with!

I heart Mom shirt

I don't know about you guys, but sometimes I feel like I need a vacation to recover from my vacations. : ) Anyway, between laundry, teething, and making arrangements for our ward craft activity I have not had the time to get my own project done. So I'm pulling a project from the archives of my family blog to share.

This project was pretty simple, just some felt sewed on a t-shirt. I saw the ideas in two different Etsy shops. This one and this one. They were just soooo cute I had to make one myself. 

It was basically just cutting out the felt and hand stitching it on.

I sure think it turned out cute!