It’s been a while since updating this blog (again). We’ve been enjoying the summer with swim lessons, VBS, play dates and lazy days. I’ve been using the time to nurture my kids’ relationships with each other. It’s such a blessing when God gives us siblings – built-in friends for life. I will be sad to see my oldest going back to school for the full day now that she is in first grade. Time goes too fast. *sigh*
My Etsy shop is now up and running too. It’s been an interesting learning adventure. Mostly I’ve learned that I don’t have a whole lot of time to run an Etsy shop with 3 little kids at home all summer. (What was I thinking?) But I’m glad I plunged in and started it. I like that I can go at my own pace, so for now I’ve been lying low and not relisting my items as much as I should. When school starts and life settles down a little I can spend more time on it. In the meantime, I’m still perfecting the art of making shirts with heat transfer designs.
A good friend of mine asked me to make her daughter a shirt for her 1st birthday. And, being the super stylish diva that she is, she wanted some bling on the shirt too. Here’s what I came up with and a couple of rhinestone placement options:
She chose the bottom one. Her little one looked so cute at her birthday party. I was so glad she “inspired” me to try it. Originally I used FabriTac for the rhinestones after researching online what would be best. Unfortunately they came unglued in the wash. I think the rhinestones were too small. In the end, regular super glue worked best. Unless I can find a cost-effective way for these little rascals to stay on permanently, I won’t be offering rhinestone studded shirts on Etsy.
Remember the "LOVE" shirt I made for my daughter for Valentine’sDay? Well, the first time she wore it she got some marker on it that wouldn’t wash out – oops! It’s a good thing I got good photos of it before that happened. Since I had all the supplies for the rhinestones, I decided to use some to cover up the little mishap. I had to come up with a pattern to make it look intentional and this is the new and improved shirt:
For a last little bit of fun, I discovered a simple way to add bling to paper projects.
This quickly made birthday card was pre-printed with a pattern. I added a solid strip and used my Silhouette to cut out the “Celebrate” shape (bought from their online library). I cut little pieces of adhesive foam tape to make it pop it out. For some bling on the flowers, I used little adhesive foam dots to attach sequins.
And that’s it! Simple, quick, and cheap – my kind of craft these days.
