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T-Shirt Dying as Christmas Gift

05 Thursday Jan 2017

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Happy New Year Everybody,

Well its been a long 2016 and I am super happy it is finally 2017. A new chapter, a new year full of crafty stuff. And on that note let go back to Christmas as we did something totally different this holiday with my family.

What we ended up doing is a “Create Your Own Gift” exchanged. Honestly it was a bit refreshing to see what my sisters would come up with. Since they have different forms of craftiness. For example I can’t sew to save my life but my little sister Rosemary has an amazing eye for it. The second eldest sister has an awesome talent to look at a room and make it look beautiful. Which I can not.

Luckily for me I drew my Bother-in-Law so I didn’t have to try to sew or figure out what went well in a room. Few dodged a bullet there! And speaking of bullets I though what a perfect gift to give a gamer then a T-Shirt with Bullet Bill on it.  Now my Bother-in-Law is not a tiny man. He as tall as a Tree and skinny as one too.  So no 8.50 X 11 image could be placed on this XL shirt.

No I had to use my Silhouette Cameo 12 X 24 Mat to get the Stencil done. Much like I had to do for all his shirts.  Now I have never bleached a shirt in my life…. Well not on purpose any way. So I went to http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-bleach-shirts-with-custom-designs/ to see how I could make this happen.

Bullet Bill

Since I was using my Silhouette I didn’t really use 80% of the items posted. Instead of freezer paper I used just plan old packing paper ( You know the kind of stuff that comes in Amazon boxes) and packing tape to hold down my images. I wanted the T-shirts to look vintage so if any bleach bleed throw it just gave that worn out look.

 

TellTale – The Walking Dead

Now this one took a little more care to make a layer effect. Since Instructable.com didn’t really have anything I could reference I went to the next best thing YouTube. Here I found a YouTuber who can teach you how to layer when you bleach. His YouTube tag is Mad Stuff With Rob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdnCUvCENRQ&t=451s. Not only his he funny but gives you clear insturctions on how to do his right.

Shadow of the Colossus

This one is my favorite silhouette images I made. However a red T-shirt was not the way to go.  It came out to light and a lot of the details where lost. Overall he seem to really like it any way, which is the reason we even did this.

Well I hope you liked what you see, I hope to post some videos soon.

Shopkins Now on Etsy

01 Thursday Dec 2016

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Hello All,

Guess how has some Shopkins in their store. ME! That’s right if your looking to give the the Shopkins lover in your life something unique. Then head on over to my shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/UniqueDesignbyMonica?ref=hdr_shop_menu.

And if you don’t see the Shopkins you like then I can custom order it for you. Take a look what is new.

Snow Crush

Bubbles

Cake Pop

Cherie Tomato

Googy Egg

Mandy Candy

 

 

New Ornaments Coming To My Etsy Shop

13 Sunday Nov 2016

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I have been hard at work creating new ornaments. I really don’t want to toot my own horn here, but I got to say I love, LOVE the way they all came out.

WOOHOO I can’t believe these are going on my site soon.

Pikachu

Poliwag

Meowth

Oddish

 

JiggalyPuff Personal

Paint Stick Holiday Decor

08 Monday Aug 2016

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Hello All,

This weekend my mother-in-law, aunt-in-law, and I created the most cutest decor I have ever seen. I was really even more impress on how cheap and easy it was. One 10 pack gives me 3 large snowmen and one single stick snowman.  So for 4 projects its around $11.00, which comes to 2.75 each project. Now if you have never purchased any kind of craft supplies that how much it would cost you to make.

And if your thinking of giving a gift to a friend or a family member with out emptying out your wallet its not a bad way to go.

Single Stick Snowman Materials:

  • Home Depot – 10 Pack Paint Mixing Sticks (0.98 cents)
  • Michael’s – Black, white, Orange Paint (0.20 cents each)
  • Michael’s – Last year’s Christmas Ribbon on sale 80% off (Pack of 4 for 0.20 cents)
  • Michael’s – Pink Ink Demo Sample (0.25 cents)
  • Walmart – Black Sharpies (pack of 6 for 5.00)
  • Walmart – Dish sponge the cheapest (1.00 for 4)
  • Dollar Tree – Red and white Twine ( Pack of 3 for a 1.00)
  • Dollar Tree – Glue Gun with Sticks (1.00 each)
  • Dollar Tree – Popsicle Sticks ( bag of 200 is 1.00)

 

Large Stick Snowmen Materials:

  • Home Depot – 10 Pack Paint Mixing Sticks (0.98 cents)
  • Michael’s – Black, white, Orange, Red Paint (0.20 cents each)
  • Michael’s – Last year’s Christmas Ribbon on sale 80% off (Pack of 4 for 0.20 cents)
  • Michael’s – Pink Ink Demo Sample (0.25 cents)
  • Walmart – Black Sharpies
  • Walmart – Dish sponge the cheapest (1.00 for 4)
  • Dollar Tree – Red and white Twine ( Pack of 3 for a 1.00)
  • Dollar Tree – Sticker Embellishments (Pack of 20 for 1.00)
  • com – Christmas Holly SVG (free from Freebie of the Day!)
  • Dollar Tree – Glue Gun with Sticks (1.00 Each)

Sneak Peak on New Ornaments

13 Friday Nov 2015

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Hello All,

Well these are my sneak peeks for November upcoming pre-Thanksgiving sale starting on the 20th on my Etsy shop.  I only make a few of these each year and once they run out you must pre-order. Stock takes about a week to make so make sure you check out my Facebook and or blog for details.

Make sure to sign up if you haven’t already.  The photo below is Kirby – Zelda Creed Ornaments

Pokemon- Shroomish

Super Mario Bros. – Crackled Bob Bomb

MINECRAFT Halloween 2015

31 Saturday Oct 2015

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Happy Halloween All!!!

Well our display and props where the talk of the street. Even though the turn out was a little less then I expected. However those trick or Treat’ers that did come by where telling other. And well….by the end of the night we kept hearing “wow it’s the Minecraft house” or “look we found the Minecraft house.” Both my husband and I were villagers and we where a site to see. Kids right off the bat yelled “MINECRAFT!” left and right.  We had our far share of the main character STEVE, with a handful of CREEPERS. But the most interesting one was the ENDERMAN that showed up at our door.

It was awesome!

I can say it really did my husband and I heart good to hear that.

 

These are some of the props we used in the front yard.

Update On What I’ve been Working On!

14 Wednesday Oct 2015

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Hello Crafty People!

Well I know I have  been silent since September. But a lot has happen, first I had to make two set of birthday invitations for a LEGO themed party. Why two set? Well the first set were “lost” by my nephew. His young so I forgave him. Then I had to make Ninjago Stickers for the balloons, straw Lego heads, LEGO treat bag faces and Masks, and LEGO cupcake holder (which were scraped). Oh well all fare in love and parties.

I have been working on ornaments as well for Christmas. These little guys I know will be selling out fast when I post them on Esty. They always do.

I have also been working on Spider Charms. These guys look super realistic. So much so, my little girl wouldn’t touch them for fear that it was going to jump out at her. I will be posting a tutorial on how I made them on Friday.

Minion Cake Box

02 Wednesday Sep 2015

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Hello All,

It was my husband aunts birthday so I made her some minion items. I made three different projects. One is this minion on a cake box and two earrings. I don’t have the photos ready for the earrings so I will showing just the box.

 

The supplies I used:

  • Craft Smart – Espresso Paint
  • Sculpey – White
  • Craft Smart – Yellow, Black, Blue
  • Scribbles – 3D Fabric Paint In Glitter Silver
  • Sculpey – Bake & Bond
  • Dollar Tree – Rectangle Wooden Box
  • Fine Grit Sandpaper
  • Small Screwdriver
  • Razor or Knife
  • Rubbing Alcohol or nail polish remover
  • Q-Tips or baby whips
  • Clay Tools

 

With the wooden box I first sandpaper some of the areas. I didn’t want to go too far in my sanding since it’s such a thin box. I took off the hinges then I painted it with the espresso paint. It’s super important to take off those hinges in order to get an even coat. After painting and letting it dry I did a second coat.

 

Then I moved on to make the cake part. I looked at a lot of Pinterest and Google photos of Minion cakes. I settled on a combination two cakes and started kneading my clay.  I used El Arte de PAU to properly make the minion which I am posting below:


Then I rolled out some white clay and layered it on top of the box. I then took my razor and started cutting away at my clay. Making up and down waves giving it cake like appearance. For the second layer I just did a roll of white clay then added bake and bond on the box and attached the clay. Using my clay tools moved the clay in to lumps giving it a creamy look.

This is where the rubbing alcohol, baby whips, and Q-tips come in. I had to really be heavy handed since dirt wanted to stick to the clay. I tried super hard but I could see some areas just didn’t work. But I bushed on baked everything.

I then grabbed my puff paint and went to town.

August 2015 – Villains 2

21 Friday Aug 2015

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Hello All,

This box was large and heavy! Even thought it was a day or two late I couldn’t help but to open it ASAP. When I did open it I noticed a bright red Marvel box taking up almost all the space. Which I found odd since my husband Venom mug is much smaller.

Inside was this scary yet beautiful mug. Having a Carnage mug is a little weird cus it almost looks like a red Spawn doppelganger. Giving it a more demonic look. I know about carnage back story but his comics was very short lived I think. My husband and I had a debate on who was bigger Venom or Carnage. My husband sill insist Carnage was bigger thus the bigger mug. I however disagree.

I was not a big fan of the Joker toy, yet my husband love all things wood. Especially wooden toys Post and Pre War II. If I should give this to my son, I can only see my four year old playing with it loosing parts and becoming a forgotten memory in his toy box or under the couch. I just can’t see doing that to Joker. Maybe my husband can find it a good home….. OR I could do it as a give-a-way….. If I should hit 100 subbies that might be a possibility.