DIY Bleach Shirts

We are back folks!  I know I have sort of hijacked the blog.  It has been all weight loss and diabetes information for six months or so.  It has consumed my life too but now I am back into crafting, sewing and cooking.  As always, the blog will reflect what is going on our lives.

Kari and I made plans to meet up and get a few projects banged out in one day.  We had a very productive Saturday, even with her 3 boys there.  I honestly don't know how she does it.  They wear me out.  Her boys are almost 5, almost 2 and 1 month old.  Our first project is the one I am going to share today.

Isn't our model just so precious?!?

These DIY Bleach shirts were inspired by this pin.  The supplies are simple.

Bleach

Spray Bottle

T-Shirt (darker colors work better)

Cardboard

Stencil

 Start by placing the cardboard inside your shirt and make sure it is flat.  You can iron if you want but, umm, no.

Next, you want to lay out your stencil or design.  

We used vinyl cut on a Silhouette machine.

You just want to make sure it is straight and positioned where you want it.

Just spray a fine mist of the bleach from the squirt bottle.  We did 3 or 4 squirts and you can see it starts to change quickly.  Dab any pooling bleach with a paper towel

In just 2 or 3 minutes, you can remove the stencil and see the results.

After you remove the stencil, rinse the shirt thoroughly in cold water.

Hang the shirts to air dry.

After they dry for a bit, run the shirts through the washer and dryer on a normal cycle, just the shirts.

And Tah-Dah, there you have a simple, quick DIY shirt made from things you have in your house already.

Lace Painted Dining Table

I started this repainting project almost 2 years ago.  The top of this table was pretty trashed so I bought Zissner Cover Stain Oil Primer.  I did the first coat on March 30th, 2013.  Then, life happened.  I just never got around to finishing it.  Well, last weekend, we finally did.

This is after sanding the first two coats that had been on for 2 years.  We decided to do one more coat of primer and another round of sanding.

My adorable hubby Roger was better on the sander than I was.

After picking out my color and buying a sample size, we got to work.  We laid 2 coats of color.

Juanita, our Chrysler Imperial, was a little mad that we took her parking spot to paint the table.

Next, Roger papered and taped the area we wanted to paint and we laid down a piece of lace I got on clearance.

Then, we spray painted the table with white.

Then it was time to remove the lace, tape and paper to reveal out results.

Finally we did 2 coats of a protective clear coat over the entire table and moved it back inside.