Valentine's Day

We celebrated Valentine's Day today. I was sick the weekend before and Valentine's Day. Sometimes it isn't a good idea to plan to create the night before a holiday. I am not a procrastinator just like to plan things late. :)

I made my daughter a simple shirt.

My supplies:

White t-shirt from Target

Plaid Simply Screen Paint in Cosmopolitan (sparkly pink)

Pampered Chef pan scraper

Freezer Paper

Cricut

Gypsy for my Cricut
While sitting on my couch sick I used my Gypsy to put my design together. I love how I can see exactly where I am putting the images and where they will be cut on the mat. First I created a large heart and then filled it with lots of little hearts and the word "Love".

Then I simply hooked up the Gypsy to my Cricut, loaded a mat with freezer paper (shiny side down), and pressed cut. I created a simple stencil that I ironed onto my shirt (shiny side down). Once your stencil is ironed down you can paint.

I squeezed some paint on and used the Pampered Chef pan scraper to "squeegee" it around the stencil. I love those scrapers. They are also great when caulking.

Once you have your paint on very carefully peel away your stencil.

Ta-Da!

I let it dry for a few hours. I didn't do a super thick coat so it dried fairly quickly. Then I heat set it with my iron. I covered the shirt with a thin piece of cotton before I heat set it to be sure that I didn't mess up my iron.
I also used my Cricut to cut out 2 1/2" hearts. I put candy on the hearts and stuck them all over her door. She loved this and the shirt. She is 4 1/2 so she is pretty easy to please right now. :)

Aloha Grass Skirt

Of course I waited until the day of the luau to look for a grass skirt. Since I stole my daughter's bloomers to make brother's shirt she now needed something to wear with her shirt. Would you believe that Michael's didn't have any yet? I grabbed a bag of raffia and a piece of ribbon. I used the ribbon for the waistband and simple looped the raffia over the waistband until it covered her bum. It took me less than an hour and cost less than five bucks. I also had to trim the skirt so she didn't step on it all night.She loved it! She loved it so much that she took it off after about five minutes and almost refused to put it on for this picture. Oh well! Can't win them all.

Aloha Boys Onsie

We had a luau to go to and only three of us had something to wear with a Hawaiian print. And they all matched so my little guy would have totally felt left out if he didn't also match. What to do? My daughter's outfit was actually a 2T. She could still wear the dress even though it was now a shirt on her. I stole her bloomers to create something for brother.

A little wonder-under

A bit of ironing and this is what I came up with.

So we all had matching outfits. Adorable, right? Well the family that dresses together stays together. haha