Jay has been gone all week long. Last year on these long trips he takes I would feel miserable. i would get bored and antsy and pretty lonesome. Now that C is basically a little human being (let's face it, last year she was kinda like a boring burrito) she is so much more fun! We really had a great week filled with playing, pooling, meeting up with friends and of course crafting. C got to spend some time with her besties this week...
We got to have a front porch dinner picnic after a big storm went through and we lost power, yes that is a cold can of beefaroni that I served my child (she ate at least 3/4 of the can!)
And of course I did some major crafting. I worked on a couple projects for my new classroom that I am getting next year. You will see the pics when they are finished. I also made C some 4th of July apparel. What good US citizen does not have a nice tacky shirt to wear on the 4th?! (of course her father and myself will not be wearing one, but babies can get away with anything!)
So for C's 4th of July outfit I got some cheap tie dying materials...
Tie Dyed three shirts using different methods (I hadn't done this in a while, so I was a little rusty with the process)...
Chose my fav...
Then wanted to try a technique I had seen on pinterest. I had seen some cool shirts that had been written on with a bleach pen. Well it turns out that a bleach pen costs about 5 dollars AND I am super cheap, so I made my own. I used q-tips dipped in bleach to make stars over the tie-dye and it seemed to work just fine! I can see how if you are wanting to do something with sharper lines, the pen would be helpful, but this worked for me!
So we had a successful week, stayed busy and the cat is coming home tonight (yeah!) plus we are all ready for the fourth...tacky baby t-shirts, shades and of course some glow bracelets!
-melissa