DIY Skull Tees {and guest post}

Today I have the honor of guest hosting on the eighteen 25 girls blog!

They have a spooktacular September, and everyday posting great Halloween projects and giveaways.

After making my project for them, my mind started turning and thought it would be cool to make some tees.

But instead of using freezer paper, cause the thought of recutting the stencil over and over made my head hurt.  So I came up with another approach.

I took a plastic divider and cut a reusable stencil out of it.

For my details on cutting out the stencils check out my guest post.

Then to stick it on I used a little double sided tape. Just cutting around the stencil so it fit the back.

And for this project I made two different versions, a bleached one {which again check out my guest post for details} and a black dye version. Which is pretty straight up, stick the stencil down and spray.

I cut the neck off mine and the bottom 3 inches off.  And then took some gold paint and gave mine a gold chompers.  

                            

{photo credit to my sweet husband who walked away from the TV on the first football Sunday of the season to take these for me}

They rock the casbah!

Again to see how this skull madness started head over to eighteen 25 to see how this "cool guy" was made... 

Here are a few projects of Halloween past:

Yarn Ball Bats

Yarn Wreath

Witch Painting

Fabric Garland 

http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/2012/09/please-welcome-amy-from-buggie-and.html

Shopping with a cause {Love is Rising Adoption Tees}

Its funny how the internet can feel like a small world.

Even though there is millions upon millions of people out there, it still is amazing how

little connections are made.

Like an "Oh wow I did not know you knew so and so.."

This is how I became to know Rachel from Love is Rising.

Small little connections made us connect.

And I am glad we did.

{Rachel and her cute little fam}

Rachel is in the process of adopting and their efforts to raise funds to support their adoption

they created some adorable tees.

Here is a little something about Rachel and her shop.

Hi! I'm Rachel from over at Love is Rising.

My hubby and I are adopting a baby this year! We've learned a lot, had many ups and downs in the process and are now waiting to be matched with a birth mom. You can learn more about our adoption story here.

as a way to fund our adoption i created my etsy shop a few months back. as a part of the shop, we created alternative apparel tee's (2 to be exact) that you can buy and every penny goes towards bringing our baby home.

these tee's are SWEET, whimsical, soft, organic, quality v-neck tee's.

Check these babies out. i LOVE the design. and the tee itself is soft, cuddly and grabs you in all the right places ;)

my vision was an Urban Outfitters type tee and i think we hit the nail on the head.

Enough describing, take a look. There are TWO to choose from:

OR

You can click on this here link and go buy yourself one, and rest assured you'll get a sweet v-neck tee, that's going to help bring our babes home!

So go shop and support a good cause.

You will look good and feel good at the same time!

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Do not forget my BIG anniversary giveaway going on...

Evy's Tree Giveaway {July 5th - July 13th}

First let me give credit where credit is due.

It is all because of Mande that I discovered Evy's Tree.

So I thank you sweet Mande!

Evy's Tree, oh Evy's Tree, how I love.

The minute I saw what Amy was coming up with I was smitten.

Her items are just plain and simply GORGEOUS!

Anthropologie/J. Crew has nothing on her, I am just saying.

So I kinda stalked Amy, but she was totally cool with it.

I think it helps that I live clear across the country.

I asked Amy to share a bit about herself and Evy's Tree.

My name is Amy and I am a mom to two of the best little luvies on the planet, Jacob {Jake-3yrs} and Evelyn {Evy-1yrs}, and wife to an incredible guy, Brandon. Before I was a mom, I was a 4th grade public school teacher. My husband and I also serve as youth pastors at our local church, Christian Life Center in Stockton, CA.

I wear a lot of casual clothes, so therefore I am ADDICTED to hoodies, and have been for years: especially ones that I can dress up a little and not give off a sloppy look. I can be known to spend all my clothing $$ on ruffle-ly hoodies from Anthropologie {hehe}.

Last fall 2009, my parents took my little family and my sibling’s families on a trip to Florida. I DESPERATELY wanted to buy some new fun hoodies, but our budget just couldn’t afford it. I follow a blog called Made by Lex {www.madebylex.com}; it’s written by a mom my age who takes old clothes and refashions them or embellishes them to come up with these FAB new items. Although at the time I didn’t know how to sew {couldn’t even sew a button on} I borrowed my mom’s old sewing machine, and with 3 broken in hoodies from my closet, and about $20 of embellishments from Joann’s, I created what I call the original three hoodies: “The Rainbow”, “The Love”, and “The Hoot”. They were DARLING. I took them on our family vacation and got so many compliments. Of course, my three preteen nieces begged me to make them some, which I did for their Christmas gifts. Then my sister in law wanted one and I created, with some help with my mom in law, The Brilla, which has become my best seller.

After Christmas, I put pictures of them on my blog, got a great response and then decided to sell some through a paypal link and sold 15 hoodies in 30 minutes; my little business was born. That was January 5, 2010- not too long ago. After selling almost 100 hoodies off my blog, I decided to open my Etsy shop. We needed a name, so my son Jake came up with “Evy’s Tree”: Late one night he was watching me make The Hoot hoodie {which has an owl on it} and my daughter Evy has a tree in her room with an owl on it- he got so excited and asked me, “Mom, is that Evy’s Tree?”. It just seemed to fit.

Currently, Evy’s Tree has a flourishing shop on etsy and has a variety of hoodies and tees for men, women and children. I am constantly introducing new items, and some items are limited and/or one of a kind. I also sell wholesale to boutiques on the side. I am very thankful for my little business, it allows me to stay home with my children but yet tap into my creative side as well. I hope you enjoy my creations and come visit my shop soon!

xoxo

{just ordered this mini simple hoodie for Buggie in red to match school uniforms, TOO STINKIN CUTE!}

Now lets get down to the good stuff.

Amy is offering up winners choice of either a hoodie or tee!

Can I just say one word, JEALOUS.

Here is how you can enter {PLEASE oh pretty please one comment per entry!}:

1. Follow my blog, already a follower that totally counts.

2. Hop on over to Evy's Tree and lets here what you would pick if you won.

3. Follow Evy's Tree the blog and/or FB {Amy offers up exclusive deals on them, wink wink}

4. Blog, FB, and/or tweet about this giveaway {drop a link if possible}

US residents only.

Open until midnight on July 13th with a winner announced July 14th via random.org