DIY: Mustache Memorabilia

I'm not quite sure how the whole mustache thing started, but it did, and somehow morphed into a massive T-shirt DIY project. My awesome coworkers and I all proudly wore these t-shirts on the last day of school in July (to the confusion of many of our students and other staff members). In reality, we were equally confused since we didn't even know why we were wearing mustache t-shirts to begin with, but then again, why does there always have to be a logical reason for everything? In this case, there was none. 

For this project you will need: cotton t-shirts, needle & thread, black felt material, and a lot of PATIENCE. I went to my friend's house where she helped me cut out all the black felt mustaches and I started sewing them with her sewing machine. But it didn't really work out because 1) I'm not a great seamstress, and 2) the felt was really thick and hard to sew on... so I ended up sewing them all by hand. As you can see from the photos below, we got a little weird... (going crazy from sewing too long?)... but in the end, I think the photos of our entire English Department wearing mustache t-shirts were definitely worth it! In case you're wondering, I'm the one in orange with the unibrow!

my song is love...

During a sporadic session of room cleaning (yes, it's still going on), I found this shirt that I drew a long time ago. I thought it would fit my musical friend Pauline (style-wise and size-wise), so I forced her to take pictures with it in my front yard before she could take it home. HAHA. What a friend.

I drew this with black and red fabric markers on a cheap cotton t-shirt. For those of you who don't know, I love birds (maybe not real ones when they release a certain white fluid from above), but I love cartoon birds and bird graphics, bird-print clothing, those little blue birds that fly around Disney princesses in the forest, and the thought of birds. haha. So that's probably why I drew this shirt long long ago. There's even a little songbird at the back! :)

DIY: bachelorette shirts

I am still in the process of cleaning my room so this is not a new DIY. I stand by my word of not posting any new projects until I'm done cleaning. So this is an old one.

I had the honor of being a Maid of Honor last month for my friend Grace! We went to Portland for a bachelorette weekend of eating, shopping, and more shopping (tax-free!). We all decided to get "custom shirts" for our trip so I painted these cotton T-shirts with DecoArt Fabric Paint. Grace wore hers on the first day of our trip along with a sparkly silver tiara, albeit reluctantly at first. But she was a good sport. ;)

sidenote: I cut out a super flimsy paper stencil for the neon shirts just because I had to duplicate five of them. But I was super rushed so as you can see, the lines aren't as clean as the bride's shirt. As a note of caution when working with fabric paints - I've often made mistakes while painting and I find the best way to clean the stain is to immediately saturate the spot with dish detergent and run the area under hot water. Don't try to blot it! 

Since these are pretty much "one-time-wear" shirts (my orange Team Grace shirt is now used as sleepwear), it was definitely cheaper to make our own instead of buying generic ones online. Plus, these colourful neon shirts made for great pictures (which shall not be disclosed due to their embarrassing nature). Kidding... or am I?!?!