I can't believe its been months since my last project... and how funny my last project was a gift for hubby and oh look... another gift for him! Why oh why can't I just be happy with buying him something. It would be so much easier buying him a couple of beers or perhaps something for his bike but no I refuse! I always have that craft itch that needs to be scratched.
Off to my local craft store I went and grabbed these simple and affordable items (using my coupon app of course). Total spent on father's day gift = approx $10. A life time of our babies foot and hand print = Priceless!...well until it gets washed out.
My primary goal in creating this shirt was to keep it as neat as possible. I wanted the babies foot and hand print to be defined. Yes, yes, it would have added more character seeing the random messy spots of fabric paint on the shirt but that's a whole other set of problems I have... everything has to be perfect and in its place!
Tip: Don't forget to have something like a piece of card board inside the t-shirt before you start painting because the paint will go through the shirt.
To help cover up the little spots of paint I did get on the shirt, I stamped hearts over the spots and ta daaa... like the spots were never even there :)
Let the shirt dry flat for 4 hours before writing your message.
To be honest I thought it was going to be easy peasy writing on a t-shirt with a marker. Heck no! The shirt kept moving or I thought about stretching out the shirt and pinning it down. Nope. Nothing worked besides letting the shirt be and being extra careful holding it and trying to write. It adds my personal touch to the shirt :) plus I did not want to go through the trouble of getting/buying iron on letters/saying.
Hope this inspires you to create a gift vs buying one.
Hubby loves the shirt and yes I showed and gave it to him before Father's day. Another set of problems I have, I think its called gift giving excitability, ha!
xoxo
Chanthou