T-Shirt Diaries and More

Happy Upcycled Awesome! Since I am on a mini-staycation I will just let you all know that Upcycled Awesome is now open. Please link any and all craft projects that you made this week. I would love it if they were upcycled, but if not that is okay. Till Next week,

What can I say we had a fabulous Easter... And I will be taking the good part of the next week to enjoy a fabulous Spring Break with the family. Don't worry Upcycled Awesome will be up and running but the regular updates will be on pause....We all need a break every once in a while.

Today we dyed eggs and had a blast doing it. Being the slacker mom I am I forgot to buy Easter egg dye. I mean I hate those little pellets, and I knew I could find a better way to do eggs this year. Happy Easter! Make your own environmentally friendly and inexpensive egg dye: Mix: 2 teaspoons white vinegar 1/2 cup boiling water Food dye. I use gell dye and just kind of put a big old glop in but if you are using liquid food coloring twenty - thirty drops is a good amount. Now dye those eggs. It didn't come out as a smooth singular color like the tablets that you buy, but I like the look, I had everything on hand, and there was no packaging to discard afterwards! Have a great eco-friendly Easter.

Can you believe it! It is Earthday and you can now shop for crafting supplies to your hearts content. I know that you probably won't want to do that though. You put an amazing dent in your stash, got organized, finished a bunch of half started projects, and generally rocked it! I am so proud of each and everyone of you! I know how hard not shopping for craft supplies has been for me, and darn it I even had to resist a going out of business sale at JoAnn Fabrics to survive (things got down to 80% and I couldn't even step in the door, painful). I am going to put together a bunch of roundups but I want to give a HUGE thank you to the guest bloggers who assisted me this month in inspiring you to craft away. They were amazing weren't they!

***Well today is the last day of the Spring Stashbust! How proud of yourselves are you! I hope you accomplished what you wanted to accomplish and I hope that you busted some serious stash. Please link up any and all projects that you have completed in this time. I will be putting together a few Spring Stashbusting roun-ups so that if you want to keep on busting some stash (which I think I will be doing) you have some more fabulous ideas to get you motivated!***     Welcome to the first Annual Spring Stashbust. Hopefully you had a chance to sign up as a fabulous Spring Stashbust Blogger. If not it is just never too late so click -HERE- . So I have some fun buttons to add to your button collection. There is this one if you are a featured "Spring Stashbust" blogger. I would love it if you put it somewhere on your blog. <center><a href="http://www.thetshirtdiaries.com/2011/03/spring-stashbust-begins.html"><img src=" http://i795.photobuc...

Have you guys checked out my Facebook Page? Cause you should really like it if you haven't. I'm just saying I could use a few more followers (like 150 more would be nice). I have the link on the side, like me you know you want to. Where is Spring Stashbusting? -Click Here To Link You Stashbusting Project - I love Upcycling. That is really no shock (or is it). It is time to post your best upcycled project in my weekly list of all of the Upcycled Awesomeness on the web. When putting up a project make sure that: You made it. You link to the project you want to share with us. No linking to ETSY sites. (although if you sell things on your site through ETSY, etc. that is okay just don't link to your ETSY site.) Put my button somewhere on your site or on the post you are linking. <center><a href="http://www.thetshirtdiaries.com/"><img src="http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy231/rneorr/T-shirt%20Diaries/2010March1159138-5.jpg ...

I am so excited for this post! I love upcycling and Becky from Becky's craft closet takes three old shirts and makes them a beautiful boys hoodie! Thank you Becky so much for sharing! Hello everyone,  I am Becky from Becky's Craft Closet .      This is a blog I started a couple of years ago, to share ideas with friends near and far. also to kind of catalog all of my projects. I love to Create. Its like Therapy for me not to mention it is just kind of second nature to me. I grew up in a crafty home, and never knew there were people who didn't do this kinda stuff. lol. I don't think I am the most creative person out there, but I love to break things down and simplify them for someone who might think its just too complicated. What made you decide to sign up for the Spring Stashbust? Hahaha, A picture is worth a thousand words, and well....there are probably like a thousand projects I could do with all this stuff.   I love pretty fabrics, and I...

We are coming on the home stretch and yes I still have a lot of stash to bust, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, or at least the top of my sewing station. I wanted to give you a few ideas for that last minute stash that you are in desperate need of busting before the challenge is over. Sassy Style is offering a tutorial on this adorable Spring Specimen Art . So if you have a naked frame that needs sprucing up just turn it into this: Spring Specimen Art And for those little scraps of fabric why not join Bear, Dolly and Moi in making a bunch of Doll Diapers: Love a Good Diapered Dolly The Chameleon Girls are offering a tutorial I really need to take advantage of. They created these adorable felted eggs . I LOVE felting, but alas more craft supplies to buy that I probably will just end up no using so if you have some felting materials join them in making these! Felted Eggs with the Chameleon Girls Domestic Deadline makes me want to go out and buy ...

I would like to take a moment from my regularly scheduled Spring Sashbusting post to talk about something near and dear to my heart. We get a bad wrap. A very bad wrap, I mean LeBron doesn't even like us. So since I truly do believe Cleveland is great I wanted to focus on some fabulous Cleveland Bloggers.  Oh yeah we rule the Blogging world one fantastic Mommy Blog at a time. My first shout out to Cleveland Blogging Love is MyGotFam.com So I like to think that I am funny, but really the only other people who agree with me are my kids, and on occasion my husband.  Chrissy is a sharp blogger with a passion for her family and an amazing series that will make you die laughing called the Sunday Skit. Seriously check this one out where the part of Chrissy is played by Glee's Chris Colfer: http://www.mygotfam.com/?p=904 Sunday Skit: How Mommy Turns Into A Lunatic . Next is Green Dog Wine . She lost fifty pounds, got healthy, and has a ton of beautiful pictures of food...

Have you guys checked out my Facebook Page? Cause you should really like it if you haven't. I'm just saying. Wait Where is Spring Stashbusting? -Click Here To Link You Stashbusting Project - Haven't signed up? Well it is not to late you can sign up for the Spring Stashbust: HERE . I love Upcycling. That is really no shock (or is it). It is time to post your best upcycled project in my weekly list of all of the Upcycled Awesomeness on the web. When putting up a project make sure that: You made it. You link to the project you want to share with us. No linking to ETSY sites. (although if you sell things on your site through ETSY, etc. that is okay just don't link to your ETSY site.) Put my button somewhere on your site or on the post you are linking. <center><a href="http://www.thetshirtdiaries.com/"><img src="http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy231/rneorr/T-shirt%20Diaries/2010March1159138-5.jpg "/></a...

The two things I am in love with right now are skirts and well all things Couture. So I am very happy to present you with Nancy from Nancy's Couture and her tutorial on the Picnic Skirt from a button down shirt. Here is Nancy: Here is the shirt that she started with: I know you want to see what she made, but first a little more about Nancy: #1. I signed up for Spring destash because it's time to use up some of the fabric I have had around for a few years now. I have been eyeing some new fabrics but I really don't have room to store anymore fabric until I use up some of what I have. I also like a good challenge and I believe this will make me be even more creative!   #2. My favorite upcycling projects are using t-shirts to make dress for my little girl. I love that every single dress is completely unique.  And you can whip one up in less than an hour. I also being able to take something that doesn't fit my kids any...

Taking a break from being a mommy blogger and crafter extraordinaire (I flatter myself, heck it's my blog) to spend a little time at the Ohio PTA convention. Oh the life and times of a PTA mom, how I NEVER in my wildest dreams thought I would be one. Heck I never thought I would ever get married and have kids, but here I am, hanging out at a PTA convention and taking it all in. The one thing I took away from the weekend (aside from a few extra pounds thanks to Fado in Easton and Black Olive in the Short North) was that I have consciously made the decision to pretty much give up my nine to five (who am I kidding six am until seven pm) work life to raise my kids, and wow am I lucky. Now I am not starting some crazy argument about stay at home moms versus working moms. Whatever works for you is awesome, a valid choice, and I have been on both ends of the argument. I am just saying that for my life giving up my career and being mommy really works for me and I shockingly really...

Allow me to introduce my lovely crafty blogging friend Melissa and her trusty sidekick Kade from Hooked on Handmade: I am not quite sure if it is the stripy shirt or the glasses, but I think we look like long lost sisters? Anyway she about to embark on another challenge and it's called a square a day in May. Check out more information here: Today she will be sharing her tutorial for her "Bee in Love Mason Jar." Ironically my daughter is obsessed with bee's right now. (maybe we really are sisters?) 1. What made you decide to sign up for the Spring Stashbust? Two reasons. My stash is in some serious need of some busting. Not only do I collect way to much yarn but I have mason coming out of everywhere! I've been working hard making squares for the CAL I'm organizing in May and my stash is going down down down! It has been great because I'm able to participate in this event while getting ready for my own event. Also, I'm new to blogging and wa...