freezer stencil explanation

I wish I had taken more photo's of the other shirts I made, but if you get on Flickr and type in freezer stencil shirts you can see tons of examples. Basically what you do is buy freezer paper ( the kind that is waxy on only one side). You find a graphic you like and trace it on to the paper, or you can make your own drawing on the freezer paper. (B&W is best) Then using an exacto knife, cut it out. Here is the cool part. Iron your stencil on your shirt. Waxy, shinny side down. It will stick. then paint over the top with fabric paint. Wait until it dries, or hair dry it if your impatient like me and then remove the stencil. Taa Daaa. you made your own awesome shirt. You can do this with bags, hats, burp cloths, pillows, really the ideas are limitless. Last tip, if you have a Cricket scrap book machine, or vinyl cutting machine you can skip all the steps and just have the machine cut the freezer paper for you. Google it, there are better tutorials out there. check these
http://www.flickr.com/photos/creativekismet/409377921/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12036939@N00/2396493870/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/monique_moki/471696588/
Disclaimer; this is a highly addictive activity with very gratifying results, it took me a good 2weeks to stop trying to put everything I saw on to a shirt.

Hello Seattle

We took a trip to Seattle this last week. It was crazy fun. My brother and sister were able to come, and it was nice getting to hang out with them. We spent a bit of time downtown, seeing all the sites. We were fortunate enough to meet the Pikes place market doughnut wolverine, and witness mass baptisms in Puget Sound. (where the temp never reaches over 52 degrees, can I get a amen) the only thing we wish is that it was a little longer.

Manito Park

This park we found is amazing. I just thought I would share a few pics.

Freezer stencil shirts

I saw this on a craft blog a while ago. We tried it for Young women camp shirts and it turned out awesome, and I was hooked. I made a shirt for everyone in my fam. I also made shirts for my family that was in town. Here is Ashton and Chloe's. He-man and She-ra if you can't tell. The shirts were on sale for 2$.

The falls

One last photo of the Falls I can't remember the name of them but it was gorgeous.

priest Lake

One of the things I love about where we live is how accessible the wilderness is, and how many cool things there are to do. Recently we went with some friends to stay at a cabin on Priest lake. We swam a lot, fished, and played games until we couldn't stay awake.

the photos are as follows. Oli and I hiking to the water falls. The blinding sunrise that woke us up. Oli in Kev's lap. The island beach. Ashton tight-rope walking with his balancing pole.