at seven thirty three.

(There’s a brand new tutorial involved, so GET OVER THERE!)

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I picked these up at JoAnn’s a few weeks back.  They were 40% off at the time, so I paid $6.

Macy and a friend and I busted them out last Friday whilst 2 of my boys were at a party and the other one was sleeping.

The directions were confusing and some things on the printed instructions were different from what was on the exterior packaging, but hey….$6, right?

I did a little Google-ing and we decided to wet our shirts first.

We twisted and turned and then went to put the elastics on and they broke.  Like, all of them.  Like, before you actually even stretched them.  BRITTLE.

Time out.  Run to the craft room and search frantically for elastics.  Call BC at work to see if he has any he can run by because one kid is sleeping and we can’t leave to get some.  Finally find some.  Time in.

Each dye color comes in its own applicator bottle.  You just fill the bottle with water and shake.  They dissolved quite easily.

We dyed and dyed and dyed some more.  2 pairs of plastic gloves are included in the kit.  Plastic wrap (for wrapping your shirts) is not.  We wrapped them and waited.  The instructions said 4-6 hours.  The packaging said 6-8.  We went with 6.

Helpful hint:  You’ll want to save your gloves for the unwrapping/elastic removal or you’ll end up looking like this:

And your fingernails will still be stained like 3 days later.  At least that’s what I hear….

The packaging says “Ages 8 and up”.  I’d say this is pretty accurate, unless you were outdoors and really didn’t care if your kids got dye on the clothes they were wearing.

The packaging also says this product dyes up to 6 shirts.  We dyed: 2 size L-ish shirts, 4 size M-ish shirts, 2 onesies, a tank top, and a pair of undies.  Don’t ask.

Our package came with pink, blue, and green dye.  The pink came out pretty pale.

The blue and green were much brighter.

And, an action shot:

So, best tie dyeing job ever?  Probably not.

Worth $6?  FOR SURE.

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FTC disclosure:  I bought this product with my own $6.  I was in no way compensated for this review.  The opinions are mine entirely.  So are the stained hands.

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I’ll tell you how in the August/September issue of Quilter’s Home (in stores now)!

^^^ There’s my name!

And here’s a peek at the article:

And my prototype:

I think you could leave off the applique (or replace it with something less quilter-y) and get a completely different look.  And it’s way way WAY easy.

Pick it up, if you’re interested.  Plus, there’s my dorky bio and an even dorkier picture of me.

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Did you know Crap I’ve Made has a Flickr group? You can find the link at any time up on my menu bar under Crap You’ve Made. Go add your stuff! Please?

Projects from the Flickr group will be featured on Fridays.

And, there’s now a Flickr stream widget over in my left sidebar. Click on over from your reader and check that out.

TONS of awesome new stuff in the Flickr group as of late!

Today I want you all to meet Ashlee @ I’m Topsy Turvy.  I met her at CBC a while back and then got to hang out with her again at EVO.

In addition to the hair flowers, she was rocking one of these insanely awesome zipper purses:

And those aren’t even what she’s best at.  The cakes!  Oh the cakes!

Ashlee fell down the steps and broke her wrist in 3 places this week.  As a fellow klutz (I’ve broken my arm, birdie finger, other fingers, foot, other foot, multiple toes, tailbone, kneecap….you get the picture), I urge you to go laugh at her give her some sympathy!

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How’s that for a title?

YOU GUYS!

The number of emails I’ve gotten from people willing to do a giveaway for my 1,000,000th hit party is seriously AMAZING.  I’m going to sit down tonight after the kids are in bed and respond,  I swear.

Finally Feels Like Summer

My kids just got out of school last Friday.  Weird, right?  They started swimming lessons today (no pictures, I suck).  We’re trying a new “thing” where they have to do a special project/job every day before they’re allowed to run wild.

They hate it.

I love it.

Kids in the Kitchen Tip

Yesterday we were all making tacos for dinner.  Macy(10)  and Keller (7) were both chopping stuff.  Campbell (4) can’t be trusted with a knife.  He really wanted to help, though.  I needed something he couldn’t ruin.  I decided to have him measure water for the taco seasoning.

Problem?  He doesn’t actually know fractions.

Solution?

Mark the outside of the measuring cup with a dry erase marker.

Campbell knew exactly how high to fill the measuring cup and it wiped right off when we were done.

And that concludes this episode of random!

Wait.  It doesn’t.  I thought of a question for all of you.

Why can’t I actually get my dishes clean with those tablets?  The store was out of powder last time I went, so I decided to give the tablets a try.  EPIC fail.

Now I’m done……I think…..

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Have you ever noticed the counter waaaaaaaaaaaaaay down at the bottom on my right sidebar?

Go ahead and click on over and check it out.  I’ll wait. 

In the next month or so, I anticipate reaching

Crazy, right?

So, in celebration of 1,000,000 hits and my 2 year blogiversary, I thought it would be fun to have a day/week/whatever of giveaways.

Everyone likes free stuff, right?

If you have something you’d like to give away, email me at [email protected].  I will ask that you take care of the shipping to the winner (I SUCK at getting to the post office) and not have any crazy requirements for entering.

In return, you’ll get some free publicity and traffic and a warm feeling inside that just won’t go away.  Or something.

I look forward to hearing from you!

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Last time we had one of these, you guys came through in a big way.

Kendra emailed me. Her story brought me to tears. I’m afraid I’ll screw it up if I retell it. You can read the whole thing here.

So, what can you do?

Kendra needs donations:

I’m really looking for any and all donations. I have received everything from pictures, gift cards to hotels (not just in Utah), dresses, gift baskets for sport teams… I would be honored to have anything.

If you can help, email Kendra at [email protected].

Or, you can donate on their main blog site here.

If you’re local, you can attend their event on July 17th.

Kind of busy right now?

Kendra’s collecting baby leggings through September. Go here for the details.

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but I did.

It’s a sickness.

Sunday morning found me and my fabric stash spending some quality time together so that my kids would look festive at church.

Bowtie pattern is this one, as usual.

Skirt pattern I made up on the spot.  Basic tutorial to come?

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And the winner is….

Lucky number 117!

And who is number 117?

Jessica and Matt!

Shoot me a quick email to [email protected] to claim your prize!

HUGE thanks to Laura at Say It On The Wall for the giveaway!

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