August 2009

Project 365: Week 32

August 29, 2009

I’m very, very late with this post! I’ve been taking my daily photos, but I’m really behind in picking them out and posting them. I’ll be trying to catch up over the next week. So let’s get started! August 6, 2009: My first ever dandelion offering as a mom! I used to pick dandelions for [...]

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The Week in Bentos: August 25-28, 2009

August 28, 2009

I’m finally back! Whew! After a nice vacation, a stressful pre-kindergarten week and another week to sort of settle into our kindergarten routine, I have a post that’s chock full of bento boxes for you all. Let’s start off with this little cutie, shall we? I made this one last week when we were still [...]

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Back Soon

August 21, 2009

I know I’ve been MIA, but we’ve had a busy couple of weeks. Our trip to San Diego was fantastic, fun and relaxing. I’m planning to post about it soon, but I took over 1000 photos on our trip so it’s slow going sorting through them all. I’ll be posting again soon though!

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Tie Dye Tutorial

August 9, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, I tie-dyed t-shirts with my son as an afternoon time-killer. We had a lot of fun doing it because it was easy (no seriously — it really was) and the shirts came out great! These were not the mediocre, faded Rit dye type of shirts I made in high school [...]

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Chevron Tie Dye Folding Tutorial

August 9, 2009

Here’s how you fold a t-shirt to make a chevron tie-dye pattern. For basic dying instructions check out my Tie Dye Tutorial. Begin, by folding your t-shirt in half vertically. Fold over the top half of the shirt at a 45 degree angle. Fold the shirt back along the angle you created. Continue folding the [...]

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Striped Tie Dye Folding Tutorial

August 9, 2009

Here’s how you fold a t-shirt to make a striped tie-dye pattern. For basic dying instructions check out my Tie Dye Tutorial. Lay your t-shirt out flat. Starting at the bottom of the shirt, fold the shirt into pleats. Continue pleating the shirt until it is all folded. Section the shirt off with rubber bands. [...]