Showing posts with label toddlers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toddlers. Show all posts

October 11, 2012

Fire Ombre Baby Bodysuit Tutorial

October 11, 2012

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This little “onesie” is so hot it’s on fire!

This is simple to make and you can use the colors I chose or you can mix it up and create something totally unique.

Here’s what you need:

1. Baby bodysuit (a.k.a. “onesie”)

2. Fabric markers

3. newspaper, foam board, or something else to put inside of the bodysuit to prevent the markers from running through to the other side.

That’s it. Let’s get started. 

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1. Pick out 3 markers that are similar in color or that can blend well from one to another. I chose Red, Orange, and Yellow for the fire effect.

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2. Start from the bottom and straight lines up from the bottom of the onesie. Try to keep them as straight as you can. Start with more lines at the bottom and thin them out a little the further up you go.

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This is what the red layer looks like when it is done.

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3. Do the same thing with the orange, overlapping the colors by a couple of inches so it gives the illusion that the red runs into the orange. Make the orange lines more dense in the middle and thin them out on the bottom and top so they blend well with the other colors.

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4. Do the same thing with the yellow. This will be the top color so make at nice and even at the top.

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4. When you are done with the front do the same thing on the backside, matching the placement of the layers so it looks cohesive with the front side.

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5.You can also add a little flare to the sleeves.

6. Heat set the design if your markers require it. Check the instructions on your box of markers. These Crayola Fabric markers need to be heat set with a hot iron.

And you are done! Now go dress up your little fireball!

This is such an easy project. It requires only about 10-20 minutes from start to finish. This would be a great start to a “little devil” Halloween costume! Use your imagination and the possibilities go on for days!

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March 7, 2011

All Patched Up - DIY Designer Boy's Jeans Tutorial

March 7, 2011



All Patched UP - Boy's Designer Jeans Tutorial
What you need:


Jeans
Sand paper
scrap denim
Wonder-under (or other lightweight iron-on fabric adhesive)
Sewing machine
Embroidery thread and needle
Anything else you want!

If you are doing this for girl's jeans you can always add appliques, gems, ruffles, or tons of other fun stuff.  I like to keep it simple for my boy's jeans. This is also great for hand-me-downs that need a pick-me-up.

Step One: Rough 'em up.
Use your sandpaper to distress the parts of the jeans that would normally get the most wear. Use care with the knee area though. The knees are usually the first part to wear out on their own.  Rough up the front and back pockets and you can even choose some spots to wear all the way through to give them an authentic vintage look.  The sandpaper will make a more dramatic effect on darker demin.




Step Two: Patch it.


Draw the desired size and shape of your denim patches onto the smooth side of your Wonder-Under.Cut them out and figure out how you want them on your jeans. (The oval shaped one will be going on the inside of my jeans.)



Iron the wonder-under onto the denim fabric according to the manufacturer's directions.


Cut them out, peel off the backing..




 and iron them onto your jeans.  I like to do some on the inside too reinforce the areas where I have done the most distressing or where I have sanded all the way through the denim.



Sew on your patches to secure them into place. You can also use decorative stitching to add more oomph! I will be using embroidery stitching for most of mine. I used my machine for the inside patch. What a cool vintage effect!   
I love playing around with fabrics patches too. Try using canvas or other sturdy fabrics. 

Step 3:  Stitch it.
Be creative and add some simple embroidery stitches.

 I used a blanket stitch around 2 of the patches and a simple straight embroidery stitch for the third.


And X's across the pockets. I love the orange and yellow. It's so happy, not to mention that orange is Ryan's favorite color! He's going to love these.
 
A little color can add a lot of fun to some boring jeans. Or you can use neutral colors if you want to make sure your child's new jeans match his wardrobe, and his Cantaloupe Corner shirts, of course. Black, tan, grey, navy, or white.




That's it.
Now your kid has the cutest pair of designer jeans out there. Designed by you!


Go show 'em off!

(P.S. The "Super Hero" Shirt can be found HERE )
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February 24, 2011

{ Brightest Crayons } What you wear = who you are

February 24, 2011
Remember a few years ago when you walked into a store in the mall, like say. . . American Eagle, or Aeropostale, and all of their graphic tees had some type of beer, drug, or strip club reference?
I do.
Yuck!

I am happy to report that many, many of those derogatory tees are being replaced by real art and humor.

I know that these stores I listed are for teenagers/adults but I still don't agree with 14 year old's walking around in Jack Daniels t-shirts or "Bobby Joe's Gentleman's Club" tees. Thank you to all of the graphic designers/screenprinters that decided that these shirts are distasteful!

How can our children feel good about themselves when they are dressed in clothing with rude comments or other all-around bad messages?

What you wear reflects how you feel about yourself. We, as parents, know this.
I strive to stay away from the morally questionable whenever I create any of our t-shirt designs. But I have to say that it is easy when it comes to dressing cute little preschoolers, toddlers and babies! 

One of the designs my boys get the most compliments on is our "Brightest Crayon in the Box" tee.


This is one of the first Cantaloupe Corner designs every made. I loved that the message is uplifting and makes my son feel "bright". I think he is such a smart boy and it was so fun to create a shirt to let him know how I feel about him.

We need to let our kids know that we think they are cute, smart, funny, clever, and so much fun! As their parents, we need to help them develop a love for themselves. That is why I try so hard to keep our t-shirt messages upbeat, fun, and uplifting.

You child can be a Super Hero, a Monkey, a Train Engineer (my son's favorite), or a handsome Little Mister.

I believe that what your child wears reflects how you feel about them. You dressed them, right?  (OK, not always, my youngest insists that he wears the same 3 shirts every day. But I buy/make those shirts for him.)



Keep it fun. Keep it clever. And Always keep it on the "bright" side.
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February 14, 2011

Chocolate Chip TOUGH!

February 14, 2011
Today feels like a chocolate-licious day. It's Valentines Day, a day of flowers and chocolates and treats of all kinds. I'm very partial to chocolate.
In fact, our house smells like chocolate cookies, mmmm. We are cooking up goodies for our Valentines.

Today just feels like the right day to introduce our rich, chocolate brown t-shirts with a new design!

Chocolate chip cookie anyone?


Tough Cookie



Here is the inspiration for this design:

My fearless 2-year-old. Nothing crumbles this cookie. He is rough and tough! Bumps and bruises don't even phase him. I am sure that most of this comes with being the second child and having to fight big brother for everything.

Whatever the reason, he really is one "Tough Cookie".

The Tough Cookie shirt is now available in our Etsy Shop. And now you can get it on yummy, kid friendly, chocolate brown.
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February 12, 2011

New Colors!

February 12, 2011
 I am happy to post that we are adding some more color to our line!

Yes sir-ee, we love our boy's tees and we wanted to bring in a new boy color!
I just barely got our new shipment of BROWN toddler t-shirts!!    Excited??   Me too!!!


My 4 year old has made this "I Heart Trains" shirt his new favorite. He wears it every time it is clean.

 And the best part is that it takes a lot to make a brown shirt look dirty, and that means a lot to mother of 2 (almost 3) little boys.  Definitely mother approved.

As of today, all of our boy's tee designs are now available on brown shirts.


And if that isn't enough excitement for today, we have a new onesie color too!

Watch for our new NAVY BLUE onesies, popping up at Cantaloupe Corner.
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February 1, 2011

We're Open!

February 1, 2011
Our Shop is officially open for business! Check out all of our ink-free Cantaloupe Corner designs at http://www.cantaloupecorner.etsy.com/

Here's a new tee to celebrate!

Bubble Dots - First Birthday Shirt

 Simple, fun, and bubbly!  Perfect for pictures and parties.
Find this new design here.

Personalize your shirt by adding your the birthday kid's name on the back. Add this item to your cart with your shirt.

Happy Grand Re-Opening.

Watch for sales coming today and yet another new design coming next week!

Yipee!

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January 31, 2011

Countdown. 5. . .4. . .3. . .2. . .1. . .

January 31, 2011
Tomorrow is the big day!  Our Grand re-opening!

Our shop doors open tomorrow and they will stay open from February to April!!!

(eeee! I'm so excited!!!)



Watch for weekly deals and stock up on quality tees for summer.

And. . .

to make it even more fun. . .


We have NEW DESIGNS!!!

Aw yeah!!



Do you have a SUPER HERO living at your house?


I do.

2 of them.

Villians beware!

If your kid likes to beat up bad guys in the name of justice, you can get him his own Super Hero tee!


We also will be introducing a new birthday shirt tomorrow!

Stay tuned for more action!
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November 16, 2010

~ What boys love ~

November 16, 2010
My boys are such. . .  boys.

We have an endless supply of matchbox cars and trains (lots and lots of trains) that are always scattered about our house. If I ever have to make a trip outside of my bedroom at night I walk very slowly and cautiously just to make sure that my feet locate the boobie-traps-on-wheels before I become their victim.

I can't say I was surprised at my 4 year old's answer when I aked him "If you could have anything at all on a t-shirt, what would it be?"
"I want a shirt that says 'I love trains!!" 

How silly of me to even ask.   

My 2 year old isn't quite as paticular about what kind of rolling toy it is, as long as it has wheels. He does have a love for fire engines, which he lovingly calls "wee-ooo-wee-oos".
 He wanted his shirt to say "I love wee-oo-wee-oos".  I'm probably the only one who would understand it, so I compromised, since I know how much he loves big trucks and tractors too. He got his own "I love trucks" shirt!




 My sweet little boys have brought me flowers from our yard every day this week. Simon didn't want his picture taken so he hid from the camera, but still gave me my pretty flower.
 How I adore these boys.

My Cantaloupe Corner Etsy shop will be re-opening for a limited time as soon as I get my t-shirt shipment in!
*happy dance*

I would love to add the "I love trains" and "I love trucks" to our Cantaloupe Corner designs. 
Whaddya think? 



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September 9, 2010

Now it's Personal!

September 9, 2010
We celebrated Little Monster's b-day last week and I printed his very own personalized Choo Choo I'm 2 shirt with his name on the back!  And I added embroidery thread stitching on the sleeves and hem. (inspired by I am Momma Hear me Roar!)

I've been waiting SOOO long to use this design for my own kid!



I love the name on the back so much that I wanted to make personalized shirts available to you too!
 Oh Yeah!
You can have your child's name stencilled on the back of the shirt using this unique technique that makes it look distressed and faded.
It is also done with our gentle dye remover. No ink and no paint!

Just add this item to your cart along with the shirt you want to personalize.
(Perfect for birthdays!)


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For Ry's birthday I got to give my craft cutter a workout. But I thought it would be fun to make personalized invites for his party!


 I searched frantically though the internet to find the perfect train cupcakes and found nothing! So I had to improvise.
I cut cream cheese candies into cute little trains to top off the cupcakes. A little green grass and orange sprinkles and voila! you have Choo Choo cupcakes!
I'll have to share the cream cheese candy recipe! It's super easy, fun, and YUMMY!


Mmmmmm!


I also made a train pinata for the party. It is made out of cereal boxes, an oatmeal canister, a toilet paper roll, tissue paper, tape, and TONS of CANDY!!!!
After all my hard work on this thing I didn't even get a good picture. I guess this isn't one of those "I'll get pictures later" projects, because now it is smashed into pieces in a trash heap somewhere. But it was fun while it lasted! The kids were in candy heaven.  :)



Here's a picture I snapped while we were in the White Mountains for the party.
 It was so beautiful I had to share.

Have a sunny day!
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