I have figured out that I am not good at multitasking. I am pretty good at the "mom multitasking" (ie.. brushing someones hair while yelling at another child to pack up the car, while trying to start the dishwasher and looking for shoes) Now throw in art show prep and it all goes down the drain.
Don't you know that person that can work full time and volunteer at the homeless shelter, and then set the table for a gourmet meal, run off to book club, all while looking radiant? Its not me. It just isn't. I have learned to be ok with that and give myself some grace. When I finished the art show I promised the girls that we would go to the library. I looked around and thought OMG its BOOKS! I haven't read a book in months. I wonder if I still know how. (again not a good multitasker). I had only one book on my list and I found it and I am reading it. I understand that people do this all the time, but I am so impressed that this is finally happening, I want to tell everyone. SO. there you go, who would have thought a good book would be blog worthy.
Let me also tell you that my oldest is 10 and a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE Beatles fan. We got her a ticket to see Paul McCartney for this upcoming weekend. I REALLY wish I could post the video of her opening up her present. She made me promise not to share it. So....I can say that she screamed louder than any scream ever, and then started sobbing. SOBBING. She has already promised there will be tears at the concert. She is going with her friend and her friends dad. I can't wait to hear how it goes. Apparently back in April I promised her that I would get her a new Beatles shirt for the concert. YIKES. I said "Lets make one!" This sounds crazy but I usually will do quite a bit of crafts with my sprouts, but this summer has been craftless. We ran out to Hobby Lobby and bought the kids shirts and supplies. Libby wanted one too. YEA! Let me preface this with girls t-shirts are not as cute as boys in the store. Boys shirts are no frills and witty. (more my style) Girls are kittens and hearts and stuff. Julia is against all kinds of pink. Libby likes pink but quirky. I showed Julia some Beatles shirts online and we were all set to plagiarize, which we successfully did.
Have you heard of making shirts with freezer paper? I have seen it on the blogosphere....and thought we could give it a try.
1. Draw out your pattern on plain paper.. Julias I printed off the computer and Libby's I drew by hand. This is Libbys drawing
2. tape design to cardboard and then tape freezer paper over top to trace, making sure the shiny side is down.
3. Using an exacto knife, cut out letters and design where you want ink at. This is when I really regretted the detail I put into Libby's drawing. If you have no patience keep it simple!
this is my husband working on his laptop and having a frosty beverage behind the stencil.
4. Place on the front of shirt and iron on the stencil, again shiny side down. Do not use steam on your iron.
5. Once the stencil is on the shirt, blot fabric paint over it. The ink SHOULD stay in the empty part of the stencil. I don't have a pict of this...sorry.
6. WAIT UNTIL PAINT IS DRY. Use a hairdryer if you have to.
7. Peel off stencil and you are left with fancy shirts!!!
I am pretty happy with how they turned out. The girls had fun and so did I. Summer craftiness was a success. Since I only have a month left with these two pixies at home we are going to be doing more crafts..... stay tuned! :)
MUCH love to you all, hope you are enjoying your summer.
Those are awesome!!! We saw Paul McCartney a few years ago and he puts on a great show!! We are hoping to go to the Beatles symphony on the prairie this year too!
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