I got my undies back from my partner. She chose pandas and zombies. Someone pointed out that I had a "cute" and a "scary" theme. The zombies were kind of adorable. The butt of the one pair say, "BRAINS!" and the panda set (we sent out two tops and two bottoms, new of course) had the WWF panda model. On the butt it says, "save the pandas!"
So cute.
I finished my top #1 (Anchors Aweigh) tonight. It turned out G-R-E-A-T, especially for me, but really for anybody. I'm really happy with it.
I tried a new method (that's the idea with the swaps for me, trying new things) that involved multiple layers of stencils. I started with the pink as a background then added the blue (the hardest layer; it involved a lot of hand-painting to fill in small spaces.
The anchor came from Microsoft Word's clip art. I just searched "anchor" until I found one that looked feasible. I tried to match the turquoise to the undies, but I sort of failed.
My partner said she likes turquoise and red but I didn't have any red paint. To make red, do I mix pink with black? That wouldn't make red. Yeah, I don't know much about color.
Then I added the black Old English on top. It was "LAMB"-inspired. I just love those Old English letters. Maybe I'll monogram part of her package in some way. Just love it! But I am not sure if I like those A's or not. . .they kinda freak me out. I make them like this-- 'a' -- with the upside down looking g type a, not just an o with a hook. But at any rate, I feel really good about this send out.
All I have left to do is make a cute "owl" top. I think I'm gonna stencil "ORLY" or maybe stencil a super cute owl on the front and do ORLY on the back. Idk.
But I feel super proud of this!
So I bought a three pack of undies to send to my partner. But we're only crafting two themes, so I only sent two pair. I kept a pair of weird lime green for myself and sent off two blues to be decorated.
Here's what I did with my green pair.
It's a pair of rhinestone wings. On my butt. That was fun and a new technique to master. In the future, if I do it, I might throw down some epoxy or mod-podge to create a sturdier bond between the rhinestones and the fabric. Maybe spray adhesive. Something that won't wash off, though. There's also a detail of a wing.
It was fun and totally worth the $1 I paid for the rhinestones (sale @ Michaels, score!)...
I'm planning my underwear swap...
I think I'm going to do anchors and owls for my partner.
The anchors underwear will look like this.
The owl pair will look like this.
I got some awesome little "extras": an alphabet stamp set ($1 @ Michaels), an iron-on crystal skull wearing a crown (very biker, very Ed Hardy), a "Grow Your Own" Pirate Treasure (to go with the Ahoy/Anchor theme). . .I did good.
Bookmarking for later:
http://www.irononcrystals.com/products.asp?category_id=303
That's it for now :)
