new crush
Friday, March 4, 2011 at 6:38PM Freezer paper, where have you been all my life? Okay, actually, I know where you've been: between the aluminum foil and saran wrap, just waiting to be discovered, picked up and taken home. Well, now that I've found you I won't let you go.
don't worry -- we don't EAT the cheerios off the floor. no, NEVER. 'cause that would be gross. GROSS!
Stenciling with freezer paper is so easy it seems like a trick. I am here to tell you, however, that there is no trickery afoot. It's just insanely, awesomely easy. Once you get the hang of it, good luck trying not to stencil every blank surface in your house.
I was coveting some expensive screenprinted shirts for George and unless selling them was an option (naturally out of the question if I'm copying a design, even loosely), I wasn't going to the trouble of cleaning and burning a screen. If you find yourself with champagne dreams but sadly without $45 of disposable income to throw at a shirt your kid can wear for a few months, this tutorial is your new best friend. Plain tees, hoodies, pants -- whatever -- are available for a couple of dollars basically everywhere, and if you don't find the color you like, make your own dye!
This little number went to the doctor's office the other day and won over the receptionist, because, obviously. Looking at that 'non' softens the blow of being completely ignored when I say, "George, can you please come back this way?"
Reader Comments (4)
Thanks to you as well for backing me up over on made! :)
This shirt is adorable, btw.
jumped over from FB to this post. I've always dreamed of making t-shirts but never had "THE IDEA" to make the effort worth it. I don't know why they haven't invented a t-shirt printer that works like a desktop printer. design idea on computer, insert shirt, hit "Print" and voila... oh no, t-shirt jam!
Anyway, this shirt is SUPER hilarious, and I can see my 3yo wearing one, too... ah, toddler-hood.
(also like the logo area in the header - that is super awesome.)
thanks!
CN:P, eternal optimist (ha) that i am, i've put some regrettable things through a printer or two in my day,so the t-shirt jam is sadly not out of the realm of possibility for me. about the header: thanks! my partner made it; i cannot take credit.
and abby, always happy to help fight totally random racism on otherwise innocuous crafting blogs!
I, too, love freezer paper stenciling, but if you'd ever like to dabble in a cheaper, easier screen printing method, try contact paper. You can sort of see some photos on this blog post: http://www.thisishappystuff.com/?p=1040 and if you need more detailed instructions, google around--I think I learned this technique from watching an online video. Or maybe from the book "Screen Your Stuff."
Thanks for the blog post comment! :)