Screen Printing

Little Miss Emmalee is wearing her Wooooo Pig Soooie onesie.  These are so easy to make and sell for much more than the cost of a onesie in retail stores.   My son got me started with screen printing, having graduated from KU and being a BIG Jayhawk fan, he wanted KU wear for my grandson.  Emmalee's mom, my neighbor is the owner of my dog, Sadie's best friend Mattie.  Emmalee, was born one month after my grandson and comes from a long line of Razorbacks. I had to make her a wooooooo pig onesie.  She is so cute above in her onesie.

Screen printing requires very little equipment; ink, a squeegee, and the screen.  My favorite craft store in Kansas City Urban Arts and Crafts made my screens.  I fit two different designs on one 8X10 screen.  They frame it and it is all ready to use.  My little bottle of ink   has now made many shirts.  In addition to direction from Urban, I watch a video on youtube to learn exactly what to do.  I practiced on cardboard and paper first.  I admit I messed up a couple on onesies to begin with but now am very good.  Now I need to get more detailed with designs but have had fun with it.  Youtube also shows how to burn screens and that looks quite simple.

On a different thought - is winter ever going to end.  They are predicting a possiblity of lots of snow here on Sunday.  We have had lots.  I admit not as much as the North East.  But still.....

Regina

Grandson and St Louis

I had a wonderful weekend with my son and his family, especially my grandson, E.  I have to say I have a great son and a great daugher in law.  And then there is my grandson who is fabulous!!!  He loves, loves, loves his toes, baths, mom, dad, Newton, Stewdog and his jumperoo.  He is such a happy fellow.

Even though he is outgrowing the kitchen sink he loves his bath and has a great time

His parents went out for the afternoon and left me to spend quality time with little E.  He enjoyed me so much he only took a 30 minute nap.  He wanted to be with grandma : )  We read and he played in his jumperoo.  

I feed him cereal and sweet potatoes what a combination

My son played tennis in high school and college.  He still plays but back then he had to have all these Nike tennis shirts with the tennis court nike swoosh.  One shirt he didn't wear much and was in such good shape I never gave it to goodwill.  Well I found a use for it.  I made it into a T shirt for my grandson

I cut this right off the original T at the stripe to include the swoosh

I started another T shirt for E, but had trouble with the Iron on Fusion.  I think I used too high of heat.  Here is a glimpse of what I am doing

I want to close with my E loving his toes

Have I said how much I love being a grandmother!!!!

Regina

Getting ready to see my grandson

I will leave to see my grandson, E, on Friday.  He lives 4 hours away.  So this weekend I had to make him something.  I have been into repurposing fabric lately.  I cannot tell my latest creation until next weekend.  It is nothing spectacular but my son will like it.  I hope to get one more thing done by Friday.  I will post pictures next weekend.

Last year I lost 45 pounds and the holidays brought out my sweet tooth again and I have been gaining weight again and I will not gain all that weight back.  I bought a Wii gaming system this weekend and have been following the AE Active Personal Trainer.  I don't want to diet for the rest of my life.  Walking the dog was not burning enough calories.  Well Sadie does stop and sniff a bit, so I do stop and go walking and even though  I do walk a few miles a day it is not enough.  Anyhow I am a bit sore after two days into my 30 day challenge.

Here is a picture of Sadie in the snow that fell over the holidays.

No crafts this week

I have not been at all creative this week, instead have been studying for my Oracle Professional certification test.  I also finished the book Await Your Reply.  Since I did not like this novel, I am not even going to give it a link.  It was a National Book Award finalist this year and that is what caused me to pick it up to read.  Now I am onto World Without End  I have heard good things about this Ken Follett novel, but since it is over 1000 pages, it will most likely take me all year to finish.  I am adding more books to my list.

I am hoping to see my grandson in a couple of weeks.  He is now over 5 months old or as my son the math professor would say 5/12 old.

I Love it

I skyped with my grandson E today.  I haven't seen him since Christmas and he has grown and become much more alert.  He was very curious about my voice and picture on the computer screen.  The below pictures cause me to smile and laugh.  E is laid out with all the things I've made him...  I think the rabbit was the first thing I made for my then unknown grandbaby. Then the quilt, booties (which ended up being large and uneven) and curtains (not pictured), pillows to go with curtains. lots of KU Jayhawk apparel, and then the Pi, E and puppy love clothing.  The is also a little girafe rattle, fabric block and hat.

The below really makes me smile.  Love that boy.

He has many more things to receive.  It is most wonderful to be a grandmother...

-regina

Adding Books

I have read many books since my son went off to college in 1998.  Many are from Oprah's original bookclub.  My favorite books are the ones that never leave my memory.  Like Jane Hamilton's A Map of the World.  Ann Pachett's Belcanto is one of my all time favorite although it took me forever to get into the story.  I like to read a book before seeing the movie, sometimes I am pleased for instance with Atonement and sometime disappointed like with White Oleander.  I enjoy all of Jodi Picoult, Anita Shreve and yes John Grisham's novels.  I read fun novels like the Twilight and Sookie Stackhouse series.


My list will definitely grow and I may have to place them all on a separate link.  Please join me in discussions or suggestions of future books.

The Pi symbol

My son is a Math Professor and loves the below creation. He (my son) has used the Pi symbol since being an under graduate. He was surprised I had found a perfect Pi symbol. This was all scrap fabric, well except I did buy the ribbing. I used left over black fleece to experiment with a pattern out of Octobre Sewing Magazine. This was fun and I knew once my son received it in the mail, I would receive a phone call, one of every mothers warmest moments. I love creating for his family.  My son has already suggested additional items to create