Saving the world one T-shirt at a time. Blogging, changing diapers, slow running, runny noses wipes, and SAHM eco-crafter.
I recycle, upcycle, and repurpose just about everything. If you think you need to toss it think again, I can probably find another use for it.
If I said I was back, would you believe me? Blogging is complicated, and there are so many "get rich quick" blogging schemes that make it look like you are a lost cause if you are not currently earning money blogging. And why are you even blogging if you don't have multiple streams of income and entertainment. If you don't have a brand? I do have this website, but I do not have Instagram, Twitter, TikTok (you don't want to see me dance), or whatever is next. Heck, I haven't even updated this since before the pandemic. So why am I here, writing about being back and then, probably ghosting for another two years? Life has been rough. It's been painful and overwhelming. I am so thankful for you my readers, or what is left of you. I am so thankful you are reading this post. I am so thankful that you are still committed to making the world a more exciting and more sustainable place. Keep up-cycling my friends, and you never know, I might be back again with an
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Project Recycled Season Two Finale
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Can you believe that we are here. We are at the finale's. Congratulations to Michka and Lujica for making it this far. I am so excited to share the final two awesome entries that I can not wait to make for my little one!
So enjoy and go ahead and vote your little heart out.
Lucija's Dress Time
For this challenge I wanted to make something for my sweet little daughter. As you can imagine, I have a one closet full of garments waiting to be re-purposed so I found this three items:
And here is what I turned it into:
First I made a pair of leggins and a Retro Baby Turban. Then I cut my husband´s shirt and with just a few stitches sewed this awesome tunic!
It was simple and fast.
I added little red buttons to make it more feminine.
Well yes, she really was not in the mood for taking pictures. You see, I had this great idea for taking photos of this outfit by the lake but it is so cold here we still wear jacket, so this idea was off and I had to take pictures indoors. Unfortunately, she is never in the mood for taking pictures inside.
It's hard to believe we're already to the last challenge! I'll hardly know what to do with myself after this ;).
My husband came to me months ago with this old Hawaiian shirt of his and said I should make it into a dress for our daughter. I agreed but was hesitant because I had no idea where to begin, and it almost became forgotten. Then last week I watched a couple tutorials on YouTube on how to shirr fabric (now I'm hooked) & decided that's exactly what I wanted to do to this shirt and the dress started forming from there...
There were a lot of changes to get the 2X men's shirt down to a size fit for a girl.
First I removed the collar.
Then I shirred the back of the shirt from armpit to armpit to form a waistline.
I used elastic around the armholes to shrink them down and shirred 1 row on the sleeve edge to give it a feminine look.
Shortening the shoulders was really tricky but I made it work by pleating it. I turned the shirt around and used the back as the front so I then had to create a new neckline (not something I've done before...).
Finally I used button closures on the top half of the back.
And there you have it: A fantastic Hawaiian dress ANY girl would LOVE! :)
Hello lovely T-shirt Diary followers! The Pink Bat Girl is here to rescue you from plain old scrap wood and boredom today with a fun Memorial Day upcycled project! My block wood is courtesy of an old toddler bed that all of my kids used from Ikea. The bed has been given away, however, we still had the old wood that went under the mattress. I thought it would make some really great wood blocks! I took this old wood and my hubby's handy dandy saw and cut them into my desired lengths!.. I love power tools! So if you would like to make some of these fun decorations here is what you need! Ingredients wood blocks scrapbook paper cut into small strips red, white and blue paint Mod Podge craft glue jewels Start by cutting your wood into blocks. Paint the top block red, the second block white and the last block blue. When the paint it dry start Mod Podging your blocks with the scraps of scrapbook paper in a quilty kind of design. When mine were done they looked like this. Then I u
About two months ago I was messaged by an awesome follower telling me about a contest that a named Double Run was having. They challenges five loyal listeners to upcycle a few T-shirts. I am always up for the challenge, but since I take forever to read my email I missed the contest. Well they sent me a T-shirt to work my magic on and I accepted the challenge. REALLY BIG SHIRT I looked at all the upcycles they had in the contest and they didn't have anything for kids. Sure it's not the Wiggles or Fresh Beat Band. I had just purchased the Lil Blue Boo Racerback Tunic Dress Pattern and I gave it a try. Here is what I created: It actually looks much better on.... Back... And the front.... Playing the Guitar (She reminds me of Brittney Murphy in Clueless) I am pretty excited at how it turns out, my daughter loved it, and I got to try out a new pattern :) Thanks,
It's LEGO time! How cool is this! If you didn't know Cleveland is lucky enough to have the LEGO KidsFest national tour stop by November 4-6th and The T-Shirt Diaries is giving away one pair of tickets to attend the Sunday, Nov 6th Session from 3pm-7:30pm. LEGO Kidsfest is bringing all of the creative hands-on, minds-on fun of LEGO building and experiences together in a three acre activity- and entertainment-packed family event for children of all ages and builders of all skills and interests. So what does one do at LEGO Kidsfest? Build with Duplos or.... Meet a Master Model Builder You will even get to add your own 5" X 5" creation to creation nation. Creation Nation Display at Florida's LEGO Kidsfest Pretty awesome, don't you think. So here are the contest details. The contest will run until Sunday October 23rd at Midnight. The winner will be drawn on Monday October 24th via random.com. You get entries for the foll
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