I'm a sucker for cool stencil books. Some of my favorites include Ed Roth's Stencil 101, and Lotta Jansdotter's Lotta Prints.
So, when I stumbled over Marthe Le Van's Stencil Me In, I knew I had to hurry up and hit that purchase button right quick!
Where to start? Well, first, I happened to co-host a baby shower for a buddy back in early December and what a perfect excuse to use stencils for a onesie decoration station! Even people that say they're not crafty can join in the fun!
We forced... um, I mean encouraged everyone at the shower to take a turn with a stencil...
Here's a pic of the decoration station...
Kinda sad that all I had to purchase were the onesies and bibs... everything else I had on hand... think I'm a craft supply hoarder, but that's a different post for a different day...
...and here's the awesome fruits of the party people's labor...
So fun!!! Lil Weezy is gonna have super awesome custom onesies for at least a couple of months until she out grows everything... ah babies...
But what about my Little Man? Poor cobbler's kids, they never get shoes. I thought that in addition to the millions of toys he would be receiving from Santa, he might appreciate a custom tee or two - time to break out those stencils!
I specifically only used stencils from Stencil Me In this time around, since it is my newest stencil book and therefore my favorite... for now...
Behold!
Three new shirts - all cool and custom for Mr. Toddler Pants!
First I had to do robots - that boy loves him some robots, I tell you what...
I didn't realize that my orange fabric paint happened to be orange glitter fabric paint... bonus!
Then I did a cool jellyfish...
...and finished up with what I thought was three things that begin with the Letter B...
The Hubs informed me that the image on the bottom is a rocket ship, not a bomb... So, this shirt is now 'two things that start with the Letter B and a rocket ship'...
Stenciling - it's fun, it's easy, you don't have to have a single artistic bone in your body, just grab a tee, a little paint, and your favorite design and you're good to go!!
xoxo
I'm so glad you reviewed this book, because now I can see that I just have to have it. I especially love the robots! Thanks for sharing your projects.
Posted by: Julie / StencilSearch | January 04, 2011 at 09:07 PM