Horizontal Rehab

Last Sunday I took a few shots of my boys

I just love lazy days with them

Thanksgiving and...

So Thanksgiving was good. We got sick the Sunday of that weekend but it was really nice to be with our family. We've been trying to recuperate all week. With work and band practice Ty has had a hard time getting better. We have tried not to do much and just stay in bed and watch movies as much as possible.

Our Thanksgiving feast

We always celebrate really casually but I wanted to at least decorate a bit this year. The theme was Give Thanks.

I took a few pics of the family but am opting not to post them on here. I didn't get a lot of good ones because I just wanted to enjoy the time. Ya know what I mean?

So watching the movie The Road last week didn’t turn out because the November 25^th release date wasn’t a full release of the movie and I can’t find any information about when it is coming to Utah. It is so lame. All I can find is that there was some miscommunication that caused a bunch of problems. We were so made when we realized that it wasn’t coming to Utah yet. The book is seriously so good. Normally I don’t recommend reading post-apocalyptic books when I’ve had a pretty depressing time myself but it is honestly powerful if you can get past the surface and read it for what it is; the bottom line is Hope. It shows the human struggle and strength and how we all need hope to make it through awful times. Plus if you want to feel like your life is all sugary rainbows compared to what they go through in this book then get it and read it.

We have a busy month ahead. I can't wait for 2010.

Small Town Trap's First Gig

My husbands band has booked their first gig! I am so excited for them. It is December 18th @ Club Vegas, the time is TBA. If you like alternative rock please come support them. Even if you don't like it just come any ways - be a pal! This show will determine if they get to open up for Eve 6 on New Years Eve which would be a huge opportunity for them.

They have been together for about a year. They practice at my friend Jenni's house every week. Did I mention she is married to the bass player? Well they now have one kick-ass set. I can't wait for the world to hear them.

*Thanks in advance for those who attend*

Concert Tee Re-Vamp

It's no secret I love Steven Tyler. (Don't get me started on the rumors that they are breaking up.) I've had this Aerosmith tee shirt for a very long time and it was starting to look a little too warn out. I didn't want to retire it to a pajama shirt - I would have felt so guilty. Ha! See the nice hole at the bottom from an accidental bleach spot? Oopsie! The hole has gradually gotten bigger over the years. I have to say that the pic of it above actually doesn't show just how worn out it really is. It was also a men's size large so it didn't fit well either. I can't take full credit for this idea it was actually Daisy's (and she says not crafty). This idea is going to come in pretty handy with some other tee shirts I have hanging up in my closet that I have not been able to bring myself to throw out. Some of them are either too small (ok most of them are too small) or just old and dingy. If you have a concert tee or graphic tee that you love but don't want to get rid of because it doesn't fit right try this idea. It's easy smeezy!

Here is a rough tutorial.

Take an old concert tee or shirt that you like and cut out the logo. (This was a little hard to do because of how attached to this shirt I was)

{bye bye beautiful shirt}

I used HeatnBond Ultrahold No-Sew transfer paper to attach the logo to the new shirt. Take a large portion of the HeatnBond out of the package and lay it down with the sticky side up.

Place the logo face up on top of the HeatnBond and trace the entire logo and cut it out.

Place the logo face down on your ironing board, place the HeatnBond sticky side down on top of the logo and iron away directly on top of the paper side. You don't have to leave the iron on for very long just a few seconds. As you can see I didn't cut the transfer paper out to exactly the shape of the logo - you don't have to worry about it being perfect.

Peel the paper back once it has cooled.

Take the new shirt that fits you oh-so-perfectly and place the logo sticky side down at the desired place on your shirt. I bought my shirt at Target on sale (no Talladega Nights movie pun intended). Pretty much everything I buy is on sale or thrifted. That may change one day when I become a millionaire. Ha!

Depending on what kind of logo you're working with you may want to use a thin towel to iron on the logo to your shirt in order not to ruin the graphic/logo. If you do need to use a towel you have to press a bit longer with the iron in order to get it to adhere well. I also sprayed mine with a water bottle and it seemed to help out much more.

Now you can stop here if you want if you prefer a rough edge. If you cut out your logo better than I did it will look great at this point.

I decided to do an easy embroidery boarder around the edge in bright red. I like the way it gave it a more finished look. I wish I had a better picture of the finished product. I really love the way it turned out. I did one other shirt but I need to take a good pic of it before I post it. I have a few other shirts I want to this with as well. I love the iron on transfer paper. I have so many ideas now of what I want to do with it.

{hello new sexy tee i.love.u}