hyhena (TM)

One of our friends always says common sayings/words wrong. We think they are pretty hilarious.

Yesterday was Andrew's birthday.

So here is the present we decided to give him.

The hyena I had to sketch freehand from a picture on the internet.

Trying to figure out the layout.

My pre-freezer paper template.

He thought Hyena had an 'h' - and that it was silent. haha

We are glad he can laugh about it too.

Freezer paper.

You cut out your image so it creates a stencil.

Freezer paper ironed onto the shirt.

Paint over your stencil. (I didn't have textile medium (long story) so I just diluted some acrylic paint so the consistency was kind of like milk.)

You are supposed to pull the freezer paper off while it is still wet - can anyone tell me why?

 Then you let it dry. (Or just use a hairdryer to speed things up...)

Sit back and admire the shirt that you just made. 

I kind of really love "hyhena" (TM).

It might possibly be the name of my future brand of something.

(I was inspired by this post. And now I really want to make that shirt too.)


Linking up here!

I love having good friends.

I just found out 3 of our friends went and bought me and David tickets to vampire weekend as our birthday presents!!! (mine is soon, his is april 1 and the concert is in between them.) Oh, so stoked to see them.

But even more grateful for the amazing people in my life.


- Posted from iPhone

shout hooray!

I get one of these this weekend:

Not the cake/presents/balloons specifically. But I get the birthday that goes with them.

I'll be the big 22.

Sometimes I feel old. But not very often. Sometimes I feel young.

But mostly, I feel the right age.

I think I'm supposed to be 22 now.

21 was a big year for me.

I had a lot of things happen - bought a car, had two surgeries, went to lots of school, went on a girls trip to hawaii!, got my best friend to agree to be my boyfriend, got an iphone, took boyfriend home for christmas, got a ring, got a sister-in-law and a new nephew.

So it's hard to think that 22 could possible be better than 21.

But I've got the feeling it will be.

And it makes me curious, hopeful and very very excited.