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Learn how to tie dye

5/13/2013

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Article by Chris Robertson

Even if you’re not a child of the 60s, you’ve probably had the pleasure of owning and wearing tie dye clothing. If you’ve ever been to an event with a craft fair, chances are that you’ve noticed those eye-catching booths full of colorful tie-dye clothing and home decor. You may even have marveled at how they manage to incorporate those intricate, vibrant designs onto a plain cotton T-shirt. While intricate tie dying is truly an art, you and your family can have loads of fun at home making your own tie dye  creations. Hands down, the best way to learn how to tie-dye is through instructions demonstrated on a video or DVD. Seeing how it’s done, as opposed to reading about it, makes all the difference in the world. Still, tie dye is a process of trial and error, so why not give it a whirl (or a swirl)?It’s All About the Fabric When it comes to tie dye, the right fabric is critical. Natural fibers – like cotton or linen, pick up the dye well. If you stick with 100 percent cotton, you can’t go wrong. To start with, why not pick up some inexpensive T-shirts at your local mass merchandiser? Get one for each family member, and make it a party! Remember, though, that you need to wash and dry the new garments before you start your tie dying party. Unwashed new fabric won’t pick up the dye very well.

 The Secret of Dyes Actually, the dyes you use to tie-dye aren't a big secret. For cotton, you need to use a dye that will react well to the fabric, namely Procion MX, dissolved in a urea solution. You can make virtually every color imaginable with just three colors: yellow, turquoise, and fuchsia. But, before you start dying, you need to soak your fabric in soda ash. Tie dye artisans use a few other chemicals as well, which you can learn about on an instructional DVD or video. 
The Fun Part: Patterns. Tie-dye is all about colors and patterns. Learning how to make swirls, crinkles, stripes, wavy lines, hearts, clovers, and – yes – even peace signs is a great way to engage the creativity of everyone in the family. You can learn to tye knots; twist fabric into pancake shapes secured by rubber bands; roll a shirts to form tubes, which you then tie; and pleat the fabric to make symmetrical patterns.Applying the Dye. There are at least six different techniques you can use to apply the dye to your fabric, from dipping and soaking to using squeeze bottles and spray bottles. Again, someone with years of experience can best teach you how to apply dyes to get the results you want.
Making it Stick After tie dying your shirts or decor, it’s important to follow the steps necessary to make sure the dye reacts with the fiber. Then you need to repeatedly wash the fabric in a special solution so that the dyes don’t inadvertently mix and so the garments remain colorfast. Ultimately, though, tie dye is all about having fun. 

Chris Robertson is an author of Majon International, one of the worlds MOST popular internet marketing companies.For tips/information,  Tie Dye Visit Majon’s  Crafts and Hobbies directory.


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Make cupcake decoration toppers craft ~  Delicious!

5/12/2013

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Crow Cup Cake Topper

Make your own toppers for any special occasion. See the button below to print a free collage sheet of circle images for Halloween.   Print the image sheet and then cut out the circles. Glue onto a sturdy piece of cardboard. Insert a tooth pic on the back. 

Try this tip to protect the circle cupcake topper from fingerprints and longer life: Place a sheet of clear mat contact paper over the circles before you cut them out. Press and smooth out any bubbles.


Create Wedding, 
Birthday or Baby Shower Cup Cakes!

Make wedding or special occasion cupcakes for friends and loved ones.
Pick a vintage image or a floral design from a public domain source on Google. Once you find the image save it to your computer . Call the image in a editing program to crop it as a circle. A great software program that is free to is PhotoScape.  

Halloween Cake toppers
  • Get Halloween Toppers from the button below and print out your own deign.
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  • Moon face
  • Halloween pumpkin
  • Trick or Tr eaters running
  • Spooky ghost


Instructions:  Print out the sheet of circle images on lightweight  card stock, such as a watercolor paper  90 lb in weight. Next, cut out a 2 circles and sandwich a  toothpick  in between the 2 circles adding  a spot of Elmers glue to hold the stick in place. Let dry.    

Halloween Toppers

Crafting with Card Stock Article by lazaro 023

Papers products certainly are a well-known activity right now. Scrapbook is often a fun method to display photos and share ancestors and family history. Some other document projects contain creating greeting cards and also generating hand made papers.



Everyone's a minimum of some of their images saved a place inside a sneaker box. Scrapbook projects are the way to have those images away wherever individuals can enjoy them. A person will be needing a new free leaf binder, some plastic material site suppressors, and some colored report for starters. Numerous papers projects authorities insist on only archival quality materials. Verify labels because you purchase. Many papers solutions, even the cheaper versions, tend to be branded "acid-free,Inches meaning the idea must not diminish you aren't deteriorate in the event that stored for years. Sunlight will certainly chlorine bleach almost anything, your papers crafts shouldn't be out in the particular sun rays frequently.


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To get started on a scrap booking design you have several options. A person can choose pictures that relate with one particular event, like a journey or even a child's involvement in sports. This kind of form of scrapbook is going to be quick, but sometimes become designed around a theme. This is a good alternative if your photos usually are not in a jumble. If they're, then you may wish to choose Three or four photos about a broad style, and change the actual theme for each web page. An individual may want to include a number of Only two web page advances with your scrap booking.

Add your own images to the document with double-sided tape squares or perhaps a glue stick. After that it is time to enhance the particular web site together with 3d stickers, document designs, or perhaps plastic rubber stamped styles. Moreover, use a shaded carbide peroxide gel dog pen to post dates, labels, as well as other illustrates concerning the actions inside the pictures.


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