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Trend to try: Tie Dye!

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One of my favourite trends right now is tie dye everything! It was definitely creeping in last year, but now this style is here with a vengeance! I think it is super fun and there is so much out there in this pattern from quite subtle to crazy bold! I have rounded up a bunch of affordable clothing that I am loving if it is a trend you would like to try as well, but you’re just not total sure where to start 🙂

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One. Sweatshirt // Two. Joggers // Three. Tiered Ruffle Dress // Four. Pink Sweater // Five. One-Piece Swimsuit // Six. Fine-Knit Sweater // Seven. Denim Shirt // Eight. Knit Midi Dress // Nine. Ribbed Midi Dress // Ten. T-Shirt Dress // Eleven. Turtleneck // Twelve. Twist Sandal // Thirteen. Scrunchie Scarf

Tie Dye Sweatshirt

My Sweatshirt Dress // Leather Leggings // Sneakers

 

Thank you for reading!

Shannon xx

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Tie-Dyeing!

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My step daughter is hilarious.  She is constantly asking me if we can make things that she has heard about from friends or seen demonstrated in a You Tube Video.  One week she will be begging me to make homemade slime, the next it will be flip-flops out of hot glue or sponge bombs?!

I feel like I am constantly saying no because the list of ingredients needed is so ridiculous.  She came home from Art Camp this summer and had made a tie-dye pillowcase.  She loved it!  I decided this was one experiment I could get behind so off to Michaels we went to purchase a kit.

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I am notoriously bad for not following instructions… if it is too complicated sometimes I just cannot be bothered.  (Do not ever ask me to assemble IKEA furniture! My brain would explode… lol!)  This project was thankfully super simple and she could basically do it by herself without me having to do it all for her 🙂

  1. Wash the T-shirt before you begin (we decided to apply while the shirt was still wet)
  2. Add water to the marked line on the bottle and shake well
  3. Choose which pattern you wish to do from the instruction sheet provided (or the internet), place rubber bands where indicated for your pattern & apply the dye being careful not to oversaturate or the colours will run together
  4. Wrap in plastic wrap for at least 6 hours
  5. Rinse well & wash separately in the washing machine
  6. Start rocking your sweet 70’s style T-shirt!!!
Our tie-dye colour palette!
Our tie-dye colour palette!
The pattern she chose suggested wrapping around an object
The pattern she chose suggested wrapping around a round(ish) object
Wrapped in plastic, letting the colours soak in
Wrapped in plastic, letting the colours soak in
The finished product!
The finished product!

 

Of course she wanted me to make one as well.  I think they turned out great and she loves it!  She actually gets a ton of compliments when she wears her tie-dyed shirts (she has a few different ones now!)  This was a relatively inexpensive and easy craft to do if you are looking for something fun to do with your kids 🙂  I see a collection of tie-dyed bags, shirts and whatever she can get her hands on in my future…. lol!  I also have a sneaking suspicion what we will be giving out as Christmas gifts this year 😉

Thank you for reading!

Shannon xx