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It the summer and I am making more frequent visits to the Gym. My modest Gym attire always involves a comfy over-sized t-shirt. My Gym is next Joann fabrics and I popped in last week after my workout to pick up a few white Ts. The were on sale for $2.00. I got 4. Since I am in a marketing and promo mood these day. I decided to spruce up my Ts with my blog's Logo. You will need: Iron on T-shirt transfer paper (available at your local office supply store or Joann fabrics) White T-shirt Image editing software Household...

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[caption id="attachment_780" align="alignleft" width="277" caption="Just the 2 of us"][/caption] Each mother's day I treat myself to something handmade. This year I decided to treat myself to something I made - you see, I am always creating for others, but never for myself. As I was looking around my house for some kind of inspiration, I came across a project that I did about 10 years ago. It was a Photoshop rendering of myself and my son walking in my back yard. The image was inspired by a poster I saw in a big box store - either Target or Walmart...

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That someone is my son. I bribed him with a snicker bar to pose for the picture seen below.   Some one's knocking at the door. I changed the image to gray scale and printed it to a piece of cotton fabric. I added flowers to the basked using various spring colored silk ribbon. I think they pop against the black and white image. xoxo Al

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I love going to the zoo. It's a constant source of inspiration. This pillow was inspired by one of my many trips - it features a mom and baby deer. Check out the look on the moms face - she seems so proud. It's the same look I get to when I see my son's report card. Here is a a copy of the image before I printed it to the fabric. [caption id="attachment_719" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="The original Image"][/caption] The image was done in Adobe Illustrator. If you are familiar with Illustrator, you may recognise the grass, the flower that...

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Sitting on my Favorite chair. Look at these precious pups, don't they look like they are saying "I am ready for my close up"? I was flipping through my illustration stash - looking for some inspiration to create an house warming gift for a friend. I came across these dogs that I had 'sitting' around for ages. I don't remember what my inspiration was for drawing these dogs - I think I did them because they were cute, or maybe, I did them as coloring pages for a niece or nephew. Anyway, my friend loves dogs more than she likes...

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