until next time, loves, until next time.

Sometimes all I need is for someone to tell me that everything is going to be okay, even if it's not. This doesn't happen very often in my life, but occasionally it does.

I got to see almost everyone on the list of people I must see. These two men, Jeremie and Mike, are two of the most important people in my life. Even though there are days I'd like to strangle one of them and yell at the other, they have always been there. We don't work together anymore, all live in different cities and have very different lives, but I can not imagine what life would be without them. For that, I am grateful. I may never see one of them again, and if that happens, I'll be sad, but there are always good memories to smile about.
It seems like I'm always saying goodbye to people, especially the ones I love.

Working with bleach techniques, part one

Sometimes it seems that my really awesome projects go to two people.  My good friend Jenn, who works at a salon in Chicago gets the artsy DIY supplies.  Mike, my best friend gets the useable fun clothes, mittens and even a comforter.  They are two very important people in my life, they deserve all the goodies that I can make for them....but times are changing.  As much as living here seems to suck out my soul, there are some great people who deserve presents too.  Jessica is the next recipient of my arts and crafts overload.

Jessica likes cats, as much as any future cat lady can (I mean it in a good way, I swear.) Since red is the dress code at work, I decided to use something else that's neutral and not work wearable.
You will need:
1 dark cotton shirt
clorax bleach pen
newspaper
a design to draw

How to do it:
1. lay shirt out at with the side you want to draw on facing up.
2. put newspaper or cardboard box between layers of the shirt.
(this will avoid having the bleach seep through.)
3. draw a design on the shirt using the clorax pen
(you may want to test the pen out on another surface, life a paper towel first to get the liquid out.)
4. wait for the bleach to dry
5. rinse the bleach residue out of your fabric.
tada! You ave a new shirt.