With the heavy, traumatic, and tumultous events of recent months in our world, it is more imporant now than ever to use your power to CREATE. Whether it is creating a presentation for work, content for a new class, art project, dance, or a new recipe, creating lowers stress, increases resilience, and can help regain a sense of power. This sense of power, even if for those few moments in a project, give you momentum to create the life and world you want to live in, bit-by-bit. To help with this encouragement, I've started a series of videos called #makeitmonday.
I picked the first project to help with what you have spent some time in the 2020 quarantine doing, cleaning out your closet. Perhaps you ended up with a stack of old t-shirts that are sentimental to you, but you hardly wear. Want to keep your T-shirts, but change them up? Join me as I show you how to customize and upcycle them. I’ve demonstrated there ways to spice them up in the videos below.
T-Shirt Upcycling Part 1 - Scoop Neck Shoulder Shirt
New life from old things, or upcyclng, is an idea I've embraced for awhile and I love seeing the transformation. Many of you know I previously created and owned a baby clothing line called Obababy. In it, I used old neckties to create new bow ties, neckties, pockets, and flower embellishments on infant and toddler clothing. I suppose upcycling captures my intrigue with intersection in general. In this case, the intersection of vintage materials with new ones, young and old, one era with another, and long-time dreams into new life. Anyway, those are thoughts to be continued another day. Next, a second a style of T-shirt upcycling - a flattering tulip-back workout out tank top.
T-Shirt Upcycling Part 2 - Tulip Back Workout Tank
I'm wrapping up the three part T-shirt upcycling with a racerback tank top. Check it out below!
