Diary of a Crafty Girl

This past weekend I had a sleepover with my nieces and my friend's daughter.  We wanted to get them matching pajamas but it was hard to find something matching when the kids are 2, 3 and 14 years old.  So we improvised and made matching tshirts for all of us.  We started with tie dying them.  I had never done that before but Em had so she showed me the ropes. After doing a little research, I washed them in soda ash (supposed to help with color retention) and then we got to dying while they were still damp.  We put them in a ziploc plastic bag and let them sit for over 24 hours to soak in the dye.  We rinsed them out the following afternoon and then I washed them without soap in the washer. I put them through two cycles of just water to make sure there was no more dye and then dried them on high heat to help set it.  I wanted to put their names on them and a fun saying on the front.  A quick Pinterest search later and I found one that I liked - Sleepover Squad.  The original had #no

 So my friend's daughter is in town for the summer.  She loves tie dye and I was looking for something to do with her.  I saw a few things on Pinterest where they used Sharpies to tie dye shoes.  I showed her, asked if she wanted to do it, she said yes so I ordered the supplies (thanks Amazon Prime Day!).  I researched a few different designs we could try.  She wanted to do all rainbow, normal tie dye looking with doodles on top when finished.  I wanted to do a galaxy-ish motif.  To say things didn't go as planned is an understatement.  Certain colors worked better than others, we got high on alcohol fumes, it was a mess.  We did have fun though, and that's all that matters.  I think her shoes turned out way better than mine and she is proud of her work. I was sad mine didn't turn out well, but tried to save it by adding color to the seams and adding affirmations to each one. Check out our work below and let me know if you've ever tried it! Supplies at the ready My