Breyerfest DIY

Kristian Beverly8 Comments

My sister made a t-shirt yesterday using a technique that was different from Silk Screening. So today I tried it out since it would be cool to have a studio tshirt. I used this how-to as a reference, and even though it dealt with words it is easy to apply to other shapes and designs. I also used my sister.

Before starting I made a pattern design.

Then I traced it onto the matte side of freezer paper.

Cut it out.

Ironed it onto the shirt.

Dabbed in the color I wanted.

Peeled it off, and done! So if you see a person wearing this shirt next week, it’s me!

The only con to this way of doing it is the pattern lasting, which is much shorter than silkscreening. But this is great for one time use.

Acting Like A 5 Year Old Over Kinetic Sand

Kristian Beverly4 Comments

When I was small-ish, there would be commercials 24/7 about a substance called Moon Sand(I was shocked to google it and see that it is around still). It was advertised as being sand you can mold. I never got any but thought it was cool.
Like most things (like Furbies) the high comes and goes and years later a similar product comes out (Furbies will always be creepy to me.)
Kinetic sand is the new moon sand. I don’t have a clear memory of playing with moon sand but for the past couple of months, Michaels has been tempting me with the sand by having it right at checkout. And they had it open so that you could play with it.
Today when I went to Michaels it wasn’t on sale anymore( the sale took 1 dollar off) and now could use the much better coupon on it! So of course the only logical thing was to buy 2 lbs of it.

It’s a wonderful substance that doesn’t even feel like sand to me. It’s better than actual sand because it doesn’t make a mess. So yes, I was a 5 year old in gleeful play land with this stuff.

It holds its shape well. It you smash it together into a ball, it will hold its shape well. But once you press hard into it, it will lose its shape and flatten out.

My sister made a turtle out of it.

And it plays nice with models of the horse variety and other kinds of miniature animals.

 The good thing with this(2 lbs) is that it is enough to cover a traditional size area.

So in review:
If you show performance and use sand, coffee grinds, or footing I would recommend this. It is easy to clean up, so you wouldn’t have to worry about a mess( I played with it on the dining table, which in terms of crafts is not allowed. But Kinetic sand didn’t leave a mess on it). Kinetic sand holds its shape and is in scale.

When model horsey things are not working

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Today I had a goal.
It was to glue the skirts, dye leather and make panels.
Didn’t happen. The skirts fought me, and I still have some fiddling to do still.

 So I decided to put the saddle down and do some feather fund pony stuff.

When that didn’t work, I ordered food. Funny thing is that I ordered it not at the one two minutes from my house, but the one that’s 30 minutes away. Yup, that’s me. :)
Also, who’s going to Breyerfest?(I am). The one thing I’m really excited about is seeing RJ Masterbug who was the star of Hidaglo, which was and still is one of my favorite horse movies. Funny thing about Hidaglo is that it is now 10 years old. Wow, time flies.
When model horse stuff doesn’t work, I try not to force it. Yup.