Halloween Costume!

So, I wanted to make our official announcement (to those not privy to this blog LOL) around Halloween so I thought I would tie it all together.

I think those skeleton baby shirts are cute enough to use so I started looking for one. $20. Twenty.dollars. FOR A SHIRT! Oh hell no, that's not how I roll. I don't spend $20 on a shirt for myself for anything, nevermind $20 on a shirt I'll probably fit into for about 6-8 weeks if I'm lucky.

Me being me, I thought- oh I can totally DIY something. WHAT was I thinking?!? I should add that I did look up some DIY instructions for this because I'm just not crafty enough to figure it out on my own.

I dug out a black shirt that I wore for last Halloween when I was a cat. It's not maternity- but I'm still fitting into my regular clothes so it's perfect. (FREE!)

First, I had to print out the template that I wanted to use and trace that onto freezer paper ($0.50 for the paper and ink that I used, and $3 for a roll of freezer paper--of which I probably used $0.10 worth). I was good with that part. Then, I had to cut it out with an Exacto knife ($3 with coupon at AC Moore). I've never worked with one so I had no idea what I was getting into. Exacto knives don't swivel so you can't cut rounded edges and you have very little control over them even for straight lines. Worst experience of my DIY life. LOL.

I got it all cut out, and slapped it on my shirt. With the use of my handy dandy iron- I ironed the freezer paper to the shirt so that all the edges would stay down. This works wonderfully if anyone ever wants to DIY something like this!

Then started the painting ($1.39 for the bottle of paint- I used half so $0.70). I didn't use fabric paint but I used multi-surface paint which says it works for fabric. I used a spongey brush thing ($.70) to blot it on for the first coat. It was pretty light and you could still see some black through the paint but I let that dry for a little bit. After it had dried enough to stay on- I went back over it again and applied the paint more heavily.

I let that dry for a few minutes and then I started to peel it off so that the paint would not end up adhering to the paper if it stayed on to long. Below is the finished product. I think I am going to add a red heart in the ribs once the white is dried. 

$5 for my whole shirt. Take that Etsy and Ebay!

If we knew the sex I could have added a top hat or bow tie for a boy, or a pink tutu or hair bow for a girl. Maybe I'll add May 2015 across the bottom in pink and blue or something to jazz it up a little? Maybe I should just leave it alone? What do you think?