Quick Change Baby Outfit!

I found this cute little linen romper outfit. I have heard it called a johnjohn outfit because of John Kennedy Jr wearing it. It was 1.50 at a thrift store and this pale yellow color and had some stains. I don't really Love yellow on kids, especially boys, but since I was looking to make a Baptism outfit for my son, this was sorta the style I wanted to go with. I figured worse case I could use it as a pattern. Then I realized I could use it for more than that. After my trial run using Rit dye on dirty spit clothes with success, I felt confident I could try dying this outfit a royal blue. Again worse case I could just use it as a pattern.

So I used the Royal Blue color Rit dye and followed the directions on the packet for using the bucket method. I wanted to make this DARK, as far from this yellow as possible. So I dissolved my dye in 2c of hot water, and ran hot water into my bucket, then added the pre-dissolved dye. I wet the outfit in the sink to make sure it was good and wet and grabbed a chopstick to use to stir with. What, its free and can be thrown away...

I let it sit overnight in the dye bath to get it super dark. Then I drained the water out, and started running warm water, then slowly cooler water in to rinse it until clear water came out of the outfit. Then washed in the baby detergent. I ended up with this result:

I could Not be happier with how it turned out. Very boyish, clean look. Some cute socks or white shoes would look perfect with this. I am not using it as his Baptism outfit though as due to the linen texture of the cloth, it looks a little like denim, not exactly what I had in mind for his Baptism lol, not that anyone would care but me. So what do you think? Have you tried dying anything? How did it turn out? Success or Big Fail?


I am linking this up, so go check out these great blogs:

About the Boys!

You can use this concept for both boys and girls. I am starting to share some good ideas I am finding for boy crafts!!!

Monkey See, Monkey Do!: Fabric Stamping Tutorial:

 Follow several BOY ideas HERE

A collection of other boy projects can be found  here.



AND I am Super Duper excited to see the items found here

I hope you have enjoyed the start of a boy Collection post!
Share with me some of the crafts you have done and come up with.

Silly Monkey Boy!

 I love my sweet monkey boy! and I think all little boys have to be little monkeys based on the ones I know. I am trying to think ahead for his birthday. LOL, I know, I know! He is only 4 months old, but you can never start planning to early.

So I obviously am loving the monkey theme. I think it is too ridiculously adorable. And I found these cute printable cupcake toppers!

But for now, I like him in monkey items! So what do you think about this that I found here

I also LOVE this idea for using Stamps! I used to be a demo for Stampin' Up! Products and have TONS of fun stamps! I like recycling and re-purposing items to make them more personal and fun! I could see a lot of different uses for this! Think this may be a project I could use my preschooler's help to do this week! I found the tutorial on how to do this here.

Do you have any patterns or tutorials for boys or monkey related that you love, have tried, or want to try?

About Boys.......

 I have tried to change my method of thinking. I never thought I could think outside of girly tutus and glitter and crowns and hair bows, but let's face it. I have this adorable faced baby boy that I am dying to make something special for.

Those beautiful clear blue eyes make me melt, and it makes me want to make him something special just for the sheer joy of looking at him. I already find myself pointing out things to my hubby, who has final say on all boy clothing items. I saw this adorable navy blue kufi hat on a child at church and could honestly not tell if it were a boy or girl so asked DH if he thought I could get one for our son, if it looked masculine enough. He is on the fence about it, so I think I may buy one, see how it looks on because worst case I can pass it down to my niece who is a month older than my son......Oh and said child at church was a girl....hopefully that does not matter.  :-)



Anyway so back to making some awesome item for my son. I know- I have plans for a tie onesie. I have an awesome friend that made these gorgeous leather shoes for him and some cloth diapers. But I am dying for something crafty. SO........




I want to start a series on crafty stuff for boys. I can't wait to share with you some of the wonderful ideas I have found so far on great boy blogs!!!


I am working on a neat giveaway and having a Contest.

Here is one site I came across in my boy craft stalking.

Made By Rae: Celebrate Boys


Check it out and tell her I sent you over. And Tell me about some things you came up with to do for boys.

Weekly Spotlight: About the Boy

I plan to start doing spotlights on projects and crafts related to boy stuff. Be on the look out.