fun valentines day t-shirts!

so i know most of you wont have time to go out last minute and make these t-shirts but i still had fun making them today and really want to share them with you. they are very easy to make and can be worn on other days not just valentines day. they are cute to wear with your boyfriend/girlfriend or just to wear to school and look festive. i made two and am giving one to my cousin since we are both currently single and we decided to be each other's valentines today. so this is what you will need!

• siscors (totally can't spell that right!)




• t-shirts. now you can go anywhere to get simple t-shirts and they can be any color. i went to michael's craft store because they were having a sale.




• white paint (or any color you want)




• ribbon

here are the steps. you can skip these first steps if you want since it can be kind of hard to do them but i thought it would be really cute.

• start by taking your washed t-shirt and put it on. now mark where you want to cut it (to make is an off the shoulder shirt) and take a sharpie or marker and cut it. remember to palce the line a little higher than you want to since you will cut UNDER the line so you can't see the marker.




• now take your cutting tool and cut lots of little horizontal lines around the seam of the top of the shirt not cutting it off the seam (if it doesn't make sense then i would skip this part.




• now you are going to braid the strands together by taking the first one and the second one and looping the second on UNDER the first and continuing this.

here is the video i watched where i learned how to do this. also note that i DID NOT do any sewing because i didn't find it that important. also in the video she only does the front while i went ALL the way around the top.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SecretLifeOfaBioNerd#p/u/230/V4-1LBjmgpY

i reccomend you watch this FIRST if you are going to try this on the top of your shirt so that you can see how it's done. also you can cut it to where the it goes from your right shoulder or your left shoulder. do whatever is more compfortable for you. also i did not put a bow on it or the little beads/pearls. also after you watch how to cut the angle you can skip to 1:18 to see how to braid it.

ALSO i did not sew the braid shut i took a piece of ribbon and tied it together cause i was really lazy.

now for the painting! the easy part!

• get a paper plate and squeeze the paint onto for dipping. i just used my finger cuz it was easier for me to do.




• now start painting hearts all over in whatever design you want! it doesn't have to be perfect it can be however you want it to be. but i will suggest you not do too many just so it doesn't look crowded and you're done!

this is the finished product! i got this idea from michaels.com it's easy and fun! if you do try it out post a picture so i can see it! Live*Laugh*Love<3