Shirtless

alright- one of the primary things i learned was that: have spare shirts. and don't get cocky. lucky for us though the art of iron-on has advanced to a click and print art. through impatience i stumbled on a look I like even better which is closer to what one gets with fancy-schmancy screenprinting.

the debacle below was the last one, normally that's the one that's the pinnacle of perfection but not so. there was a slight smudge i got lazy about, it hit the edge of the iron-on and burned in... then i thought "cover it up"... that was a rush job... and it made it even worse... then i thought well... go for broke. this HIGH-gloss job is achieved by leaving the print on until fully COLD after ironing it. Which allows all the scientific whatevers to meld together. The white discoloration and cracking...um... is "achieved" by leaving on the iron too long at too high a heat. NExt we have,


Penelope- Pentini
1 oz. Yankee Snark
1 oz. Word SlingerDash of domesticity
Served up in a chilled glass with sugar on the rim.

I created this shirt in honor of her "other blog" who she "cheats on me" with. you can see the contrast btw the gloss and no gloss difference... the low gloss, screenprint feel is achieved by removing the backing quickly in about 5seconds. it removes the wicky gloss and causes the images to gently fade but remain pretty solid. the fluider the removal motion the better... i cannot say i've absolutely achieved this... but still. i've washed and dried my shirts and they look like your most awesome shirts you've had for years and won't part with.

below: if "we were" a secret society this would be our shirt... in truth i'm glad of the mistake i made with the pink one because it ushered in this tourquise loveliness at the very last minute. i fucked up my very own shirt at the last minute too- that blue beauty behind it... went quickly out of control. i can only hope um, it ripens with age. you must, (i neglected to) scale the image to the size of the shirt... but anyway the penelope shirt sports our very own latin phrase: ex abundantia enim cordis os loquitur :'For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.' and a secret penelope quiz... it cannot get more rad and full of awesomeness than that.

this of course is the ultimate pro MENDACIOUS t-shirt... it needs no explanation.

now, you say, well that's awesome... then i say, you can do it to. i used microsoft publisher and some pre-built templates but im sure other images will do and i did get fancy with the martini glass... but otherwise... easy-peasy. you can find the iron-on transfer papers at crazy places like office depot and staples- plus they even specialzie further by having dark shirt/light shirt transfers... ooo, fancy.

M, OUT.

ps. this is not me being altrustic, this is me being devoted to one of my absolutest awesomest friends on the earth... who after knowing her for 8years gets radder and radder with age. So do not send me your t-shirt requests... unless you pay me like a lot of money. xoxo.