Valentines Tee

So I wanted to do a t-shirt design for Valentines Day and, for me, when I think romance I think Ryan Gosling, which then brings me to The Notebook. "If you're a bird, I'm a bird." Are you kidding me? Can I have your babies now or later? Then I had a somewhat brilliant Portlandia inspired idea to literally "put a bird on it." Clearly I have no shame.  Hope you enjoy.  

In Black and White :). I don't know why. I just did it that way.

Sorry darlings, these are not available online, but are available for special orders of five or more prints. These are currently selling at Ume on Historic 25th Street, Ogden, Utah.

Fall 2012 Accents

Blue Road's knitted fall scarves and shawls are going fringeless for 2012. 

My fall colors are not the traditional reds and oranges we expect to see when the leaves turn from green. I went with an array of blues with yellow, green, and pink accents.

Snowflake diamond design scarves were my goal this year. I shied away from the chunky heavy look of fall, and instead went with something that can offer warmth, and be light and fashionable so I don't have to feel like an oversized stuff animal every time I brave the cold.

Then I threw in a black scarfy shawl thing with black fringe for a classier work look, and then a classic fringe shawl with plaid. Because you can never go wrong with plaid.

Sold exclusively in stores at Ume on historic 25th street in Ogden, Utah.

Happy Holidays :)
Visit my etsy shop for current listings or e-mail me for special orders @ blue.road(at)live.com.

Goddess in the Kitchen Aprons

I've been using a nasty jean apron thus far and am ready to sport these fancy aprons I threw together when I'm cooking in search of the next best cookie recipe (priorities).

For those of you who are crafty inclined the design is easy. Measure two squares (size varies, I just eyeballed it), cut them, sew together, add a pocket if you desire, and then I used fancy ribbons for the neck and tie arounds'. I also used a zig-zag stitch around the outside to keep it from fraying. These are the results:

Yes, on the last one I used an old beaded necklace for the top string that goes around the neck. I'm taking these by my consignment shops (Ume, Ogden Utah and Karma, Pleasant Grove, Ut), if they choose not carry them then they will be available in my Etsy shop for $15. Happy Easter.

Flower Tutorial

These little gems are one of the first things I made under the name of Blue Road. They are easy to make, versatile as you can use them for headbands, necklaces, clips, or to embellish anything really! If you are in need of inexpensive, cute, last minute holiday ideas I would definitely recommend.

This little thingy here is super special. It helps you make fabric flowers. I did NOT use this to make these. Before I blew all my money on random craft supplies I had to make due. You can pick these things up at craft stores, although I find they take longer to make flowers and I've been told they look "less organic" whatever that means.

Here is what you will need. Again, you DO NOT need the thing (can't remember freaking name) posted in the above picture. You can use if you'd like, but it's not needed for this.

What you WILL NEED is a six inch square of fabric. A sewing needle with thread and a button.

Turn the swatch so the inside is right side up. In other words, the part that doesn't look as cool and that you don't want to be seen will be facing up.

Thread the needle through one corner, and continue with the adjacent corner until you've gone around the whole square.

Pull the thread tight, it will look like this:

Then thread the needle again through a corner. Any corner will do, just pick one.

Thread it through the remaining corners like you did the first time.

Pull it together. It will sort of like this:

Grab the folds in the corners and pull them out so your flower can bloom.

Look! Here is me pulling the folds out. This picture was really hard to take by myself. Just saying.

Repeat with every corner. Then pull the thread through the center and tie off in the back.

If you want to add a clip on the back for your hair I would suggest sewing the clip on to a piece of fabric and then hot gluing it to the back of your flower.

Then sew on your button of choice. Options from here: Add a clip for your hair, a safety pin for a sweater, sew it on a headbands. or sew/glue it on a ribbon and string it around your neck for a cute and fast necklace. Wear, share, and be awesome.

Happy Holidays!

Blue Road's Story

I've been crafting my own skirts, purses, hair thingies and the like ever since I learned how to sew in seventh grade. Wow, I really did learn something in Junior High, other than how to get away with cheating, and how to properly kick a guy in the balls, (don't ask). Ever since my popular Lamb Chops boxers that my friends kept stealing from me, I've had a desire to create my own thing.

My problem with shopping is I have an idea in my head of what I want and then I go shopping to find it. Except it only exists in my head, not in reality. This is how it was several years ago when I went on a Vegas trip with my best girls. They shopped, I yawned. About halfway through the day I started thinking about what I would like to wear, which at the time were animals shirts with feather earrings, headbands, hair clips, etc. When I first started making these they weren't popular. Now you walk into any store and throw a rock and your going to hit a girl wearing an eagle on her tee and feather earrings. This may be why I feel drawn in a new direction.

I'm now moving into the Goddess phase of my creations for 2012. Beginning with the Goddess Venus Tee and the Caterpillar, Chrysalis, and Butterfly filigrees, all on Etsy. Along with the Awaken Tee. And the embellished goddess-esque cardigans.

Soon to come: Goddess in the kitchen (I love baking!) and some tutorials on how to make cute hair pieces, easy and fast with scraps of fabric you may have laying around the house.

Stay tuned.

PEACE.

My Cardigans found a home for Christmas.

It was touch and go for awhile there but my cardigans finally found a home on the rack of Ume, on historic 25th street in Ogden. Stop by and say hi to them. $30 if they decided to come home with you. Happy Shopping!

PEACE. Happy Holidays!

Embellished Cardigan

Yes all of these pictures are in reverse. Ah well. I'm not really sure where I'm going to sell this (in stores or online) or for how much. I know just know it's the first of many to come.