Side Project: PARA MORIR NACIMOS

This is a side project I am working on with Bearded Man for his blog PARA MORIR NACIMOS. We will have t-shirts and stickers for sale soon. We want to show positive and real imagery during confusing times like these. 

Love it or hate it, Death is coming for you.

PARA MORIR NACIMOS is not obsessed with the morbid. Death is a natural process we must all go through. We are born to die. But we should not fear Death, we should welcome it. If we fear Death, we fear life. We fear to live our lives the way we want, to find happiness in the smallest things, to make light of big problems. 

PARA MORIR NACIMOS is a positive message. We believe in: living life to your heart's desires, welcoming Death as a natural process, loyalty til death, and of course, supporting your family, supporting your friends, and supporting what you believe in.

Here are some things we have in store in the coming future.

Not-so-spontaneous DIY Monday: heart pocket tee

When my co-worker and friend, Ashley, had asked me to do something interesting to some of her t-shirts, I was flattered. No one's ever asked me to do anything like that before. The fact that she let me do some sort of project with her t-shirt really meant a lot to me, someone actually thought my DIY stuff was not all that bad. I'm not the best at DIY, as I've said this many times before,but I find so much joy just sitting on my floor and hacking up t-shirts and listening to good music.
Now, for this not-so-spontaneous DIY Monday (because I had actually planned this project out to the best of my ability), I modeled Ashley's shirt from the one I made here.

It's just any other ordinary cotton American Apparel t-shirt. Have scissors, needle and thread, and some willing hands to do this project. I sew everything by hand, I don't own a sewing machine...yet!

Next, using two pieces of fabric, cut the pocket out into the shape of a heart. You can use, one piece of fabric if you'd like. Don't let fabric go to waste!

Sew the two pieces together with any colored thread you want.

Pin down.

Sew the heart-pocket onto the t-shirt but keep the top part open. Then cut the collar if you'd like.

There we go. I don't know why I decided on a heart-shaped pocket (a black heart, no less), but I thought it would be a little bit more cheery than just a regular pocket.

B.A.D. Championship 2012

Richmond Wrecking Belles vs. San Francisco Shevil Dead

B.A.D. Girls

Bearded Man and I headed out to Richmond for our first time ever to a roller derby match. We had been wanting to go for almost 2 years. This match was way more exciting than anything they showed in the movie Whip It! I do think it is a good movie but the real thing is always better. Til next season, B.A.D. Girls!