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10 Ways to Dye Your Life

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These past few months I've had so much fun working for ilovetocreate's Tie Die Your Summer campaign .  Up and down the coast of California I went where I was called, an apron on and squirt dyes in hand.  Working the tie dye booth for iltc, I calculated that I assisted the dying of 2000 tie dye shirts (certificate please).  And since I had such unfettered access to dye, I kept going!  I dyed everything-clothes, duvets, pillows, and even threw my best friend a baby shower where everyone dyed a onsies for her little one.  This post is all the projects that didn't get posted over the summer.  They kinda just fell off my plate of things to do but here they are, a little dyeing inspiration for all my crafty friends out there.  Get a kit and go for it! A Cynthia Vincent ruffled top. Tied and dyed Yay!  I'm going to wear it like this for a bit, then it might become a deep blue/black next. A BCBG hippie top My good friend and...

Color Your Covers!

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 Rainbows everywhere!  O, how I love color!  I was going to just keep it simple and go blue and white stripes but I couldn't help myself and used, well, all the colors (except orange). This is a great way to instantly make your covers a giant fun rainbow for a kids room or if you just love color like me.  It takes two packets of each color- yellow, green, blue (2 different blues), purple, and red to cover a queen/full bedspread and two pillow cases.  You'll also need a car-wash sponge to spread the dye evenly.  I also used some spray dyes to add rings to the pillow cases.  Wash the duvet first to get the sizing off and make sure to use 100% cotton for the most vibrant color possible.  I got this queen duvet here at Target  for $45.00.  The dyes I used were Tulip one step dyes  available at craft stores everywhere. 1.  Make a yellow dye bath and dip dye one end of the duvet in.   1a.  Let soak for a coupl...