Husband Archives - Oops! I Craft my Pants

For weeks, my husband has been talking about adding pockets to t-shirts. I tried to explain to the poor guy that I really don’t know how to sew, but he insisted it wasn’t that he would do it all on his own-Without sewing. That’s right! My husband made a no sew pocket. Be jealous.

Really, you guys. He went to the fabric store and picked out the manliest of prints (clearly, this particular fabric store didn’t have many manly prints to pick from), grabbed some cheap-o shirts, and got to work on his no sew pocket for a tee shirt.

I tried to not be a freak and breathe over him as he made his pattern, but people. I was the epitome of annoying wife. I watched over his shoulder and said things like “are you sure that pocket isn’t going to look huge on your shirt?” and, “why would you cut the middle out like that? This is seriously stressing me out!”

Calmly, he held the pocket up to his shirt, and by golly! It was the perfect size. Then, he explained that he cut out the middle of the pocket so he’d be able to see the fabric underneath and make sure the fabric placement looked alright.
YOU GUYS! My husband is a genius!

From then on, I kept all my little comments to myself and only stood a little too close to him (as opposed to breathing in his ear).

I pretty much beamed with pride as we took out my heat n bond and got to work ironing the pocket into perfect shape.

Are these not the cutest shirts you ever laid your eyes on? I’m obsessed.

I’m also obsessed with the fact that he came up with this craft 100% by himself, and then executed the entire thing. Pretty much, I told him he’s now expected to contribute to the blog regularly. I’m excited to see what other things he comes up with!

My cute husband brought me a plain bottle home the other day. He told me that he had a “vision” of what I could do to it.
To be completely honest- I didn’t have the same vision. In fact, I had no idea what route I was going to go with that plain old bottle.
After lots of urging, Mr. Craft Pants finally talked me into trying his idea out.

First, I Mod Podged some paper onto the bottle. It looked cute, but a little plain. So, I added a bit of twine to it for a little more detail. Still, it looked too plain.
After adding the flower in, I still wasn’t happy. There was just too much empty space!
So, I raided the pantry and found some popcorn kernels-But, those were too yellow.

I decided to experiment by mixing the popcorn kernels with a bit of black stain from IKEA. That seemed to do the trick!

Since I am way too impatient, I didn’t let the kernels completely dry before putting them into the bottle. This stained the inside of the bottle black a little bit, and I absolutely love it!

Apparently, so did my parents’ dogs.

Isn’t my husband good at coming up with ideas?

This post is being added to Kimba’s Blog Party. Be sure to add your link too so I can drool over your projects.
It’s also being added to The Inspired Room’s A Beautiful Life party and Hooked On Houses “hooked on…” party.
And last, it’s being added to Twice Remembered’s Make your Monday party. wo0-hoo.

Husband Crafts - No Sew Pocket

The Bottle Dilemma