Custom Orders

 I love getting custom orders!

My most recent was from a friend who is working in a chocolate store. The store is brightly colored and she wanted tie dyed shirts that matched (as close as possible) the color theme of the store. 

Matching colors from a photo is really hard. The lighting, the exposure, the camera, the skill of the photographer all play into the factors of the quality and realism of the image. 

She sent me these images. 

Orange, hot pink, green and purple. Where is the purple?

She wanted four shirts, all the same with these colors. That is easy enough, but wait. Where is the purple. 

I studied the pictures and told her I would have to play mad scientist and try and custom create that "purple" because it looks gray. She said not to worry about that purple, go with something brighter. Thank goodness!!!

My biggest concern is what am I gonna do with that green. Now that I have the ok to use a different purple, the purple can go next to the pink. They will co exist perfectly. The orange and the pink will play very well together. But that green. It will make mud if it mingles with the purple or the orange or the pink. Well, now that the purple will be darker,  I might be able to get away with the green and the purple  but still, in the pieces of the pie, that green is going to touch something and it has the potential to be ugly. 

I try to explain this to people who want custom colors. While the colors look great together in a design or even as complementaries on the color wheel, there is not a boundary or boarder between the colors in tie dye and they will mix with each other. Not all colors are meant to mix. they make browns, grays, and ugly muddy colors that can ruin a color pallet for a tie dye design. 

We are going to lean into it. I'm going to make one shirt, see how it turns out and go from there. If we have success, I'll continue on with the order. If it makes mud, I'll send pics and explain what is happening and see if we can revamp this order. 

For these shirts I used dye powders from Dharma Trading Co. The colors I chose were tangerine and dragon fruit mixed at full strength and chartreuse and lilac mixed at half strength.  I used a 100% cotton Gildan HD shirt that was soaked in soda ash solution 20 mins or more and then spun out in the washing machine until damp. I used a spiral twist on the shirt and laid down the colors in a pie pattern for distinct spiral arms. 

Here was the outcome:

Success!!

My biggest concern was the green and where it landed next to the orange or the pink, and it didn't get muddy at all!!! What I had meant to do was change the spiral color order on each shirt, as you can see I did on two of them.   

*sigh* 

Regardless, SHE LOVED THEM!

I am very grateful that she was so happy with her shirts, the colors are gorge! I will be adding this color palette to my inventory for sure!

Thanks for hanging out!

Till next time!

12 Color Spiral Tie Dye Tutorial

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Give It Up For Orange! Tie Dye!

I love orange. I don't think it gets the credit it deserves. I rarely hear anyone say orange when they are asked what their favorite color is. 

To be honest, my favorite color is blue, it always has been, but lately (in the last few years) I am really starting to gravitate to orange. 

Orange and blue go so well together, it does seem like a perfect progression. 

Did you know orange is the color of courage and creativity? Encouragement and fascination?

So many spirals

But it is not a bad thing.

Doing it over and over is called perfecting your craft.

i have to start somewhere so I can get to where I want to be.

This was the day for orange!

All of my jewelry creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit. All of my other creations come directly from my heart in hopes they touch yours as well. Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry, and other gift ideas made with love!

The Blues Have It - Tie Dye

I just got done with a huge batch of tie dye. 77 in all.

I have finally learned after all this time, do your shirts in color batches!

This doesn't mean that every shirt has to be the same color, like blue and black.

What this means is work in a color majority.

Here's why!

Up until now, when I do my tie dying, I just let the magic happen. I experiment with color combinations to see what is new and exciting, and know I can always fall back on tried and true color pairings for beautiful, vibrant shirts.

Sometimes I just don't pay attention, and when it is time for the wash out, I have six shirts that are in a blue family, and one that is yellow. I can't wash that one yellow with all the blues. It will come out dull and 'muddy'. That means, I am using my washing machine, for one shirt.

Not efficient.

This last go around, I broke it out into groups.

If I did rainbow spirals, I did seven to ten of them. That makes for a good load in the washer
If I did blues, I made sure I did enough shirts in blue, and blue compliment colors to make it worth my time use my washing machine.  And the same for all colors.

It worked out so much better this time - AND - I worked with colors I don't normally work with, like green!!

So here is to the blue group!!

All of my jewelry creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit. All of my other creations come directly from my heart in hopes they touch yours as well. Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry, and other gift ideas made with love!

The Diversity of a Spiral - Tie Dye How To!

Who knew that the classic spiral tie dye was so diverse!

Who knew that the placement of the dye on the spiral created all of the awesome spiral effects that you see on tie dyed shirts!

AND even if you do all the dying the same way, how each spiral can vary!

This shirt was done with a three color stripe on one side and a solid color on the other side, and see the differences of this shirts!

This one is done, with one color on one side, and one color on the other. Very dramatic and bold look!


                                      

I have done a tutorial on two different dye placements on a spiraled shirt here on my YouTube channel . Tie Dye Tutorial .

I have more tutorials coming!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed day, and always create!



All of my jewelry creations are based on the metaphysical properties of the stones or the colors that are incorporated. Jewelry should be a window to our soul, a protector of our emotions and a companion to our spirit. All of my other creations come directly from my heart in hopes they touch yours as well. Celebrate yourself with healing jewelry, and other gift ideas made with love!