Carmi's got the Magic Touch...

Carmi Cimicata, you are amazing! I can't get enough of this shirt and all the little details. What a great way to use the necklace stencil and that stash of pretty whimsies. Check out Carmi's tutorial....and blog for more pretty things.

What's Cookin'?

Hey Good Lookin's! Check out this cute screen printed apron! This one was made with a blank apron, any stencil, metallic plum Simply Screen paint, and embellished with flat back crystals. You could screen print one bold design or tile the design like this one. Either way! Fun and fresh for your favorite baker.

I just picked up some blueberries at the farmer's market for some fresh muffins. Oh summer, will you stay forever? This is my Grandma's recipe... Let me know what you think!

Candie's Grandma's Blueberry Muffins-

The thing I love about these muffins are A: they're grandma's homemade blueberry muffins and B: they are not ultra sweet, but more of a delicate sweet...like not steroid sweet. Know what I'm sayin?

Makes 2 Dozen, Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees

Sift together: 3 C. flour, 1 C. sugar, 4 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp salt
Mix in: 1/2 C. shortening, 2 eggs, 1 C. milk
Gently fold in: 2 C. blueberries
Fill muffin cups at least 1/2 to 3/4 full and sprinkle with a bit of sugar. Bake 20-25 minutes.

A handmade apron coupled with homemade muffins??!? Yum. That's all I can say! Have a fun weekend!

We've got some winners!

Good evening...sorry for making you wait ALLLLLL day for the winning names! The suspense, right?!?!

I'm excited to say that:
Neeley, Aliera, binabug, edcards, fabulous, sondra, Ty, munzie, joshua, sigourney, Ann, lolamichele, rayven, jeff/rey, starr fish, debbie_h2o, scrapaholicaef, dolly, diane and blessed

have won some Simply Screen awesomeness!! Send me your addys stat!

simplyscreen(AT)candiecooper.com

If you didn't win, don't be sad! We'll be launching some more Simply Screen into the virtual stadium soon! And don't forget to friend us on Facebook, because we do giveaways over there too! :-)

Win Big-Time! Because they rock our stuff!

They're wearing our shirts today, now let's party and give away some free stuff!!! So here it is, kids! A chance to WIN enough Simply Screen screen printing goodies to make a truck-load of shirts (like at least 40 anyway)! Tell your friends and neighbors I've got 25 goody packs, each containing 1 stencil and 3 paint colors to give away! Free! With that much product, you can even make grandma a shirt!

IWearYourShirt.com fans welcome and thanks for making the trip! Can I just say that I'm so happy those crazy, gaudy shirts I made for EVAN and JASON's live show didn't scare you away!?! BTW, if you missed them testing out Simply Screen live (which happens today at 12 EST), you can see the archived show here. It's pretty addicting...their show and screen printing. Just a warning. ;-)

Ready to win? Just leave a comment answering one of these questions:

Have you ever fooled around with Simply Screen?

Do you have any experience with screen printing?

What do you think about Simply Screen?

Your comment will enter you to win one of the faaaaaabulous 20 prize packs here on the blog. Hey! We're also giving away 5 more goody bags (Jason's idea) on our Simply Screen FACEBOOK page. So let's do this! Leave a comment!

*Please note: Stencil design and paint colors will vary from the photo above (that's a fancy pants stock photo fo the goods), but I promise each will have 1 screen and 3 paints. Hope that's cool!

Teens and Screen Printing...

Good times at the teen Simply Screen night! This was organized through the teen summer reading program at the Carnegie Library of Wabash. We had 17 delightful young people sign up to decorate their Ts. Remember those endless summers when you hung out with your pals, before you could drive, passing the days with the occasional baby sitting gig and reading junior novels??? I thought you would.

Everyone brought two Ts---one for practice and one for real. We used the LOVE and the FLYING GUITAR screens. My mom and Laura from the library washed the screens in between prints. It's key to have a couple people to do this job if you plan to make more than one T at your party.

Designs were screen printed on the back, off sides, at an angle, at the bottom, front and center and just about anywhere you can think of!

I always see the coolest finger nail paint jobs when working with teens!

Yep, the ol' ribbed tank works too!

Completely hand painted with tons of detail!And there were tons and tons of smiles next to the finished Ts. The end...

Thanks to the Carnegie Library of Wabash for having us!

Bachelorette Party!

Our crafty gal-pals over at When Creativity Knocks have a super fun video showing screen printing ideas using the "Bachelorette Party" stencil. What a unique way to celebrate the bride-to-be! Cheers, Ladies!

Amy's T

We love our Chandelier T's around here... Amy has a fantastic glitter tutorial over on the Think Crafts blog. Glue and glitter---it really doesn't get any better, does it?

Scrap Blocks Screened Cute!

The other day I was rummaging around in grandpa's garage and came across a box of scrap wood. "Take whatever you want," he says! You don't have to tell me twice when it comes to free crap (sorry, but there is no other word to describe it).

I dove into painting them with whimsical Folk Art paint colors. Swiping and passing around the edges with a dry brush and contrasting color. This took all of ten minutes for three blocks including clean up.

I then used a coarse sand paper around the edges and across the front to remove paint from the corners and smooth. It's important to wipe them with a clean cloth after this because they are mega dusty.

With the size of the blocks, the butterfly stencil pack worked great. I opted to layer a couple colors in the end. My origianl plan was to screen all 3 Bippity Boppity Blue.

Screen print as usual using the squeegee or brush technique.

The first layer is done and I left the little blue butterfly alone.

These are staying on my book shelf. Before I forget, I sealed these babies with some varnish to protect them. If you want, you could put some hanging brackets on the back and tack them up in a snap for some original wall art.