Christmas Revisited: The Martini Man

AV's dad is known as The Martini Man; he creates and shakes his own martinis. He even has a website! When we set up the website, I designed the sweet logo!

Click through to go to the website!

 But the fun doesn't stop there...

For Christmas, I made a set of special Martini Man martini glasses! I bought a set of four martini glasses from Target (or maybe it was Walmart?) and used bakeable glass paint.

Ta-da! Color-fast and hand-washable!

Each glass has a different color base. There is actually only one line of color which then reflects up through the stem.

The Martini Man logo is painted on the outside of the glass so it will be seen as the drink level shrinks!

Cheers,

Red

How I did it:

Clean and dry glassware

Using Pebo Vitrea 160 glass paint, paint designs normally.

Let dry completely.

Bake for 40 minutes at 325 degrees F

      Put glass in oven

      Turn oven on to 325 degrees F

      Bake for 40 minutes

      Leave glass in oven as oven cools

      Take glass out when it is at a safe handling temperature

Let's Go to the Beach, Baby

I also finished a toddler outfit today. This isn't 100% finished actually, but since I don't have a toddler with an upper thigh and waist I can measure, it's done*.

The outfit includes a diper cover, a little sun hat, and a sundress with adjustable straps.

The front of the sundress.

Back of the sundress and the hat

The straps cross across the back and have button holes for a hidden button located on the inside of the dress. I worked really hard to match the pattern along the bottom of the skirt on the back seam. I would say I did pretty excellently :D 

Again, I apologize for the sideways photos, I don't know why this is happening...

Cheers,

Red

How I did it:

McCall's Pattern M4424 in XL

*The diaper cover requires elastic in the waist and legs but the pattern tells you to measure the child and add an inch to the measurements. So, short of completely making an arbitrary guess, I can't do that part.

Sweet Sweet Sleep

I just finished a pair of flannel pajama pants. You know, so I can wear them during the frigid 70 degree summer nights...

The pattern was actually a pattern for scrubs because I like my pjs with pockets so I can keep my agenda* in there.

The print is a bit busy, so you can't really see, but there are normal pockets AND cargo pockets near the knees.

I left the legs fairly long since they're just for lounging around the house anyways and I prefer them to cover my feet.

I did make a size too large so I had to take it in on both the front and back center seams. It worked surprisingly well. I started by taking it in about an inch at the waist on those seams then gradually came back to the original 5/8 inch seam near the curve of the crotch. Normally, I would take it in on the left and right sides, but I went and got all fancy with the seams there so they wouldn't be rubbing my legs and it would have been awful to have to take those out.

The left photo is the pocket and side seam, the right shows what the seam looks like on the inside of the leg.

I thought these were called French Pressed seams, but when I looked that up the seams they were making were slightly different.

You might have noticed my helpers in the photos... I can't do anything without some extra aid anymore.

Sorry about the sideways photos, the uploader is doing something strange to them and I can't figure out how to remedy it. I've rotated the photos in Paint Shop but for some reason they're rotated back to the original format when I upload them. I'll try to fix it on a different computer.

Cheers,

Red

How I did it:

Simplicity 4378

Flannel fabric

 

*This is in reference to a Dimitri Martin stand up comedy act. The specific one of which I cannot find on YouTube... but the point being:

I got some new pajamas with pockets in ‘em. Which is great, because before that, I used to have to hold stuff when I slept. But now I’m like, ‘Where’s my planner? There it is. “Keep sleeping.” All right, perfect.’

Fairy Tale Princess Dress-up

Last summer I picked up a little white purse and a pair of girl's red dress shoes at Goodwill. I was planning to make a dress-up set but I just never got around to it.

Fast forward a year and I finally had the time and drive to do it! Presenting the Fairy Tale Princess Dress-up Set! Both the shoes and purse are blue, purple, and pink with white stars and a lovely silver sheen. If I had a kid I would dress them in these things all the time!

When You Wish Upon a Star!

If you have a little girl with size 10W (I don't know what this means?) feet, I have a pair of adorable shoes for her!! These would look so so cute with a little frilly white dress :D

Cheers,

Red

How I did it:

Find a pair of shoes. Fake leather works best.

Paint them with thin coats of acrylic paint.

Stuff the inside with newspaper and spray the outsides with clear spraypaint (3+ coats)

Let dry at least 3 days (to get the tackiness and paint smell out).

Wear them and be awesome!

Thursday Project Update

I've been finishing up a lot of projects lately! Today I clear-coated a pair of little girl's dress-up shoes and two light switch covers. The other day I finished a pair of heels and I figured out what I was doing wrong on a dress I'm sewing. I also started working on a toddler's jumper set complete with hat and diper cover; all the pieces have been cut and the hat is almost complete!

Tomorrow I'll unveil the Fairy Tale Princess Dress-Up set!

Bad-Ass Window Box

My fiance's grandmother gave him a set of brass knuckles a few years ago. He's been keeping them in the paper Walgreen's bag she gave them to him in since then. But we thought, what's the point of a bad-ass heirloom/antique if nobody ever even knows you have it? Obviously we can't just carry them about and whip them out, so I did the next best thing. Window box!

The paper inside is the one on which his grandmother wrote the description of the brass knuckles. It reads "These are Original Brass Nuckles (KNUCKLES) from the 1920's-1930's gangster days in America"


Cheers!
Red

How I did it:
Opened the window box and cleaned the glass.
Aligned the knuckles and note, then marked it on the back board of the box.
Drilled three holes under where the knuckles would lie.
Cut a red piece of scrapbook paper to size and glued it to the board.
Threaded thin wire around knuckles and into holes, twisted the three individual wires together on the back of the box.
Added glue and tape as extra security on the back.
Glued note to the red paper.
Cleaned the glass and closed the box.

Show Me Shoes!

I'm currently working on two pairs of shoes, a pair of little girl's shoes and a pair of heels. I don't have any photos of them right now, so instead I'll share photos of shoes I did in the past!

Check out some of the shoes I've made!

Welcome to Little Red Studios!

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I am a 24 year old artist living in West Michigan. I work with acrylics, fabric, and photography and sometimes even cooking!

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