Early this morning I joined host Katherine Kisiel on KTBC-TV “Good Day Austin” to refashion a Pinup Girl halter top (project #1, yet again!). I’ll be at Book People tonight at 7 pm to transform some more T-shirts! (P.S. The birds-eye camera view is a little hard to see because of the black T-shirt on black table surface–sorry, we didn’t know the color in advance!)
[ 3 Comments | Posted on June 29th, 2009 ]
Here I am with host Stacey Baca after we transformed a T-shirt bright and early on “Saturday Morning” ABC 7 News in Chicago. Favorite color red, anyone? And there are the projects in a teaser on the nearby TV monitor. Next stop Austin, TX. Stay tuned…
[ 3 Comments | Posted on June 27th, 2009 ]
Last night’s book event at the Old Orchard B&N in Skokie, Illinois was a great event. 1) Tucked back in the cookbook section, we were mixing up style concoctions left and right!
2) Emma helps turn a plain old Batman tee into a tee-riffic halter (project #1); 3) Maddie, the other girl in the room with the cool pigtails, helps out by modeling a fantastic Back in Action tee transformation (project #101).
4) Signing another T-shirt–how fancy! 5) The whole crowd comes up to check out the project samples!
Thanks again to all the old friends (Andrea, Emma, Ellie, Chris, Paula…) and all the many new friends who turned out for the party! Next stop Austin, TX.
[ Comments Off on Old T-shirts Get New Life at Old Orchard B&N | Posted on June 27th, 2009 ]
My Chicago media person, Judy, was nice enough to clip this piece from yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times (“For DIY Divas: How to Reuse a T-shirt”)–a nice little blurb about the book and the event at Barnes & Noble at the Old Orchard Center tomorrow (Friday) night!
[ Comments Off on Chicago Sun-Times | Posted on June 26th, 2009 ]
Thanks so much to everyone who came to hack those T-shirts tonight at the big, new Books & Co. bookstore at The Greene. I had such a blast, and I hope everyone else did, too.
So many pictures, I don’t even know where to start!
1) Here’s me with Event Coordinator Extraordinaire, Sharon Kelly Roth, as well as Julie, my new favorite bookseller, sporting the awesome new halter top she made!; 2) me talking about how cool I think T-shirts are (I tend to do this a lot); 3) a nice display of books.
4) Then there was me and Spencer (I’m signing her T-shirt!); 5) some of her pals from the Girl Scout troop working on Back in Action (project #101); 6) Sharon and Julie, studying the book and working on their masterpieces.
And then there were more! 7) Spencer being very brave while I take some scissors to her T-shirt; 8 ) a brief T-shirt tutorial with Sharon (she’s working on no-sew project #6, Makes Me Wanna Collar); 9) Sharon and Melisa, who came to my first Books & Co. event three years ago (thanks Melisa!), wearing their new outfits.
And still more! 10) A completed Back in Action T-shirt (project #101); 11) Picking out the perfect button to finish a Pinup Girl halter top (project #1) for the troop leader. 12) Adding that finishing touch! What fun.
13) Signing a book for Julie. She said she was going to be selling the book all day with that halter top she made. 14) Signing more T-shirt sleeves. 15) Thanks, Sharon, for a wonderful event at the gigantic new store!
[ Comments Off on Lots of Company at Books & Co.! | Posted on June 24th, 2009 ]
Woke up bright and early for a segment in Dayton, Ohio, with host Kylie Conway on Fox 45 “In the Morning.” Here we are, setting up on set:
And here we are again, before we make the first cut in the T-shirt:
[ Comments Off on Fox 45 "In the Morning" in Dayton | Posted on June 24th, 2009 ]
Stopped in for a quick segment on 2 News at Noon with host Marsha Bonhart. Here’s a photo while we search for the video online:
[ Comments Off on 2 News at Noon in Dayton | Posted on June 23rd, 2009 ]
Next stop today was the studios of Northern Kentucky Magazine. We did a great segment, but they don’t post their shows online, so here are a couple still photos to document–hopefully will have some video soon to add. Here’s me with host Nancy James before the segment: We’re about to transform that bland ole New York tee into a sassy halter top (project #1, featured on the cover of the book):
And here’s me having fun with the mirror overhead (we used the kitchen on set as our craft area–it’s usually used for cooking segments actually, but with a blanket thrown over the stove top, it works just perfectly). You know, just in case you wanted a bird’s-eye view!
[ Comments Off on Northern Kentucky Magazine | Posted on June 23rd, 2009 ]
Here’s the photo of me with host Sheila Gray–note I’m wearing the completed Pinup Girl halter top (project #1 in the new book!). And yes, I’m totally rocking the layered look.
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And here’s the video, so you can follow the how-to:
[ Comments Off on Fox 19 Morning News in Cincinnati | Posted on June 23rd, 2009 ]
I wished I had had time on Saturday to snap a picture of the entrance to the Doylestown Bookshop. It’s the perfect image of a cozy, quiet spot that you can tell has hints of magic just behind the door. We had a small but eager crowd in attendance at this Tee Party. Workshop-style, we made halter tops (beach cover-ups for some) together, made matching Back In Action tees, and I signed books. Thanks, Adele, for coming out; to Syndey and her dad for doing the research and showing up; to Connie for her crafty enthusiasm; to Rachel and the rest of the staff at the Bookshop for keeping up such a lovely store; and to all the other bookstore wanderers who stopped in for a bit!
[ Comments Off on Spoiled at Doylestown | Posted on June 22nd, 2009 ]
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