Oct 07 2008
Pinecone-ist
It all started innocently enough. We watched a popular children’s movie called Ice Age, in which a silly sloth attempts to soothe a pair of angered rhinos by offering them pinecones. He couldn’t convince them that the pinecones were good eating, but his antics made my daughter laugh and laugh, and instilled in her a lasting infatuation with pinecones.
She collects them on walks through the neighborhood and now has a huge treasure box full of them. Our mantle is decked with especially fine specimens, and every once in awhile, I’ll find more tucked in the pockets of her jacket. While fun to look at, acorns and chestnuts don’t measure up to pinecones. Claire proudly proclaims herself the truest pinecone-ist in the world. Since I never heard the word until she coined it, I’ll believe her!
I thought it was high time she had a special t-shirt decorated with her favorite thing, so I used freezer paper to stencil some pinecones onto it. It was difficult cutting out the stencil’s tiny openings, but an X-acto knife and a good dose of patience helped me achieve good results.
Incidentally, why is it so difficult to find plain t-shirts? Most stores only carry t-shirts with something already printed on them. I had to search high and low for this green shirt, and was disappointed that it didn’t come in the right size.
She’s cute! I was the same way with pretty rocks, my mom found them everywhere! Don’t worry, she’ll grow out of it…maybe!
Hello!– I’m sorry to leave this note as a comment but I can’t seem to locate your email address (though it is late and I am tired!)… I wanted to ask you about featuring your great Halloween embroidery designs on the blog. Would you mind emailing me if you get a chance?
I’m so happy to have discovered your blog! I love the shirt (and the love of pinecones).
Thanks so much,
Beth
Looks cool! It can be hard to find a plain tshirt sometimes so if I find them, I tend to buy more than one and in the next size up. Just in case, you know
What a great shirt! BTW, I always look for plain t-shirts at Michael’s, AC Moore or Joann’s first b/c they are so difficult to find in other stores.
How nice! You did a great job with the stencil.
I found some really nice plain shirts at land’s end. The only trouble is the shipping cost, but if you sign up for emails they sometimes send out free shipping codes.