I know it looks suspicious. Tie dye, old beat down truck, head scarf...no under arm hair in these shots luckily...I have always had an infinity for beautiful tie-dye, but for some reason felt guilty to the Grateful Dead and Phish fans that take their love of the tie-dye to a cult phenom. It is a way of life for them. I just love the messy colors. Always reminded me of watercolor gone wrong. I love watercolor, but tend to make a mess when I attempt to paint that medium. I envy great watercolor art. Mine ends up looking like runny colors everywhere...wait.. kind of like tie-dye! Thus, my love for tie-dye began in my early teens until today...
I just recently really learned how to make tie-dye "pop" and "last"...Keoni is my right hand man when I decide to do a batch of shirts. We make crazy, crazy, crazy messes, but it is all worth it in the end. We have colorful shirts, and so many around town compliment us...they are especially impressed to learn that Keoni really made his own shirts. They are also amazed that I would take on the endeavor with a toddler/young boy, but he feels so happy and proud in witnessing the final result. It is worth the mess, time, and clean up.
Keoni actually took thee shots right before the recent chop of my hair, and I never posted them. Think they must have got lost in the shuffle. He did a great job though! I gifted this shirt to my friend Kelly. She has a similar love for the tie-dye, and this particular shirt reminded me of her.
outfit-t-shirt handmade, jeans-levis via ross years ago for 9.99, yeah! shoes-coverse, headscarf-thrifted...cheap, but fun outfit for a day of exploring at the park and running around with my boys.
I seriously want to get Keoni into photography classes as soon as he is old enough. He takes them better than the hubs or I...
gotta love good sneakers.
Happy Friday! and ps-I actually love the Dead and Phish...but I wouldn't consider myself a hippy...but what really is a hippy these days?
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