2/11/19

Watermelon Inspired Tie Dye Design



A follower on Instagram had asked me to whip up a watermelon tapestry an I just loved the idea! Didn't want to make a literal watermelon shape so we brainstormed to come up with this simple and absolutely beautiful watermelon inspired design. 

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Starting out the creation is a hand tied and dyed sun mandala that transforms into a lotus blossom which is the pink flesh of the melon. The rest of the tap was tied in a spiderweb and dyed green to portray the watermelon rind. I was a bit nervous when I added the black on top of the lotus blossom for it was too wet and I thought it would take away my light pink color but luckily it turned out fantastic! I will be making more to list in my Etsy tie dye shop.


  Do you have an idea you'd like brought to life on a tapestry?
Feel free to drop me a line on FB, Instagram 
or moon_dyes@yahoo.com 


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2/4/19

New Moon Dyeing - February 2019


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For the February New Moon I've decided to try my hand at a couple "Moon Phase" and "Triple Moon" mini taps plus get a few socks tied and dyed to finally get more items in my almost empty, lil' Etsy shop. Sexy thigh highs for all the funky festival goers, hoopers, ravers and more plus matching cotton adult socks for everybody else.

Who doesn't like tie dye socks?
Seriously, who?!

I can always take custom orders and dye up a pair of tye dye socks in anycolors you'd like in no time. Just drop me a line on my Facebook, Instagram, or Etsy shop and I'll get a custom listing made for you to purchase. 🎨

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The soda ash soak was blessed by the new moon and items have soaked up
my blessings ⭐ awaiting to be wrung out and tied up!

I've tied a few moon phases/triple moons in the past but they really never turned
out super dope so I've only listed a few for sale, which did sell. Guess I just thought they weren't good enough, yet didn't practiced more to better my skills.
Silly tie dye artist.

Well, it's a...
New Day + New Moon
so get creating!

First one is done!



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1/22/19

Turquoise and Purple Tie Dyes


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Here are the outcomes of our January New Moon Dyeing session!

Which one would you choose?!

These are the three tapestry choices we whipped up for the winner 
of Decembers Giveaway. These 3 designs are some of our favorites 
and we'll be doing more in all sorts of colors this year.

  1. Classic "Mandala" design
  2. Our own "Wagon Wheel" design
  3. Our own "Shocker" design
Wagon Wheel Tye Dye - Click to see listing!Shocker Tie Dye - Click to see listing!

The "Moon Ripple" kids tees were a little overpowered by the turquoise 
cast off but still look cute and will make an OOAK gifts. Things don't always work out with tie dyeing but the experimenting is always a blast!

Moon Ripples

More kids tees

Even had to dye up some adorable baby onesies! 
Notice the tiny newborn one 😍

Awwww the tiny one melts my heart!

And lastly just for fun, I dyed up a handmade mini tap an a sports bra which I regret not tying up some socks to match. Hopefully I can get some made before I start 
listing tie dyes in my Etsy shop. Fingers crossed!

Mini Tap - Bandana

Sports Bra



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1/11/19

Alien Cane - Polymer Clay Crafts


Being stuck in the house during the freezing tundra of our North Dakota winter environment had us watching way too many polymer clay crafting videos these last few weeks and of course we had the urge to go out and buy some clay to play with...so we did. This is what happened, now life will never be the same again.

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Shout out to MO clays Youtube channel, totally hooked us and inspired the motivation to do our first Alien cane. Which turned out pretty freakin stellar if you ask us!

This cane was actually made with some super old Craftsmart clay I got at Michaels at least 4 years ago when I worked there. Since this was our first time playing with clay we decided to see if we could get the old stuff to work before we broke open the huge sampler pack of Primo Clay we just got. It was hard AF and almost got chucked in the trash honestly. Our hands became very sore after trying to roll out only two packs of old clay so we gave up, got a dope clay roller and smashed the clay up enough to revive it. Then used it to create smaller canes to put together to form this alien cane an a handful of other fun beads! We ran out of black to surround the alien with so thats why it ends up looking like Slimer the ghost. Doh.

All this was from 5 packs of clay, whaaa?!


Take me to your crafter

Reducing the cane, I could of done it nicer 






Orders from our Etsy Tie Dye shop will get a free
Alien bead as a gift with your purchase,
until supplies run out.

Baked at 245°F for 15 mins. on tshirt/fabric














The square ones with added gray around are my fave!

We still have a shit ton of left overs & canes from the craftsmart clay we plan on chopping up and making Heishi Beads with. They are so cool and I'm excited to make some pendants and earrings with the totally psychedelic creations. So far we've crafted up a few and we love the way the colors meld with one another making an ooak blotter totem type of effect, almost like they way the dye bonds with the fabric in tie dyeing.

Do YOU make polymer clay crafts?
We'd love to see your creations and tips,
drop a LINK below for all to see.



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1/5/19

New Moon Dyeing - January 2019


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skies the limit

The winner of our last giveaway chose turquoise and purple colors 
to have a custom tie dye tapestry made for them. I decided to dye up 
a whole batch of other goodies including a few old school "Moon Ripple" design 
kids tees in those colors as well! Haven't made these in a while so I hope they 
turn out for they're gifts to be sent to our groovy buds wee ones.

It all starts here 💧

Two gallons of soda ash soak was made for this small batch, while a lil' Moon blessing was cast among the water before adding the items to soak. 🌛🌝🌜


Tie Dyers helpers


When I bottle and dropper dye goods I like to use lil' plastic cups with droppers in them, inside a shoe box by my dying totes. ✨ It works out pretty slick.


Dyed & just...chillin'

"The waiting, is the hardest part."

You're right Tom, it is the hardest part.
Miss you man

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1/2/19

New Year Tie Dye SALE!

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Happy New Year 2019!

Inventory is pretty low in our Etsy shop currently so if anything tickles your hippie bone and/or is your size, this New Year deal will help brighten up your purchase.

Hope you had groovy Holiday festivities last year and wishing you much peace, prosperity an of course many colorful adventures in this new year!  

We're working hard to get some new tie dye creations up in our shop by the end of the month and plan on getting new goods in each month there on, so check back often and follow our journey on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest!

Thanks for shopping small!

Lila & Jason
Moon Dyes Artists 


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1/1/19

Custom Tie Dye Tapestry Winner is...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019!

The winner for the custom tie dye tapestry giveaway is...




They chose Turquoise & Purple as their two colors. 
I'll be making darker & lighter shades of those colors to create an 
one of a kind tye dye creation for them.  
🎨 Can't wait!!!


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12/28/18

Living Coral = Pantone Color of the Year 2019




To tell the truth I haven't used a coral color "purposely" in a tie dye for years. Many shades of coral have shown up with ice dying lately and I have been totally digging the look. I find it intriguing to play around with the color Coral this year.

Color Inspiration is everywhere! 


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December Tie Dye Giveaway

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It's GIVEAWAY Time!
 
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This month enter to WIN a custom dyed tie dye tapestry handmade 
by Moon Dyes in this quick "End of the Year" giftaway!


Starts now - Ends December 31st - 11:59pm CT
Winner announced 1-1-19 🎉


✌  Rules are as easy as 1-2-3 and differ for Instagram and Facebook:
You will have to follow or "like" our post & social media page, 
comment with your TWO (2) favorite colors & tag 
one friend who doesn't already like our page.

Plenty ways to get BONUS ENTRIES too, like by sharing our post publicly with 
the hashtag or entering on both FB and Instagram!

Enter on Facebook ~ @MoonDyes 


Winning item will be hand tied by Moon Dyes 
and dyed with procion dyes from: 
Dharma Trading Company and/or
Custom Colours Inc.

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 The Hashtag we'll be using for our December monthly giveaway will be:
#MOONDYES1218


~ Moon Dyes is our business name
~ 12 is for the month of December
~ 18 is the year 2018
Every month the monthly number will change in the hashtag.
This is how we will find the bonus entries for our contests.

Good Luck!


Disclaimer: This giveaway is not affiliated with DTC, CC, Blogger, Instagram or Facebook in any way. Open to residents of U.S.A only. Any age can enter. No purchase necessary.


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12/27/18

Fabric Scrubbies - Tie Dye Sewing Crafts


Playing with tie dye scraps has always been a fun thing for me to do. Once I got a serger all kinds of small creations happened! This is the first trial of a current & quick lil' project I'm still perfecting. 

Cut out scraps
Ready to be serged


These upcycled & repurposed cloth wipes have helped me around the house with no waste provided from them. My toddlers even love using them to clean up after meals and snacks. They've learned so much independence while having a blast!


Cleaning up meal time messes

Kids love to be independent!

A few sets of assorted designs & styles are and more will be listed in small trial packs for now. I'm working on designing them in a more durable way such as being top stitched, more absorbant and in larger bundles next year.

So much scraps, so little time to craft!

If you do happen to purchase a trial set please let me know what you think of them. Feedback is always appreciated to better my craft. Thanks!


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12/16/18

Stocking Stuffer Gifts to Giveaway Winners!

What a groovy giftaway!




There were two winners for our November giveaway and they received a handmade stocking filled with some pretty fun tie dye gifts! Hope they liked them, I had a lot of fun making the stockings and gifts and have always loved gifting things. ❤️🎁❤️


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12/7/18

Ice Dyeing Experiments - Batch #2

Working from the high of our last ice dyeing outcome Batch #1 and my expectations are more of a "Deep Sea Mermaid" type of vibe. 

I had hand tied up a bunch of kids stuff, tanks for me an a few table runners & wall hangings to do these ice dyeing batch experiments throughout the month of December. This way if the projects turned out like shit we'd just have shit tie dyes to wear at home lol. Newbie here at Ice Dyeing so this is working out wonderfully and the dyes are so far too, hopefully I can keep it up.

Anyway back to the dyeing...

Colors used:
Sea Glass - Dharma Trading Co. 
Blue Violet - Dharma Trading Co.
Turquoise - Custom Colours


Tied Up

Sprinkled Dye

"Ice Ice Baby"

Melted AF

Needless to say I was really excited to rinse these interesting creations an after 
I did I was well, not expecting what it turned out to be. Who the heck would 
actually know whats gonna happen right?! That's the addicting part of any kind 
of fabric dyeing to me! 🎨 You can do the same design and use the same 
colors but never get the same results.

To tell the truth I was a tish bit disappointed at first but after it washed & dried I was totally getting into the ooak patterns and color combo of these goods. I'm aiming towards a brighter style next time I dye a rainbow. 🌈

What do YOU think?

Deep Sea Mermaid

Fun Fact:
The toddlers tee and socks were gifted to two giveaway winners!

Sadly the dope table runner has a defect in the fabric an I just don't think it's listable for that. I'll more then likely keep it for an Ostara & Easter table runner! Perks of my job, I get to gift or keep all the messed up stuff.


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12/4/18

Ice Dyeing Experiments - Batch #1

Soooooo
we've been super busy these past almost 4 years since we had two lil' boys in a row and never really got into the new fad of "Ice Dyeing" or "Snow Dyeing" in the tie dye world. Finally our kiddos have given us some time to get back into dyeing and we just have to give this Ice Dyeing a try.

I've seen some pretty amazing creations by rad dyers pop up on FB tie dye groups, Instagram and Etsy so I'm pretty damn excited to see what we can do, or at least be able to laugh my ass off over our horrible outcomes. Either way it should be fun.

Jason whipped up this first batch on Sunday 12-2-18 and at first I wasn't too impressed but after the items dried I was totally diggin' them!

He used:
Kingfisher - Dharma Trading Co.
Orange - Custom Colours
Cerulean - Custom Colours
Green - Custom Colours

Chillin'

Almost melted

Geode kids tees & socks!

Inclined Dyed Hoodie

The finished products were so interesting,
I decided to do another batch of ice dyes that night by myself!
See that outcome on my blog post:
 Ice Dyeing Experiments - Batch #2


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11/26/18

November Tie Dye Giveaway

Ho Ho Holy Radness!



It's GIVEAWAY Time!

 We've crafted up something festive with our upcycled tie dyes.



This month enter to WIN a Yule Stocking filled with OOAK tie dye goodies handmade by Moon Dyes & get it just in time for the Holidaze. 🎄

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Starts now - Ends November 30th at 11:59pm CT
Winner announced 12-3-18 🎉

✌  Rules are as easy as 1-2-3 and differ for Instagram and Facebook:
You will have to follow or "like" our post & social media page and comment which color stocking you'd prefer "Red" or "Green" (pics below)

Plenty ways to get BONUS ENTRIES too, like by tagging some groovy buds or entering on both FB and Instagram!


Enter on Facebook ~ @MoonDyes 

🎨 Hand tied & dyed with dyes from: 
Dharma Trading Company.

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*The tie dye stockings used in this giveaway are two of the first ones created, have some minor sewing flaws to them an are kind of skinny but still functional. You will not be receiving a perfect gift but a pretty damn cool one that can be used as decor if anything. The gifts inside it are just a bonus! I lined them both with a spacey black fabric and doubled up the cuff to ensure durability. Hand sewed a few tiny jingle bells on the cuffs points and put a matching tab on it to hang for the Holidaze! Hoping to get a few more made perfectly and listed in our Etsy shop early December. 





Fun Fact:
These Holiday stocking were upcycled from our 2015 xmas tiedye shirts!
We only wore them once and just for this Family photo.

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Red
Green
Spacey Lining
Sewing flaw on cuff


Disclaimer: This giveaway is not affiliated with Santa 🎅, DTC, Blogger, Instagram or Facebook in any way. Open to residents of U.S.A only. Any age can enter. No purchase necessary.

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