Snuggies Girls Gone Wild!

It got a little wild in the iLoveToCreate design studio today!

Allee decided that the zebra snuggie we did for the website was just what she needed to warm up.

Chloe, our copy write was freeeeezing, so she grabbed one of the snuggies that says "NICE" in glitter and iron-ons. She is itty bitty, and the pink snuggie was HUGE!

I think she like it because it made her look "NICE".....

Allee was pretty happy that her's said "NAUGHTY".... and there it was.... Snuggies Girls GONE WILD!!!!

To see how we embellished them go to iLoveToCreate.com and get the scoop.

Snuggies for Christmas!

I put the "wack" in a pair of snuggies for our site at iLoveToCreate, and I totally LOVE them!

Of course, when I saw that the snuggies were everywhere for Christmas, I had to embellish them with my own wackiness. You can decide if you want yours to be Naughty or Nice, or maybe you just want to add your name.

And what a perfect idea to personalize a snuggie for your boyfriend! I can just see it now... the sorority sisters with all matchie-matchy snuggaroonies with their Greek letters! Or how about with the name of their fave football team? The possibilities are amazing!!

Here's what you need:

• Aleene's Fabric Fusion Permanent Dry Cleanable Fabric Adhesive
  
• Tulip Fashion Glitter
  
• Tulip Glam-It-Up! Iron-On Fashion Designs
  
• Tulip Fashion Glitter Bond
  Foil
  Wedge makeup sponge
  Cutting mat or piece of cardboard
  Felt pen
  Ironing board
  Iron
  Fabric – black or white (depending on Snuggie color)
  Thin cloth
  Thread to match (optional)
  Snuggie™
  Sewing machine (optional)
  Freezer paper
  Craft knife
  

Instructions

1. Use felt pen to trace “Naughty” or “Nice” pattern onto contact paper.
2. Place contact paper onto cutting mat or piece of cardboard, shiny side down. Cut out letters with craft knife to create stencil.
3. Place stencil shiny side down onto black or white fabric and iron on.
4. Squeeze a puddle of Fashion Glitter Bond onto foil. Working quickly, tap flat end of makeup sponge into Glitter Bond and dab a generous amount into stencil openings. Immediately sprinkle glitter over Glitter Bond and use finger to press down on glitter to set. Let dry then peel away stencil and shake off excess glitter.
5. Peel backing from Santa Hat Iron-On Transfer and place plastic side up where desired next to wording. Cover with a thin cloth and iron onto fabric following package instructions.
6. Cut fabric around word and Iron-On Transfer, leaving a 1” border. Refer to photo.
7. Place fabric piece on Snuggie™ where desired and sew in place leaving a ¼” seam.

Now, I don't know if you have read my sad story about MY adventures in SNUGGIES about 10 years ago, and how I COULD HAVE BEEN a Buh-JILLIONAIRE, but my girlfriend and I didn't have the cash to start the business.

If you're interested, check it out at:
Pattiewack Sleevies


Oh, and if you want MORE Crafty Christmas Tips, go to:
Pattiewack Christmas Tips

Sleevies 2000 vs. Snuggies 2009

Okay, there are SOME of you that will believe me when I tell you that a friend and I dreamed up these crazy blankets with sleeves when I lived in Santa Barbara in 2000. And there are some of you that WON'T believe me, but check out my HAIR! It was very long at the time as you can see, and I'm totally 9 years younger in these pics.

Believe it or NOT, we really did dream it up (and obviously some other people did too) when we were watching those commercials about the funny sleeping bag thingies to set around in during the cold weather.

Well, we went so far as to do this cheeeeze waddy photo shoot as you see here, and then went to the LA fabric market to source felt fabrics, get pricing, and create the pattern. I sewed up several SLEEVIES and sent the presentation to a buyer at one of the craft chains and they said YES!

The only problem is, we needed about 100K to purchase, package and ship these things we called SLEEVIES, and we just didn't have the moolah!

The Aleene's Creative Living Show that we were working on, had been canceled and my friend and I certainly didn't have the cash or enough friends to float the loan. Preeeety sad, huh?

Soooo, we ended up canning the idea and forgetting all about it until this winter when the SNUGGIES commercials hit the airways. Geeeeez! Had we only known! Wah. We threw a little pity party and moaned when we started seeing them show up everywhere, and even witnessed a pub crawl right here in our town a few weeks ago. We ultimately missed out on a million do$$ar once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make it BIG!

Oh well! Chalk it up to being HIGH on ideas, and LOW on cash.