senior field hockey shirts and a dressform

last night the field hockey team got together for an end of the season team dinner. the kids were cute and made presentations about the seniors and the coaches. then, the coaches made some speeches about the seniors and standout performers. we put together a gift bag for each senior and my contribution, of course, was personalized sparkly tshirts! the front had "(name of school) hockey 2010" because the seniors are the class of 2010. i used the freezer paper stencil method which worked amazingly well despite the tiny font and i used pearly white fabric paint. the white blob is where the initials of the school were. trust that it looked cute and neat!and on back, i handstitched their last name on top in white jersey and machine sewed jersey sticks and an ball, both of which were beaded! this girl's shirt had her nickname because her last name is so long. with 6 seniors, i had to speed up the process as much as possible!
the last piece of fantastic news- perhaps the most fantastic news- is that this weekend i scored a "tiny grasshopper"-sized dressform for $50 from craigslist! i say tiny grasshopper because most dressforms go down to a size small, which is too big for me, my mom and sarah, the 3 more frequent benefactors of my crafting frenzies. actually, i rarely craft for myself, but i might as well start sometime. usually dressforms are $229 regular priced and rarely go on sale cheaper than $100. after holiday presents, i am going to start putting it to use while i test out my "twinkle sews" book! (yes, i bought it for myself. blush. i couldn't wait until christmas.)