DIY Labels vs Shop Bought Labels

Helllooooo! I'm back with a little comparison post. A month or so ago, Dutch Label Shop reached out to me and offered to send me some labels. For free, yes. (mama I made it!). For review, no. They were clear that I didn't have to make one... And this isn't a review, just a comparison with what I have been using this entire time.

Okay, now that ya'll don't think I'm tryna sell ya'll something lol

Over two years ago, I decided to DIY some labels and I figured out a super easy and cheap way to get it done. I printed the labels on cotton fabric sheets and have been cutting them as I go ever since. My best friend made such a great design that I'll probably use forever lol.  The Dutch Label Shop offered me a voucher for some labels and I was sooo happy to see that I could upload my own design! Some of the other places I've been seeing here and there force you to make something out of their own templates and I definitely wanted to keep the design my friend worked hard on.

The labels from DLS obviously look wayyy more professional. I like that they have the space on the sides to stitch them down as opposed to me trying to cut the right amount of space around the ones I printed and not having enough (or having too much). They are also bigger but on the sight, you can make them whatever size you want.

I wanted to show the long-term durability (or lack thereof) of my DIY labels. This is a dress that I wear quite often so it's been washed and dried a good number of times. You can see the label is not only scorched by the dryer but also fraying around the stitching. You can barely see what it says anymore.

I'm glad to have these new labels because I am very confident that they are made to last through laundering adversity lol. Once I use them for a while, I will comment to how they hold up. For now, I will be putting the DLS labels in super successful garments/garments I believe will last for a while.

My ONLY regret is that I didn't think of getting some in black!! *wahhhh!* I didn't think about it until I saw Ping's! It's okay though lol I'll live.

That's all I wanted to say. I have a coupon code for 15% off at Dutch Label Shop until Aug 31st if you want to try out your own custom labels. The code is telltaletasha (all lowercase)!

What do you think?? DIY or Shop Bought??

See you next post!
xoxo, Tasha

Life Updates and this Jacket I made months ago... Simplicity 1688

*taps mic* Is anybody here?!?! -- Oh! hey! Nice to see that you stuck around lol

Life gets busy and things happen and reasons and stuff. You know the narrative. So let's skip all of that and talk about some of the things I missed! 3 milestones were hit while I was gone so we can have one big 'ol celebration for all of them :-)

1. My blog turned 3! June 9th marked 3 years of blogging and sometime here in July will mark 3 years of sewing! It still amazes me how this blog has connected me to so many interersting, exciting and inspiring people all over the world. And they like... know me too! It's crazy and awesome at the same time. This addicting hobby has given me skills and friends I never thought I'd have. It also gave me a closet full of fabric that my mom would've never thought I'd have either (but that's besides the point lol). Thank you to everyone that has been following my journey from the beginning and shoutout to everyone who just joined. I'm honored that you want to see what I have to say :-)

And thank you to the people who checked in on me while I've been MIA. <3

2. June 25th marked 5 YEARS since my last relaxer! Being natural has been a long hard road but it definitely gets easier.... but it kinda stays hard lol Ya'll know what I'm saying ;-) I was hoping to have waist-length hair by this time but that hasn't quite worked out with all of the unplanned set backs and my inconsistency in care. I'm trying to be more deliberate in keeping it healthy now so hopefully by this time next year, I'll be at waist-length :-)

my hair right now at full bra strap length

3. MY BIRTHDAYYYYYY! I turned 26 on July 10th! It was a quieter than usual celebration but I absolutely enjoyed it. I love being around my family and my friends make it even more special. I'm grateful to have made it to another year and I pray that I continue to grow in God's purpose for me. Shameless plug for my birthday wishlist on Amazon. I was able to get a lot of the things I wanted thanks to folks' generosity! There are a few sewing things on there that I'm still wanting. I hope to do like.. a birthday sewing haul at the end of this month. I'm so excited to share some of the things I got!

 Alrightyyyy now that we're all excited from celebrating lol There has been very little sewing going on around here lol. And this jacket ain't even a part of that group. lol I have a couple more pieces to put up here soon though so I'm not going to just disappear ;-)

I made this jacket, Simplicity 1688 to wear with my Easter dress. I really wanted something easy that didn't take a lot of fabric because I was stealing a yard (and some change) of my mom's fabric lol. I needed something that had yellow in it and the tweed she got from Hancock's more than a year ago was perfect. I cut a size 14 so that I could have a little bit of wearing ease.

So Many Good Days and Why I Sew!

Last week was so interesting for me. Aside from this schizophrenic weather, I was having a considerable amount of good days!

Which one looks the most Olivia Pope-ish to you ??

First: I found out that I had won a giveaway! $25 to shop at The Smuggler's Daughter! And it couldn't have come at a better time because I was debating with myself about how I needed to budget money for fabric to sew things up for fall/winter  or whether or not I should just not buy any fabric for a couple of months just to keep some money in my pocket. Well, I guess you probably know what I did lol I bought way more than my winnings worth of fabric. BUT this time I bought specific fabric for specific projects in mind. I plan on making a nice collection of Nettie bodysuits.

10 Friday Feelings

Sooo, I have lots of feelings lol

These are them:

 

Easy DIY Labels: NO IRON TRANSFER

I haven't done one of these in a while but this was way too good not to share!

 

In my search of finding labels to put on the things that I make (cuz you know, I'm hype) I obviously was looking for ways to do it myself cuz I don't got money like that lol

 

All of the tutorials I was finding were like:

1. Go buy Iron transfer sheets

2. Print your labels in hieroglyphics

3. Put it face down on the fabric

4. Press but don't move cuz then the hieroglyphics will stretch and you'll have to start all over.

 

uhhh... 

 

As tech savvy as I am, I didn't have the will to find out how to print stuff backwards and what not.

I figured there had to be an easier way.

 

So I found THESE at JoAnn's:

Chapped-Lip Lucy

*start infomercial*

Are you a Chapped-Lip Lucy?

Are you constantly licking your lips to re-moisturize?

Do you ever wake up to chapped or cracked lips in the morning?

*cue record screech*


It's officially Fall!
And on this side of the country, Fall thinks it's Winter and acts really insecure..
Like.. who do you want to be?! Fall or Winter?

Anyway lol
Carmex sales are about to skyrocket and I just wanted to drop something on you to help you in  your pursuit to soft, plump, moisturized lips!

The Secret?

CPIK | Lenny Ballou

Hope to find everyone well!

You're probably wondering:

"What is CPIK?"

Well CPIK stands for

"Cool People I Know"

Along with this blogs theme of relaying important information, I have some friends that I feel like everyone should know about lol
And I'm a "Connector". I have this weird ability to bring a bunch of random people together and they just work.

I know a lot of talented and very creative people who's creativity could service my readers in one way or another so I wanted to do this series.

For my first CPIK, welcome Lenny Ballou!

Enjoy :-)

 

*disclaimer: This interview was done over iMessage (Future ones will be also).. and my friends are really silly*

 

 

Me: *ahem* Introduce yourself!

LB: *tightens up tie* IM LENNY AND I LIKE STUFF.

lol jk jk, I go by the name Lenny, full name Leonard Ross Ballou III, and no I don't plan on making my son's name the IV (Lord willing).

Pimple Polly?

*start infomercial*

Are you a Pimple Polly?

Are you ever annoyed by the painful soon-to-be mountains that ruin your beautiful facial aesthetic?

Do you ever feel a pimple about to show up on your face but you have no defense against it?

*cue record screech*


Here we go again :-)
This tip is not as embarrassing as the last one so it will be much less awkward to read lol

I'm not quite sure if men deal with pimples as much as females do, but anyone can benefit from this.

You ever touch you face and can just FEEL a huge pimple about to show up in a day or two?
You can't see it at all but it hurts and you can just tell it's gonna look like a hill.
You know those big ones that you can't pop as soon as it shows up...  you really have to let it sit there until it's ready like a week later? lol

Well, yea. I found something that works.
I put it on before the pimple emerges and keeps it from ever breaking the surface!

What's the secret???

Sweaty Sally?

*start infomercial*

Are you a Sweaty Sally?

Are you hiding behind embarrassing armpit sweat stains?

Are your inner thighs sweating as you walk in the hot summer sun?!

*cue record screech*

Let's be serious now.

I know this is very embarrassing to talk about, but with this blog I'm going to be as genuine as I can.

I figured I'd write this post now since tomorrow = the first day of summer!

And when summer hits, it's like ANY type of skin-on-skin contact, for even the least amount of moments, is enough to make anyone cringe at the bit of moisture generated.

Well, ladies (and possibly gentlemen?), 

I have found the solution!

A friend of mine and I were talking one day, and I have NO idea how this conversation came up, but she was like:

"GIRL, I was at Kings Dominion running around with them kids ALL day on Saturday and I was straight.. no sweat"

and I'm all like:

"Really?!"

*keep in mind, she's heavier than me and that was her selling point. No offense to anyone, she wasn't.

What is the secret???