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T-shirt Upcycle #8- Omaha T's

Here is our final t-shirt post. For this project we did not use Kendra’s botched t’s but were inspired by her beautiful screen printing. If you haven’t visited her easy shop yet this is your chance, click here. (Just to … Continue reading

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June Farmer's Market and Sadie's Snack Bag

We are getting ready for the Omaha Farmer’s Market on June 11th in the Old Market. This week our blog will feature some of  the new products we have been making in our citymade sweatshop and a few of our … Continue reading

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T shirt up-cycle, part 7

We are getting near the end of our T shirt up-cycling challenge with . Since what we were left with was a lot of T shirt pieces, we thought we would piece together this circle scarf. It was simple to … Continue reading

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Botched T, part 6: Snack attack!

Here at citymade, one of our favorite things to make are our re-usable snack bags. It only seemed natural, then, to up-cycle a couple of Kendra’s botched onesies into snack bags. These are perfect for on-the-go. By the way-we would … Continue reading

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Botched T, part 5: Baskets of fun!

There were a couple of T shirts that had prints on it that we were not really able to tell what they were. It probably wouldn’t have worked to make a bag, or a purse out of them. So. instead, … Continue reading

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Botched T, part 4: Hoo-Ray!

We LOVE this pigeon! It was too cute a design to not show. But, since it didn’t work for Kendra on a T shirt, we thought it would work on a tote bag. We added some flowery handles for extra … Continue reading

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T shirt challenge, part 3: Sun T

Carol here. So, lately I have been really into this T shirt up-cycling thing. Maybe it is the availability of T shirts. I mean doesn’t everyone have a bunch of “Kiss Me,  I’m Irish” T shirts or T shirts from … Continue reading

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T shirt challenge, part 2 Ruffles!

One of our favorite sayings here at citymade is “when in doubt, put a ruffle on it!” (and sometimes a bird, wink, wink.) Well, we did just that with another of Kendra’s botched T’s. We took another T shirt and … Continue reading

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T-shirt challenge/Bunny botched T to purse

A few weeks ago we received a package from good friend of citymade, Kendra Shedenhelm. You may remember her from Mary’s baby gift post. She sent us a botched T to up-cycle. Well, the package she sent us was full … Continue reading

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Farmer's Market, Yeah!

We had so much fun at the first downtown Farmer’s Market. It was a beautiful day and we met so many great people in addition to friends of citymade. We want to give a big special thanks to sister-of-citymade, Catherine, … Continue reading

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