Lvl 1 Merdad

The leaves are AMAZING!  Last week everything was in full spectacular color and it was too beautiful to ignore!  I guess I’ve been annoying Patricia the last few weeks by pointing out how incredible all the colors are.  Now every time I point out a spectacular tree Patricia gets all pouty and says, “NO! Not even one tree is beautiful!  They are all just green!” Every. Single. Time.  It makes me chuckle.  No one can get me down because October is the best month!

Well I finished the Halloween costumes a whole 2 weeks early this year! Amazing, right?!  I will be honest.  I cheated slightly.  I only had to make 2.5 costumes this year.  Maybe more if you count the shirts.  You probably wouldn’t count the shirts.  Julius has wanted to be a shark since July.  Patricia has gone between octopus and sea turtle a few times before settling on mermaid.  And…. her mermaid tail from her first birthday party still fits her.  So there’s one mermaid tail down.  And did I mention I started making tails for Will and I for Patricia’s party but didn’t finish? So I had a half-made tail for myself.  As for the tops.  It is October on the east coast.  It’s cold.  And no one wants to see us all half naked.  No one.  So we decided to lean in and go for the “mer-family” look.  We decided to wear graphic tees that a mermaid family might wear…

Mine says “Mer-Mom”.  I think I might wear this one outside Halloween.  Will’s says “Lvl 1 Merdad” which is a reference to once of our favorite comics, Litterbox Comics.  They are basically us, but, like, cats.  (The comic I linked above is an actual conversation we once had complete with crying child over peeled banana.)  Patricia’s shirt is masterful.  Will gets full credit.  I asked “what would a toddler mermaid wear” and Will responded, “sea unicorn”.

“21st Century Mer-Family”

I designed all the shirts myself then used this method of sublimation here.  I briefly considered using the cricut to cut some sparkley HTV out, but sublimation was easier.  I’ve included my pngs below so you could use them yourself.  (As always, only for personal use.  If you want to sell stuff, come talk to me first.)  Don’t forget to mirror before you print!