This Mr. Stay Puft’s okay!
“I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay Puft!”
It’s a classic (even the channel AMC (American Movie Classics) tells us so). It’s always on TV (just tune to AMC). It’s part of cultural consciousness like only a few other movies in our lifetimes. It’s Ghostbusters!
And it’s also Jason’s favorite movie. But I noticed, despite all the cool T-shirts Jason has and has even made himself, he was lacking in the Ghostbusters department. I had to fix that, didn’t I? Ectoplasmic goo isn’t so easily rendered, but the Stay Puft marshmallow man sure is.
I found an image online that I traced and tweaked to create space between his joints. The whole thing got traced onto freezer paper. Freezer-paper stencils are incredibly easy once you’ve got a plan—in fact, I once wrote out a short tutorial, the first time I gave it a shot. My only frustration was the paint itself. Opaque white is thick and gunky, and stenciling it on wasn’t the smoothest of operations. But I made it work (perhaps the homemade look helps—don’t want anyone to think he got this in a store, after all!). A second layer, in orange, was applied after the white was fully dry, and this guy was ready to ravage all of New York City!
Let me acknowledge the long silence round these parts and apologize. I said I was on a knitting break but that isn’t entirely true—I’ve actually knit a few things so far this year, and I’m overdue to share them with you. It’s a rededication to the blog, as I’m currently bursting over with crafty happiness!
17 Responses to This Mr. Stay Puft’s okay!
i love it! totally awesome new shirt :) and yes, ghostbusters is an EXCELLENT movie. definitely a classic.
Very cute!
We missed you! Excited to hear about what you’ve been up to.
A great way of getting super opaque paint through a stencil is with a plastic spatula.
It gives a smooth, even finnish and its quick. I have painted super opaque paint onto black cotton lycra for 15 years and only ever used a plastric spatula. and with excellent results.
Welcome back! Seeing you on flickr is fun but reading your blog is better.
Loved the t-shirt – which paint did you use?
Love it!
And very happy to see a new post. I recently got excited about my blog again, too. :)
Oh happy rededication!
WELCOME BACK!!!
Welcome back, Minty!
Yeh-hay Minty’s back!
Great tee…..
I’m really glad you are back!
The Stay-Puft marshmallow man is ADORABLE!
glad you’re back. i knit your leyburn socks for my nana. she loves them!
best movie ever and I LOVE THE T-SHIRT! I should so make my husband one of those. We quote Ghostbusters ALL The time. “actual physical contact!” Oh Ray!
How did I miss THIS?! I love it. I want one too.
This so rocks! Can I admit that I’ve never seen Ghostbusters?! Yeah, I should be ashamed of myself.
so glad you’re back.
Excellent use of craftiness! What a lucky fella.