Ombre is a fancy word for gradient.

Pinterest is my fave. Anyone out there who has an account knows what I’m talking about.

It’s a virtual pin board. It’s an easy way to collect the things you love. I use it for work inspiration, food inspiration, DIY inspiration, etc. When I first started pinning, I was coming across a lot of images of ombre dying. From shirts to fingernails, it felt like it was all up in my face. It got me thinking, I could do this, right?

I went exploring around the blogs I frequent for tutorials and came across this one.

So cool, right? I loved it. I haven’t dyed anything since like middle school when we tie dyed shirts at the library, so I didn’t know if I could handle it. These instructions looked pretty easy so I set out to try. First I went to ritdye.com to pick out some dye. I know you can buy this in craft stores but I knew I would get a better selection if I bought it online. After some debate, I settled for Lemon Yellow and Evening Blue. Duh, two of my favorite colors. Plus Yellow and Blue make Green – bonus third color!

Then I set out for Goodwill to find some plain white shirts that I liked the shape/fit of. I found a few of them, picked up some rubber gloves at Target and set out to dye. I happened to have a nice sized bucket already at home, so I used that as my dye bath. I followed the instructions from the blog link above and it was really easy.

The first attempt was to do a yellow dye. I followed the instructions to have the shirt more saturated with yellow at the bottom. I turned out so well that I wanted to keep going.

The second attempt was to use both the Yellow and the Evening Blue to make a green effect. This one I saturated each layer longer so I got a really good contrast between each level of color.

Lastly, I was so jazzed about how the shirts were coming out that I wanted to try something different. I’ve been wanting a lamp for my cube at work but wanted to get it cheap. Hello Goodwill. $4.99 for this gold beauty. First, I spray painted it green. Then since the shade was in good shape, I kept the bottom part how it was and dip-dyed the top blue. I love it and it now happily sits in my office.

Thanks to Naomi Payne and my Momma for helping me take pictures.