HandmadensCrafts: Geeky Aprons on a Budget

While reading up on ways to improve my daily cleaning, I found a suggestion that said you should use an apron. I've never worn one before and never had any intention of ever doing so either. To keep with the spirit of the book, I decided to set out to find an inexpensive, but cute and geeky apron.
I don't just read comics. I wear them too.  Image Brian Sullivan
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While reading up on ways to improve my daily cleaning, I found a suggestion that said you should use an apron. I've never worn one before and never had any intention of ever doing so either. To keep with the spirit of the book, I decided to set out to find an inexpensive, but cute and geeky apron.

My first and only stop was Etsy.com.

Frank Miller's new graphic novel Holy Terror hits stores Wednesday.The Force is strong with this one / Image: HandmadensCrafts

Etsy is filled with stores that sell everything from the standard apron that your grandmother might have worn, to the costumed apron for the Super parents out there.

I found several stores that sold things I liked, but none were in the price range I was looking for. Finally, I found what I was looking for in HandmadensCrafts' store. The design of most of their aprons is the same, but what makes them all different are the various fabric patterns they use.

From funky patterns to super heroes, you can find an apron that will work for you. Each apron is handmade and can be done in an adult male or female form as well as children's sizes.

With each ranging from $15 to $22, these aprons are a great fit for anyone on a budget.

Funny cars run the same engines as top-fuel dragsters but package them in smaller cars with a wheelbase of 125 inches wrapped in full bodywork. They’re loosely based on production cars, although Toyota has never, ever built anything like Arend’s Toyota-bodied car.

Unlike a top-fuel dragster driver, the guy at the wheel of a funny car sits behind the engine, which, coupled with the shape of the body, makes visibility a challenge. Arend says funny cars also are harder to drive.

“They’ve got the same power as a top-fuel dragster, but they’re shorter,” Arend says. “A top-fuel dragster only wants to go in a straight line. A funny car wants to do anything but go in a straight line.”

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Mother and Daughter / Image: HandmadensCrafts

As a mother daughter team, you know you are getting something made with love. Linnie started sewing when she was a child. Taking joy in making everything from her own clothes to prom dresses and even her wedding dress, she has passed her love of sewing on to her daughter.

They both enjoy the "therapy" it gives them to create and making things themselves. Half the fun for them is working on a new creation and seeing what it will look like in the end.

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