A couple months ago I came upon a tutorial on The Artful Parent for Kool-Aid Dyed Playsilks. I hadn’t really heard about playsilks before that but upon further investigation found out that they’re awesome. They can be pretty much anything your child wants them to be: capes, dresses, blankets, scenery, tents and the list goes [...]
A month or so ago, I agreed and was looking forward to participating in the 2010 Sewing Olympics. I had bought a pattern from Seedpod Craft back in December and needed a proper push to getting it started. The week before the Olympics started, I ordered the necessary hardware and fabric, the pattern was printed [...]
Sheesh, it’s getting harder and harder to capture good pictures of Jackson. This kid doesn’t sit still. Ever. Had to eventually bribe him with “Mama’s Forbidden Music Machine”. Can you see the look of victory in his eyes in that second picture? Ah, the things I do for this blog.
After pulling out one of [...]
Well, we survived our first birthday party for Jackson. Just barely, though (check out my personal blog, Indie Shopper, for a full lowdown on the craziness of that day!) We went with the semi-theme of Cracker Jack and kept the decorations somewhat low key. Seriously, we had just finished putting away all the Christmas decorations [...]
I’m throwing the first of many birthday parties this weekend and since it’s kinda Cracker Jack themed, I’ve been stocking up on red and white supplies. I have no idea what I’m doing with all of it yet but I’m sure inspiration will strike an hour or so before the party (isn’t it crazy how [...]
You know how accomplished you feel after completing a project you’ve had on the back burner for years? Felt food is “that project” for me. Ever since I started noticing felt food on the internet a few year ago, I knew I was going to make them for my children. There are so many things [...]
I love having JackJack just run around barefoot but now that it’s getting colder, he’s in desperate need for something that will keep his tootsies warm but also allow him to practice his mad stepping skills. He already has a nice blue bruise on his forehead from and unfortunate incident with socks and the floor.
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When we were deciding on baby stuff for the shower (wow, that was already a year ago!), we decided to go with a Space Saver high chair instead of your traditional stand alone variety. Our dining room is pretty much consumed by the extremely large table we accidentally ordered so there isn’t much room for [...]
Baby Washbag Recipe, Green Home
Sensitive skin kinda runs in our family. Lotions with lots of additives or perfumes usually cause some sort of reaction among my sisters, mother and I. It’s crazy but lately just sitting next to someone who has a ton of perfume on makes my skin itch (see perfume pollution). Erring on [...]
Make Your Own Deoderant Disks, Full Circle Baby
So the jury is still out on these suckers. I think it’s possible they’re working but Jim is almost 100% certain that they’re not doing anything. We’ll give it a little while longer. Maybe when Jackson’s poo really starts to stink (he’s still just on breastmilk and rice [...]
Zak the Robot Quilt, June 2009, Cannon Rebel XT
What is it that’s so appealing about hanging quilts? There’s something about a blanket hanging on the wall that really warms up a room. This is my second attempt at quilting, first attempt at designing a quilt from scratch and while many of you serious quilters will [...]
My herbs arrived yesterday! They made my mailbox and entire house smell so beautiful. I bought them from Jen’s Enchanted Garden on Etsy which made things so easy. I just messaged her a list of the herbs I needed as well as quantities and she sent me back a quote on how much it would [...]
Tutorial: Molly Monkey, mmmcrafts
I made Molly Monkey a while ago to give to one of my best friend’s little girl. I believe they took to each other quite nicely. I know for sure Molly occupied the little girl’s attention for
The only real difference to the pattern I made was adding a collar, stitching on a [...]
