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Category: Crafting for Kids

  • Ok, sure that tee on the last post was super cute, but I didn’t make it (I got it here). When Sciarrino told me she needed to know how the Silhouette handled that iron on stuff I got a while back I had to answer sheepishly, “um, I don’t know.” The transfer material was in my craft “to do” pile, and had been for months. But I decided I had to report back that day so I picked a cute design from the Silhouette store (heart_flowers_C00849_20509) and went to work. It was super easy to cut out the material, and…

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  • Ever since I stumbled upon her site I’ve been so inspired by Meg from Sew Liberated. In addition to a great blog she writes some awesome patterns (including this one that I’ve made multiple times). She trained as a Montessori teacher so I’m always looking to her blog for ideas about activities and environments for little ones. I was so happy to see her new play room for her children. As soon as I saw that beautiful silk canopy I knew that was what the basement needed. So I talked to Erin about dying one for me, she has an…

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  • That’s what Tuesday is calling beanbags these days, poofs. I decided to make a giant poof for my sweetest littlest clients: the newborns. Originally I thought the big FatBoy bean bag we got would work, but it’s just too floppy and not filled enough. Plus Tuesday adopted that for her room. I looked into buying something but once I realized how silly easy this was to make I jumped into the project. I found a tutorial on a photography forum website I belong to (Clickin Moms). But now that I’ve made this I can say you really don’t need a…

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