This morning I thought I would recap one of my crazy ideas from last year making cardboard doll furniture. I had this idea after my daughter’s high chair, stroller, and crib were recalled for lead contamination. I did some research on how to make cardboard furniture and how I wished I knew French. I found … Continue reading
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Mobile for Baby
The mobile hanging in my living room – it has never made it to his bedroom As I have gone through past items I have made and taken photos of I decided to write up a blog entry. When I was pregnant with Vincent the one thing I wanted was a black and white mobile. … Continue reading
Easy Magnet Frames
Every year we get cheap, ugly advertisement magnets on our phone books, I never want to throw them away because I always say I’m going to do something with them. This morning I got inspired, I was cleaning and I came across some of the PrincessE’s paintings and decided to stop what I was doing … Continue reading
Littlest Pet Shop Twisty Slide…
Anyone who follows this blog knows my daughter has a Littlest Pet Shop Obsession. This new project takes the cake. I went to the Dollar Store a couple days ago and saw a LPS Coloring Book, so I got it for her. She has been talking non-stop about a twisty slide and ladder for her … Continue reading
How to make cheesy UFO’s…
Every year a friend of ours has a costume party for his business’s anniversary party. This year the theme is 9 – you can interpret it anyway possible. So we rented Plan 9 from Outer Space… it was a horribly awesome movie. It was super cheesy and I loved it! I made a cheesy UFO … Continue reading
Sewing!
Well I must admit I am a tad painted out but am still feeling “creative” so I decided to pull the felt out again and start sewing! I have been sketching some ideas for kids games and today I cut out some stuff for felt games. One of the ones I am making is a … Continue reading
Busy, Busy, Busy!
Well in the past 3 days I have been busy in a good way! I finally finished the Sea Turtle last night (YAY!) I started making another Travel Fish Game and another Travel Checkers Game. I also have some ideas for a Flower Game and a Lady Bug Game. My to do list is growing … Continue reading
Monster Book…
Origami and I are mortal enemies but every now and then I actually do something right. I made a book. I can’t remember where I originally found the instructions to do it but I retyped everything from my experience and added a PDF for everyone to share. My book was a quick thing I made … Continue reading
Yay Another Etsy Sale!
So my mornings are pretty straight forward… coffee, coffee, coffee, and checking my email from my phone. This morning much to my surprise I sold another item on Etsy, I am overjoyed I sold the Travel Fish Game I made and have been hiding from Jillian. Great news and now I will have to make … Continue reading
Hummingbird Feeder
As with most of my ideas this one was not mine but I “improved” it or in Princess’s words it doesn’t look like the picture – so sad. This idea came from the May 2010 of My Big Backyard, I thought this would be a great rainy day project or in our case a very … Continue reading