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Felt Tent Work In Progress

I ordered my felt for the felt tent from Fabric.com (I hope I ordered enough – I will find out on Tuesday.)  I have been sketching the “plan” for the tent for three weeks and I think I finally have a “Real” plan for it.  So much so I started cutting out the other panels … Continue reading →

Happy Thanksgiving Banner

Andrea Currie did a fantastic Happy Thanksgiving Banner with acorns.  My daughter is obsessed with acorns but I decided I wanted to do something a little more personal.  So I decided to make handprint turkey banners with the kids (well one of the kids – the other screamed through it and tried to eat feathers.)  … Continue reading →

Homemade Thanksgiving Themed Trivets

According to Wikipedia: A trivet (pronounced /ˈtrɪvɨt/) is an object placed between a serving dish or bowl, and a dining table, usually to protect the table from heat damage. Since I will be hosting Thanksgiving Lunch/Dinner on Saturday I want to decorate the house in a “fall theme” (hence the vase and the still unfinished … Continue reading →

Homemade Play Dough

The last time I made this was three years ago.  My daughter was two and we had only been in our house about a month.  I had the day off from work and I wanted to do something fun so we made play dough.  She also tried to eat it, it didn’t taste very good … Continue reading →

NO – SEW Child’s Artist Smock

I made my daughter’s artist smock two years ago for Christmas.  I did not have a sewing machine that worked but I was quite handy with Liquid Stitch.  I have no idea where I saw this idea originally it was two years ago (and a baby later) but I wanted to share with everyone this … Continue reading →

Littlest Pet Shop Catepillar Cake…

When your daughter is turning 5, has a HUGE obsession with Littlest Pet Shops and you ask what kind of cake do you want for your birthday – be prepared for the obvious answer a Littlest Pet Shop Cake.  I will say I set guidelines for this cake (no birds) because I didn’t want something … Continue reading →

Mummy Eyeball Wreath Tutorial

Here it is the Eyeball Wreath now cleverly named the Mummy Eyeball Wreath because my ideas seem to morph into something new.  The original idea has been bouncing around in my head for a while I had recently found an old sketchbook with a bunch of doodles, one was for an eyeball wreath.  My original … Continue reading →