Keep on rollin’
through our gifts! This Crayon Roll Holder is a great and useful gift for children! I noticed on our crayon roll that the inner fabric lining gets marked up quite a bit from the crayons going in and out. So this time instead of using interfacing on the lining piece I covered it with iron on vinyl. This is such a cool product. I had to keep myself from covering all the pieces—and I am glad I didn’t.
2011 Holiday Tags
Goody gumdrops, have I got a project for you today. I've been wanting to do something with adhesive magnetic sheets for awhile, but have been waiting for the right stamp/die combo to come my way. It did with Shape It Snowman. So, for any of you with pre-school to young elementary age kids in your life--whether your own or those that you borrow from time to time--here's a fun holiday project to make for them.
The Train To Crazy: Handmade Dress Up: DIY Fairy Wand Tutorial
Welcome to the Handmade Dress Up Series! Like what you see? Please PIN it or Stumble it!
charlaanne: made with love
ETA: The pattern is now available! You can find it here...Love, Charla Anne. Lily loves playing with her little dolls and carrying case. I made them for her birthday last year. They are especially nice for keeping her quiet during church! I think it is my favorite thing I have made so far:)
Ruffly Crayon Apron Tutorial
I made this for my bestie's little girl last week I am going to attempt to tell you how I did it. In the interest of full disclosure: I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to sewing and this is not going to be a very technical tutorial. I don't know how to read a pattern or how to use half the functions on my very simple sewing machine.
How to Turn a Glove into a Chipmunk
While gloves and socks are made to be forever together, often they choose to divorce and spend their lives in a solitude. Of course, we have to respect their decision, but it’s hard to look at them being all lonely, laying somewhere in the backs of a drawers. Luckily, crafter and author Miyako Kanamori has a wonderful solution! With some plastic surgery you can turn your old and lonely glove into an ever happy chipmunk! [Read more...] In her book, Happy Gloves: Charming Softy Friends Made from Colorful Gloves, Kanamori also gives complete instructions on how to make a frog, duck, flower, car, donkey, tiger, and more!
Gwenny Penny: Pencil Pouch Tutorial
I love back to school time. The aisles of notebooks, folders, pens, glue sticks, boxes of brand new pencils. When I was a teacher, I had so much trouble with kids showing up to class day after day without anything to write with.
Catching Fireflies; The Faux Decor Version
A lot of us can recall fond childhood memories of running around the neighborhood, on warm summer nights, catching fireflies. We would place ours in a ventilated jar creating a magical glow for a few hours before letting them fly away free, night after night. Keeping with our whimsical ‘bug’ bath theme, I thought it would be a cute to re-create a little faux jar that would give off that same warm magical glow for my little guy once the sun goes down. I found some small 1/4″ Button Plugs in the wood section of my local craft store. They ran $1.19 and came 22 in a pack. With a little American Glow-in-the-Dark Paint from DecoArt, these tiny little wood turnings instantly became our mini fireflies.
doll suitcase: tutorial
I created this fun doll suitcase for my oldest daughter and we love playing with it together. It has three interchangeable rooms, a secret clothes storage space under the floor, and it's portable! Would you like to make your own?
Adventures of our Fami-Ly: Quiet Book Tutorial and Templates
Well, here are all my secrets, sources, and sewing tips from the quiet book I debuted a few weeks ago. I hope that they will be useful to you and will inspire you to create one of these books too! I simply ask that if you use any of my original templates or ideas that you kindly link them back here, just as I’ve done with the templates that were not my own ideas. Other than that, enjoy them all!
Pom Pom Tutorial – Elmo & Cookie Monster
I will still do some pom-pom projects this week. Hopefully you can have some gift ideas for the upcoming Christmas Pom Pom is the easiest craft I found to be able to make various cartoon features.
Mom 4 Real: Make A Puppet Theater From a Pallet
I have had two pallets sitting on the side of my house for two months. I have one project in mind, but this one popped in my head this weekend, and I decided to jump in and just do it. I was staring at the pallets leaning up against the house, and thought hmmm…what if I popped a couple of boards out so you could see through them, like a window. Then I thought about how that window would be the perfect size for Kate to look through, and it hit me like a ton of bricks! She has always wanted to have a puppet theater, so I grabbed the pallet and got to work so I could surprise her when she got home from school.
What's Mummy Up To ...: Matching Scraps
We love Matching Games. I have to admit that Bethany is a little too good at these games these days, and Mummy definitely doesn't have to let her win anymore...she just does it on her own. I blame baby brain ... I wonder how long I can continue to use that excuse? I first saw this idea of a fabric matching game on a stall at the craft market ,"Wheel 'n Weft", that's run a couple of times a year in Thornleigh, Sydney.
