Toys
September/October brings change of season, and fresh starts and frivolity and seriousness too. So for a break from whipup realtime I am introducing a few weeks of guest bloggers to liven up your crafty experience. To bring you something fresh, and hopefully invigorate you to make and do and be and think!
2010 guest blogger series: make a bale of turtles with Jodie
Tutorial: Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
by Michelle Vackar, Modern Handmade Child One of our favorite outside activities at our home is drawing with chalk on the driveway. You can play hopscotch, four-square, and of course draw and create silly stories. My daughters and I were talking one day as we played hopscotch about how to make chalk and I thought to myself, let’s try it!
by Michelle Vackar of Hi Mamma With all of the daily activities of running your business it can be difficult at times to relax, decompress and enjoy life. Some people will find their escape in cooking, walking, yoga, reading a good book …really the list can go on and on because we each enjoy different forms of relaxation. Back in my mid-to late twenties, I was working at an advertising/public relations agency and putting in an average of 50-60 hour work weeks. I was not married, no children and my career was my life, but one thing was missing: a time where I pampered myself, doing something that I enjoyed. As a birthday gift, my parents surprised me with a watercolor class at our local art center. I had always dabbled in watercolors while in college but never anything like formal training.
{Tutorial} Color Your World with Handmade Watercolors
Pressing the ingredients into the crayon mold. Processed nuts, sesame seeds…and moistened with melted marshmellow. The consistency should be somewhat dense and clump together with a squeeze. Another color set, processed corn, nuts, yellow fruity pebbles, bee pollen, super healthy.
Crayon
your little one will absolutely love this cake! step by step instructions with color pictures will guide you in how to make this adorable cake. if your little one wants plain shortcake or if you want to make lots of different frosting flavors to switch out, you are able to do so with this pattern as the frosting is detachable!! my free tutorial for the strawberries are on the moda bake shop and can be found here: http://www.modabakeshop.com/2009/07/fabric-strawberries.html **we are now using a downloading system. the email address attached to your paypal acct will be the corresponding email. please check that email for downloading instructions. if you have any problems downloading please contact me! thanks!! <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>
V and Co — strawberry shortcake with detachable frosting pdf file
Knitted Bunnies « Jo so and sew
This bunny is so simple as it is made from a knitted square – any size is fine. (This one is in 8ply wool on 4mm needles and 28 stitches across.) With the same coloured wool (I have used contrasting wool here so you can see more clearly) and a very big running stitch – stitch across the middle of the square (fold in half if you want to be accurate.) Make sure you have a secure knot at the end as the thread will be pulled later. Knitted Bunny tutorial - Step 1 Then stitch up into one half of the square to make a triangular shape – as in the picture
Hi Spud & Chloë Friends, After an overwhelmingly positive response for the Oink preview and for adding wings….. here he is! This project is so fast to work up you will barely blink an eye and a pig will be flying around your house.