Re-living the 70′s with Iron-on Letters

November 15, 2009

If you grew up in the late 70′s or early 80′s chances are pretty good that you had a baseball shirt at some point in time. And if you had a baseball shirt, you most likely ironed something onto it. I bought Wyatt a baseball shirt a couple of weeks ago and since then it has been calling out for some fuzzy iron-on letters.

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Upcycled Baby Pants

May 13, 2009

I’ve been sewing up a storm — a storm of baby pants! Over the past few weeks, I’ve made six pairs of pants for August. Six pairs! I’m normally not so good at sewing pants or anything else with a curve or a hem, but these pants were hella easy. I used the Rookie Moms [...]

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Playing Post Office

April 30, 2009

Wyatt’s been home sick with a fever and a sore throat all week, so we’ve been hanging out around the house a lot. I let him watch a bunch of movies the first few days, but after awhile it got to be too much. The same old toys only hold his attention so long before [...]

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Taggie Monster Tutorial

March 28, 2009

The other night I had a dream I was making a super cute stuffed monster for Augie. The dream was one of those super realistic ones, where you wake up and you’re not sure if you actually lived it or not. I made the monster out of actual materials in my stash and it was [...]

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Halloween Ghost Garland

October 25, 2008

Here’s a fun Halloween craft that Wyatt and I made last weekend — a ghost garland! Zach needed to work and I’m too scared to take both boys to the park by myself (Wyatt’s a runner!) so I needed a project that we could do around the house that would keep Wyatt out of the [...]

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Cloth Napkins Tutorial

August 3, 2008

Seeing as I am eight plus months pregnant, you can imagine that I am nesting just a little bit. Through a circuitous chain of events, this nesting instinct caused me to spend a few hours this morning making cloth napkins. Here’s how it happened: I’ve been feeling the need to stock-pile frozen dinners so we [...]