Sewing, Crafting & Fun
We have been Dr. Who watching like crazy round here as well as thinking of crafty gifts to start on for Christmas. Thanks Doodle Craft for this DIY Sonic Screwdriver craft for those Dr. Who/ cool pen people in your lives. I know my dad would like one!
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My First Submission for the Toy Society. This was a toy I made from a class drawing. I made a few too many. I love this Idea. Giving away your work. Especially if you Just can’t help but make more than you know what to do with.I planned on leaving him in the children’s section […]
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I just got back from the cutest Baby shower, totally Pinterest inspired. Each guest got to take home a mason jar with an etched mustache that was prefilled with our beverage. We were asked to decorate onesies. I’ve done this at another shower, but we used mainly fabric markers at that one. Here, we had […]
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I know not everyone can be as lucky as me and be able to raid your mothers’ closet for free fabric and then decide what to make. That is how this costumes starts for me. I had a monkey costume for the baby and needed something to match. My mom had tons of inexpensive, blue […]
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My husband is great at very simple AND comfortable costume ideas. This is an A shirt with the neck and front drenched in fake costume blood. I found this shirt at the thrift store. My husband spray painted our car tire black and then proceeded to roll over the shirt. Let it dry and voila! […]
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I thought it would be great to show you some simple costumes that doesn’t cost much. Last year, I made this crochet hat for my nephew. The coat is just felt and the Yoda hat is made of homespun yarn. I used this pattern for the hat and it turned out awesome. However, I forgot […]
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I have to say that I am so glad that I haven’t been able to post recently. I have been swamped with work as well as trying to be “awesome” mom and wife. I haven’t even sought new clients since May. That doesn’t mean I don’t want more, please by all means, e-mail me! Just […]
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Wow, 29 toys in one rush order. Not sure how many times I’d like to do that.But these were super cute and fun. I definitely learned learned a few things. Now I need to make a new princess dress for my daughter before she thinks I only make things for other kids.
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For my brother’s birthday, his wish list said he wanted a Coraline doll. Seeing as how I had a week till his birthday, I was thinking I could make him one. So, I searched for one online and found this blog. I thought long and hard about getting her pattern, but then I reminded myself […]
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My daughter received this doll recently for her birthday. It’s a typical size 15″ doll for kids right now. I have made several princess dresses for my daughter in the past that I felt confident enough to copy the dress on the doll and use leftover fabric to make more princess dresses for her new […]
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I am starting a new category to my custom work. With permission from Childs Own Studio to share the work load I am taking up toy making from Children’s Drawings. COS calls them “softies” and I will tag my posts as such, however in theme with my website I’d like to title this series Fuzzy […]
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