I recently ready the book Silverlicious by Victoria Kann to my four-year-old daughter. The book goes through the main character’s adventure of losing her sweet tooth and discovering another meaning of sweetness beyond treats, candies, and goodies. Prior to beginning the book, I had failed to realize that my daughter didn’t know anything about losing her baby teeth and eventually getting her adult teeth. Oops. It had never come up prior to that. She was a little horrified by the {Read More}
Last week we had some great link ups in the St. Patrick’s Day theme. Now that is one holiday we have not really celebrated too much here in my house. Sure we wear the customary green to ward off pinches, and sometimes eat a store bought green treat but that’s about as far as it has gone. A couple years ago we were at my sister in law’s house and she went all out with a leprechaun trap, green milk, {Read More}
Appliqueing is a fun and easy way to embellish cloth items like onesies, t-shirts, totes, bibs… The possibilities are endless! Drawing your own applique patterns is a great way to personalize cloth items, but the web is also filled with great applique patterns like the penguin shown below from Stitchwerx Designs. Once you have your desired pattern, here are two applique techniques to try… How to Applique The first way is to use a product called applique glue; Here is {Read More}
Now that Valentine’s Day is over I want to get my sewing machine out and make some cute stuff for my kids. I found quite a few little cute sewing projects in last week’s Making the World Cuter Monday that I wouldn’t mind working on! Cute Sewing Projects Find these cute ideas here; Easy DIY Donuts @Thrive3 360 Cascading Ruffle Dress @Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom Eyelet Dress @The Busy B Hive Diaper & Wipe Case @Young & Crafty {Read More}
How about a sewing bee with three ladies who have some fabulous sewing ideas? Their sewing tutorials are perfect for both beginners and experts alike! Meet the wonderful ladies you will be sewing with today… Veronica is a fabulous seamstress who is always sewing something spectacular and sharing it on her blog SewVery. Kim is the creative talent behind Stitchwerx Designs! She fills her blog and Etsy shop with patterns, tutorials, and handmade items for home, kids, and pets. Amy {Read More}
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