Now that Christmas is over let’s get back to work. Monogrammed fabric clipboards. This has to be my most frugal project ever. I found these clipboards at the dollar store, I know sometimes I do go there just to check it out, you never know what you might find. Surprisingly not 10 minutes before I found… Read more
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“B” is for Bed #3
And doll bed # 3 goes to my niece Anna for her birthday. It’s the same build as bed #2 which is one slat less in width than Ana’s plans here. As usual I went crazy sewing the bedding. Anna has Kit, hence the ‘K’ monogram. Here it is all bare: headboard: footboard: Now let’s have… Read more
“S” is for Scavenger
A Christmas Scavenger Hunt for kids. A fun activity for all the cousins to keep them from running around the house totally crazy. I had to make it easy because the kids range from 3 to 8 years old. I filled the personalized tin pails I had made with prizes, each pail had a different prize… Read more
“K” is for Kid’s Table
The Christmas Kid’s Table It’s no surprise that there will undoubtedly be a kids table for the Christmas meal. I brought the kids picnic table that I made in from outside and gussied it up. All the cousins are supposed to sit together and eat, somehow they only end up sitting for about 5 minutes right? I… Read more
“F” is for Firewood
And where do we keep it especially now that it’s the season for making fires? Here in our new red pail: This pail wasn’t always so red, I had it in the basement being used otherwise when I thought it would make a perfect firewood holder – but its striped colors just didn’t… Read more
“C” is for Christmas
My Christmas kitchen. I thought I’d share a few quick pics of our kitchen now that it’s Christmas and four months has passed since the renovation completion: I made these little bags to hang on the kids cubbies from the leftover webbing: (Check out the kids table here.) Santas on the ledge thanks to Grandma Florida:… Read more
“S” is for Subway
And no not the NYC subway thank goodness. Subway art. In the spirit of the Christmas season and the current decorating trends (although I think I might be a bit late boarding this train) I give you my seasonal subway art: These were made especially for those six teachers who put up with my kids every… Read more
“P” is for Pail
Super cute, easy, fast and inexpensive tin pail for kids. On a recent trip to big orange I picked up some tin pails ($3.50 each) because I just had to have them, you can relate, and then I quickly came up with a need for them and a project was born. I started with these supplies:… Read more
“M” is for Mail
Every day now the kids look forward to getting the mail with great anticipation to see if there are any Christmas cards. For the kids only the photo cards really matter, so far we only have a few but they have been coming steadily. This year I wanted to display them for the kids to… Read more
“C” is for Clothespin
Inexpensive yet very useful the clothespin deserves a little attention. Let’s make it a bit more decorative with an easy cover up: Supplies needed: – clothespins – assorted craft paper – decoupage (mod podge or white glue) – exacto knife – sandpaper (220 grit) Cut small scraps of paper to fit one side of clothespin… Read more
DIY Doll Crib with Storage Drawer
Another piece of doll furniture, the crib with storage drawer: Ever since our little niece Lily arrived back in August my girls have been infatuated with their dolls and babies. Every day is all about the dolls, their clothes, where they’re going (school, parties, doctor, playdate), and most importantly where they are sleeping. Every night… Read more
“M” is for Mattress
A quick tutorial on how I made the mattress for the doll crib. I started with a piece of foam mattress topper (much more economical than upholstery foam from the craft store). And quickly realized that two pieces would snuggle into each other to make it thicker: I cut out the size to fit into… Read more