62 posts tagged “tutorial”
From Other
- With the crickets blog
- Confessions of a sewing dork posted a tutorial fro a felt and cardboard castle
- Fun felt ornaments from Ric Rac
- More fun with felt - felt harvest dinner from Dana at Made and the So You Think Your Crafty blog. Check out her awesome Halloween costumes ala Dr. Seuss.
- More from So You Think You Can Craft - awesome tractor from Jill, and pretty pillows from V and Co.
- Fabric travel chair from Jill, and her awesome Halloween costume - adaptable to many things - fairy wings?
- Quilt block pin cushions from Molly's Sketchbook on the Purl Bee.
- Felted balls tutorial from Painted Threads - make ornaments or dryer balls.
- All kinds of printable downloadable goodness from Lollychops - gift tags here we come
- Molasses Cookies from Framed
- 54 Stitches Giving Thanks book and holiday chain
- Soft felt baby book - tutorial and pattern to buy.
From Craftzine
- Buddy T Rex costume pattern and instructions from PBS Parents
- Wee Gnome Hallowwen costume tutorial on Instructables
- Love Megan posted a simple faux fur vest tutorial and linked to this P.S. I made this post
- Cupcakes for kids at Weelicious. Need to check this blog for more food ideas - prosciutto and spinach calzones looked good.
- Jen at Decor * did a fabulous round up of 2010 calendars, also to include this post
- Giggly Mama and Family posted a yummy looking recipe for soft pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I might try it substituting the white flour, white sugar, and oil for healthier alternatives.
From Cool Mom Picks
- Jade's Toybox
- High Roller Hullabaloo CD over on CD Baby
- What every baby needs online shop with cute organic stuff
- Wise Bread Family Budget spreadsheet
- Look at this amazing felt playhouse ('table slipcover') From Jill at Homemade by Jill. She has a couple tutorial/templates up for flowers and stuff, then in this post includes her inspirations - great ideas in these as well.
- See this cute hostess apron tutorial from Angie at This and That.
From Craftzine
- Creative Kismet posted about making a leaf garland from paper bags and paint. I love it and think T would enjoy the painting part. It looks very pretty and could be nice strung in our living room or dining room.
- These Mexican hot chocolate snickerdoodles from Post Punk Kitchen look FABULOUS
- Envelop - Belgian printing house for everyone. Not sure I care for many of the designers so far, but ...
- creativitE, crafty blog with lots of scrapbooking stuff.
- Melly and Me - from Australia, adorable softie patterns like Magoo the Monkey and Florance the Flamingo.
- Cute birdies to black 'ravens' on Dollar Store Crafts
- Dinosaur play mat tutorial
- Infant Halloween costumes from Vicky Howell
- It's a small world birthday party (This is for a 2nd birthday! What happens when the child really cares?!) Inspirational and wonderfully crafty if a bit over the top for the age; over on Nested.
- On Threadbanger, directions for making a Mad Hatter costume!
- Looking for shoes, looking... what about these from Simple Shoes?
- Pumpkin cream cheese truffles from Whole Foods
- Candy corn cookies, mauled apple cider, both from MS
- Picture frame ornaments from Exposures, or from Pottery Barn. These card ones (branches) are also cute.
From Cool Mom Picks
- Pat the Beastie
- Katie Blaire Designs stationary - Busy Busy Busy notepad
- MS Halloween Central - must find idea for large spider and web for house.
- T and B came home yesterday and said they want to make a giant spider for the house. I am cool with that as I have been thinking that could be a fun and not too spooky decoration. Family Fun trash bag tarantula, spider web at Pier One, spiders and spider web at Party America, and a video on how to make a spiderweb.
- GrowShow - slide shows of a child's growth, and or great frames to show the growth.
- Uncooked greetings
- Keeping it clean enough
- Giving up on family dinners, from the NYT, and another version from Just A Little Pregnant
- Type A Mom and age appropriate chores - we;re right on track!
- How to make a wool rosette pillow from Felt Furnishings. And from MissMoss Shop, another cool felt pillow - the lunar pillow. The Felt People has some pretty wool felt.
- Chalkboard pumpkins! From Jen at Indi Fixx.
- Branch building blocks at The Whimsey Tree.
- Fun with craft foam at WhiMSy love - includes mustaches that are so fun!
- She did a fun Old Fashioned Paper Doll Party - some great ideas.
- Tons of links/ideas on what to do with t-shirts at Hide Your Arms. A few I looked at: yoga pants, empire top, scarf, and a diaper. This last is at the blog Natural Violet and there is a lot to peruse there - especially if you wan to make diapers.
- Trussing and roasting a chicken links to Instructables - perfect for that bird in my freezer!
- I think I have linked to this blog before, but Homemade Happy looks fun (when she posts, which looks ot be infrequently.)
- Various reusable cloth snack bags on Celebrity Baby Blog. Need to make some - nylon interior, cotton exterior, and some Velcro - voila!
- Inspiration for a dragon costume, here, here, here, and here. Wings on MS. Inspiration at Company Kids.
- Pumpkin Pie Bars recipe - 4 1/2 star rating over 338 reviews - must be good!
- Funny bones ghoulish treat - pretzels, marshmallows and white chocolate - yum!
- Halloween treats from Paretning magazine: ghoulish ghosts (Twinkies), witch on a stick, and Ghostly marshmallows.
From Craftzine
- A new lunch tote pattern from Clouds and Cotton
- Chez Beeper Bebe made some awesome birthday (reptile) goodie bags, and these fun kid gifts - must remember both and think of making these drawstring bags for gifts...
- Lovely Designs has a gift bag tutorial (as if you really need one, but ..) and she made some sweet home books. She has a beautiful blog and design aesthetic.
- Ric Rac posted a cute free PDF tutorial for one-hour softies. PDF here.
- Howtoons on making ice cream - no ice cream maker involved, but a lot of tossing.
- Tree shelves
- Bed idea, and check Gothic Cabinet Craft
- Great space party and blog to check
- Mothers Day Every Day - place to donate, somethign to look into. One woman dies in childbirth every minute.
- Feeding my desire for Frye boots, they are even mentioned on CMP.
- My coworker Kelly is going to do thirty minute circuit training in her living room using circuits from Sports Fitness Adviser
- Mommy Track'd lost its apostrophe and is now Mommy Tracked. A lawsuit??
- I love this coat rack from Second Drafts found via Sweet Sweet Life
- I love this post from Matsutake (had to post it below, short and so worth a laugh!). Check out too here Halloween craft #1 (wait for #2, and #3).
Halloween Ideas for meWednesday, August 26, 2009
Whew!
I thought that my butt was getting too big, but it turns out that I just have my shorts on backwards.
at 9:20 AM
- From Martha Stewart: Birds Nest, Woodland branches, and Bat headband
From Cool Mom Picks
- The Wizard Of Oz, 70th anniversary
- Check this music out - We are the Not-Its
- New shop: Magpie Love
- Mr Roger's Neighborhood web site
- Make a dragon cape from Instructibles
- Waterproof sheets toppers tutorial from Hazel nuts
- Handkerchief skirt with roll-down waist on Instructables - the waist is the interesting part...
- What fun wedding Mithi and Mr Sunshine had!! Love the guest photos, Tweeter, flags... Check her non wedding posts too for fun book illustrations.
From Apartment Therapy, Ohdeedoh
- Tracy Raver Photography of newborns
- Great wall alphabet idea, and here on Girl with Fabric
- Homemade By Jill made some fun and easy alphabet blocks for her son
- First day of school photos - must remember for posterity (mark calendar for next August!)
- Halloween Decorating from Blair for Value Village
- The Power of Praise - praise the effort.
Via Mommy Tracked, Fall preview line up
Grab and go snack and lunch recipes
Taking Dictation - writing down kids stories for posterity, fun, and creativity on Let's Explore, Creative Fun for Curious Kids
From Epicurious, hosting a wine tasting party
From Bonnie, Montessori apron from Sew Liberated, and an incrediblly delightful donut shop from Ikat Bag
From Craftzine
- Make poppies with a tutorial from Grosgrain. These are very similar to the ones selling for $70 or so over at [enter later]
- Newsboy cap and mittens from a felted sweater tutorial from Simple Up
- From the Motherload, Spiced Pumpkin Waffles
From Apartment Therapy Ohdeedoh
- Zebra felt rug tutorial at Etsy Storque from Dorm Decor
- Entertaining after the kids are asleep
- Tufted headboard tutorial from Nest Decorating
- Dinosaur lamps! At Think Geek.
- Barefoot in the Kitchen is having a giveaway of an Anthropologie inspired (copied) top - very cute (via A Room Somewhere). This is the same woman who posted the jeans hemming tut I linked to a couple of weeks ago. See also How to Use Elastic Thread, and this cute red shirt (using eleastic thread), ok this black shirt, and this white shirt. Must get some elastic thread!
- Clothed Much - a very cute Koren girl blogs about how she makes multiple outfits from basic pieces. Good for some inspiration. Use those scarves and belts! (More indication that I have to get new belts! Shoes and belts my new obsession as mine are lacking.) Ended up perusing a bunch of clothing post a day blogs and this place called Weardrobe. Interesting. Links to Shade Clothing (I've linked before), and Ruchi
- Fab learning letters idea at Filth Wizardry - letters coloring game. This led to this great post about making a font from your kids (or your own) handwriting. How cool and fun is that?! They used FontCapture.
- Flower pin tutorial on My Mama Made It
From Craftzine:
- Great framed vase from the design from the...
- U-bags favorite sewing notions
- Petal sleeve top from ...Love Meagan
- Indie Fixx Back to School Guides including cool stuff from Mod Retro and Retrofied on Etsy (who I have favorited previously)
- $10 child's kitchen at Childhood 101
- Make It Do made some great messenger style book bags for her kids. She based it on this tutorial from mmmcrafts who commented on the great style over at Katie Did (see the fabulous girls dresses - Easter and other)
- So much awesomeness in the blog In My Shoes! Art Fridays, much fun with sugar cookies, color learning, space week with astronaut costumes, art bags... Lots and lots of inspiration. Now if only I had time and that much talent...
- She linked to this great blog called Made. Make sure to look into the charity Craft Hope
- Another child's chef hat tutorial, this time from CurlyPops
- Neat scrap wood pen and pencil holder at CraftyNest. I'm not totally sold on this wine cork trivet, but I could maybe improvise from here. Fun starburst mirror. Hemp string lamp shades - I posted something very similar to this previously, but these are good instructions. Easy zippered pillow cover.
- Montessori in the home ideas and learning ideas space
- Very pretty modern quilts for $90 from "Got me in stitches"
- Making paper at home from the very fun Filth Wizardry blog. Check out the cardboard pizza, and cookie pizza for just two of many fun activities.
- Two food blogs to watch Bakerella and Toddler Cafe
- Neat idea from Lilly and Annie at Sensible Living, and empathy poster
- Natural microwave popcorn - make sure to look at the comments, and see this post for more flavor ideas and a great quote
- NotNeutral has some cute little ceramic dining sets
- SwapMamas - an online swap meet
- Really cute pencil cases in Etsy shops Zomb and Rhomer
- Fun 'thinking' saying t-shirt at Peek..aren't you curious? - but too expensive, I think...
- Free audio book download (limited time) from Kangerboo
- Greenedge Kids is having a sale on many things including this cute lunch set
- Lots of Tea Collection stuff on sale at Chittiplug incuding these pants
Amy Butler rugs!
From Cool Mom Picks
- 1000 Markets and Etsy-esque shopping expereince. Very clean lines. I am pretty sure I visited before through either Metalsgirl or Inklore.
- How's this for a little inspiration - a crayon roll from Figgys who also has some cute boys pants.
- CitizenPip Soup to Nuts Lunch Kit
- Wreck this Journal
- Baby clothes quilts from Wee Wonderfuls - Phoebes and Oscars.
- Cardigan Empire looks like an interesting blog to look into and she posted about hemming jeans in three simple steps. I don't usually have to do this, but every once in awhile my pants need it.
- The charity Warm Woolies donates hand knit or crocheted wool items to children in orphanages in cold places - Russia, Mongolia, and the like, as well as some Indian reservations here in the US (ND). They have free easy patterns! Cratzine posted about it from this post by Weeks on Craft Nectar.
- Falling leaves lamp tutorial from Patricia Zapata
- Tea cup flower tutorial from The Object Project
- Whip Up's quilt block tutorials round up
- Another panties tutorial, this one on Instructibles
- Recycled candles tutorial and links from Failed Feminist
- When I start eating chocolate again I am all over this!! Adult 'poptarts' or chocolate puff pastries on Little Acorn.
- Karin at Orange Flower Sketchbook posted a tutorial for a cute little pencil case (or whatever) using a free embroidery download from Sublime Stitching (check out these cute cocktail napkins they have for embroidering on).
- A is for Apple backpack - printing and sewing something cute from Alpha Mom
- Cool, cool, cool - Bean bag chair tutorial from Threadbanger as part of their Decor It Yourself videos. Now to make some changes so we can stuff T's stuffed animals in there...
From Apartment Therapy, Ohdeedoh
- Cool retro inspired 'propoganda' posters at Joeseppi's Etsy shop
- Letterboxing, an activity to look into with T
- Funny Mom cards from Hallmark
- Homemade by Jill was interviewed and offered a bunch of great links.
- Some of her projects I like are a quite time book and silhouette pillow
- She mentioned that CraftPad is one of her inspirations and I will have to check it out - look at this super hero cape (tutorial from the Long Thread) and nurse apron (and here)!
- Modern Rockers and gliders - check these pricey but great ones from Monte, Nursuryworks and DucDuc, and interesting handmade from Canadian company Off Your Rocker. Look at this incredible glider makeover!
- Graze Organic snack bags
- Stock a shop, from Journeys Into Unschooling
- More inspiration and projects - stuffed letters from Hillary Cosgrove, and Alphabet card display from Smile and Wave (love too the chalk board speaking bubbles.) Also, a room tree.
From Cool Mom Picks
- Baby Steals, could be another place to check each day. New steals (50 - 80% off) posted daily at 9 am MST.
- Mary Kaye's Music Box CD
- Daily time lapse photos of Alexander's first year of life. :-)
- Custom artwork of favorite toys
- From Parent Dish a question and tribute to John Hughs, who died last weekend. The article - Did the films make us better parents - made me think about how I really need to take more time with T and not always rush off ot work or to make dinner, or... (though how I will work or get dinner on the table I am not sure.)
- Are you there God? It's me, generation X is a blog I'd like to explore. Looks perhaps like the writer (JenX67) is also a '67 baby. She links to a number of Generation X blogs.
- The winner of the T-shirt refashion on Threadbanger - cute dress. Not sure it would look good on me, but cute and easy.
- Several quilt binding tutorials over on Whip Up
- I might have linked this before, but she has an Uber collection of sewing tutorials. Some cool fun stuff.
- Felt Food from Felt Cafe (got to this post through one they linked). Consider ordering the Japanese book from her.
- Headband ribbon wrapping techniques at May Arts
- Take a look at the t-shirt in this photo from HelloMe on Etsy - could be a refashion project?
- Janice J prints on Esty - fun illustrations of city life/buildings
- Oliver + S released two new patterns and has links to cute outfits folks have made, including this one with the sailor pants
- Lovely fun post with links at Design Sponge for the design inspiration behind the movie Mama Mia
- Including this Scandinavian place Fjorn
- Also on Design Sponge, strawberry cream puff recipe - yum!
- ZRecs Sippy Cup showdown 2009 in the toddler Pre-K division. Seeing as T broke the top of his Fogo travel cup. :-(
