It’s amazing how many talented designer, crafters and artisans there are in the creative world of Etsy. The items below are some of my personal favourites. They combine two of my most loved colours: beautiful shades of gray made vibrant and warm when combined with a dosis of playful orange. Enjoy! LeiliDesign $115.00 WillOaksStudio $55.00 moop $191.00 TomBjornDesign… $11.50 Newleafworks $75.00 TheGeneration $55.00 handknittedthi… $45.00 fuzzylogicfelt $48.00 SIAMLEATHER $52.00 myknittingworl… $35.00 timor $34.00 moderncat $5.00 Cartergray $21.00 ao3designs $45.00 mariforssell $65.00 fridastierchen $16.00 Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.
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Spiced up brown paper bags make great, not to mention very cost effective, party favour bags for children’s parties. Using Inkscape (an open source vector graphic editor) I put together the panda graphic I used for the labels on the favour bags we gave away at my son Connor’s Panda Birthday Party. Here’s a tutorial for the favour bags, with downloadable panda labels: 1. Materials and tools needed to make 1 favor bag: brown paper bag panda label pinking shears (nice to have) + scissors hole puncher glue stick or hot glue gun ribbon 2. with pinking
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As promised in my Panda Birthday Party post, today I will be sharing the pattern for the panda applique t-shirt I made for the birthday boy to wear on his big day. The applique is about 4.5in x 4.5in. It is very easy and quick to make. Just download and print the pattern, cut the pieces and if you have never done an applique before, you can follow my step-step tutorial. You can use this technique to embellish baby and child t-shirts, bibs, etc. You are only limited by your imagination. Here is the birthday boy wearing his
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It has been a long, long time since I last posted anything…and I just finished moving my blog over to WP. I am still in the process of setting it up , but I am eager to get back into blogging, so, without any further ado, here is the Panda Birthday Party I threw for my little Connor’s first birthday. I tried to keep it simple by having it at home and only a handful of guests. but had a few handmade details to set the tone. For instance, I was determined to have a panda pinata, and I learned
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I recently applied, and was accepted to participate as a vendor at the Portobello East Fashion + Art Market taking place in Toronto on November 29th. So, I have been working extra hard lately (that explains why I haven’t been posting on this blog as frequently as I would like) in order to be able to bring enough products to the market. So here are a few of the things that have been keeping me busy: My new Monster-Bots. They are upcycled from sweaters made of wool blends, and embellished with felt made of recycled post consumer plastic bottles. All
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Today I am very excited to welcome Timothy Haugen, the talented designer and creative force behind Fantastic Toys. Timothy turns felt into adorable collectible softies that will surely put a smile to your face. He has generously agreed to share his Christmas Felt Ornament Tutorial: Felt Christmas Ornament Tutorial Your family and friends will love these vintage inspired felt ornaments. This is a great holiday craft project to make with left over felt scraps and trim. You can sew them by hand, sewing machine or the younger ones could even glue them together. Finish them up by adding some ric-rac,
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I love that this toadstool pincushion is made of an empty thread spool. I have been in a sewing mode lately, and have collected a few of these empty spools. Last night, it just occurred to me that they would make the perfect toadstool trunk for a quick and easy-to-make pincushion. Materials: a white (empty) thread spool a large circle of red felt (mine is about 6 inches in diameter) various small roundish shapes of white felt (they don’t have to be circles, in fact, a little imperfection here creates a more natural look) poly fill small pieced of sturdy
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We watched Baby Einstein: World of Colors this morning, then we got ready to go for our usual walk and enjoy a sunny and beautiful morning. To make our walk interesting, and to reinforce what Phoenix had just learned from his video, I asked him to point out all the yellow things he could find along our way. These are some of the yellow items he was able to spy with his little eye in our way to the park: Phoenix usually enjoys going out for walks, but today, the little extra challenge of finding yellow things made the walk
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This crocheted card holder is a very quick and easy project, perfect for beginners. It can be completed with small amounts of yarn and in very little time, for instant satisfaction. The materials you need for this card holder are: cotton yarn 4.0mm crochet hook snap button or velcro INSTRUCTIONS -Using 4.5mm crochet hook and yarn, ch 21, sc into 19th st and each st across, ch 1, turn -*sc in each st across, ch 1, turn -dc in each st across, ch 1, turn** -repeat from * to ** until your piece measures 5.25in. -continue with flap instructions MAKE
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I realize that many of you do not know who the person behind this blog is as I rarely post any photos of myself. To remedy this, today I want to share some of my family photos. They were taken this past Sunday in our little excursion to the Toronto downtown area. We went to an art market, and then strolled along Queen Street. Here I am with my two sons, Phoenix and Connor. Phoenix is now 2 years old and Connor is 5 months old. Taking a break. Mommy and baby Connor. Having some fun: singing and dancing. My
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