i heart playdoh
I really love playing with playdoh. It is somehow super relaxing. Etta wants to be The Pigeon for Halloween so stay tuned for how that turns out....
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
children's books
love this site... amazing listing of old children's books! and this book, "what it feels like to be a building" looks pretty fun..
thank you cards
more etta art transformed. i took some of her paintings, cut them into uneven strips, glued them on cards and used them as thank you notes for christmas gifts.
valentines
we made valentines yesterday which will of course be arriving a little late in people's mailboxes but oh well. i made heart stamps out of some corks and etta stamped with paint onto pink paper. i cut that and a bunch of other papers into hearts and then sewed them onto the cards. sewing paper is WAY fun. i did some other cards where i "appliqued" the hearts on with a zigzag stitch.
ps. champagne or beer corks seem to work better than wine corks. the knobby end was easier for etta to hold. the corks cut pretty easily with an exacto and the denser the cork the better - like the pink heart in the pic.
littlephant
i LOVE this site! it's so bright and cheery - just what i needed to see after a week of nothing but grey, rainy northwest days.
i really want this dachshund poster.
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| images via littlephant |
shadow puppets
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| image via oregon shadow theatre |
i just found out about oregon shadow theatre in our whatcom museum newsletter. their shows sound amazing- beautiful visual displays accompanied by live music. they will be performing thumbellina here in march - can't wait.
ana dress
made this jumper | dress yesterday for ana's 2nd birthday party today [she likes owls]. it was super simple - i will definitely be making some for etta. the pattern calls for facing the neckline front and back which was a little bit of a pain. i think next time i will just line the whole dress and make it reversible.
i used my buttonhole foot for the first time - i don't know why i have been scared of it for so long.
doll house
i've been looking at doll houses for etta's christmas present and came across some crazy cool ones. i feel as architects jay and i should really design and build a custom doll house for etta - but that is just never going to happen. the two houses pictured below - the villa sibli by sirch and the mod ply house are a bit out of our price range so we decided on this one from plan toys that was a little more budget friendly.... and colorful.
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| image via fawn&forest |
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| image via daddytypes |
i also came across this pretty amazing mini modern doll house furniture at minimodernistas.
images via minimodernistas
kitty crayons
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| image via kittybblove on etsy |
how cute are these! i stumbled across them on etsy today. the creator, kittybabylove, is the featured seller. i was thinking of getting etta some chunky crayons for christmas - might have to get these. and they are made in portland!
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