Posted on June 25, 2009 by claribell
going on holiday tomorrow to stay with sisters and aunties, so i’m whipping up some coasters as gifts for my hosts. they have old and new fabric on the front and good old blanket on the back (with cotton batting in the middle) . they probably won’t make up for nearlyMabel waking up at 4am with sore teethygums, [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2009 by claribell
So, i finished my first nappy bag-slash-wallet-slash-changing mat (last weeks creative space). You can tell its my initial go at it because i was so anxious to get the idea out of my head and into fabric that it’s wonky. My idea was to eliminate the nappy, plastic bag of wipes and bum-cream floating about in my handbag. [...]
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Posted on June 20, 2009 by claribell
Dances For Pies has posted a little picture-tutorial for these funky little playing card boxes
image: dances for pies
and she’s right, how cool would nudie playing cards be as a little box? i’m adding them to my op’shop treasure list to see what i can find. you can find the tutorial here
PS when i saw this blog name (dances [...]
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Posted on June 18, 2009 by claribell
plotting the worlds littleist nappy bag-slash-wallet-slash-changing mat for when i just pop out and don’t want a huge-mungous nappy bag……my jeans pockets just don’t quite do the trick (yes, i’m such a sad case i tried once)
more creative spaces (thanks kootoyoo)
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Posted on June 16, 2009 by claribell
oooh, the AgnesCoy online shop just got updated, i love her little shoes,
if only nearlyMabel would have stayed wee enough for these
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Posted on June 16, 2009 by claribell
thanks for the bargains opshop fella. i couldn’t carry home the piece of furniture i liked, and really i don’t have the time at the moment to sand, paint and pretty it up, but i can still dream…. instead i picked up 4 single cotton sheets and a blanket….ooh, and a hot pink apron and I KNOW [...]
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