One of the fastest ways to escape the heat is by cutting off those sleeves and Turning Any T-Shirt Into a Sundress.
Keep your baby’s head away from the sun with this Summery Sun Hat Tutorial (With Pattern).
Make a Football Jersey From a T-Shirt for your little mister.
Or a Racerback Dress for your little miss.
And the best outfit for keeping cool while climbing trees and playing countless games of tag, The Romper With a Zipper.
A slew of the gorgeous threads that we spotted at Spring Quilt Market are hitting fabric shops. It’s a fabric wonderland right now! If you are looking to treat yourself to something pretty, here are some beauties that you won’t want to miss, like the fun farm prints in Violet Craft’s Madrona Road.
Or this sweet cut-and-sew doll house book from Kelly Lee-Creel. This is her debut collection. She is crazy talented and so so sweet in person!
Come, join us on a drool-inducing fabric adventure… (more…)
I have been a BabbaBox fan for a long time and I love it so much, I know you will too. The subscription service from Babbaco is awesome… each month a box arrives on your doorstep brimming with all of the supplies and instruction you could possibly need to create crafts, science experiments, reading, games, and more with your kids.
Each month there’s a theme that unifies all of the elements, a past favorite was “space” where we mapped the phases of the moon every night, created a planet lantern, and looked through the telescope to find constellations. The box on gratitude was awesome. This month’s theme is “sprouting seeds”, and the box includes a seedling kit to decorate your own pot and plant in it, a Curious George gardening book, a seed sorting & planting activity, and the first craft we did, which was to create flower pens and use them to draw on included coloring sheets…
And each box comes with a treat for parents, too.
Umm, yes please and thank you. And the bee pollen, such a clever touch for a gardening themed box. We are giving away a BabbaBox, so find how to enter (and get an exclusive discount code just for Prudent Mamas) after the jump… (more…)
What do you say we start this week off with a tutorial for us hot mess mamas? Fabric Paper Glue is filled with DIY accessories for you like this Art-Inspired Chevron Tote Bag Tutorial and Pink + Wood Bib Necklace Tutorial. These Flourished Chalk Cloth Coasters Tutorial would make a great gift for a fellow mama you know. Today though, it’s all about this cute Stripes + Color Tote. It’s one of the prettiest totes I’ve seen all summer and is surprisingly easy to do.
Let’s get to it…
Where I am in the world: We are 1.5 weeks into our epic Summer roadtrip. Dallas to Eastern New Mexico, to Tucson, to San Diego for lots of sunshiny fun. Now we are finishing up 3 days here in LA with my very best friends. Jaime was off to Blogher but we got to squeeze in a few meals in swimsuits and even pulled off a giant photoshoot of both of our families together. I also had the chance to luxuriate in the amazing home of Crunchtime‘s Sherri York. Well, luxuriate as much as one can with 3 crazy tikes. Gordon however took his relaxation time very seriously, claiming the dog bed as his very own lounger. I think we need to do a toddler lounger tute. He seriously was obsessed. Would y’all make that?
Of course we couldn’t come all this way and not head to Disneyland for some magical girl time.
Fabric that has me drooling: I’m not in a rush to get home but I do know that I have new stash of fresh fabric waiting for me including these sweet threads…
Melody Miller for Kokka, Ruby Star Spring 2012, Starlet Absinthe
Heather Ross, Nursery Versery, Countrymice Yellow
Cosmo Textile, British Mix White
Post I’m bookmarking: 22 items you can put in a dishwasher, 13 you shouldn’t, plus how to cook salmon in it.
Well mamas, we are off for another long day driving to Cedar City, Utah in the morning. The girls are thrilled to see their aunt get married on Saturday and dance the night away, I am too! xoxo
Over the years we have created many DIY projects for Prudent Baby and one the perks is that we get to hang on to all this crafty goodness that we make. However, not all DIY samples are created equal, there are some projects that rise above the rest and make it into use in our daily lives. Pretty little handmade things (and lessons in how to make them) that we also can’t imagine life without. Here are our favorites… (more…)
This post was sponsored by the one and only Stuck On You ® Labels.
August makes me think of one thing, back to school. This is like my half year, spring cleaning where I start the school year off right with organized pencils, markers, and pretty labels on everything. Also, Jaime and I both have husbands that drive us mad writing on the kids gear with sharpies. Now we have cute labels that we can either iron or stick on! Thank you, Stuck on You…
When it comes to choosing labels, stick with the original. Stuck On You ® labels have been trusted by Moms for over 17 years. Stuck On You ® Labels have every label you are likely to need including name labels, iron on clothing labels, stick on clothing labels, shoe labels, sock labels, mini labels, shaped labels and more. Featuring original funky colors and cool designs loved by kids, choose your favourite and create your personalized labels online before you buy.
They even carry shopping lists to make sure you keep track of the most important things in life, like shampoo, dentist appointments and champagne.
Keep reading to get a peek at Quinn sporting her new personalized jammies and to learn more about the back to school lifesaver, Stuck On You ® Labels…
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Have you ever kinda sorta wondered about machine embroidery, but then also figured it was maybe too difficult and probably too expensive? Well, there’s a new machine in town. We had the pleasure of testing out the totally new (and totally affordable) Brother PE500 embroidery machine. This machine has so many options – lots of included designs including alphabets, images, and the frames you’ll see in the video, as well as the ability to use designs stored on a card or from your computer, and it’s only $297 on amazon
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Take a minute to watch as we create these pretty felt coasters using the Brother PE500. You will learn the basic steps to machine embroidery (along with our awesome assistant Colleen, as she machine embroiders for the first time). We think you will be surprised by how simple it actually is, and that your brain will start buzzing with ideas for putting thread onto fabric in magical ways…
