Introducing A Brand New Prudent Baby!


We’re so excited to introduce our all new Prudent Baby! After many long months of nurturing, she’s finally arrived. We’re gazing at her with a bit of exhaustion and a lot of bliss; we hope you adore her as much as we do.

Let us introduce you! We wanted to create a site that made it easier for you to find the project you want to make. Feel like sewing, but not sure what? Head over to the BY CRAFT button, and choose Sewing & Serging from the drop down menu. There you’ll see all of our sewing projects with pretty pics so you can quickly flip through them. Or perhaps you are headed to a baby shower and want to make a blanket for the new bean; in that case, head over to the BABY+KID menu and choose Baby Essentials, there you’ll find tutes for all the things babies need. Throwing a party? The ENTERTAINING+FOOD category has crafts, recipes, and more. I think you get the picture. And of course, if you know exactly what you’re looking for (say the One Shoulder Dressy Dress or How to Ice A Cake) you can still go ahead and use the search box, which is up there on the top right. There’s so many ways to find what you want or to browse around and get inspired. We’ve also got a better commenting system just like you asked, so leave lots of comments and we will be able to respond to you directly, which we promise to do as quickly as we can as soon as our kids get their shoes on and stop asking for candy and such.

We’d love if you oohed and aahed over our baby’s beauty. She takes after Jacinda’s side of the family, what with her blue eyes and artistic streak. You may have heard that Jacinda is working on a new line of fabric, and I’m so head over heels in love with it, we used it as inspiration for our new look. Yup, Jacinda hand painted and drew all the pretty details, even those lovely buttons under our illustration (which we commissioned from I Missy You, and like so much we may never let ourselves be photographed again). Freckled Nest helped us design the site, those are some talented ladies if you want a blog redesign or an ad whipped up, they are your girls. The duo that helped birth this baby are Sean Benham and Tina Lam, they are probably the best developers in the world, true experts at migrating from Blogger to WordPress, which, if you know anything about blogging, is a mighty task. And since they have babies, they don’t even mind if your child tries to swordfight you while shrieking “Frosty the Snowman” when you talk to them at midnight their time.

So take a minute to get to know each other, Prudent Mama and Prudent Baby, we hope you fall in love. We can’t wait to read your comments and hear what you think.
XOXO
Jaime & Jacinda

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Superbowl Party Decor: How to Make Tissue Pom Poms


With the Super Bowl coming, here is a fun way to root for your team with very little time, money and effort. Make a bunch of tissue pom poms like I did for Gordon’s Football 1st Birthday and scatter them around to show some spirit.

Read on to learn how to make simple tissue pom poms and then stay tuned to learn how to make a football jersey cake.

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Link Love


As soon as I saw this drape front cardigan tutorial for girls the wheels started turning in my head. I have to make one (or 10) for myself.

A last minute gift that is handmade is not always the easiest idea to come up with. These bowls are perfect for just that and they can be completely personalized.

For anyone out there who is a tea addict like myself, these handmade tea bags filled with your favorite tea would be a wonderful Valentine’s Day treat.

My advice to all you this weekend, pamper yourself.

Our friend Cynthia from Fabricworm launched her new line of baby bedding and it’s getting a bunch of press love. It’s so cute. (more…)

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Mini Me Top


One of the things I love most here at Prudent Baby is being able to chat with crafty mamas from all around the world. Even if we don’t have the same first language we can still learn so much about crafting from each other. Citra from Innocentia is here from Indonesia to share her adorable Mini Me Top. So cute, right? You can also check out her posts on how to draft a peter pan collar, sew a basic balloon dress, and a super easy way to make hangers.

Get the full tutorial for the Mini Me Top after the jump…
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How to Make Fabric Yo Yos


Last week I showed you how my mom gave Clare’s favorite dress a second life with some yo yo applique. Here is a little tutorial for How to Make Yo Yos…  just like my mama taught me and her mama taught her. Once you know how to make them, you can use them on anything from t-shirts to hair clips. You can even make an entire bedspread by sewing them together like my grandmother did here. Talk about scrap busting!

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Wooden Rainbow Arches


Lately I have been a total sucker for wood craft tutorials. I loved the child-size ironing board and when I saw these rainbow arches I knew I was hooked. Jennie and Allyson from Shape of a Spoon are two very talented women that find and create art in their everyday lives. Whether it is capturing the adventurous spirit of their kids through photography, sewing up a new dress or knitting the best sweater ever these ladies will try it all. Their Etsy shop 3Three is full of their handmade treasures where you can find such products as the Skirt + Satchels.

Enough of me chatting up a storm, let’s get to learning how to make these Wooden Rainbow Arches…

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Cross-Stitch Quote of the Day


Jaime and I have been having some fun turning our favorite quotes from scholars, writers, celebrities, our readers, our friends and even ourselves, into little cross-stitch “patterns.” We will be sharing them with you over the next few weeks.

For today I picked a quote from Jessica, one of our favorite Prudent Mamas. I can’t remember when and why she said this but it amused me so much that I made a note of it. Now it is a cross-stitch pattern that we can all enjoy. Thanks for the laughs Jessica! You help make our day so fun.

#3. Glitter is the Herpes – Jessica

Previously posted quotes include:

#2. Be Where You Are – Jaime Morrison Curtis

#1. Remember This – Marcus Aurelius

Cross-stitch is pretty much the perfect little winter craft and makes an adorable Valentine’s Day gift for someone sweet. If you need a refresher course, Martha can give you the low-down, of course.

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