So many fun projects and we have so many more piled up! Keep sending them to us through this form or add them to the Prudent Baby Project Pool on Flickr. Also, you can share them with everyone on the Prudent Baby Facebook Page. Your “As Seen On Prudent Baby” Button is down there on the left. Now go enjoy your weekend!
This week’s winner is taking home this fat quarter of double gauze “treffle” matryoshka fabric from Kokka. Check out the whole amazing Kokka collection at Fabricworm!
All-time favorite sorbet that I’ve come up with? Pickled Ginger-Lemongrass-Thai Chili. Yeah. Sounds crazy, but it’s really crazy good. The lemongrass and sweet ginger flavor hit you first and is so refreshing, then at the very end that spicy chili comes through and we actually sweat a bit. Simply put one or two chillies (these are HOT), one stalk lemongrass (crack and crush the stalk first to release the aroma and oils), pickled ginger to taste, one cup water and 1/2 cup sugar into a pan, bring it down into a syrup then either churn it in an ice cream maker for small bowls, or pour into popsicle molds. Note: unless your kid is a champ with the spicy this is a better adult indulgence. Haha, and I’m not sure anyone could handle a whole paper cup’s worth. đŸ˜‰
Enter to win this giveaway by leaving a comment on any post over the next week. Be hilarious, be ridiculous, be helpful, or just BE. We’ll pick our favorite comment next Friday and mail these cuties off. Have a lovely weekend!
what’s up ladies, you ready for some linkiness? here goes… How cute and simple! Make donut macarons with Raspberi Cupcakes. Love this DIY for a grass-topped table at Family Chic. Had to share this adorable pic of Rebecca, Gus, and Dove from Cooking With My Kid. They’ve been cooking up my garden bounty in a million yummy ways. Check out some great ideas for Zucchini here. This might be the best toy Scarlet ever got. Cardboard playhouses of all styles that you put together then paint…and they’re sturdy, not expensive, and distributed in the US by a small mom-run business! From Calafant.
And more… -Check out some of their favorites tutes over at Sew Mama Sew (including our Capelet pattern)! -Love the idea of celebrating Shark Week with these cupcake toppers from Bake it Pretty. -Let’s support crafty ladies all over the world. At Kiva.org you can read the business plans of entrepreneurs in developing countries. I made my first $25 loan to the Senor De Accha Group in Peru. They are starting a jewelry making business. Your small loans have a huge impact, AND you get paid back! Check it out. –Weelicious has a great recipe for Homemade Playdough! What a fun thing to do on a saturday afternoon. -Steven Slater, folk hero! Every time I get annoyed lately i think “Grab Two Beers and Jump” (thanks Jimmy Kimmel). Which reminds me, I am addicted to the Ask The Pilot column on Salon. All sorts of behind the scenes info about air travel. -Love this DIY for hanging storage baskets over at U Create. -Making these edible candy crayons looks like a super fun activity to do with the kids, at Gourmet Mom on the Go. -If only I could afford this. Sigh. -Remember my big brother/professional photographer who wrote our 25 Tips for Taking Great Photographs? Well one of his amazing images of the Masai people is in my book. He shares the image and writes about it here. -Love Viv’s DIY lampshade cover at Ish & Chi -My husband sent me this hilarious/heartbreaking video: “Daddy no take my flan!!” -DIY training chopsticks by Janie at OhDeeDoh. So cute! -I can’t remember why I started googling this, but I’m fascinated by the secret train station underneath the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Supposedly FDR used it when visiting the city and his limo would go right off the train and up an elevator into the garage. Read all about Platform 61. -Six things to cool your drink other then ice cubes at The Kitchn. Which reminds me that my friend Jai posted the cutest pic to facebook this week of an ice cube with a cheerio frozen in it. The caption said “you know you have a toddler when…” –Friend us on Facebook and be part of the conversation. Also, friend DailyCandy Kids so you can check out all the hot stuff we uncover everyday! -And finally, is there anything on earth hotter than Eric on True Blood? Other than maybe the Duke of Suffolk on The Tudors? oh, and my husband too…
Last chance to leave a comment and possibly win the Kokka Fat quarter pictured up there on the left. Seen any good links this week?
I’m out in the desert far away from my sewing machine, so I thought I’d share this week’s favorite road tunes. And we’re heading out with the kiddo for our first 8 hour road trip (to Meemah and Papa’s house) next week, so I thought this summer road trip mix might bring a little vibey fun to our adventure, without giving me agita from repetitive “kids” songs. You can check it out in the widget below and if you like it, you can buy any song right through the widget. Kinda neat, right?
Have any great road trip songs we should bring along? Let us know in the comments and you could win that awesome fabric up there on the left. I’m also especially interested to know what was THE song at your Prom. Seriously.
Get the full list of songs after the jump… (more…)
There are four low-tech things I do in the kitchen that save bits of time and make me feel happy. Find out what these Low-Tech Kitchen Gadgets are after the jump…
Share your favorite low-tech kitchen gadgets with us (and also tell us if you are on Team Jacinda or Team Jaime when it comes to butter bells) in the comments. You could win that Kokka double gauze pictured up there on the left.
A few weeks ago reader ERIN sent us her cucumber popsicle recipe. Loving the idea, I immediately went outside and picked a few. These popsicles take just a couple minutes to throw together, and they taste so refreshing. They were a hit so I had to make more, adding mint to the second batch. Deelish! Thank you Emily, they are amazing! And a pretty cute way to use those ABC Paper Cups from Pint Size Social! Note: I didn’t realize the cups were spelling “ritz” until just now. Have you made fresh fruit popsicles this summer? What flavor should we try next? I have heard jalapeno is good in popsicles, does that sound crazy? Share with us in the comments and you could win the gorg fat quarter up there to the left.
Elisabeth from Growing Home is back with another gorgeous DIY for us. A Rick-Rack Baby Blanket! This is an excellent beginner project, a thoughtful gift and a perfect way to display your favorite fabric in baby’s room. I think I need to make baby Vlad (not his real name)a robot blanket! And if you love this look, also take a peek at Jaime’s Rick-Rack Place Mat tutorial.
And don’t forget, any comment you leave this week could win your that gorgeous fabric up there to the left. Let Elisabeth know how much you love her project, and while you’re at it, let me know how you spell ric(k)-rac(k). The internet seems to be confused and so is Jacinda.
Take it away Elisabeth! Lately, it seems that conception is in the air. More friends than I can count are having babies, which means that I’m very blessed to have LOTS of baby showers to attend. Now, I love celebrating mommas, love welcoming new little ones, and especially love an excuse to get away from my own responsibilities and chat it up with my girlfriends. However, I get a little bored with my baby gifts. Or maybe not bored, just bummed, because what I WANT to buy my friends is something lovely and unique and surprising (like a hand-knitted mobile from a fun boutique…) and what I can fit into my gift budget is a package of Dr. Brown’s bottles. And honestly, despite the fact that Dr. Brown’s has seen me through two separate years of two separate fussy babies, I would like to have a bonfire and torch all those bottles and their silly parts (I have a weird feeling that I’ve vented about this before…apparently I’m a little angsty on the subject of infant feeding. Don’t get me started on nursing. It was not easy). Anyway, I have found a solution to my quandry, and it is the DIY receiving blanket. All the credit for this creation goes to my mom, who made collections of these blankets for Big Brother and Little Brother when they were born. Four for each boy, mostly from adorable, preppy, boyish fabrics like seersucker, gingham, and bright Vineyard-Vines-eque plaids. She had the advantage, of course, of knowing that I was having boys, which I don’t always have with friends (as cool as I think it is to wait, I am WAY too much of a control freak to sacrifice all that planning time). If they weren’t meticulously packed away in the attic, I’d show you a picture–it would almost be enough to make me want to have another boy to wrap up in all of them. Almost, but not quite.:)
The wonderful thing about these blankets is that you can style them in any way you want, and once you get the hang of it, whipping them out in one evening is quite easy. This bright, funky pattern from Alexander Henry(also available in Pool and Bright) is one I’ve had my eye on for months, and the impending arrival of my dear friend Megan’s third little man was the perfect excuse to snatch it up (I bought it at Whipstitch; if you’re in the Atlanta area and curious at all about sewing, you must go there). Megan’s husband is Czech, and the two of them have spent many seasons of their relationship living and traveling abroad, so this pattern seemed particularly appropriate. For a another friend–a native Southerner who is waiting to welcome her first child–I aimed for something a little more delicate and traditional. Two totally different looks, huh? The best part is that they are personal, handmade, and FAR more special than something that my meager budget could purchase at Babies R Us. Just don’t hold me to making them for every baby…I might have to give up sleeping.
See the full Rick-Rack Baby Blanket tutorial and tons more pictures after the jump. (more…)
by Jacinda
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