Link Love


Super simple yet superawesome storage solution at Smile and Wave…
Supercute Yellow & Black birthday party at A Little Gray…
No-sew storage box tutorial by Belinda at The Happy Home…
and Anthropologie inspired DIY cardigan at Adventures in Dressmaking!

And more…
I could not be more in love with this site. Do you feel bad? Feel Better.
Coffee can yarn storage at do stuff!
Make a bowl from a ticket roll at Buggie and Jellybean
Have a friend who doesn’t want kids? Neither does she.
Rad Playtent tutorial at Pixie Campbell
Using thread spools to organize hair bands at Sew HomeGrown
and a pretty papercut project at Noces de Coton!

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{a little announcement}

I am so proud and humbled to share with you the cover of my book Prudent Advice and to let you know it is now available for pre-order. Thank you to everyone who has read and contributed to this endeavor. I hope it lives up to your expectations, and does our daughters justice.


Prudent Advice:
Lessons for My Baby Daughter (A Life List for Every Woman)

Now available for pre-order:
Amazon| Barnes & Noble | Borders | Indie Bound

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La Petite Mag Launches with a Prudent Baby DIY: Yarn-Pin Wall Art!


The first edition of the beautiful online children’s magazine, La Petite launched today!

Rachelle from Kenziepoo is at the helm of this venture and she asked us to contribute a DIY, and we were so excited to oblige. I created this sun from yarn & pins as wall art for Scarlet’s Nursery. It’s a super simple way to jazz up a space, even a non-crafty person can do it! Get the full DIY in La Petite Magazine here!

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Super Simple Wrap Skirt


OK, maybe the Ten-Minute Onesie Dress took more than ten minutes, or so I’ve heard.  We hear you when you tell us that sometimes we say things are super easy, but you’re new to sewing so you disagree.  So to that end, I set out to create a DIY that would be about as simple as it could possibly get and still be a sewing project that you would totally use and be kinda cute.  Here it is, a super simple wrap skirt.  This is a great project for trying out bias tape for the first time, so seriously, buy some double fold bias tape and make this, and then you will understand bias tape so you can make a Reversible Baby Bib or an Oilcloth Art Smock or a Swingy Summer Tank Top or what have you.

I couldn’t resist posting this face. And hey, while you’re at it, make a bigger one for yourself. Get the full Super Simple Wrap Skirt tutorial after the jump…
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GIVEAWAY: The Handmade Marketplace

THis giveaway has ended, we will announce a winner next week!  So Amazing! We have a copy of The Handmade Marketplace: How to Sell Your Crafts Locally, Globally and Online By Kari Chapin and we are going to give it to YOU! That’s right YOU, YOU lucky, randomly-selected winner YOU.

If you want to hear a bit more about this book, check out our review from earlier this week or stop by author Kari Chapin’s site.

And here is the best part! Kari Chapin herself has offered to answer a few questions for us (a little interview) and we are passing the opportunity on to you! So here’s how to enter to win the book:

Leave a comment here with a question for Kari. It can be a anything you want to know… about starting your business, selling your crafts… writing a book… being awesome in general. We will pick our favorite questions and pass them along to Kari and then post the “Interview” here on Prudent Baby. So ask away, and feel free to come back and enter every day. The book giveaway is open US residents 18+, but anyone can ask questions! A winner will be randomly selected when the giveaway ends Thursday, April 22 at Midnight CT.

And if you’re feeling shy, you can just go ahead and buy a copy!

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Minus 5-Minute Tank Top Tunic


I stand behind my belief that this ridiculously simple Tank-Top-Tunic (even simpler than the original) is a very cute and clever addition to any hot-mess-mommy or baby wardrobe. But a few disclosures before we proceed:

1. I put this on last night and my husband asked me why I was wearing an apron at 11PM. So there’s that.

2. Clare wore her version (the original) to the DMV yesterday and the lady behind the counter said “How funny, I love when they dress themselves.” hmmmm.

So basically, you should definitely make these for yourself and your children if you’re feeling like your over-inflated ego needs to be put in check.

I WILL guarantee that if you make one and send us a picture, WE will lavish you with compliments because WE think it’s awesome. Find the Minus 5-Minute Tank-Top-Tunic DIY after the jump.
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Summery Sun Hat with Free Downloadable Pattern!

Get ready for Summer with this Summery Sun Hat with Free Downloadable Pattern!


It’s summer (almost)!  Time to protect baby head’s from melanoma and what-not.  I whipped up a little summer hat and created a pattern for you.

Isn’t that fabric the cutest?  It’s a home-decor weight Etsuko Furuya.  Get the full DIY Summery Sun Hat Free Downloadable Pattern after the jump…
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Winner of $50 Gift Card to Madison Reece Designs!


And the winner of the gift Card to Madison Reece Designs is…456eleven.com who said:
Honestly love them all. Am torn between Make a Wish, Lotus Blossoms, and Giving Tree. My son’s name is Preston after my wonderful Grandfather. He is actually the 5th Preston in our family. My Great Grandfather, Grandfather, Uncle, Cousin, and now my son. He is such a wonderful child and the perfect one to carry on the family name.
But everyone else, don’t despair, you can still get FREE SHIPPING on anything in the shop by mentioning Prudent Baby!

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