DIY Lullabies

I wanted to share this with you before Valentines Day but I didn’t quite pull it together.  But love songs and lullabies don’t require holidays, right?  So I present to you this little Prudent Baby lullaby kit, including downloadable playlist and free label templates to make your own CDs.  First up is this playlist of sweet & sleepy indie love songs.  You can listen to snippets of them in this widget, and if you like, you can download them through it.  I had to take the Beatles out because they don’t sell MP3s and I couldn’t include mock-Beatles, I just couldn’t do it.  
Next are the free downloadable CD label templates. They feature a couple lines from the songs on the album and print on standard CD labels you can get anywhere, Avery 8692 (Available Here) if you want to get specific. If you like this idea, I’ll follow up soon with a kit for Dance Attack.  
Get the Kids Lullabies CD labels after the jump…

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Recipe Binder Gift

So I can see from the comments on our Sew & Stow Giveaway that organization is  a bit of a challenge for all of us (i can also see that our readers are hilarious).  If you haven’t created one of Jacinda’s Recipe Binders yet, take my word for it, and the word of amazing cooking site The Kitchn, that it’s a great system.  I like it so much, I made one for myself, and one as a gift for a friend.  

For the gift, I downloaded Jacinda’s free Recipe Binder Cover and Spine (now available in a million different colors), and solved the tabs-sticking-out-too-far problem by purchasing dividers with the tabs on the top.  I bought the binder at Staples, loaded it with sheet protectors, added a cute binder clip to mark the page of the current recipe, and inserted a few of my favorites, including family hand-me-downs, holiday favorites, and our clean print-outs from Prudent Baby recipes.

In my own recipe binder I have side-tabs so I placed them in sheet protectors and added Jacinda’s binder templates in different colors to spice it up, and added a “limbo” folder for the recipes I haven’t tried yet.  They have to prove themselves before earning a page in the binder.

This is an easy (and pretty) way to feel more organized.

For more quick tips and ideas, read more of our Organization Posts here.

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DIY Fabric Flower Hair Clip



Everything IS bigger in Texas, especially the HAIR BOWS but that doesn’t mean they can’t be beautiful and stylish. If you have the itch to clip an enormous “fancy” to your baby’s dome, may I suggest this pretty fabric flower hair clip? It’s proof that you can’t even throw away the tiniest scrap of fabric because you never know when you will need to cover a button. FYI, covering buttons is just about the most fun I’ve had since I went to a New Years Eve party at the Playboy Mansion. No, actually covering buttons might be more fun. So much fun.

Find out how to make a fabric flower hair clip after the jump.
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GIVEAWAY: Sew & Stow: 31 Fun Projects to Organize Your Stuff


AAAAAAA!!!!! I am so excited to bring you this new giveaway! It’s February and all my organizational New Year’s Resolutions have been forgotten like expensive shoes and date night after baby was born. SO… you need this book as much as I do, I know it.  Sew & Stow: 31 Fun Sewing Projects to Carry, Hold, and Organize Your Stuff, Your Home, and Yourself! will get you crafting AND organizing AT THE SAME TIME!

To enter, just leave us a comment telling us what organization project you REALLY WISH YOU HAD TIME TO GET TO IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE CHILDREN. I’ll start: i want all of my child’s dishes to be organized in such a way that the cabinet doesn’t explode when I open the door. Ok, your turn.


Twitter the giveaway, post about it on your blog, and/or share it on facebook and leave us another comment for an additional entry. You must be a US resident. Entries will close Wednesday February 24th at midnight and a winner will be selected via Random.org.

GO GO GO!

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DIY Fitted Sheet for Pack ‘n Play


Whatever you call it (porta crib, playpen, playard, pack n play, portable baby jail) and however you use it (travel crib, baby containment unit, toy storage), you know it gets dirty.  I notice, especially when traveling, that the fabric doesn’t seem that comfy for baby either.  When Scarlet was just 12 weeks old we took her cross-country to visit family and she slept in an old travel crib dug up from someone’s garage.  The only thing we had to cover the dirty bottom of it was a big fluffy blanket that didn’t seem safe for such a young one, so of course I didn’t sleep the whole week worrying she was going to suffocate.  Never again!  Sheets for these aren’t readily available, so I thought I’d show you how to make a play yard sheet.  I think it’s super simple, let me know if you give it a try.

Get the full DIY Pack ‘n Play Sheet tutorial after the jump…
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Simple Sewing Projects for Beginners @OhDeeDoh


I was away visiting the in-laws (and, thanks to helpful tips from commenters, celebrating Un-Romantic Valentine’s Day by Go-Kart racing and seeing Avatar in Imax 3D) so I didn’t make any crafty DIYs this weekend, BUT you’re in luck, because one of our favorite sites posted a bunch of tutorials for beginner sewing projects, and our Crib Sheet DIY was lucky enough to be included.  Head on over to OhDeeDoh for a bunch of inspired yet easy beginner projects.

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All the nooks in Texas


Last week, while the girls and I were snowed in, I went around the house taking pictures of the nooks. Funny thing here in Texas, they like to put LOTS of nooks in houses. I imaging this would be pretty fun for people who collect. “Where could I possibly put my collection of adorable blue vintage instant cameras? Why, here is the perfect nook!” Nope, I have no adorable collections. So here I am, trying to find beautiful objects to fill the nooks. Tall skinny objects. As you can see, I’ve mostly settled on simple white ceramics and weird dried fronds. I like the look but the are a bit generic, a little hotel-ish? People, help me, seriously, I have so many more nooks!! Give me some ideas! I LOVE the Gothic Arrangements that Jaime linked to on Saturday (without even knowing about my nook dilemma,) hmn, what else?
 

Next up, windows from one room to the next. weird.

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