Lovey amigurumi is cute and easy to make, so check out this free crochet pattern! You will easily make one, even if you are a beginner.

The flower fairy mobile I just finished! It will be for sale at the Squam Art Fair and after (if it doesn't sell then) Phoebe Wahl 2013 Wool felt, wire, recycled fabrics.

How to throw a party in 3 easy steps. My 3-part formula will ensure party success everytime. Birthday party, baby shower, weddings, any event

The baby shower was a group effort. It was so awesome to be able to focus on cleaning my house the day of the party rather than cleaning, then cooking, then cleaning the kitchen again! Heather was …

This pom pom sheep garland is easy to make and adorable! Great for Easter or for any 2015 "year of the sheep" decorations!

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Check out the best baby shower gifts, from diaper bags to taco booties and everything in between.

Keep reading to discover some unique baby shower activities that aren't lame. These fun activities will help your guests enjoy your special day.

Per una festa, un compleanno o un anniversario e tutto quanto possa richiedere un addobbo ecco come realizzare delle decorazioni fantastiche a bassissimo

Baby showers became common after World War II during the baby boom of the 1950s, and shower games were a standard activity.

One teacher chose to show her students how to treat others is a truly unforgettable way, and I'll be passing it on to my kids for sure.

July 8, 2015 home furniture String curtain is not a new topic on our blog. But, we have found so many new, fresh, summery, exotic solutions for string curtains in our research! Somehow it resulted that we urgently want to communicate to them with you. Usual curtains and blinds are just much faster dirty […]

These games will have guests wanting more — not looking for the door.

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As soon as the girls in my Shepherding Group and I began talking about planning a little boy baby shower for our dear friend Erin, I have been brainstorming nonstop! Another party -- Eeee! My friend Jody and I were in charge of organizing decor. Ohh, decor. My FAVE. Since I was outta town for a couple weeks, planning didn't really start until a little over a week ago. There had been talk about going with a woodland/forest/fall theme, so I had been looking up ideas for inspiration on all the regular blogs I follow. We found a lot of great inspiration from some of the blogs, especially with felted acorns. All I can say, is Jody and I had a blast creating some pretty awesome, DIY things. Thankfully, Jody is megacrafty like myself, so getting in a fabulous-shower-groove wasn't too difficult. Of course, not many DIY's and amazing decor ideas aren't always cheap, quick-and-easy or stress-free, but it was totally worth it. Jody and I made each of these fabulous balls by hand! She hand-wound the yarn and twine, I did the moss. We found some incredible, textured moss at Hobby Lobby.. Jody used wool yarn from her collection (used to crochet Erin's baby blanket). When looking for inspiration, we came across some "felted acorns". Jody said, "I'm totally gonna do that!" Oh my word, I almost died when I saw them. Jody made her mouth-watering German Chicken Salad. (I found some pinecones behind our apartment, to use for the food label holders.. Turned out really cute!) Jody's homemade Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes! I made these cute little owl toothpick-toppers.. Credit: Illustrator/artist - del4yo, found here, also see credit below. Jody hand-dipped pretzel rods in milk chocolate, covered with cinnamon/sugar peanuts (gah!).. We also did these in mini's for the favors.. Bethany made these adorable Caramel Apples with little owl-faces! Beth made some de-LISH deviled eggs.. (She also found the most yummy, gigantic grapes!) Favors -- Mini Hand-Dipped Pretzels.. We cut each of these little flags and strung them on hemp-cord. The more we moved the flags around on the cord, the more it frayed -- giving it sort of a twine-ish look. For our main centerpiece, we combined some sweet, furry green stems (Hobby Lobby) with some branches I 've had for a while, from ZGallerie  {Jody & Me} Proud of all our hard work!  Erin (Mommy-to-Be), Jody, Michelle, Me & Beth We hung more of our flags in the living room (with a little bowl of pinecones & pumpkins). Michelle made some really good Apple Cider Punch Wishing Tree! Michelle found some awesome branches to make the perfect "tree".    Hand-sewn owl pillow made by Erin's Mom-in-Law  Erin's sister made the cutest baby mobile After the party began to die down, we posed for a Shepherding Group girls' photo + a few friends!    xo [Photos: Jody Peach] [Owl illustrations - del4yo - used with the authorization of the author. Please be warned NOT to copy or use these images without contacting illustrator first. I just wanted to mention.. The images were actually found - exactly as you see them - in a speedy Google-search in preparing for this shower. Among several owl images we found, we chose and quickly began using them and cutting them out, ultimately failing to locate the original source. Unfortunately, there was no watermarking on the single jpeg image that was stumbled upon (containing 4 little owls) - as we would never intentionally use, share, sell or especially "take credit" for images we didn't create. I have in no way attempted to sell or take credit of the images. Upon contact from del4yo, I immediately and genuinely apologized for the unintentional usage of her illustrations (posted on my blog and featured on Ohdeedoh without a clear, known source + permission). I immediately provided credit, as well as offered to remove any image - including the entire feature and post seen here. I still feel bad that the situation even happened as it did. Our goal was to plan and create a fun baby shower for our friend. It was absent-minded and careless to use images and post them without identifying the original source first. If the images had been found on del4yo's adorable site or contained any markings, we most definitely would have asked permission before using, or we wouldn't have used them at all. Regardless, credit should have been given prior to posting, and all posts have been credited accordingly. I know that I have taken the correct and immediate steps to resolve any hard feelings or accusations of dishonesty. I absolutely understand the severity of using ANY images/illustrations without permission of any creator or source and since this post in 2010, I have continued to source any images found/used as accurately and specifically as possible. [Fonts: wwwkevinandamanda.com]

Hidy Ho Stampers, OMGosh…is all I can say. Since I got my catalog, I've been pulling old stuff out, reshelfing new stuff and just playing, playing and playing more! I just love to stamp!!!! and I love to color and I love to cut! What a place to be!!!! Today's card is so much fun ... Read More about Block Card aka Stair Step Card with Deb Valder

21.A sticker help your todder put their shoes on the right feet Via: onecreativehousewife.com. 22.Juice box handles – Prevent kids from over-squeezing juice boxes. 23.Glue On The Bottom Of Shoes Offer Slip Protection Via e: facebook.com. 24.Catch Popsicle drips with a to-go coffee lid Via : instagram.com. 25.DIY bottle holder lets babies feed themselves Via : parenthacks.com. 26.Use A […]

We’ve gathered some of our favourite Miffy-inspired décor items to help you on your way to decorating your own sweet little bunny’s bedroom.

I'm not sure how people did parties in my office suite before I came along. Seriously, they must have been lucky if it was ice cream cake day. Let me say the Party Planning Committee brought it on at Virginia and Shawn's "Mustache Baby Bash." Guests of honor: We asked guests for a baby photo and added some of our own creative touches. We kept theme beyond mustaches, bow ties, and monocles to graphic prints in primary colors. Since baby showers are much more guy friendly these days we opted for games that appealed to a variety of ages and both men and women. Guess the 'Stache (my game, thus no word bank. My dear coworker did the next. She's a lover of the word bank.) a. Ned Flanders b. Ron Burgundy/Will Farrell c. Adolph Hitler d. Tom Selleck e. Clark Gable f. Albert Einstein g. Captain Hook/Dustin Hoffman h. Geraldo Rivera I. (the husband/baby daddy) j. Hulk Hogan k. Rollie Fingers (Oakland A's pitcher) L. Charlie Chaplin and Who's that Baby. Food included manwiches, bow tie pasta with dill, homemade pizza, green salad, fruit, quinoa and black bean salad, stuffed mushrooms, and real cookie ice cream sandwiches. Seriously, this suite brings it when I ask. Guests made onesies for the baby boy to be. Presents were received and joy abounded. Twins!

Make this DIY finals survival kit for your college student! Includes instructions, gift ideas, and a free printable note! #finals #collegestudent #giftidea

Back when my daughter was a toddler, the only show she'd watch was the Muppets Show. Let's just say Kermit and Miss Piggy got me many a quiet shower, and to

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This is a PDF copy of the 24 page Ladies Home Journal Masquerade Costume Sewing Pattern Catalog from the 1920s. These pattern booklets are a great way to learn about fashion from a certain era, gain inspiration for your latest vintage style sewing project, research a particular pattern, or just enjoy the pages of artistic eye candy! This booklet has several pictures of styles from the many eras as influenced by art deco and flapper trends. --PLEASE NOTE, this booklet contains only illustrations of descriptions of patterns. There are no actual sewing patterns in this booklet. TRIGGER WARNING: This booklet contains imagery that some may consider culturally insensitive, or cultural appropriation. While this was a common practice in the era when this material was published, that does not make it any less hurtful to some cultures or groups, both when it was published, and today. We have included these images in this material for research purposes only, but we in no way wish to condone cultural appropriation or reductive, hurtful stereotypes. ============================================ INSTANT DOWNLOAD: Your purchase will be available for download the second your payment clears through Etsy. Simply follow the email sent to you, or click on , then and under your receipt, . ============================================ Printing a PDF is easy. Just open, hit print, and make sure that your printer scale is set to 100% (this should be the default setting in most cases). Copyright 2012 Mrs. Depew Vintage.

Children use collage materials to make patchwork houses from cardboard and fabric scraps.

From making a rainbow in a jar to whipping up a batch of fizzy bath bombs, we’ve been doing plenty of fun kids’ science projects like Magic Pipe Cleaners

When planning a baby shower people often focus on the theme, decor, guest list and food. And while all of those items are essential to any party, it’s important to remember the entertainment, too! Luckily there are a ton of ways to keep your guests busy. […]

Finished up the reunion quilt. All the details and dimensions can be found here. My mom is coming out the first part of October, so I'll give it to her then. I did simple quilting around each block. You can see it on the back side if you look closely. (Close up of the backing fabric and the binding.) The binding and the back border fabric are the same. I like how it makes the binding disappear on the back side. I have been very happy with my last couple of bindings. I am getting pretty comfortable at hand sewing. Mom will be proud!

Over here in the Smashed Peas household we just love every book that Mo Willems writes. He has a lifetime fan in all of us through and through. I think the most loved books of all are his Pigeon books. There is just something that my littles (and me, me, me!) just love about that […]

Hi everyone! It’s Traci from Artsy Albums back with you today to share a tutorial on assembling Lori’s adorable pop-up crib card! This card is just precious, and so easy to put togeth…

I have been on a math kick lately. I think it is because my kids are strugglingggg with basic math concepts lately and it’s killin’ me! We have been learning addition strategies and practicing addition within 20 for two weeks now and my class has just started to pick up their momentum. They are […]

***This is a project I did over 2 years ago BTB (before the blog). The pictures are bad and were not at all intended for blog world...

Just a few days ago we celebrated my Mum's birthday. My beautiful mum does a lot for me, she helps me with the kids, my housework and she's there whenever I need her. So I was really stuck for a birthday gift this year - she's got everything you could possibly imagine! I suprised Mum with a Surprise High Tea, Sit & Sew Afternoon for her and her sewing friends, needless to say she totally loved it! A special thanks to my beautiful friend Emily at Sweet Pops by Emily for the devine High Tea Goodies and perfect High Tea Set up! Enjoy the pics Mum and I Amazing High Tea Set up perfectly in my dining room Tea Bag Cookies complete with Paper Tea Bag Tags Chocolate Favours -Embellished with Handmade Paper Flowers using the NEW! Pansy Flower Punch Easier than you think! Instructions: To make one flower, punch out x3 pansies. Cut one petal out of one and cut 2 petals out of another. Arrange them as above. Glue the open ends together for each cut flower, use your fingers to roll the single petal. Stack the flowers inside one another from largest to smallest, with blob of glue from a glue gun secure all the petals to the base flower cut out. Decorate and curl the petals out as you wish. Pansy Punch Code Item 130698 . Thanks for visiting my blog

I used to love to dance around in skirts as a young girl. And I always wanted a pettiskirt. My childhood friend had one, and we would wear it, then trade, then dan

As days went by, I couldn't stop smiling and giggling when I thought of the name -- I know it's meant for my baby, and my husband feels the same. Except… I feel guilty about the idea of "stealing" this beautiful name.

It's the event before the big event; gender reveal parties are what's trending. There's no better way to allow friends and family to be a part of this special life moment! Learn how to throw one here.

Baby Björns are cute and practical but...well, they just feel odd at the range or the stockyard or the tractor pull. Andy Herald has a great solution that should go into immediate production. Link -via Matt Anderson Previously: Camouflage Moby Wrap...

Hosting a baby shower? I'm sharing four awesome baby shower games that are not only a blast but create some special mementoes for the parents to be!