Don’t you guys just love the Michael Miller Funky Christmas line? It’s so bright and modern, but folksy at the same time. This is my favorite print: I decided to use it for a tree skirt so I could enjoy it for years to come. I wanted to patch together pie-shaped pieces to make a…
Activity Advent Calendar: You-Print-It, Part 2
Here’s our version of the activity advent calendar: After printing the two calendar pages, fill in the activities. Perforate the “doors”. I used my sewing machine without thread, at a stitch length of 1.6. The back looks like a bunch of “I”s. Line up the two sheets, holding it up to light to match the…
Activity Advent Calendar: You-Print-It
I have a really adorable, fun, amazing, ridiculous, energetic, you-get-the-point 3-year-old, K. This is the first year she’s really able to get an idea of what the holidays are all about. And while I love the fun of candies and little gifts in advent calendars, I feel like she’s a little over-candied and -gifted already,…
No-Sew Projects
Normally I don’t advocate this kind of thing. I am a sew-it girl. I don’t do paper crafts, I don’t do cut-a-hole-in-fleece-and-call-it-a-poncho, I don’t do paint. That’s why I am only the co-owner of this blog (not that Susan would make a fleece poncho – that would totally negate our friendship. But she does do…
Easy Flippy Fabric Basket
I love seasonal decor, but I don’t enjoy pulling things out for a bit, putting them away for most of the year and often forgetting about them for a year because they got buried under other seasonal items. I’ll put in the effort for Christmas and Valentine’s Day, and I only do it for Valentine’s…