Oh hi there!

From the City...

So it was my birthday yesterday and I've been pretty down and out the past couple of days with a nasty case of mastitis ( I know right, a year of bfeeding and I get it now???) so if this beautiful little ditty didn't just brighten my day right on up...a simply lovely little pendant with my little ones name and birthstone.  

Laura and I have a constant gift giving cry challenge whereby we give a gift hoping that we'll make the other person cry (twisted, right?) and I won't lie, she just might have gotten me with this one, or maybe it was just dust, that's it, dust.  

To get one for yourself (likely with someone else's name on it, cause it might be weird if you got mine), go here and check out Belleza Mia's shop. 

Theo and I have a constant mitten battle these days.  I put them on, he takes them off and this goes on for about the entirety of our walk until I finally just give up let him fend for himself.  A little harsh huh?  While I'm letting my kids hands freeze I notice that my friend and walking companion has these amazing mitten sock combination things.  So I decided to whip up a pair and share it with you.  They work pretty well, I must say so myself.

Point 1: me. Point 0: Theo

Materials needed:

Mittens (0.50 at goodwille, yesssss!)

1 pair of adorable socks that you can't give up cause you love them but they don't fit anymore

scissors

notions

sewing machine

1. Marvel at your materials

2. Snip off the tip of the socks

3. Sew the inside of the sock to the inside of the mitt, challenging but do-able.  

I won't lie, I swore a little bit during this step but I got it done.  

4. Hand stitch the last little part which you were unable to finish on the machine (about an inch0  

5. Put them on your kid and do a little dance because you won.  

-amelia

Giant Fruit

 From the City...

My crafting inspiration came directly from this months Martha Stewart Living Magazine.  Rarely do I connect with this magazine, most of the time, I'm actually quite disappointed with it.  I mean, who has time to spend three days renovating and organizing their linen closet??? Nevertheless, I really liked how bright these fruit pics were so I decided to make a set of my own for my little kitchen.  I think they're pretty cute.  

TOOLS:
3 dollar store canvasses
4 tubes of dollar store paint
1 $10 paintbrush ( I splurged a little here)

Crafting for Baby

From the City...

I've been trying to keep myself busy lately with craft projects and my mother in law Diane gave me the best idea for inexpensive art to hang above the baby crib.

I found this incredible bird fabric that pretty much set off the rest of the colors in the nursery (nursery being the one wall in our bedroom, Toronto rent is expensive!!). From there, Simon, Diane and I picked two other fabrics that seemed to work well with the bird fabric. We then picked up some cheap canvasses from the dollar store. From there we cut the fabric with about two inches around the canvas and then stapled it to the wooden frame making sure to pull the fabric as tight as possible. The corners are the trickiest part. The strategy I used was folding the fabric corners similar to how you would fold the corners of a Christmas present.

The biggest purchase you need to make is the heavy duty wood stapler. But trust me, it's worth it. You'll find yourself stapling everything just because you can.

Give it a try.

amelia