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Red

13 Friday Jan 2012

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I found these red silk slippers upstairs in my stash of clothes for the kids to grow into.  I had forgotten about them, and Ada will finally fit into them.  They originally had fabric soles, for inside the house.  I had our shoe repair man add a layer of rubber to the bottom so Ada wouldn’t slip on our steep stairs.  The red kimono is another Pearl River Mart find.  Thanks Aunt Vasna!  It is not fair that the adult version of these are not half as cute.

Spiral Cushion

10 Tuesday Jan 2012

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Chris and I are still pretending we can have nice furniture and children at the same time.  But it has been three years, and I haven’t yet refinished our dining room chairs.  I found the pattern for these beautiful knitted Spiral Seat Cushions in Joelle Hoverson’s More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts.  The book is amazing and full of easy knitting projects.  Joelle founded Purl Soho– one of the best knitting, sewing and crafting stores in Manhattan.

This project is great to do when you have kids around, as you can easily pick up where you left off. The cushions hide a multitude of sins on our chairs and they are easy to hand wash after Ada’s dinner in a big-girl chair.

Graffiti

06 Friday Jan 2012

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One of our favorite gifts this year was a set of fabric markers and shirts to decorate.  The kids had a blast and got to keep the markers and wear the shirts.  Thanks Aunt Emily!  There are lots of fabric marker options, and the glitter pens were especially popular.  Look for ones that dry quickly without ironing so the designs can be worn right away.

Last year we used fabric markers to decorated fabric totes from Ecobags and t-shirts from American Apparel.  These make fun projects or favors for a party as well as great gifts.

A Little Help

05 Thursday Jan 2012

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Our paperwhites are blooming! The leaves are getting a bit floppy so we helped hold  them up with some string and our pink plastic chopsticks from Pearl River Mart. The pink makes Ada happy, and everyone needs a little help sometimes right?

We love Pearl River! It is the best resource for colorful and cheap party supplies, lanterns, slippers, chopsticks, paper parasols…Sometimes we just walk around on a winter day for inspiration. There are dragons and lanterns are on the ceiling, so look up.

Vanilla Sugar

02 Monday Jan 2012

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We made vanilla sugar for holiday gifts.  It is a super easy recipe that kids can help with.

You will need:

*Vanilla bean, one per jar

*Sugar

*Recycled jar

Place vanilla bean into jar, using a funnel let the kids pour in the sugar.  The vanilla will infuse into the sugar and make it delicious.  The kids can decorate custom labels- we got blanks from Papersource.  The gift tags are made from Elmer’s glue and glitter on office supply manilla hang tags. Be sure to let them dry before tying on.

The sugar is great for coffee or baking, and you can add new sugar to the jar as you use it.   We love ours in pancakes!

Lucky Girl

29 Thursday Dec 2011

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Ada, Christmas morning digging into some Dough doughnuts in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn. Dough

(I literally walked a mile to Dough when my water broke with Josie.  After one of their amazing lemon meringue doughnuts we were ready to have a baby!)  I love Dough.