Craft Ideas Blog

April 2009

Making a crib bedskirt is the easiest of all the nursery bedding, and definitely a project fit for beginners. Because our crib is in the corner, I only made bedskirt pieces to go along two sides – only half the work! (I’ll take a better picture once we replace the carpet and get everything situated [...]

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I have one more nursery bedding tutorial to post and a few other baby sewing projects, but I’m running a little behind. So for a change of pace, it’s BOOK TALK!! I haven’t done book talk in a while, but I’m going to start up again because I love sharing my favorite books and hearing [...]

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Pin It Making your own double sided nursing cover is a fun, easy, and inexpensive project. Here are some basic instructions. Materials 1 yard each of 2 coordinating fabrics 20″ boning velcro 1. For the nursing cover: Cut 2 pieces (one from front fabric and the other from back fabric) that measure about 24×36. 2. [...]

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{The winner of the fabulous Scenera Convertible Car Seat from Cosco is Missy! She said, “Just in time! I’m in the market for a new carseat – thanks for the giveaway! I like the green one.” Email your address to kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com BEFORE WEDNESDAY to claim your prize or another winner will be chosen. Congratulations, and [...]

{The lucky winner of the Portable DVD Player from Audiovox is… Maren! She said, “HOOOEEEEEE I wants it! This is the type of thing I would probably never splurge for but would love Love LOVE if I had it!“ Email your address to kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com BEFORE WEDNESDAY to claim your prize or another winner will be [...]

{The winner of the Side Rider from Infantino is Emilie who said, “The front2back rider looks great too! This would be fantastic for my little guy who is 21 lbs. Thanks for the chance!” Email your address to me at kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com BEFORE WEDNESDAY to claim your prize. Thanks!} Kids are always wanting to be carried, [...]

{The winner of the Disney Umbrella Stroller from Delta Children’s Products is Sara who said, “My daughter would like the princesses or fairies best!” Congratulations, Sara! Email your address and which stroller you would like to kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com BEFORE WEDNESDAY to claim your prize. Thank you!} Your little man or lady is going to love this! [...]

{The 5 winners of the Lil Rinser are: Adele – “I tried to win one of these on another blog giveaway one time and I have been wanting one ever since! They are awesome!!” Shanon – “I’ve never seen this before, but it’s a great idea. We need one of these! My boys love bathtime [...]

I’m not very good at reading instruction manuals, so it took me a while to come across my favorite feature of my Canon Rebel XSi camera. In any of the manual modes, you can adjust the white balance by pressing the WB button. You can choose from the following settings: daylight shade cloudy tungsten light [...]

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This is one project on my Baby To-Do list that I haven’t gotten to yet, so I can’t give you my own tutorial. Basically, I’m waiting to find fabric cheap enough to make it worth my while…or fabric I like enough to pay more for. {photo from JCarolineCreative} My two favorite tutorials come from J [...]

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