june at noon

This is one of four little turkey finger puppets made during a crafty play date. I found the tutorial here. My only problem was that I didn’t have fabric glue, so we used school glue, which didn’t do anything other than get the puppets covered in goo (which you can still see, along with various [...]

My son’s birthday falls right before Christmas, which means every year I have the task of coming up with some extra gifts for him. A few months ago I saw this tutorial for felt hand puppets based on Old MacDonald’s farm, and I knew they’d be just right for the kiddo who enjoys farm animals [...]

Yes, yes, it’s another one. Number 6, to be exact. I hope you’re not getting too tired of seeing these little guys. This pattern is just so easy to turn to when I need a kid gift. This particular Meekoo is made with that same white faux fur that

If you follow me on Twitter, you know I pulled an eleventh-hour gift-making session for my sister’s baby shower. I’d made little kimono shoes ahead of time, but I’d been procrastinating the rest because it required some learning and experimenting, and those are often the things I put off until the pressure forces me to [...]

It’s the weekend again, and I’ve got a baby shower to attend. So I’ll leave you with these cute kimono shoes. The outer is made from hand-woven Japanese fabric, which my sister brought me from a trip to Japan. See you Monday! (Oh, and don’t forget about the giveaway. Still lots of time to enter!)

This was a very productive “work” week due to the fact that I had a lot of small, manageable goals to tackle. It’s always nice to feel accomplished once every so often! In addition to the second set of bean bags, I also finished two Eye Spy bags for the lovely Ali. They are the [...]

The bean queen, indeed. I really do like making these little beanbags. This is a second set for my kiddos for Christmas. I’ve already got a second drawstring box made for storage and play. I try not to post the same things over and over when I make multiples, but these are just so much [...]

Oh, yes, we are still full of beans around here. First, there were the beanbags. These are so simple to make. I used a variety of colors and prints, as well as four different types of dried beans to fill them for some textural interest. And then there are the numbers, raw-edge appliques that allow [...]