Tree stump hanger I made a tree stump hanger. It is so cute and irresistible and it makes me smile! You’ll need a tree stump (obviously), a leg of a broken toy (the blue thingies), drill, wood glue, and spray paint. And some screws to mount it on the wall… And there you have it. […]
Category Archives: Create/DIY
T-shirt, T-shirt, what will you become There are many ways to repurpose a T-shirt. Some very obvious ones, like resizing or appliquéing a shirt to be more girlie, to cover-up stains, or else. But then, there are some intricately cool ways to repurpose a T-shirt. You can make a hat for your kid, like Cheri […]
Little Style Squad: Striped Pajamas are OK You know when you get a piece of clothing for your kids but you can’t really picture them wearing it, or at least not in that actual form? These striped pajamas are too big for the baby, and too short and weird shaped for the boy, but you […]
Slouchy Beanie and flannel PJs for Winter KCWC 2014 This Kids Clothes Week did not see much of me. See, I went skiing…after over 5 years we took a winter break and retreated to the Austrian mountains with 3 other families, 2 kids each. Zou can imagine the mornings when all the kids woke up […]
My way around stain removal Kid’s Clothes Week is always a good way for me to try to go through the pile of stuff waiting on my desk to be ‘treated’. Way back during my first KCWC I challenged myself not to buy anything new, but to try to use what I have at home […]
Ikea hacks: old office chair makeover Materials I used besides an ancient Ikea office chair (the new version of it is called Snille, I have no idea what this was called back then): fine sanding paper, spray primer, spray paint, 2 Nedda chair pads, universal glue. This was the first time for me to paint […]
May the 4th be with you: the Star Wars Pillow The Star Wars Day Dating back to at least 1979, on the day Margaret Thatcher was elected Britain’s first woman prime minister. Her party took out a newspaper ad in the London Evening News that said “May the Fourth be with you, Maggie. Congratulations.”[1] Typical […]
Last minute floorbed P is in last minute swimming camp since today morning. We weren’t home for the weekend, and before we left I had no idea he will be going to the camp. One of the things kids needed to bring with them was a foam pad, for their afternoon nap. Whaaat? How is […]
KCWC Day 4 – Boys double-layer knit hat A bunch of cut-up T-shirts: Two broken needles and a couple of hours later, this was produced: There have been some unsuspected complications, and a point when I wanted to throw it all away. But I didn’t. And I am glad. P. is now a proud owner […]
I am awesome T-Shirt As the title says, I think I am awesome! My whole life I was freaked out of sewing with knits. I started a while ago with some upcycles and it really wasn’t that bad at all. But to make a T-Shirt was impossible to imagine for me. I thought I needed […]