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Homemade Dora Backpack

December 9, 2009

A couple weeks ago I shared the Map I made as part of a Christmas gift for Chloe. I had originally planned to give you step-by-step instructions for the Backpack but I ended up assembling it in more of a trial-and-error sort of way so it didn’t work out. I still want to share the final [...]

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Simplifying Christmas Projects

December 2, 2009

Last week in my Christmas stockings post I mentioned that I chose that particular pattern to simplify. I had a great idea for quilted stockings but it just wasn’t going to happen this year. I could have just admitted defeat at that point and abandoned the project but I didn’t. The original idea was good [...]

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No-Sew Felt Dora Map

November 23, 2009

As one of Chloe’s Christmas gifts, I’m making her a Dora Backpack and Map. I didn’t find any patterns online to make them how I wanted so I just decided to jump in and figure it out. I started with the map so I could get a quick boost of gratification before I began the [...]

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Homemade Crayons

November 17, 2009

As we lead up to Christmas I’m going to be posting some gifts that I’m creating. Many of them were included in my 50+ Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas. This is one of them.
This idea comes from Blissfully Domestic. I was trying to think of some fun stocking stuffers for Chloe and this idea seemed perfect. [...]

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50+ Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas

November 2, 2009

A homemade Christmas is a great idea but it can be tough to think of things to make. Armed with this info, I spent quite a bit of time on blogs I love as well as sites that were new to me to compile the list below. I tried to include projects for all different [...]