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Felt Ice Cream Craft Tutorial

by gidget ice cream

Since we had an ice cream-themed 4th birthday party for Gigi {I guess a love of ice cream has been inherited by my little girlie!}, I wanted to do a couple of little activities along the same theme for her and her friends. A while back I had seen a similar idea: Rachel (from Small [...]

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Eco Crafting Interview: Brooke from Pure and Noble

by gidget green & natural living

I thought it was high-time I get back to the awesome interviews I promised you. Brooke, from Pure and Noble is all about repurposing and turning old to new, using her handmade skills. Let’s learn a little about her eco-crafting philosophies and methods now… Nicole: What originally got you started in repurposing/eco-crafting? Brooke: I think my [...]

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Encyclopedia of Me: C is for…

by gidget life is beautiful

Remember this series? I’ve been a slacker but have been wanting to get back into it… so here goes with C! Crafts Surprised? Probably not, if you’ve been here long. If I had infinite amounts of free time {and was more organized}, I would probably spend most of crafting. I’ve been known to dabble in [...]

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Tia’s Baby Shower

by gidget family

I had such a fun time planning and helping host a baby shower for my sweet sister-in-law. She and my brother are expecting their baby, Micah, in May. Alex and Angelina are into a pretty modern style– no pastels and teddy bears for these hipsters– and Angelina, also known as Tia in our family, is [...]

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Muffins and Felt

by gidget food

First of all. My friend Sarah is so awesome, that upon reading my last blog post, she proceeded to bring me a copy of She & Him’s Vol. 1 CD that very night as we met to hang out/volunteer at Fill-a-Belly. Such a fun surprise! So, on to today. Some sweet friends came over for [...]

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Last Minute DIY Gift Idea: Kids’ Coaching Set

by gidget green & natural living

Have a sporty little one in your family? Here’s a gift we made for our nephew last year. All you need is a clipboard (even an old, re-purposed one since it will be covered), acrylic paint, scrapbooking paper, some mod podge, and some printed-out letters (I used font “Varsity Regular”). I painted the clipboard first, [...]

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Retro Reading~ Boycott Black Friday

by gidget sewing & crafts

This post was originally published November 19, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009. I love this time of year, because my family has a tradition of camping at the beach for the long Thanksgiving weekend. My dad smokes a turkey and we have a big potluck dinner with our friends and family who [...]

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Recent Projects

by gidget sewing & crafts

I’ve been trying to find time to craft amidst the stuff of life. Here are a few recent projects I’ve finished… A dress for our dear neighbor friend, modeled by Chiquita {pattern drafted by my mom}… A bath mat {pattern from SouleMama‘s Handmade Home}… And a mini Mei-Tai for Chiquita’s “Molly the Dolly” at her [...]

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Sew Much To Do

by gidget sewing & crafts

One of the reasons I needed a break from blogging was to finish up a few sewing projects. I still have a big one to be finished (a quilt I’m making as a gift) but I was able to finish a couple of things, including this shirt (similar to one I made myself a few [...]

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Just What I Need…

by gidget sewing & crafts

a new hobby… I’ll explain later; I’m off to the beach!

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