Archive September 2010
Giveaway ♥ IsaBooties
Hurray….I’m thrilled to be doing a giveaway for two pairs of these gorgeous, eco friendly baby shoes.
IsaBooties combine exceptional quality with trend setting good looks. The bit I like the most is that these cute shoes are 100% animal-free, formaldehyde-free and are made in the USA with fair labor. Check out IsaBooties website for the lowdown.
If you want to enter just leave a comment below…it’s that easy!
There can be only one winner and entries close on the 14th October 2010. I will draw the winner on the 15th. Good luck!
If you aren’t a winner this time you can use the coupon code fall10 to save 25% off of your orders at the IsaBooties website through to October 31, 2010.
Thank you for all the entries everyone! This giveaway is now closed 
Inspirational driftwood
Check out these beautiful pieces of driftwood by Ginette Lapalme. They are just stunning. I can feel a project coming on!!
Hoot hoot printable
Hope you like these little owls. I reckon they cheer the place up a little and would make the perfect decoration for a kid’s room. As promised I have created some templates below for you to print out. Just click on the ‘read more’ link below.
Homemade threading beads
Making homemade threading beads really is simple. All you need is a good stick, a few tools and a bit of patience. The end result looks great and would make a wonderful handmade gift for a toddler.
First you need to collect a big stick! I found one on the ground whilst walking in the woods and it was about 3.5cm in diameter. Do make sure you jump up and down on it a bit to make sure it’s not rotten!
Then you simply saw the stick into disks, drill a hole in the middle of each disk and then sand the ends….! I didn’t do any measuring at all – for this project irregularity works well.
I didn’t treat the wood with anything as my little boy is always putting things in his mouth – you could try beeswax though if you wanted to seal the wood.
Conkers!
I‘m not entirely sure who had more fun collecting conkers today. My husband and I or the boys?! Anyway, it was a good laugh and the boys have been playing with them at home for a surprisingly long time.
This morning they have been counting them, sorting them into different containers and sticking googly eyes on them!
My two are still a bit young for playing ‘traditional’ conkers but hopefully next year they will be old enough and my hubby and I will be able to open up the age old debate on the best way to harden them. Suggestions please!
Paper toys: Whirlybird
I love simple paper toys. Yes I’m talking about whirly birds – I’m sure you remember them. My son and I have been making them today and we’ve both been pretty entertained.
These neat little gizmo’s are really easy to make and just impossible to photograph! Click on the link below for instructions and a template.
- All I need… (my mum's blog x)
- Arvindgupta Toys
- Beci Orpin
- Chez Beeper Bebe
- Colossal
- Craftgawker
- Crow roosters crow
- Curly Birds
- diy or die
- Fine Little Day
- Handmade Charlotte
- Hello Kiddo
- IDN Magazine
- Kickcan & Conkers
- Kireei
- le dans la
- LMNOP
- Lullatone home orchestra
- misako mimoko
- Officers (my cousins band)
- Papercrave
- Piles of washing
- Poppytalk
- Red Ted Art
- Sausage Jar
- Swiss Miss
- Tattly
- Wabi-sabi wanderings
- What I Made
- Whipup
