Monthly Archives: November 2010

Fabric Scrap Checkbook Cover

Posted on November 10, 2010 by city-made_admin

This checkbook cover was made from some scraps left over from an apron we made a while back.  It sure beats the the ugly green leather cover I used to have. I even had room to put my planner in … Continue reading →

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Fabric Scrap Week: It's More Than a Pin Cushion

Posted on November 9, 2010 by city-made_admin

We found this great project on one of our favorite blogs and were able to duplicate it using fabric scraps from our bin.  Here is the link to the original project. http://noodleheads.blogspot.com/2010/10/most-complicated-pincushion.html And here is our re-purposed version. There were … Continue reading →

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It’s back. . .wait for it. . .It’s Scrap Week, again!

Posted on November 8, 2010 by city-made_admin

We know you have been waiting for it. Well now it’s back! We have gone through our scrap bin. . . again. . . and are ready to share some fabulous ideas! Our first scrap project is a scrap basket. … Continue reading →

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Violin Shoulder Pad

Posted on November 7, 2010 by city-made_admin

Recently Ava (and Colin) began taking violin lessons. I love it, mostly because it has always been a dream of mine to play the violin, and what are kids for anyway, but to live out your dreams (kidding) Anyway. The … Continue reading →

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Soap Bottle

Posted on November 6, 2010 by city-made_admin

O.k. Not sure what my (Carol’s) obsession with soap dispensers is, but here is another one for you. We had a nice bottle that had some fancy french lemonade in it. Not sure what I could use it for, but … Continue reading →

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Water Jug Funnels

Posted on November 5, 2010 by city-made_admin

Today’s post was stumbled upon back during shelf week when we made our Jug Shelf.  When we cut the tops off of the jugs we realized that we had a nice large funnel. Perfect for pouring quinoa in a jar: … Continue reading →

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Dress to Maternity Skirt

Posted on November 4, 2010 by city-made_admin

We had this adorable dress, probably in the stuff we scored from my mother-on-law. We absolutely loved the fabric of this dress but the style didn’t work for either of us.   I, Melany, decided to turn it into a … Continue reading →

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Word Magnets

Posted on November 3, 2010 by city-made_admin

Here is a simple idea to help your little kindergarten student learn his or her high frequency words (ask your child’s teacher for a list of the words if you do not have them).  Anna and I sat down with some … Continue reading →

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Sweet Repurposing

Posted on November 2, 2010 by city-made_admin

We are pretty sure many of you now have a giant stash of candy in your house from trick-or-treating this weekend.  I know we have way more than we need. We stumbled across this website http://www.candyexperiments.com/ that has some great … Continue reading →

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Anna's Pinkalicious Shoes

Posted on November 1, 2010 by city-made_admin

Anna had this old pair of hand-me-down tennis shoes. They fit her great but weren’t quite “pink” enough for her taste. She decided to be Pinkalicious for Halloween and needed some appropriate shoes. Sparkly pink shoes are not hard to … Continue reading →

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