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From Children's Book to Baby Journal

Melany here. I have always loved the way that the Little Golden books looked and felt.  Even the smell of the books brings back many memories from my childhood. This particular Little Golden book was old and used but didn’t … Continue reading

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A Sketchbook Fit for a Queen

Today we made a sketchbook honoring the Queen. No, we are not talking about this queen… We used a record album cover from this Queen… We had this great empty record album cover that was screaming, “Repurpose me!” We decided … Continue reading

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Re-book

Carol here. We have a lot of books in our house. Some of them are in boxes in our basement. Unfortunately, our basement flooded last spring. As a result, some of our books were damaged. Never fear! We can turn … Continue reading

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Sticky Note Journal

Carol and I both work for a non-profit organization called the Artery.  We teach ballroom dance to fifth and eighth grade students in the public schools.  There have been numerous articles in the Omaha World Herald highlighting the students in … Continue reading

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Note card journal

We have a great idea for what to do with all those greeting cards, birthday cards, and Christmas cards. Turn them into a note card journal. Perfect for on the go journaling. This is an easy project. You need note … Continue reading

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Old Magazine to Sketchbook

Carol here. I am super excited this week because this week we are making handmade books. I have had a passion (maybe obsession) with paper and book making for years. There is nothing I love better than holding a book … Continue reading

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Final Fabric Printing

In our final fabric printing post we used some big bubble wrap and the sleeves of an old shirt. We painted the bubble wrap (not popped), with white fabric paint. Then we pressed it onto the sleeves and we got … Continue reading

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Fabric Printing, part 6

This print is our favorite! It was such a simple process and the result looks so cool. We took rubber bands and an old stamp. We wrapped the rubber bands around the stamp in a random pattern. Then we put … Continue reading

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Fabric Printing, part 5

Carol here. Continuing on with our painted fabric week we present toys to fabric to snack bag. My kids have hundreds of little plastic animals. Since they are getting older, they don’t play with them so much anymore. We thought … Continue reading

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Fabric Printing, part 4

When we planned this week, we emptied out our “repurpose bin”, (yes, we have a bin full of odds and ends that we want to reuse), and looked through it. We found this lid from a peanut butter jar, put … Continue reading

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