Tag: the bub

  • Didn’t Everyone Have a PJ Bear?

    Am I the only one who randomly assumes everyone else grew up with the same things I did? Maybe so. It’s a bit mad on my part as my childhood was such a tapestry of different things, but hey, you never know and I’ve often been surprised. Here’s something I was specifically wondering about… While…

  • Must. Make. More.

    I know I told you about a fairly recent obsession with making pants for my boys after I finally dove in and tackled making my first pair (following a paper pattern) a few months ago.  Once that first pair was done, I was on a roll. I had tackled the elastic waisted front and thought…

  • We Gotcha Rip Right Heyah!

    Dear Disney/Pixar/Mattel Marketing People, You really do want to make things more difficult for me, don’t you? Yes, yes, you know your marketing. *golf clap* I know marketing too, having been on the other side of that curtain for years and knowing many of your crafty little tricks for releasing, packaging and jazzifying your products to…

  • Crafting with Kids (and Actually Enjoying It!)

    When you look around the blogosphere for kid-friendly Valentine’s Day craft ideas (or any other theme, really), it’s hard not to lose your mind over things that, although pitched as being *great projects for little kids!!*, are in fact a total recipe for disaster.  A lot of the latest uber-crafting DIY standards seem to have…

  • Experimentations of a Bag Lady

    I’ve been on a toy bag-making kick lately. It started before Christmas, and has continued into the new year. I know I’ve shown you this quick bag (which was inspired by this first bag)  and because I’m a bit of a tinkerer, I thought you might like to see this latest random batch, all of which…

  • Revamp Job: Padded Seat Belt Covers

    I went through a pile of baby stuff the other day and came across some seat belt covers that I had gotten a couple years back in a bundle of awesome hand-me-down loot from a relative. I had never used the seat belt covers. There had really been no need what with car seats that…

  • Happy Holidays!

    We were checking out the Vanderbilt Hall Holiday Market at Grand Central Station earlier today, when we spotted a booth selling some really exceptional glass ornaments. Suffices to say, we did not come home empty-handed. Behold our newest ornament! A fun flashy fish hand-picked by The Bub. Maybe we’ll make an ornament addition to our tree…

  • Celebrating Teachers

    I had a couple other things I wanted to post about before the holidays, but last Friday’s school tragedy has thrown me for a complete loop and I want to acknowledge that somehow first before posting again about other things. Finding out that 6-year old victim Benjamin Wheeler and his family were members of our…

  • Sew Behind: Pants Edition

    I mentioned in my last post that I was making some pants. Yup, this is my latest fascination-obsession in the midst of everything else I’ve got going on. I know, I know. For all you professional sewing folk out there, this is really far from an interesting revelation, but in my world, it’s pretty key at…

  • Sew Behind

    I’m sorry that I’ve been remiss in posting recently. Especially with the current build-up to Holiday Season Central, I think I’m very likely to get unsuspectingly swept up into the undertow once again, but I’ll try not to. There are lots of things to do and I have a massive list of things I want…