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Purple People Eater

Last Friday, one of Penelope’s friends had a birthday party. The theme was purple (Maren’s favorite color), and we all dressed up in purple – it was sort of a purple people eater theme. Genius idea, right? In honor of the purple party I made Maren a little purple creature thing with some of the...

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Homemade Playtime for Penelope

Does anyone else despise obnoxious talking Elmo toys? You know, the toys that make the annoying sounds and always get tossed aside whenever a cardboard box is present? I really don’t like those toys. I do like the ones that make real (not canned) noises when handled by exploring hands of little ones. It’s possible...

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Introducing Oleo Vonvurstenberg and Leather Baby Booties

Remember our little shadow friend that came to visit? Well, I decided to make him a reality, sans toothpick. I used smooth silk/linen fabric from fabmo (so soft for a little baby) for the body and velvet embroidery thread for the details. Velvet embroidery thread, while not cheap, is hands down my favorite to work...

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