BABY,

DIY Simple Baby Bibs

12:29 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

I made these simple baby bibs last week for my friend Jess! She's expecting soon and I got to make her some fun handmade goodies! i adore how tiny everything is and I especially LOVED shopping in the baby/kid section at my fabric store... Cuteness OVERLOAD! Here's how I made my simple baby bibs!


Materials
♥ crafting cotton i.e. broadcloth (plain)
♥ thin cotton flannel (patterned)
♥ coordinating thread
♥ sewing machine
♥ bib pattern

BABY,

Gifts for Baby!

12:09 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Good morning! Yesterday I went to an awesome baby shower for my amazing teacher colleague .. Miss Jessica! This mommy-to-be is simply the sweetest and i'm super stoked that she's expecting so I wanted to make her a gift full of love! I got my sewing machine and voilà!!! Handmade goodies! She even told me after that all the purple and greens will serve as inspiration to decorate the bay's room! WOW!

Here's what my gift included:
♡ Simple Baby Bibs
♡ Owl Pillow
♡ Large Zippered Pouch
♡ Colorful Flag Banner!


Simple Baby Bibs

Materials
♥ crafting cotton i.e. broadcloth (plain)
♥ thin cotton flannel (patterned)
♥ coordinating thread
♥ sewing machine
♥ bib pattern

Instructions: find them here




Owl Pillow

Large zippered pouch... Maybe for Diapers, wipes, etc!

Large zippered Pouch

Materials
♥ 14" x 22" of thick fabric (exterior)
♥ 14" x 22" of lining fabric
♥ 14" zipper
♥ coordinating thread
♥ sewing machine


Instructions: find them here, on the Seek. Inspire. Create blog

My sewing table!

I included some non-handmade items... couldn't resist these tiny mocassins and colored tights... GAH! so tiny!

The happy mommy-to-be with her owl pillow!

DIY crafts

Clothespin Magnet

14:55 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Hi there! I have an adorable easy project for you! Last year, a mom at school gave me these adorable clothespin magnets (on the left, over there), and I thought "why not make my own?!" Turns out its SUPER easy! I even made some with my blog address on it and handed them out at the art festival last weekend! Hazah!

Materials
  ✩ Wooden clothespins
  ✩ Adhesive Magnetic sheet
  ✩ ModgePodge or decoupage glue
  ✩ Paintbrush
  ✩ Fun patterned paper

Materials needed for this super cool and easy project!

Closeup! With my blog address!

On the fridge!

Chinatown Remixed 2013

16:38 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Yesterday, I participated in an awesome arts festival... Chinatown Remixed! It was sunny, warm and beautiful! What a great day! A whole bunch of people participated in making some recycled crafts with me! who knew recycling could be so fun!?

My Mother Nature/Dame Nature costume!

Fake flowers everywhere I go!

Just outside Raw Sugar Café! I of course brought some colorful bunting!

Some serious crafting!

My set-up!

little girl working hard!

No age restrictions for crafting!

I had more adults than kids! Awesome! everyone was in the  spirit!

first crafter of the day: my friend Benjamin!

So proud of his creation! Hooray!

Adorable owl... what a hoot! Check out the instructions.

Butterfly!

Adorable.

Pine cone critters: some kids looooved the googly eyes!

Favorite creation of the day! Unicorn cyclops!

School/kids crafts

Pine cone critters!

18:03 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

I recently went on a nature walk and gathered a whole bunch of pine cones and thought... Crafts! I love using found objects and natural materials! Wanna make some? Come see me at Raw Sugar Café this Saturday or follow these instructions!

Materials:
   ❧ pine cones
   ❧ felt & pipe cleaners
   ❧ googly eyes
   ❧ glue

Instructions Glue eyes on bottom of pine cone. Cut ears out of felt and paste on. Add a pipe cleaner and bend into desired shape...voilà!

Pine cones... FREE! Just look fat the bottom of pine trees!

Some abstract creatures made by little kids! GOOGLY EYES!

Adorable, quick and easy!

DIY crafts,

Toilet-paper Roll Owl

14:31 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Adorable! What a hoot (HAH!)!

Hi there! Don't know what to do with all those empty toilet paper rolls?! Why not reuse them and transform ten into little night owls! It's so simple!

All so different! made by young and old!

Materials
  ♻ Toilet paper rolls
  ♻ Paint & paintbrush
  ♻ Black permanent marker (sharpie)

Instructions
Simply paint and draw a cute owl face, wings and designs with a black marker!

So many toilet paper rolls! Can't wait for them to be tiny owls!

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Eco-friendly crafts @ChinatownRemixed

09:03 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Hi there! I'm getting ready for ChinatownRemixed, a big art festival coming up this Saturday, May 18th in Ottawa's Chinatown! I'll be dressed up as Dame Nature, showing how easy it is to recycle and have fun! I'll have my own little crafting station inviting everyone to make some Eco-friendly crafts from recycled materials and found objects! Who knew recycling could be so fun!?

  On the menu:
      ♻ Toilet paper owls
      ♻ Pine cone critters
      ♻ Tree branch mobiles

Hope to see you there! xo

So many toilet paper rolls to paint! These crafts will be ADORABLE!

DIY cards

DIY Chevron cards

07:56 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

What a lovely Mother's Day Sunday! I was finishing up my cards for my grandma and mom and was so pleased with them I thought I'd post them here! I found the idea on a blog named BeanBugCrafts and they even provide a step by step tutorial for it! I absolutely LOVE the mix of paper and fabric (and even sewing!). I also got my stampin' on! Yeah!

Materials
  ♥ colored cardstock
  ♥ scissors
  ♥ glue
  ♥ scrap fabric
  ♥ black stamp pad & letterd
  ♥ sewing machine

Playing around with stamps! Took a couple tries!

Chevron stripes! So fun and easy!

Making some lovely fabric rosettes! Check out this easy tutorial!

Crafting table!

Made one for Grandma too!

DIY crafts,

Fold Up Paper Boxes

17:33 Natalie Karine 1 Comments

So we were looking for a fun way to wrap up our Mother's Day Shrink Art Pendants and we came up with these cute fold-up boxes (inspired from this blog post) cut-out from white cardstock and decorated with imagination...and lotsa color!

Materials
  ✂ cardstock
  ✂ scissors
  ✂ hole punch
  ✂ coloring pencils or markers
  ✂ hole punch
  ✂ ribbon

We made our own template with little hearts, but you can print one from the web.... there are soooo many different  ones out there like this one or this one!

Decorate them however you like!

All wrapped up with a cute ribbon! Adorable!

So many tiny presents!