Fabric Basket

Use your favorite fabrics to make a basket. This would be great to match some pillows or other fabric decor or just to add some color to a room. Crafty Gemini teaches you how with a video tutorial.

See the fabric wrapped basket.

Waste Basket Lamp

I've seen some pretty cute waste baskets. I think they are too cute to use as waste baskets. I linke this idea from DIY Showoff. She took an adorable waste basket and turned it into a lamp! This could work for a cute basket too!

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Check out how to make a waste basket lamp!

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Old school baby tricks and comfortable baby sling

How to carry your baby African style - More DIY How To Projects

I am currently working on making some baby slings and I saw this on instructables and thought it was great. I was also watching a movie series the other day called Into the West.. I'm not a huge western fan but really enjoyed it. One of the Indian women was carrying her baby in a basket type thing on her back, similar to an odd version of a backpack.
It looked super comfortable so I am going to try to figure out how to make one. We'll see, I might bring back really old school, eco-friendly baby backpacks!!

Another old indian trick- swaddling! Here is a good tutorial of how to use a simple baby blanket. I am also going to be coming out with easy velcro swaddling blankets soon!!


Help Your Baby To Sleep .......... - Funny bloopers R us

Craft tip and Old Ladies

Small Organic Quilting Remnants by Picky

To keep your work surface clean, when doing crafts that generate large amounts of scraps, try taping a small bag to the table and just swipe your scraps into it as you go.

I just forgot what I was forgetting Button by Mindseyecards

Getting Forgetful

from Joke of the Day

Three old ladies sit in a diner, discussing their health. One lady says, "You know, I'm getting really forgetful. This morning, I was standing at the top of the stairs, and I couldn't remember whether I had just come up or was about to go down."
The second lady says, "You think that's bad? The other day, I was sitting on the edge of my bed, and I couldn't remember whether I was going to sleep or had just woken up!"
The third lady smiles smugly. "Well, my memory is just as good as it's always been, knock on wood," she says as she raps on the table. Then with a startled look on her face, she asks, "Who's there?

Craft addiction

I have to admit that my name is Rachel, and I am a total craft junky. I just bought 3 patterns from buggabug. They are so amazingly cute I can hardly stand it!! I am super excited to make the baby basket, cinammon rolls, and the tea set! I will keep you updated! They will for sure be in my shop in the near future!