Author Archives: Carissa

08
Dec, 2011

our advent calendar

the first year that mr. happy stuff and i were married, i sewed 24 of these little felt mini-stockings and we each filled 12 for the other person to celebrate the 12 days of christmas.  we carried on the tradition … Continue reading →

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03
Dec, 2011

circle pocket shirt

ages and ages ago, i saw this very inspiring photo in a flickr pool or on someone’s blog and ever since then, i’ve been wanting to make a circle pocket shirt.  when spoonflowers “free swatch” day came around, i thought … Continue reading →

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30
Nov, 2011

easy scarf!

long, long ago, i read this blog post and was inspired by the simplicity of the design.  a few weeks ago, my brain dug that memory out of deep storage and i decided to try to make a similarly simple … Continue reading →

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29
Nov, 2011

movie mmmmmuesday?: dancing!

okay, so i sort of missed my monday deadline, but we were on the road all day yesterday returning from thanksgiving with family, so you’ll forgive me, right?  i hope you enjoy this little montage!  

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22
Nov, 2011

movie monday

(should this be a regular feature of the blog? vote in the comments section now!)

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18
Nov, 2011

flannel friday: cold weather clothes (bi-lingual!)

on friday mornings, we often attend a spanish-english storytime at the library two miles away from the one i work at.  this bi-lingual storytime is lead by one of the parents who used to attend my storytimes regularly when her … Continue reading →

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12
Nov, 2011

baby dude peels an egg

remember “baby dude slices an egg“?  consider this the sequel:  

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11
Nov, 2011

flannel friday: superhero colors

this one is an original!  a few years ago, i was building a superhero storytime kit and realized i had zero flannel stories that worked with the theme.  i stretched b-i-n-g-o to “there was a hero had a dog and … Continue reading →

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04
Nov, 2011

flannel friday: let’s play in the forest

i used this book quite successfully last week for the first time.  it’s very heavily based on the book let’s play in the forest while the wolf is not around by claudia rueda (which is based on a traditional spanish … Continue reading →

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01
Nov, 2011

halloween costume 2011: squirrel!

i decided pretty early this year that i thought baby dude would make a pretty cute little squirrel for halloween and although i looked for an easy, mass-produced squirrel costume, i only found one and it was scary (since it … Continue reading →

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