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Cute Recycled Kids’ Sweaters

Here’s something you don’t see every day.

Designer Adrienne Leverette started making sweaters for her infant daughter after cleaning out her own closet.
Leverette explains, “I couldn’t bear to throw away a couple of sweaters that had been accidentally shrunk in the wash, and my daughter didn’t like to wear jackets, so I found a way to [...]

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Vibe of Portland

Vibe of Portland, an arts and music nonprofit, has a great new selection of fine art classes for children ages 3-18yrs. starting in January at the TaborSpace ArtStudio! Classes range from their Pint-Size Picasso preschool art classes to Painting, Collage, Mixed Media, Mosaic and an Open Studio time. Classes are only $80 [...]

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A Quick and Easy Bath Craft

Amy at The Mother Load has a great bath craft experiment this week.
She purchased a bunch of foam sheets from the dollar store (You can get them at the dollar store or at Michael’s Crafts) and used a stencil to create simple shapes. Then these stuck onto the walls of the bathroom! Pretty awesome, huh? [...]

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Handmade Coasters – Great Gifts

Here’s an idea “stolen” from a message board, on how to create inexpensive coasters. You can use larger tiles to make trivets too.

I took ceramin tiles (4×4) and decoupaged photos/prints on them. If you get them from a wholesale supplier, they were cheaper. I am getting them for $0.17 each – so a set [...]

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