Wee Baby Stuff

Elsa used an Instructable to make her kids some delightful ink blot t-shirts. She did a few things differently than the original how-to, so to replicate her outcome, you'll want to check out her post as well as the Instructable itself. Here are the materials you'll need to make one: a white or light-colored t-shirt or onesie a piece of corrugated cardboard about the size of your t-shirt t-shirt paint (use black or equally dark color)...

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Shannon form Shannon Makes Stuff, made this adorable baby wrap. Perfect for babies who like to be swaddled snugly. She used 2 coordinating flannel blankets to make it. A few clever cuts and some hemming and that's about it! Follow this jump to see the entire how-to. Via U-Create.

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Tummy a bit touchy? Then you'll want to whip up a batch of Tried & True's Mint-Ginger Preggo Pills to ease the morning sickness blahs. Here are the ingredients:  2/3 c fresh ginger- 1/3 c fresh mint- 2 1/2 c water- 2 c sugar- 2 tbsp corn syrup- package powdered sugar  For the entire tutorial, visit Tried & True.

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Martha's Crafts Department has some great baby shower ideas. This one is particularly noteworthy as it's perfect for little ones' birthday parties too. So simple to make, all you have to do is make cone shapes out of craft paper and attach them to helium-filled balloons. Darling! Via Craftzine.

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  So you're looking for a baby name that's different but not weird? Odd but cool? Here's a hundred for you to consider.  And here's a thumbnail to whet your appetite: For girls, how about Finola, Ione or Ondine? For boys, maybe Griffith, Orson or Kermit? (Kermit???? WTF?) Bonus tip: For the hottest baby names of 2010, follow this jump.  

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The female human has a very limited window of opportunity to wear a sailor dress and wear it well. The BEST time, of course, is when she is a toddler! This oh-so sweet version constructed of breezy seersucker and sporting big buttons comes to us from Happy Together. As for the supplies you'll need to zip one out, here they are: Fabric for the top Striped fabric for waistband, skirt, and pocket, about a yard 6...

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What's fun about babies is you can dress them up in the most ridiculous ways and they don't know any better to wage protests. Take these duck feet socks, which are more adorable than they are ridiculous, for example. Jeny at Knitty.com designed the pattern and, graciously, shares it with the world. (They look like they should have 'squeakers' in the toes! Honk, honk!) Via.

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Professional photographer Susannah Bothe shares her expertise of photographing wee ones in an EXCELLENT post over at Craftzine. She covers set-up, lighting, composition, camera settings and organization. Follow all her tips and you'll be capturing those precious moments like a pro too!

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Who knew you could make an activity mat using hula hoops? AmberLou, that's who. Her daughter doesn't seem pleased with the outcome, but we sure are! ;) AmberLou shares the entire process with us over at The Paisley Cupcake, including, of course, the materials we'll need to make one. Here's the list to get us started: a hula hoop! approximately one yard of fabric for the mat coordinating fabric for the pole covers, about 1/4...

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Whether the tyke is riding a  three-wheeler or a two-wheeler, this fabric bike basket would be at home on either. The EXCELLENT tutorial comes to us from Noodleheads. Here's our supply list to make one: 2 fat quarters of coordinating prints stiff double side fusible interfacing 5 inch piece of 3/4" wide velcro scrap of medium weight fusible interfacing thread, pins, etc. Pattern piece Follow this link to Noodlehead to get started! Via.

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