Alanna George | The Craft Nest
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This past Sunday my sisters and I threw a baby shower for my sister-in-law. We had a beautiful shower with brunch and games and of course lots of cutie pie baby gifts for her to open. Instead of buying her a corsage to wear I created one for her using a pacifier. This is so […]
If you read my summer day camp post last week I mentioned this upcoming post about baby carriers. I recently sewed myself a Mei Tai carrier and I love it. When my kids were babies I used the Baby Bjorn and I loved that thing, but my babies were all on the big side and […]
As a mom to 4 small kids it is so hard to “live in the moment” as they say. Most of my days feel so hurried to get from one thing (breakfast) to the next (cleaning up breakfast, putting the baby for a nap, making a morning snack, answering calls from outside to come help […]
My swap friend and fellow Bella, Miss Lynn, sent me this Baby Bootie Kit from her Etsy store. I finally found time to put the kit together and the end result is this cute baby shoe. I love it and am going to display it in the baby’s room during this year and then at […]
Hope all of you have a lovely Valentine’s Day!
When we had our first baby I had no idea how much gear it would take to get out the door. Now that I have a system for packing the Diaper Bag I want to share it with all of you. I love my Skip Hop Diaper Bag. It has made it beautifully through four […]
If you have a sewing machine you can easily sew your own pacifier clip. You can customize your clip by using different color ribbon. Supplies: Suspender or Mitten Clip 6″ of 1/8″ Soft Stretch Baby Elastic 12″ of Ribbon Straight Pins How To | Pacifier Holder Fold the ribbon in half and slide the mitten […]
I have babies on my mind this month, so I decided to cover baby related topics for the month of January. I have a couple baby related crafts planned if all goes well. The first topic I want to cover is what baby gear you really need. This is all based on my personal opinion, […]
We welcomed Calista Rose into our family on December 1st. She was a week overdue by the time she arrived. I had a rough delivery; it started with an induction and ended with an emergency C-Section. Not the way I pictured I would deliver baby #4. I love the above photo of Allan and Lorelei […]
I have been checking into diaper prices recently trying to figure out how to get the best deal. I should have done this earlier, but you know how that goes. Now we are about to have 2 in diapers again and I thought I should do some research. I compared purchasing diapers at Sam’s Club, […]
