Thursday, February 28, 2008

Where to put the children'draws ?


I was inspired by this photo (taken for the french magazine Elle) of the house of the french designer of Les petites emplettes . I use the same method at home. It's very pretty. Simply take a string and hang your child's draws, notes, poems with trombonnes, small wooden clothespins.
It's very retro-style and your child will be honored to see his/her art hung on the wall....

Monday, February 25, 2008

And now for the boys a cardboard Space Ship

Yes I have two girls so most of the times my ideas are a little bit girly. But today I found an idea on Martha stewart's site for boys so enjoy
'All you'll need is the right stuff: cardboard, glue, tape, and a big dose of aeronautic creativity.

Pour a small amount of quick-drying tacky glue into a jar before you start. Use a shipping tube for body of ship. Cut three fins out of corrugated cardboard, and then cut three slits into bottom of tube (slits should be as long as straight edge of each fin). Apply glue to straight edges of fins, and slide them into tube slits; secure fins with masking tape while glue dries. To make nose of ship, tie a pen to end of a piece of string. Measure circumference of tube with string, then lay string against edge of a piece of thin cardboard with pen at one end. Holding string's midpoint firmly in place, draw a half circle with pen (as you would move a compass). Cut out half circle, and then fold it into a cone; secure with glue and tape. Glue cone to top of ship, again taping to secure pieces. Once dry, remove tape. '

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Home made doll house



In the march issue, Cookie's magazine editor, Meryl Levin, describes how she made a dollhouse for her niece out of foam core board. She put graphic wrapping paper on the walls, cut clocks and pictures of out of catalogs and "framed" them with Sharpie, and her niece filled the rooms with her own toys. the result ? a personalized and fun house easy to travel with during holidays ! If you want to try this yourself, see on Cookie's blog how Meryl did it (use the diagram below as a reference).

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Birds houses

After their travel on my computer (see previous post), my little birds need a house to rest... I had already noticed the pretty houses from Pottery Barn kids. I think they will inspire me to paint ones from Michael's with spring colors. After I will put some little home made birds ... There are models everywhere for Easter! A nice workshop for kids !
And I have seen that the trend of bird house is a big one this season. Have also a look to the lovely web site of Tamar Mogendorff.
Enjoy your easter decoration !

Monday, February 18, 2008

A new background for spring !



... Peas and small birds of our french designer Fifi Mandirac for your computer and free, available in several colors and sizes, downloadable on her new blog.
I wish that this new background gives you a good mood every morning!
Ps: find her whole universe and its stationery on my shop.

Monday, February 11, 2008

A quilt for spring!



Spring time has arrived with a few days in advance in Paris and California ... But as soon as the sun falls at the end of the day, it is a little cold for dolls and little feet! These are the solutions: beautiful plaids presented by a sweet french blog. To see the explanations click on the image below:) have fun !

Our idea: it can becomes a sweet play area for babies and easy to carry when you travel!