Monthly Archives: June 2009

sight word daddy

June 25, 2009 – 12:29 pm

Sometimes you can look at something someone has made or written or said and think, “That pretty much sums up who that person is.” Such was the case when my husband Bill appeared one day with his Sight Word Scrabble Board. At the time our daughter was in kindergarten and loved to play Scrabble Jr. [...]

By Weeks | Posted in family, free patterns, paper arts | Comments (20)

name it!

June 18, 2009 – 12:41 pm

In my very first Craft Nectar post I wrote about making cloth drawstring bags with personalized tags for kids’ birthday parties. While making another one for a birthday party this weekend I thought I’d document the making of the personalized tag in case you wanted to make one for your bag. [Note: You could print [...]

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i love camp invention

June 12, 2009 – 10:24 am

Last summer we signed our daughter up for Camp Invention. Camp Invention is based in Ohio and runs several one-week programs in elementary schools in various parts of the US. At the time I had no idea what an amazing program this is and how long it’s legacy in our family would be. Here’s what [...]

By Weeks | Posted in eco-craft, experiences, family | Comments (3)

last-minute teacher’s tote bag

June 4, 2009 – 2:33 pm

Here in the US it’s the end of the school year in many areas and many parents are trying to decide if they are going to organize a pool to combine their money with that from other parents for a class gift for the teacher or if they’re going to give an individual gift. I [...]

By Weeks | Posted in family, free patterns, sewing | Comments (8)
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