Riot and Frolic
a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog
Category: Craftacular
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Advent Adventures Day 9 : stars. The wee book told of the star seen by the three wise men. We took that star and ran with it by making star garlands (AKA decorations for the little ladies' bedroom). While you all (yes, you) have been very complimentary of my mothering skills, let's not kid…
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Day 7 : I was super stoked about today's shindig because I had seen amazing posts all over Pinterest about SALT DOUGH [imagine a choir of angels singing that]. The idea was to have the girls make ornaments for their friends and relations. The dough is easy to whip up: 1 cup salt 2 cups flour…
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German is the best language. In a veeeeerrrryyyy logical sequence of events, I looked up "pointillism" on Wikipedia to check my very rusty art history knowledge (Seurat! nailed it!), and after skimming the entry got to heading labeled Music. Pointilistic music? Tell me more. Different musical notes are made in seclusion, rather than in a linear…
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I've been looking for a quick, fun, possibly child-friendly craft to do. While I'm still working on the sweater and the afghan, crocheting is not exactly a social sport when there's so much counting involved. Here's my new craftacular list: garlands – inspired by the "100 Hearts" garland from Toddler Approved, but maybe more graphicy and moderny…
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I've been making this "ocean waves throw" for… ever. It's been around longer than this blog. If I show it to you, that'll make it get done quicker, right? Here's what it will look like: I blame this model for my wanting to go blonde I actually had all of these colors (except for…
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The Pumpkin Spice Latte has reappeared and with the unofficial start of fall, here's where I geek out about crochet (which is obviously The Season Of Yarn): A dear friend of the fam gave the little ladies this fantastic doll from the 1950s (maybe?) and an adorable train case full of aaaaaamazing doll/children clothes from…
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I don't usually crochet in the summer and I've never made an article of clothing and I've never made anything for a baby. Until now! Check. Check. Check. The process begins… a flurry of excitement This seems awfully relaxing. #WHEREARETHE CHILDREN 1-2 hours A spiffy piece of work. 3-5 hours later …
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A couple weeks ago, the dandelions were in bloom. Yes, "bloom". Because dandelions are flowers. Obviously, dandelion crowns were in order. I tried three different versions: the cut stem variety (hated it, required tools), the French braided way (heeeey, I'm all thumbs!), and the woven way (so visual! so easy!). cannot find the source for…
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We make our own diaper wipes. After doing a cost analysis I'm not exactly sure why since store-bought versus homemade are exactly the same and we're not very anal-retentive about what touches our babies' butts. … Do you see what I did there? Anal? Butts? HA! Anyhow, I've had 2 whole people ask how we do…
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Reading the headline, most of you are thinking, "She loves Pinterest. She's such a liar." Yes, I'm a thief, too. But really, can we all stop being idiots on Pinterest? If you don't already know, here's what you need to know: Pinterest is a virtual bulletin board. Instead of having "bookmarks" on your computer,…
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