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There are lots of different ways to create unique T-shirts. In this workshop, I will describe the simplest method which even children can use – drawing with markers on cloth (it can be a wonderful handmade present for relatives and frineds).

Materials and Instruments: a cotton T-shirt, cloth markers, silver acrylic contour (am acrylic pencil for making contours).

First, let’s make a sketch. I made it in Adobe Illustrator but it is not necessary at all – you can draw it with a pencil or even use a magazine picture to your liking. The main point here is the following: the image should have clear-cut contours and simple (without multiple tones) colours for you to be able to reproduce it with markers. If the contours of the picture are not very distinct, outline it with a black marker or a gel pen.

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The wardrobe of our newly-born Sonya was being filled up, basically, due to the presents of our relatives and friends. Everybody wanted to see the baby, to smile at her but how one can come without a “present”!

We, in our turn, wanted to thank the generous guests for the beautiful clothes (from crawlers to dresses) and entertaining toys (from rattles to construction sets).

Tea with sweet things was an ever-present attribute of the meetings. Of course, I had neither strength nor time for a substantial “feast” but why not have some tea? :)

And we also found the way how to express our gratitude for the present to each guest in such a manner that Read the rest of this entry »

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We were presented with two wonderful T-shirts. But… we failed to put them on our baby – his head did not go through, the little one was crying. Looking at other factory-made T-shirts, I saw snap fasteners on one of their shoulders. So, I unripped a side seam, edged it, sewed on a button on one side and made Read the rest of this entry »

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Tip of the DayBabies who have not turned 1 often sleep in the pram while being outside, especially during the cold season. However, the producers of warm hats do not always pay attention to this fact.

For our daughter Sophiya, we bought a woolen hat for winter. For the first time, the hat was put on her in October when she was 5 months old. It was not comfortable for her to lie in it at all – the little started “shaking” her head several times before she finally fell asleep.

I understood the cause of it only when I saw a bright pink trace – the trace of the seam on the back of her head. What could be done? Our granny was about to run to the store and buy one more hat.

At the family council (where the granny was also taking part) we decided

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Tip of the Day Really, what can be there? For all my life, I have believed that pockets are not more than a marketing trick of the producers of clothes for children. Why not raise the price twice if there are such cute pockets-pictures on the baby’s attire?

What mum can resist the temptation to dress her dearest one most beautifully? A shirt with pockets, trousers with pockets… The tot looks so sweet – almost like an adult! But why does he need them?

I was grumbling in a manner like this preparing to become a mummy myself. I was complaining about the lack of not expensive but quality clothes without any “extra additions” in the stores. Arseny arrived and I understood how wrong I had been. Read the rest of this entry »

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