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Category: bits and bobs

June 18, 2020August 13, 2020Abby Zaitley

Natural Fabric Dying With Tea

Dying fabric with tea is great because for the most part you don’t need a mordant! Tea is rich in tannins which acts as mordant, giving the dye great staying power. Tea is still a natural dye so it will fade slightly over time, especially if you use stain removers or detergents with bleach. For […]

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May 21, 2020August 13, 2020Abby Zaitley

Avocado Dying Crib Sheet

Last week I was given two large jars of avocado dye by my pall at @Backyardbedding and I showed you our ‘Ombre Avocado Dyed Macramé Cord’ project. Today I’m going to show you how you can make your own avocado dye so you can start turning your own house millennial pink. **So far I’ve only done 3 […]

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April 30, 2020August 13, 2020Abby Zaitley

DIY Barn Board

If you are following along, we are showing you little projects we did to collect enough interesting pieces together for our front hallway gallery wall. We first showed you our Quick and Easy Dried Flowers and now we are going to show you how to make a new piece of pine wood look like barn board to […]

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November 18, 2019August 18, 2020Abby Zaitley

DIY Montessori Pull Up Bar for Babies

When Baby C pulled herself up for the first time, it was an exciting milestone. A new beginning. From then on, there was no stopping our little bean. She went from crawling to cruising so fast!  But we quickly realized she didn’t have much to work with. The only furniture around to cruise was our […]

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October 15, 2019August 13, 2020Abby Zaitley

Baby Skunk costume

Very few things we solidified before baby C was born. We decided on her name – although changed it a few times. We decided on peach as the color of her nursery, but that slowly developed into kind of pink. Abby still can’t quite admit she has a pink nursery, so we still say peach! […]

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