Friday’s Martha Stewart show featured a crafter who made the cutest sweaters for children. They are made from adult sweaters that are shrunken and then turned into children’s sized sweaters. The instructions and the templates can be found on the Martha Stewart site. The woman who was doing the felting (the applying of the appliqué)…
Category: Raspberry Souffle
An Alternative to Etsy for Vintage Sellers
Vintage sellers left looking for an alternative to Etsy can see the beginnings of a new website for sellers of vintage items. The site, which is meant to fill a void on the internet, is aimed at buyers and sellers of vintage, antique and vintage inspired items. The blog has gone up and you can…
The Day the Scooba Died: An Experience with Great Customer Service
My Scooba died unexpectedly last month. I turned it on to do a quick wash of the front hall and it sounded funny, like the vacuum wasn’t working. It ran for about 5 minutes and then quit and the red service me light was flashing. I took it apart to make sure there wasn’t anything…
A Better Way to Keep and Share Your Family Recipes
I saw a great idea for a Photo Book recently. A friend of mine wanted to make a cookbook of all of her favourite family recipes and give to her siblings so she made a photo book with all her recipes. She incorporated pictures she took of the food or put in family photos along…
Soft like Cashmere, Warm as Fleece: New Minky Baby Blanket Designs
People often ask me What is Minky? Minky—or Minkee, as it is sometimes known—is a super-soft cashmere-like, 100% polyester microfiber stretch fabric. It is warm as fleece but doesn’t pill like fleece. Minky comes in a wide range of colours and styles like dot and diamond. Minky is machine washable in cold or warm water…
Little Children, Dreamgirls, and the Departed: My Picks for the Oscars
I am looking forward to watching the Oscars® tonight. I have seen all the Best Picture nominees, but Letters from Iwo Jima. Best Picture My pick for best film is The Departed. I am a fan of Martin Scorsese and I found that he kept me on the edge of my seat until the very…
Fresh New Baby Blanket Designs
There are new styles available from Snug-A-Bug Blankets. I have a couple new Animal Cracker blankets, one in very girly pink. I have also brought back Bringing Home Daisy in a spring yellow. I have a couple of new prints: a kitchsy animal print in blue and pink, a couple retro floral prints—one in green…
Georgia’s First Sign Revisted
Georgia was almost 1 year old when we started to teach her sign language to communicate early. She was quick to pick up the sign for “more”. Since that time, she has learned a number of new signs including “milk”, “eat”, “change” and “dog”. She seems to go through spells where she uses her signs…
Chocolate is Back! Just in Time for Valentines Day
Both Chocolate Blocks and Mosaic blankets are back for sale in the Snug-A-Bug Blankets Shop. I am all out of the Mosaic fabric, so this is the last blanket in that style. Share some chocolate with your special Snug-A-Bug!
$15 Rebate from Paypal
Paypal is offering a $15USD rebate when you make a purchase of $30USD or more with your Paypal account. The rebate is good from February 8, 2007 until March 31, 2007 in Canada and the USA at any shop that paypal is accepted like Snug-A-Bug Blankets. The rebate is not automatic but will be in…