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Fancy Pants and Imaginary Tea Parties

6/22/2011

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My Ceramic Markers Arrived!

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My ceramic markers from Dick Blick arrived a few days ago and I have wasted NO time in testing them out! The very first test was very first-test-like, so I'm not going to show it to you, but here is my second test!
I'm super pleased with the result- they are easy to use and make a nice line. It's drying now, so I don't know if it's going to be dishwasher-safe like it says it will... but I'll let you know. It's been crazy rainy this week, leading to all kinds of indoor projects. There will probably be MANY more tests yet this week.
I'm imagining entire tea parties sipping from these sweet little Nordic-looking teacups. They will all be different, but somehow all belong together and we will look like something out of one of those expensive European ambiguous lifestyle magazines.
It's a lovely dream.
You may notice that this teacup coordinates perfectly with that out of focus blob in the background. That is my treasured Marimekko throw pillow and yes, it is one of the reasons I like to design with red and blue.

Fancy Pants

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This evening we went to a fiber-themed art opening. So, naturally, 5 needed some new clothes. He had to be able to dress the part of a fiber nerd's son! The shirt is not new- I dyed it before he was born and printed it for his half-birthday, but the boy needed some fancy pants...
This lovely little paisley number was at one time the sleeves to a large women's turtleneck. The bottom of the body got turned into a miniskirt for me (no I am not such an embarrassing mom that I made us match), the top got turned into bibs, and the sleeves are now pants for my too-cool-for-school babe.
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He looks absolutely smashing if I do say so myself. For the reception, my husband added an olive green, quilted, tough-guy vest. He looked like the Stay-Puft marshmallow man and Beck's love child. In a good way.
This was the third pair of pants I've made for him and it's gotten easier each time. These looked just perfect. I think I'm finally ready to write that tutorial now...
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crystel
6/22/2011 01:28:34 pm

i will study that baby fancy pants tutorial. every baby needs fancy pants. any product in five's hair to make it stand up like that? or is he just a naturally rockin' babe?

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Mutti
6/22/2011 10:46:56 pm

He was voted 'Best dressed' at the show.
And as always he is best baby ever!!!

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Elegant lingerie link
6/27/2012 02:24:14 pm

Nice pants.. The boy looks so cute in this pant and it is so easy to make... These looked just perfect.

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    My name is Ansley Knoch. I am the creator of Rispok, a line of accessories for big and little people made from repurposed materials. I live in Madison, Wisconsin with my husband, Fred, and our son, also Fred, better known as 5.

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