I don’t know how this is gonna work, or even if it will, but I’m going to start posting everything over at Gussied Up to see if I can make that blog a little more like a magazine that covers a lot of different things that you might find interesting.  maintaining two blogs is getting harder and harder to do.  I’ll eventually pull all of this over there, but for now, please follow the link for new material.

I’m also always looking for new material, so if you have a cool project you’ve completed, a good DIY idea, someone you’d like me to profile - whatever - please pass it along.  I’d love to see this become an online community magazine that mixes what’s cool locally with what’s cool out there.

                           
There’s also the Farmer’s Market (and Court Ave patio breakfast places) and SMASH is having a cool outdoor yard sale event, Electric Showroom, that you can head over to in the East Village - make a morning of it - Farmer’s Market, Craft Saturday, SMASH & the Village.

*Just so you know, I’m Popscicle Stick.  I crocchet washcloths and pot holders and I’ve added cool little bracelets.
I, of course, added a photo that included my shop.  I pay for the blog, peeps, so I have to feed my frenzic somehows.

Many bloggers loved it when their photos got picked (someone actually has to submit the photos) because it caused a huge increase in traffic - what blog doesn’t want visitors?  Many readers loved it because they discovered new sources and blogs they otherwise wouldn’t see.

It worries me.  I used to write to each person to ask permission to use photos and links back to their info - I never got a “no.”  In the interest of time, I just stopped asking first and started linking back, attributing and then forwarding a note with a link to back to the post - full disclosure.  I’ve never had anyone complain, but if they did, I’d immediately remove the post - no questions asked.  Because you’re hosting their info on your own server (you eat up other people’s limited bandwidth if you don’t) causes some people to freak, as well.  I guess this all has to work itself out sooner or later, I’m just thinking about how impossible it’ll be to pass along cool stuff if you can’t use other people’s photos.  As long as the original source is attributed with the appropriate links, I think it’s great.  I’ve caught people using my stuff without linking back, but often they just didn’t know better.  I want things to stay open and free.  Some jerk’s gonna throw a wrench in the cogs, but the rest of us just have to power through.

 

 
I’d say that when my son was born in 2003, you’d be hard pressed to find a cool onesie.  I had one from Wry Baby, one from Ferdinand and later on, a cool flying “V” shirt from Slick Sugar.  That was about it.  It got so bad that we just bought a few Green Day patches and stitched them onto various onesies and tees until they just could be re-used again.*

These days it’s like everyone has a onesie - except maybe Smash, but I think I’ve heard rumours that they do.  Anyway, here’s a round-up of some of the newest I’ve found.  Don’t forget the aforementioned artists, the cuties stocked at Urban Belly and the newest local addition, Onesies Twosies. 

***Please add some suggestions and I’ll post photos to go along.****

*Even these days - at age five - we’re resigned to printing Green Day album covers on iron on paper to make our own punk tees.  We’re not allowed to wear Dookie to school, so our wardrobe is a bit limited. 

{jig.} customizable onesies - by set or individual piece.

Make your own tutorial from How About Orange. 

 
Lookybook

Personally, I prefer local booksellers like Beaverdale Books, Book Store, and East Village Books which offers online shopping (Lookybook links out to them, too.) 

(I had this bookmarked to share, but I forgot all about it until I got an email alert from coochicoos this morning.  Sign up for your own alerts!)

Try Lookybook here:

One of the loves of my life is getting really bored and that quickly leads to unrest or movie rentals or hours on YouTube spent watching Green Day videos.  Thank heavens for Bloesem’s new venture, Bloesem Kids.  (I know the internet is not the answer to our lives, but sometimes, I swear, it is.) 

Arounna Khounnoraj guests hosts a section of BKids called BookHou Craft Projects that will save you from even “the most boring day on the planet” (a direct quote).  Many projects require little more than you already have and some require a little more.  Make a shopping list now, head to the shops (what? are you gonna get yard work done today?), gather supplies into gallon ziploc* kits, put everything into a plastic tub, and mark it “When You’re Bored To Tears.”  Don’t be surprised if you find yourself working alongside your little one - many of these are that cool.  Get a jump on your holiday gifts.  Come December, you’ll have so much free time…

*If there’s any way at all to recycle these, please do.  An alternative is to buy smaller plastic totes to house supplies and then use them for othe craft storage as you go along.