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We took our cardboard reindeer idea and ran with it. This time by turning a smaller gift box into a reindeer toy! It’s so easy to create, making it the perfect last-minute way to spruce up your gift giving game. Download the template in our shop to make your own reindeer gift box. Trace and …
The Christmas season came so fast here at the Banister House. With dolls going out to good girls and boys, we’ve barely had time to craft and create in our usual manner. but we did manage to pull together Mr. Reindeer who the kids have grown very fond of.
It was such a treat (or should I say trick-or-treat ;)) to create a series of simple DIY costumes for you in this month’s special Halloween edition of Better Homes and Gardens. This little unicorn riding princess is a fav and an off shoot of my llama costume from last year and follows the same basic …
I’m so excited to share a more in depth look at my Fairy Friends books? If you’re familiar with my fairy friends nature paper dolls, which you can download and decorate here, you’ll see where this series started to take flight. I loved using nature to transport these little sprites into the very real and magnificent world …
I’m so excited to share that today I’m sharing how to make our oversized paper mache flowers over on House that Lars Built! When I first had the idea for a fairy tea party based on my hard bound fairy friend books, I asked friend and stylist Meta Coleman to help out (because planning a …
Little one turned 4 this past weekend and we celebrated by inviting friends to a little tea party. Jon made her a wooden brown stone dollhouse from my Playful Cardboard Brownstones pattern (found in my book Playful: Fun Projects to Make With and For Kids) and I found the perfect sized vintage doll bed that fits …
My good friend, and Playful book Stylist, Meta Coleman and I put on an enchanted Fairy Tea Party for our little ones in honor of my Fairy Friends book series out this week! It was filled with giant paper mache flowers, delicious cake and cupcakes, book reading, fairy doll friends and lots of costumed …
Friends as you may have heard (if you follow me on instagram) my Fairy Friends books series with Baby Lit books is out this week! woohoo. We’ve got a lot of fun stuff in store including a fairy book signing and scenes from a fairy tea party that I can’t wait to share!!! The books are …
She’s been waiting for this day for a long time. Me…not as much. Today this little lady got her back pack out, insisted on carrying and lunch and toted it all off to her first day of preschool. I just got home from picking her up and she had a great day. I however am still …
The kids and I had a lot of fun working with Kohls this year to get geared up for back to school. We even put together a pin board with pins to help us get inspired for the transition. The boys are going to a new school this year so we’ve got a lot of …