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A little over a year ago, just before I had Nora, I had never really read a blog. My friends Tobi and Kim told me to check out Dooce. I started reading it everyday, and if I didn't read it everyday, I had to go back and catch up. Not long after, Dooce mentioned Loobylu. That was it- link to link to link - I'm hooked. I have found gobs of brilliant, artistic people out there. Among them are Stephanie at Little Birds (Stephanie has stopped blogging- sniff. sniff.) and Hillary at Wee Wonderfuls. I don't know these women. I have never spoken to either of them, only gazed at snippits of their lives from afar through my computer screen, but they have inspired me. They are so creative. And they MAKE STUFF. I love it!

The very generous Hillary recently offered up this. They are the most adorable little paper dolls. I printed them out on magnetic paper for Nora. Jack has adopted this little "grill" (he still has trouble with his r's) and he named her Karen. She now sports a 1980's side pony tail; Nora promptly tore off the other. She really wants to play too, so I'm going to have to design her a chunkier, more baby-friendly set. I'm going to print them out for every little girl I know. Thank you, Hillary!

Speaking of brilliant: How flippin' brilliant is this?! Megan at not martha has some of the best fun things to make on her site. I have been meaning to make some draft stoppers for years. Seriously, for years. Our upstairs hall closets (3 of them) are so cold, I guess, because they are really part of the attic. Under the kids' doors up there, not for drafts but for noise, we keep rolled up beach towels on the floor all of the time. How much cuter will these look?! You see, I have THE lightest sleeping kids in the universe. They are fairly good at going back to sleep, but every little thing seems to wake them. I can't go in and check on the baby while she sleeps- she pops right up and looks at me the minute the door creaks. The dog's toenails on the hardwoods? Wakes them up every time. Poor Pete gets scowled at when he just wants to take a look around the house. I wanted to make them this weekend and post about them Monday, but I can't wait that long. I'll put up a picture when I get them finished. Off to the hardware store now for the foam tubes.

Posted by Alicia on March 3, 2006 04:17 PM |

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