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It was deliciously cold this morning: 27 degrees. (Go ahead, you Midwesterners, laugh at me. But this IS California, after all.) I woke up to the little dog curled up tightly in his bed…and my husband outside in shirt sleeves and wet hair — taking photographs of ice and frost. Brrrr. Even the sunlight looked cold this morning…icy blue and shivering. I grabbed my camera too (well, eventually; after reveling in the warm covers for an rather lovely amount of time), but didn’t leave the warm house. No sirree bob. Instead, I stayed inside and took some photos of lovely baby clothes. Ohhhh, I can’t wait to put a tiny little human into these clothes!

Hand-embroidered onesie in progress

Infant sleep sack from Japan

Little Girl’s Dress/Shirt from Oaxaca, Mexico

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handmade teeny tiny gift bag – with easy DIY tutorial

December 2, 2010March 21, 2014 Gina @ Oaxacaborn

i just made these little teeny tiny gift bag out of scraps of paper, some tape, and vintage rickrack i found at the thrift store. you can make your own gift bags, too, in any size, using this fantastic tutorial from the scent of water blog.

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a foray* into embroidery

November 21, 2010March 21, 2014 Gina @ Oaxacaborn

i had some fun with an embroidery needle, a white onesie and some thread which belonged to my husband’s great-grandma. and don’t laugh at my stitches. i haven’t embroidered anything since i was twelve years old.

pink embroidered flower on white baby onesie

embroidered pink thread on back snaps of a white baby onesie

*foray: (n) a brief excursion or attempt especially outside one’s accustomed sphere

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baby taylor models the striped flower hat (and shows off her cute cheeks)

November 16, 2010March 21, 2014 Gina @ Oaxacaborn

just yesterday i wrote that i haven’t been able to see many of the little people wearing that hats i’ve crocheted. and then my sweet friend christi (alas, she has no blog!) sent me this precious photo of her little taylor wearing the striped flower hat i made for her.

but it’s not that hat that is making my heart stop. it’s those cheeks! is she not the cutest thing?!

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LIFE IN PHOTOS :: move over, anthropologie. 26:PM is making giant letters.

November 12, 2010January 21, 2020 Gina @ Oaxacaborn

Remember when I said, “I think our house is in need of some giant letters“? Well, why let Anthropologie have all the fun? We’re making this happen. (And by me, I actually mean 26:PM, who actually just tweeted a photo of the work in progress).

[UPDATE: See another, better, photo of the giant cardboard letters here.]

giant cardboard letters in progress - to be used as home decor

If you don’t want to go through all the work to make these by hand, you can also buy premade papier mache 3D cardboard letters.

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acorn gifts on etsy – the under $20 gift guide

November 10, 2010October 12, 2011 Gina @ Oaxacaborn

click through to view the gift guide on Etsy.

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NaBloPoMo (bless you!), vintage rickrack, and yarn

November 5, 2010October 13, 2011 Gina @ Oaxacaborn

this month, i’m joining a lot of other bloggers in national blog post month — that is, trying to blog at least once a day throughout november. apparently, the cringe-worthy abbreviation for this event is NaBloPoMo. this is not to be confused with NaNoWriMo, the novel-writing event. let’s just say…i hope the folks who came up with that are better at crafting sentences than they are at inventing acronyms.

speaking of crafting, here’s a little snapshot of a current project involving yarn scraps and vintage rickrack.