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  • Things you don’t need: High chairs

    High chairs are one more THING that I believe you just don’t need. For starters, if your family eats their meals sitting on the floor, as some cultures do, then your baby certainly doesn’t need a high chair. Why don’t the Thais, who adore children, use highchairs…? Because the tradition of Thais from ancient times »more

    Last updated on August 13, 2017
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  • Board Book Graphs

    I’ve got three interesting bar board book graphs for you. This one shows you where our board books come from. The op shop (charity shop) is always worth a look. Most of our op shop books came from one strike-it-lucky visit to Saint Vinnies last year. And unfortunately, from this ‘graph’, it looks like books »more

    Last updated on March 4, 2014
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  • Things you don’t need

    Many years ago, when I was living in the UK, I flew to Egypt for a short holiday. It was a one week package holiday so I packed just a small bag. In that week I was going to learn to scuba dive in the Red Sea. I had a wonderful time; the Red Sea, »more

    Last updated on March 4, 2014
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  • Blogging without obligation

    The tag-line on Tartx’s blog says she has been “blogging whenever i get the f***ing urge since january 06”. And with that in mind she coined the phrase “blogging without obligation“. I release all the logos, thoughts and words mentioned here about this concept into the public domain. Take the idea and run with it. »more

    Last updated on February 6, 2014
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  • How to make FAT cloth books

    I started making cloth books the turn & topstitch way pictured above on the left. But I wanted FAT pages to highlight the colours of My Chewable Book of Wheels. And I liked the result so much that I no longer make skinny books. (The original skinny book tutorial is here.) Fat Cloth Book Tutorial »more

    Last updated on October 13, 2015
    Making
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  • Where do you keep baby’s cloth books?

    Do you keep them stuffed in a box like we used to? Or do you show them off and display them on a book rack. (Not a book shelf, a book rack!) Imagine keeping your baby’s board books, or your books/novels, jumbled up in a box instead of stacked orderly on a book shelf. I’m »more

    Last updated on December 2, 2013
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  • Baby’s first craft show

    We’ve been to a small town baby “expo” before but today was our first official small town craft show. See here my humble little stall. Simple. Minimalist. Very sparse compared to most of the other crafty stalls on display. Perhaps that’s what the problem was? Or perhaps it was the wrong target market walking past »more

    Last updated on December 2, 2013
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  • Pretty rainbows!

    Can you see why I switched from skinny to fat pages? A fat cloth page (with padding and no top-stitching) shows off its coloured fabric beautifully when the book is closed. Plus a cloth book made with fat pages looks bigger, softer, chunkier than the same made with skinny pages. The most common way to »more

    Last updated on December 2, 2013
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  • And the winner is…

    So we only had five entries in my first giveaway. Five lovely ladies from the UK and US took part and I wish I could give them each a chewable book to say thank you. But there is just one winner, drawn from the hat by baby Ben.

    Last updated on December 2, 2013
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  • Baby eats books, chalk, dirt and now…

    So besides heaps and heaps of paper and cardboard, and chalk, and dirt, I think I can add one more thing to our boy’s list of things he’s eaten that he shouldn’t have… Our one-year-old bub was playing this morning wearing his training pants, not nappy, and I noticed he had pooped, so I picked »more

    Last updated on December 2, 2013
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I'm Deborah - artist, designer, teacher, and stay-at-home mum. When I have time, I enjoy designing and making cloth books for babies.

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"Perfect gift! Thank you very much!"

"A great gift for a foodie mother-to-be. Thanks"

"Gorgeous little book, and the teething ring is a perfect idea. Thank you!"

"Gorgeous cloth book that my niece will adore. Gorgeous seller too. Thanks again xx "

"Fun colors, we love the wooden teether!"

 

"So original and perfect for my vegetable themed diaper cake!"

"My custom book is perfect! We love it! Deborah did a great job! Great quality, shipped on time."

"My daughter loves chewing on this little book! The pictures are bright and beautiful. Your website is also great - loving your work xxx"

 

"Awesome product and service - shipped earlier than expected and perfect present for my niece. Kept me informed the whole time and always responded promptly. Thanks!"

"Awesome & baby loves it!"

"Great product very well made! Absolutely Love it, I will be back again."

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