craft kits
January 05, 2012
February 06, 2011
Thursday February 10th - Valentine's Trunk Show!
Come and join us! A fun-filled evening with unique vendors, wine, coffee and treats!
Revolutions Espresso is in the Green Lake neighborhood of Seattle:
November 22, 2010
A Little Etsy Love
Check out this blog, A Little Etsy Love, for the chance to win a $20 Kit and Caboodle Gift Certificate. This is just one of the goodies on offer in their HUGE Holiday Giveaway! Take a look at the wonderful handmade gifts they have selected in the Gift Guide, including our own Kit and Caboodle Designs Mama and Baby Elephant Sewing Kit.
Happy Thanksgiving!
May 07, 2010
New Card + New Shop = Fun Times
Just listed today - a new notecard five pack featuring art, as usual, by the talented Miss G. Watch out for her guest blog post in the next couple of days. I love her style and her humor (and I should probably mention that she's my youngest daughter!).
She doodled this sweet frog on a Post-It note while she was waiting for me to stop talking on the phone! His expression mirrors her's at the time...just thinking...just dreaming.
I also just opened a shop here on Zibbet, which is somewhat like Etsy but a little less saturated. I've enjoyed having a mooch around at the handmade goodies listed on both sites.
March 29, 2010
March 23, 2010
Craft kits that cover the whole caboodle | Evergreen Moms: A Pacific Northwest Shopping Blog
Thanks to Evergreen Moms for the great review!
My eldest has been eager to do craft projects lately. While I enjoy the afternoons creating our masterpieces, pulling together the necessary bits and pieces for a given project can sometimes be a pain in the you-know-what. And I'm a little dubious of many of the kits at the big box craft store, especially given the lead and other toxins that keep popping up in cheap toys.
Seattle's Kit and Caboodle Designs makes it a whole lot easier with their craft kits, ranging from sewing to jewelry to painting. They include nearly everything you need to complete the project, from pattern to materials to thread and needle. I love how they play with texture and color. Plus, they steer clear of plastics, opt for reused and recycled materials, and source them locally here in the Northwest, when possible.
Best of all, the end product is actually something you'd want to keep around, like the colorful owl family sewing kit (above) or Russian stacking dolls you paint yourself. There's even a Sew-A-Rabbit kit, just in time for Easter. Craft time just got a whole lot better.
$13 and up at Kit and Caboodle
January 01, 2010
Phinney Ridge Winter Fair
Kit and Caboodle participated in this year's Phinney Winter Fair, which was a LOT of fun. The event attracts a crowds of people from near and far, all enthusiastic about handmade, quality goods. Our craft kits were very well received with many families snapping up several boxes to give as holiday gifts. It was great to be a part of such an inspiring crafty community - my neighboring vendors were generous with their advice and recommendations. We'll be there next year!
December 21, 2009
Get your Imagination Started! Kit and Caboodle on the 2009 KUOW Annual Toy Show!
Kit and Caboodle's Russian Doll kits are on the air! Recommended by Jude Larene of Izilla Toys, you can listen to the show for some great recommendations, or view the full list of toys here.
March 18, 2009
Seeing circles
Today was spent putting together bookmark kits; in this case lots of boxes of circle bookmarks in various funky colors:
The bookmark kits are great first sewing projects - lots of wool felt to fiddle with and arrange artistically. Available here.
February 26, 2009
Today is a busy day putting together a new stockpile of kits; with the travels of the past couple of months, I'm a little behind with replenishing the shop after Christmas. Orders have been placed for new paints, threads, roving and other goodies.
My bars of pure olive oil soaps for the felted soap kits have been sliced, wrapped and boxed. I use the left-over slivers of soap for my own felting - I add boiling water to them and stir until they form a 'gloop' (no other word for it). When diluted, this is a great soapy medium for rubbing on layered roving to make flat felt, or for making felt beads or rope. It's not as harsh on the hands as dishwashing liquid.
The roving I use is just right for the job - some varieties don't felt particularly well, but this is a nubby fleece with flecks of different colors which look great and felt in a snap. When felted around the soap, it makes a mildly abrasive washcloth. You can feel the exfoliation happening....
And Clover will start stocking my kits in a couple of weeks! It's a fantastic toy shop with an inspiring range of toys, clothes and books so I'm thrilled that Kit and Caboodle Kits will have a place on the shelves!
