ABCs (and other essentials) for Alma the doll

What's a doll to do without a fun wardrobe and little extras like ABC flashcards, bingo cards and books?


Well, Tanna Beth, owner of Sew Dollish Boutique at Etsy, has an answer.

Not only does Tanna make adorable dresses for dollies, but she also is using products from KB and Friends to create miniature items for dolls. In the photo above, Tanna used our printable nursery rhyme cards to create a book suitable for a doll.

Of course, what inspired Tanna to make these tiny creations was her adorable doll, Alma, who has her own website, Adventures with Alma.

Like the rest of us, Alma needs stuff, so Tanna has been busy making books, bingo cards and flashcards in the teeny tiny sizes Alma needs.

Here's a miniature book that Tanna made using KB and Friends' printable children's book cover.

You can print in doll sizes

Tanna prints KB and Friends' printables at a fraction of their regular size.

This can easily be done by changing the settings on your printer software. Most printers allow you to print at a percentage of the size of the digital page. For example, you can choose to print at 50% or 25% the size to get small enough prints for your dolls.

And now, Tanna is also selling some of those doll goods in her shop. Check out the doll-sized bingo cards shown above. And, below, you'll see even more goodies made by Tanna.

Tanna's mother, meanwhile, makes adorable clothing for Alma. You can see the doll clothes she sells at her Etsy shop, Designed By Jac Qs.

So now that Tanna's doll Alma is all set, it's time to think about furnishing the rest of the dolls of the world with such fun items to play with.

Make a Valentine's Day Album that looks like a Children's Book

We love mini scrapbook albums that use children's books as the cover. But when you don't have the right book on hand, you can make one using KB and Friend's Valentine's Day book covers!

For the mini album above, we used printables from KB and Friends' Etsy shop, and the rest of the embellishments were from our stash of scrapbook stuff.

We started with our printable retro children Valentine's Day books covers.

We chose the book cover with the title "We 'auto' be together," featuring an adorable boy and girl in a red convertible. We printed the front and back covers, then used spray adhesive to glue them to 5" by 7" chipboard.

The inside pages were also adhered to 5" by 7" chipboard. We used store-bought papers to cover some of the pages. For others, such as the bingo card page, we used printables from KB and Friends.

Before embellishing the book pages, we used our Zutter Bind-it-All to create the wire binding.

The fun part was decorating the book. We used a mix of our own printable Valentine's Day embellishments along with store-bought embellishments that we already had.

Make sure you check out the vintage shaker full of mini retro Valentines. The shaker is attached to the inside cover page using a metal binder clip.

Here is the finished product:

We hope this inspires you to make your own mini album using KB and Friends' book covers and retro ephemera.

Valentine's Day Eye Candy

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, we thought we'd share some gorgeous creations by Cherry of Cherry's Jubilee Cards.

Her cards are so eye-catching that we hope you're either inspired to buy her products or purchase some of the printables from KB and Friends that she used to craft her lovely cards.

And here's the retro Valentine's Day printable ephemera kit from KB and Friends that she used to create these works of art:

I hope this got you in the mood for Valentine's Day! 

DIY Bingo Card Mini Album

It's easy to make a bingo card mini album using printable bingo cards from KB and Friends.

Bingo cards: The winning ticket for your paper crafts

They are cropping up all over the scrapbook scape: bingo cards!