J&O Celebrates National Keep Kids Creative Week 2014

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Celebrated the last week of September,  National Keep Kids Creative Week was started in the fall of 2003 by illustrator and author Bruce Van Patter. Bruce created National Keep Kids Creative Week to encourage kids to use their ideas and imaginings instead of relying on video games and television to do it for them. Once word got around, teachers began to celebrate it in their classrooms and since 2006, KKCW (Keep Kids Creative Week) has been listed in Chase’s Calendar of Events, a high-profile, national directory of holidays and celebrations.

J&O Crafty Customer: Barbara of Barb’s Baby Boutique

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As our Facebook Fan page keeps growing, more and more of our crafty customers are showing off their cool creations for our J&O family and community to view, share and comment on. One such fan is fellow Facebook page holder, Barbara of Barb’s Baby Boutique.

Barbara showcased one of her beautiful princess themed children’s car seat covers on our J&O Fabrics Facebook page and we liked it so much, we wanted to know a little bit more about her and her hobby. Turns out, Barbara not only creates for family and friends, but does custom work for interested individuals who have stumbled upon her works either through word of mouth, her own Facebook page , or her welcoming yet to-the-point website which features some of her other baby items like shower favors, diaper cakes, custom made crib quilts, crochet blankets, and more.

J&O Fabrics 2nd Annual Most Amazing Hand-Crafted Costume Contest Week 1 Update

So we’re just about two weeks into our 2nd Annual Most Amazing Hand-Crafted Costume Contest and the entries are filling our Facebook wall up pretty fast. From cute little children dressed up as  parrots and pizza, to grown folks imitating Frosty and Elvis, the journey into Halloween costume madness is just beginning. With less than two weeks left for our Facebook fans to submit their one-of-a-kind-hand-crafted-creations, there’s no telling what kind of ghoulish freaks and masquerading trick-or-treaters will emerge.
Though the final day to submit all entries may seem far away, time is of the essence so don’t delay! If you want in on a chance to win free cash and the rights to the J&O Fabrics Most Amazing Hand-Crafted Costume Contest 2010 Title, post your Halloween costumes up today! Don’t forget to add your name and a brief description of your craft so that we can get to know you and your work a little bit more.

Just to wet your creative juices a little, here are a few of our Fun Facebook Fan postings so far. Are they creative or what??!! 

J&O Fabric Award of the Week: Alice In Wonderland!

While Tim Burton’s 2010 version of the infamous 1865 novel by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is nothing less than an acid trip down memory lane for many who remember the fancied tale from their childhood of a little girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. And while many renditions have made their way onto the big screen, between the hard covers of a book, and into the hearts of both the young and the old, there is no timeless treasure quite like this one.

J&O Fabric Store Captures the Elusive Pokemon Blaziken

When I was a child, styling Barbie dolls, playing double dutch, outbeating Simon Says, and winning at Go Fish were just a handful of the entertaining distractions that occupied my mind and passed the hours. Today it’s PSP’s, The Wii, Dora dolls and Pokemon Ranger video games.

Speaking of Pokemon Ranger video games, I never understood the hype and excitement behind my 8 year olds attraction to his Pokemon creatures, if I may call them that. Him and his neighborhood friends can spend what seems like hours role playing with this action packed video as they travel through various regions in an attempt to capture the seemingly unstoppable and elusive Blaziken who has full fire pokepower. According to my son, his gifts range from the ability to leap over skyscrapers in a single jump to making flames spout from its wrists and ankles. These abilities are a bit of importance to my son since he too will someday be able to fly and shoot flames, just like Blaziken.
Up until this moment of ecstatic sharing a few days ago, I hand no clue what to get him for his birthday next month. My problem was solved when I found the Pokemon Blaziken on print at J&O Fabrics. Maybe I will fashion a pair of summer pj’s or a quilt for his bed with the animated cotton fabric. After all, a soon to be Blaziken clone needs all the inspiration he can get.
Check out the limited selection of Pokemon Blaziken fabric here!
Check out J&O selection of teen character fabrics here!
Check out our selection of disney character prints here!
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Halloween Card Crafts from J&O Fabric Store.

It’s Halloween, and the children are all dressed up in their hand-crafted, store bought or make-shift costumes waiting for the festivities of the day to begin. Perfect Peggy is practicing for the bobbing for apples contest that could win her first place and an extra bag of treats. Little Johnny is placing a ‘kick me’ sign on the back of loud mouthed Marvin’s cowboy vest in hopes to see some great responses from his classmates. And Simple Sally is all giggles as she juggles oranges in her Homey the Clown outfit.

Angelina Ballerina Pirouettes Over to J&O!

After countless calls from loyal customers searching for the ever more popular Angelina Ballerina fabric, we are pleased to say….WE HAVE IT! Not only do we now stock the requested novelty cotton fabric for the hotter months, but we also have America’s favorite mouseling in fleece and flannel, just in time for the cooler months. Create fun summer pjs and loungewear and warm winter bedding sets and throws for your little girl. It’s never too early to plan for Christmas gifts either. Even little Hannah’s ballet classes will be a bit more exciting with an Angelina Ballerina slipper bag or trimmed tutu.

Raggedy Ann Meets J&O Fabric Store!

I remember as a child, having a Raggedy Ann doll. I don’t quite remember where she came from, but she was about a foot or so tall, wore a red, white and blue girlie dress with a light white lace trim, and rocked that infamous mane of red yarned hair that she is still famous for today. She was soft and durable and quite the contortionist. Often times I would take her out of my wooden toy box only to stuff her quite snuggly in my old fish bowl that was two sizes too small just to see if her face would look bigger behind the glass. Other times, my sister and I would play tug-of-war with her to test her endurance and strength under extreme conditions. Despite my tough love approach, Raggedy Ann always kept an upbeat smile on her face and soon earned by respect for her tenacity and devotion to me….until Saturday April 28th, 1979.

It was a dark and dreary spring day and I was nervously watching my line up of horror shows, when one came on featuring a doll quite like mine. This doll had an owner about my age as well, who trusted and loved her doll with all her heart. But it seemed the sweet smile that this Raggedy Ann carried, was just a front. In fact, the Raggedy Ann in this movie was possessed by some evil spirit and would move at will without the hands of her owner controlling her. The idea that my lovable rag doll could fall suspect to that same demonic notion as I slept innocently in the night was simply uncomfortable to say the least. So without further adieu, I quickly picked up my cloth friend and handed her over to my mother for immediate deportation to the island of Goodwill. I don’t know how my Raggedy Ann finally met her demise, but hopefully she stayed out of trouble and went out like the trooper that she projected herself to be.

Sesame Street to the Rescue!

Where would we be without Sesame Street? Probably in our graves.

My father once thanked the producers of Sesame Street for saving the lives of many children, including his own….literally. He was half serious, half joking. He spoke these words on behalf of parents nationwide who undoubtedly would have grown a few more gray hairs and raised their hands to fall upon a few more tender a rear end had it not been for the regularly scheduled, educational and highly interactive broadcasting of this wonderful children’s television program.
Weekday & Saturday mornings, children from every nationality and background across America could be found glued to the tube, singing along with their favorite Sesame Street characters in the customary call and response fashion that Grover, Oscar and now Elmo encouraged.
With the click of a button, crying infants found instant gratification in Maria’s soft ABC lullabies’. The Terrible Two’s toddlers put their home destroyer gadgets away and suddenly became the sweetest, most focused angels to roam the living room. Even moms & dads could be found learning spanish words for water, or joining their offspring in finding which of these things just didn’t belong here.

So in ode of the good-ole-days, the lives of the little ones who have absolutely no idea just how intricate their entertaining TV show really was to their survival, and to the youth of today….J&O offers a great selection of cottons and flannels donning the faces of some of the most widely recongized and favored Sesame Street characters we’ve all come to love and trust.

Click here if you’re a Big Bird fabric fan!

Click here if you’re an Elmo fabric fan!


Click here if you’re a Cookie Monster fabric fan!