Several women have commented on Lydia’s car seat tent, so I’m finally getting around to doing the tutorial.  It’s SUPER easy!

I remember going out with Abigail and getting frustrated, trying to keep the sun completely out of her eyes with the car seat sunshade.  And don’t even get me started about when it would rain.  Also, the wind, oh the wind where I live is killer and blankets would always blow off, and it was a hassle to hold her car seat, while trying to keep a blanket over her.  So, thank goodness I discovered an awesome way to cover up your newborn with a car seat tent.  Here’s what you need to have on hand to make one yourself . . .

Supplies

• about 2 yards total of fabric (if you want it to be reversible, you can use 1 yd of one color and 1 yd of another color, or you can simply use two yards of the same fabric)
• thread
• velcro (not the adhesive kind; buy the kind for sewing)

Okay, so I started typing up a tutorial for this but erased it all, but I don’t have the patience to remember what all I did, since it’s been about 4 months since I made this.  So, I’ll just leave you some links to some car seat tent tutorials that will be helpful.  Also, here are some of my measurements that might help you (keep in mind that this won’t make sense to you until you look at the tutorial links):

• I cut 2 inches off the bottom; it left my fabrics to be 36 L x 42 W (35 long when sewed)
• For my velcro straps: soft side up, facing back (velro down, facing front) 7-8 inches long
• When I measured the cloth front to back, I sewed the straps directly in the middle lengthwise (21 inches) and measured side to side; 12.5 from outside (7 ¼ in b/t each other).
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Do you need a new car?  What if it were “dog friendly”?  Well, Honda has made a new car that has . . .

• a cushioned dog bed with restraints in its truck
• a built-in, spill proof resistant water bowl
• rear ventilator fan
• a ramp to help smaller or older dogs climb in
• easy-wash seat covers,
• a paw logo on the side

It’s going to be a Honda Element utility vehicle, and it’ll be be released this Fall in the U.S.  The current model of the Element starts at $20,000, but Honda hasn’t figured out a price yet for the added pet friendly features.

[picture taken from Jalopnik]

Where I live, many people convert their car garages into living areas or an extra bedroom because they don’t have as much space as they’d like.  Well, those people could use Pop Up Garages, which are actually being made in the UK.  The Cardok is lifted by means of an electro-hydraulic system, and they say it’s actually energy efficient.  They say, “It only requires about the same amount of energy to operate through one cycle as it takes to boil a kettle of water.”  Watch the video to see the garage “door” shuts.