Baby Gifts

Hi Fellow Crafters'

Here are some baby gifts I whipped up to give at a baby shower for a colleague on Saturday. I drew inspiration from around the web. As her baby decor is Winnie the Pooh I purchased some Winnie the Pooh print flannel and some polka dot jersey knit.

First up I made two receiving blankets, both single layer as we are heading into summer here. One I made of flannel and the other the jersey knit. I merely cut a rectangle measuring 90cm x 120cm. I bound the jersey knit blanket with satin binding.

I then found a fabulous pattern for a burp cloth here-> Homemade by Jill- so I decided to make a couple of them, 2 with the flannel and 2 with the knot, I backed all of them with a dark blue terry cloth.

 

 

Then I found a pattern for a sensory ball here-> The Purl Bee. I used the pattern for the smallest ball and decided to put a bell inside, I also used flannel, knit, terry cloth and polar fleece to give the baby different sensory feelings. I also put a loop of ribbon on the top of the ball so that links could be attached so that the ball can either be attached to a taggie blanket or the side of the pram.

I have posted about a taggie blanket before -> here. This time I used a single piece and made it 40cm x 40 cm and used blue polar fleece as backing, for a soft touch.

 To round off the the gift I made a theme related card. I took the easy way out and used some Pooh stickers from my scrapbooking stash and a onsie card template, I used a white marker to "stitch" on the onesie. The sentiment I used in the card reads- Sometimes it's the smallish things in life that take up the most room in our hearts- Winnie the Pooh

I hope she likes what I made for her!

Happy crafting

Lego Birthday Party

Hi Fellow Crafter's

Recently my youngest turned 5 and he is totally in love with lego----so it was natural that for his birthday he wanted a lego theme.  I was pressed for time, so had to come up with quick and easy decor ideas.  Some I found on the web and others I was able to throw together chop-chop.

First I found this on the web
1. lego kirigami -> here  

which I changed into this

then I designed these

And this is how I used them

First one above were printed on A4 sheets of cardstock to represent "hanging" lego blocks for room decor.

The second one was the base for the invitaion, I just typed over the "lego" block with the party details.

The third I printed onto A4 paper and wrapped around a juice carton. (one A4 covers 2 cartons)

My son loves to have a pinata so of course I had to make the easiest one I could think of a "LEGO" block, easy enough I took a plain rectangular cardboard box covered it with one layer of paper mache and took some styrene cups I cut to size and covered with the traditional crepe paper and viola - ok so it's not so pretty but the kids loved it :-)

And no party would be complete with out the party favor boxes- again I went the easy route with a 4 stud lego block ie a square ready bought (gasp) box ti which I added punched out circles raised using double sided tape.

The cake was also a lego block dressed up with some of my sons lego figures. Super easy a rectangular cake and six inverted cupcakes! Not a good pic so I added one of my other sons cake, which was also a lego block.

Thanks for looking and happy crafting.

Burrowing bunny

Hi Fellow Crafters

I used the same flower pot pattern as I did for my baby shower bay socks to make an Easter egg- burrowing bunny.

Find pattern for the flower pot here.

I simply placed an egg (broadest end up) into the pot and decorated it with two paws and a cotton wool tail secured in place with some tacky stuff. I think these would be cute as gifts or even as an Easter centerpiece.

Happy crafting

Ballet Stocking Gift Card Holder

Hi

My niece graduated from high school this year and as her school career comes to an end so too has her ballet dancing tuition so I thought it would be fitting as I want to give her a gift card for her Christmas gift, to create a card holder/tree ornament that would remind her of her ballet dancing (she has been attending ballet lessons since she was 3 and she is now 17).

I found a template on the Family Fun site- get it HERE (they have some other fun stocking variations too).

 

Close up of the ballet slipper.

Using the guidleines in the following challenges I turned the Ballet Stocking into a Winter Wonderland with a caroling theme:

SCS Ways to use it challenge: Let's go Carolling- Let It Snow

Pile it On: Tinsel Town - glitter

Cupcake Craft Challenges: Sing a Christmas Carol- Let it Snow

The Cuttlebug Spot: Gift packaging- Ballet Stocking

Crafty Card Makers: Alternative Christmas- Colors and Ballet Stocking

I used Cosmo Crickets new Christmas line Jolly by Golly and bazzill card. I embossed the white card with my Cuttlebug swirl embossing folder and added glitter to the snowflakes and houses. I constructed the snowman by cutting out of the patterned patter and piecing him together.

I have other ballet related gifts I have made to share later today so be sure to check back.

Happy Crafting
Paola

Cupcake turned tea cup!

Hi


Edited : 12 Dec to add in links to felt foods- scroll down.

I am soooooo in love with felt food (sadly have not had much time to do much though).

I was trying to make a cupcake and landed up with this- a small teacup cum espresso cup.

So now I had to make a saucer.

And what is a good cup of coffee without some treats!

And a plate to put those treats on...

While I was taking the pics my boys decided to start playing with the set (I think they just wanted to be on the blog ; - )  LOL).

 

 

So they get their moment of glory and now the  set all together:

 

Now I have to decided how to package them.

After I  had made my own templates I found loads of free templates on the net, will share my templates and the links later,links are now below- if I get a chance (Busy busy busy).

1. Fruit

2. Egg

3. Doughnuts

4. Banana

5. Various Veg

6. Corn

There are many more if you type in felt play food into google search.

TFL

Happy crafting

Paola

Polka dots and red high heels....

Hi

My mom is 79 this year and she has always spoken about a pair of red stillettos and a polka dot dress she wore as a young lady, so we decided to do the decor for her party as... you guessed it... red high heels (template here- Ellen Hutson) and a matching handbag.

I used Bazzill Basic Card stock and Scenic Route DP. Filled the shoes and bag with Lindt truffels.

TFL

Paola