Elisa's Baby Shower: Part 2

Today Elisa's family threw a shower for her and Rick.  Elisa looked adorable in her hot pink shirt with a hot pink and black flower in her hair.  I made a scrapbook for her in those favorite colors.  It is very girly girl!  I used lots of feathers and bling.  I always enjoy creating with pinks because I almost never work with them! ;)  Being the mother of three sons I don't get to do girly.  How did I do?

Elisa's Baby Shower: Nursery Letters and Baby Outfit with Flower Broach Wardrobe

Last night my AMAZING bunco group had a surprise baby shower for Elisa.  It was tricky, since it was her turn to host.  Guinn suggested we each made wall art letters in Elisa's nursery colors: black, white, and hot pink.  I made X, Y, and Z.  The completed alphabet was so beautiful!  I am so lucky to have so many fabulous and creative women to hang out with.

I had purchased this cute outfit for the baby a few weeks ago. 

It needed a little dressing up, so I made flowers (not my area of expertise, but I tried) to attach to the outfit.  Here's what I did:

I used about 18 - 20 inches of ribbon for each flower.  First, I made a running stitch about an 1/8 of an inch from the edge of the ribbon I was using.  Then, I pulled the thread to gather it. (This is a technique I learned on Pinterest!)  I glued each flower to a half-dollar sized circle of felt.

Next, I added a little button or bauble to the center of each.  I used buttons, a brad, an iron-on patch, and a metal embellishment.

After that, I glued a velcro dot to the back of each flower.
 
Last, I stitched a velcro dot to the outfit.  

Elisa can easily remove the flowers for washing.   Now the baby has a flower broach wardrobe!

P.S. Elisa was very surprised!  It was the MOST fun!

Plant Hanger

I found these at the Goodwill:

I saw this on Pinterest:

It is a Kokedama String Garden created by Kate Pruitt for Design Sponge.  Click the picture for the "How-To" by Kate.



With a little black spray paint, some moss, soil, and cute little fern, this is my result:

The Butterfly Tray

I found this at the Goodwill:

It is a truly ugly (to the point of being almost creepy with the dead bugs) tray.  When I picked it up I was thinking of turning it into a picture frame.  I liked the round shape and the glass was intact, which was a plus.  I realized that if I flipped the backing over it created about a quarter inch space between it and the glass -- shadow box!

With some paint, a special photo, and embellishments, this is the result:

I used a photograph of my boys taken by my friend, Michele Hartman.  Check out her photography at http://michelehartmanphotography.com/. 

Pinterest and Philippians 4:8

My Pinterest addiction has renewed my creative energy. I have churned out projects this summer that would awe Martha Stewart. I have ventured into the thrift stores of my fair city and asked myself, "What the heck is this and what can I do with it?"

I will be posting those adventures here along with photos.  I have a couple friends asking to join me on my junking trips.  I will be glad for company.  I'll let you know how it goes.

I found this at the Goodwill:

It is a picture frame that conceals a photo album. I thought, "Awesome! With a little paint this would make a great shadow box.

I saw this on Pinterest:

It was pinned from the blog, Family Bees.  Jenny created this poster using digi pictures from Amanda Heinmann. Click on the picture for a link to Family Bees' post.

With paint, fabric, and paper this is my result:

Many thanks to Jenny for creating such an adorable poster!

Baby Boy for Heather

My friend, Heather is having a baby boy in October.  I'm tickled "blue" for her.  This is the finished album I made for her. I used Basic Grey paper and carboard I've had around.  I'm unhappy with the d-rings for the binding because the book was too thick for them.  Ah, well, scrap and learn!