Father's Day or ???

We're on the road a lot these days but I did get to make Father's Day cards. I lifted the idea from Card Creations - an '09 edition. Get out your circle punch; I used the 1 inch. These colors are good for a masculine card. I do want to change up the color combinations and sentiment for more occasions. The THICKERS alphabet worked great on this as does the foam type. My Dad just turned 80 and Ev's Dad is 96. Happy Father's Day to all!

Fabric Bowl and Coaster

Here is another fabric bowl I made along with a coaster. They match the tote bag for Vanessa and they will go to her along with the tote bag.

Tote Bag

Here is a Tote Bag I made for our grandaughter Vanessa's 15th birthday. I'm going to fill it with bath wash, body spray, lotions, lip gloss, etc. I got the pattern from a craft book and added an inside pocket and the outside bottom pockets.

Baby Crib

Tony had an old Jenny Lind crib that was missing one of the up and down metal rails.  That was the only thing missing.  It was originally a maple color.  I ordered new parts to include the rail....mattress holder, and new teething bars.  I refinished it in black for my daughter Chrissie, who is pregnant and due with my 3rd grandson in July.  I recently presented it to her at her baby shower.  She LOVED it!  I also refinished the changing table to the left of my daughter.  This was given to her by her generous cousin Melanie and I refinished it to match the crib.

Here's a closer picture of the changing table.

I also made the baby bumper set out of material that Chrissie had picked out.  She is making a baby quilt for the baby and I used 3 of the fabrics that we ordered especially for the baby bumpers.  I used the Fairfield Nu-Foam for the foam fillers...it also has a pattern written on the paper insert.  I added the orange piping....it wasn't part of the pattern.

Published Work

I submitted a shower invitation for the June/July issue of Cricut Magazine that was published.  My invitation appears on page 112.  This is my 2nd published work.  I also had a baby cradle favor box that was published in the premiere (Jan/Feb) issue.  CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTO

Photography

I am a grandma again...this is number 2 grandson.  His name is Kayden Taylor.  He was born on June 1st....and is perfect in every way!  I took this picture of my son holding Kayden. I added a black vignette to the outside edges to make this a square instead of a rectangle.  CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTO

Fabric Bowl

I made this fabric bowl using scraps of fabric and cotton clothesline.

Retro Diaper Cake

My two nieces are giving my daughter a baby shower on May 28th.  Amy, my niece, asked if I would make a diaper cake for the shower.  The theme is RETRO and the colors are red and several shades of blue.  I found these cute, cute wooden animals at a hobby store.  I had originally thought I wanted a small wooden train set....or small wooden cars....but I could not find any that weren't too big.  Then I found these and just thought they were perfect.  There are 101 newborn diapers on this diaper cake.  CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTO

Mother's Day

This is the card all the mothers in my family will receive this year. I lifted the idea from Cardmaker magazine May 2011. The pocket type card has the message on the insert. The border punch is from eK and all the coordinating papers are from my stash. The "Love Letters" paper flowers are from Prima Marketing.

Wine Bottle Decoration

We made WINE BOTTLE DECORATIONS at craft time while at our first camp out of the year at Lathrop Missouri. We just used an empty wine bottles, I prefer a dark color one with a fun label...added a small string of clear (Christmas) lights to the inside of the bottle, stuffing them in with some colored tinsel, then added what ever greenery and pics that suit your fancy and decor. I also made one for the bedroom of the RV...will try to remember to take a picture of it to share when we go camping this weekend. When lit it make a nice atmosphere, mood, or night light!