The Mothers' Christmas Presents

I've been MIA lately. We just got done moving into our new place and are somewhat unpacked.

I am so excited to be out of our itty bitty apartment. 

Before we moved out, I was ablt to get two Christmas gifts finished. Yes, Christmas gifts. This year I decided I was going to make all my gifts. 

DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU ARE MY MOTHER OR MY MOTHER-IN-LAW!!! If you continue, your gifts will be spoiled. Just trying to warn you...

I am making this gift to go with another, but I just haven't had a chance to make the second part yet. 

I wanted to give them a little bit of my baby for Christmas since they are so far away from her. I decided to make them shadow boxes. These are so simple and if you go at the right time, you can get the boxes on sale. I am debating about making myself one.

I picked out some paper that I really lied. I wanted something green and pink and I found these.

I cut out the pink and green paper the size needed to fit in the shadow box. Then, cut the pink glittery paper to border the photos I wanted to add. 

I used a few stamps to stamp her name under her photo, and I sewed a few buttons to the corners of the page. Added a glass dream ornament and a few stickers. To give it a more personal touch, I stuck on one sock and one mitten of hers that she has out grown. 

It didn't take me as long as I expected it to.

Now I have to figure out how to wrap these so they don't get beat up on the plane ride home. 

Gifts 2 out of 18 complete!!

Books I Want

Unfortunately I have not been able to work on any new crafts lately.

I am currently working on my cousins onesies at the moment. I am hoping to finish tonight or tomorrow. I really want to get them sent out tomorrow (knock on wood).

Then, I have to pack because we are moving in a few days. 

SO.... whenever I see a book that I really want, I take a picture of the cover with my phone and later look the tittle up on Amazon.

So, here is my list!!

Crafting Books

Has some awesome ideas, especially for those who are beginners.

I'm always looking for new things to make for my baby

These books are pretty AWESOME!! Their website is nice, too. They have some neat tutorials.

BABY STUFF!!!

Definitely a book to review if you have forgotten some of your basics

Scrapbooking Books

And other miscellaneous Books

I want the WHOLE collection. One of my dreams is to travel to each state and reference the books as I go.

Good Info for tortoise lovers. I always find info on aquatic turtles, but not so much a tortoise.

AMAZING sandwiches!!!!

Well, I'm definitely going to have to save up if I want to get all of these!

Onesie Revamped

It's been a crazy past couple of days. I'm loosing sleep and I'm a little stressed. My body responds to this by annoying me with a constant twitch in both my eyes. It's driving me nuts.

Good news, though! I think I found someone to sell my diaper cakes at their store! They want me to make a boy and girl cake to show. I have a lot of work cut out for me these next couple of days.

So, as I mentioned in my previous post, my cousin is having a baby. I bought some onesies for my baby and got the second pack half off. So, here is a short how-to on how I revamped one of the onesies I will be giving her.

I begin by getting my stencils out and tracing the letters I need onto wonder under. Remember, this needs to be done  backwards so the words come out correctly when ironed on the onesie or shirt you are using.

Once you have traced out what you want, you have to iron on fabric, cut, and peel. The peeling is the tricky part, especially if you have tiny letters like I did. For some, I had to use a needle to remove the paper.

This one was a but easier to peel because the piece was a bit larger

So I know my sister in law is going to roll her eyes at this, but I did the butt ruffles next. I wanted to match the fabric so I got red and pink lace and pinned them together to sew onto the onesie. This part was the hardest for me. It is very difficult to get this type of lace to stay in one place. I ended up sewing it by hand because it kept shifting from where I wanted it placed.

Oh, and I forgot to mention...on the heart piece, I stitched a border around it so it wouldn't look so boring.

Final Product:

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