Baby Bee Baby Shower

I'm telling you, my favorite part of being creative and making things is getting crafty for special ocassions like birthday parties and baby showers.

My baby girl (who is now almost 2) never really gave me that "OMG I'm having a girl so everything must be pink" feeling.  Instead, everytime I was told something by a family member or friend about my color choices for her nursery and baby shower, I went deeper into the non-girly color schemes :).

I fell in love with bees and fairys the entire time I had her in my belly.  Everything had something to do with bees or fairys, I mean everything! Such huge gravitational pull toward stuff that never before caught my eye.  Fairys?! Are you kidding me?! I am by far the most tom boyish girl I know.  Out of my group of girls that is.

Take a look at what I did for her baby shower invites:

I used Papertrey Ink's fabulous stamp set Baby Button Bits as well as their awesome Golden Harvest Buttons.  The ribbons are all random choices of mine that I picked up at my local crafty store.

 

 I cut all my cardstock down to size and printed them with the information and I included an insert which asked all my guest to help build a library for Jaylyn.  I love that idea (which I picked up from web browsing) because it really does help and it adds a little something extra and unique to the invite.  I love it!

Whoo Loves You?

My Mind's Eye paper is amazing. I don't think I've come accross a line by them that I don't like.

You know, the other day, as I was organizing my stash of paper I realized something that made me smile. Most of the paper I was looking through has been sitting for quite some time; my scrap booking took a vacation for a minute. Anyway, what I was looking through dates back as far as when I first started scrap booking, like 5 years back, and back then I had no idea how many different companies are out there, I simply picked out papers I liked. Little did I know, I was picking out mostly the same few companies, My Mind's Eye being one of them. Now I know better; now I know to look for you! :)

This mini is for my mom. It spells out "Nanny" which is what my kids and niece call her; she refuses to be called grandma or abuela! It holds pictures of her grand babies. Of course, I wanted to keep it once I had the finished product in my hand :).

handmade flower

journaling tag


I made this little girl's skirt with a piece of pretty ribbon I had, kind of scrunched it up, sewed the top together so it looks like a skirt, glued it to the girl with fabri tac, and attached a little piece of twine from Papertrey Ink tied into a bow to the corner making it look like its part of the skirt! Super cute!


my favorite pages in the whole book! "Who Loves You?" The little owl was pretty simple to make. I got this idea from Elizabeth Kartchner's blog. Check them out! She made little stuffed owls with some real cute fabric, well, I thought they'd make great embelishments, AND I was right :). They are about 2.5x3 inches and really super fun to make.


just a few pictures of the kids.


The end. Enjoy!

Good Morning

Finally, a scrapbook page for Jaylyn’s book. She’s going to be one in 2 months and I have all of like 3 pages in her scrapbook, bad mommy!

This page, to me, is so soft and sweet. It’s actually a great reflection of what my baby girl is, soft and sweet. Everything is mounted on Bazzill Basics Paper, French Vanilla Cardstock. I used My Mind’s Eye, Lost & Found, for all the embellishments. The little girl stamp with the heart balloons and the blue hearts are by Prima. Simply adorable!

The Lost & Found papers I used were actually given to me by my friend Heather in a pile of scraps she didn't want anymore or had already used. How perfect did that work out. :)

Supply:
My Mind's Eyes, Lost & Found; Bazzill Basics Paper, French Vanilla Cardstock; Prima Clear Stamps, J&J Up Up and Away, Twine from Papertrey Ink

School Days

Yesterday, while looking through October Afternoon's site, I came across a project that one of their design team members, Kinsey Wilson, made. She made an expandable folder to keep all her old report cards, school work, and stuff she kept from her school days. I thought, what an awesome idea. My son is finishing up his VPK career and I have his school work everywhere. I knew I didn't want to trash them but I didn't know what to do with them until I saw her folder. Sooo, last night I went to town on some green Smead file folders I "borrowed" from work..lol. Enjoy!

Supply:
Smead file folders (3), eyelets, dcwv grade school paper stack, kraft paper, ribbon, twine, pop up foams, cat's eyes chalks, circle punches (small, medium, & large)


October Afternoon's Site
Kinsey Wilson's Blog