Project: A Quilt for Baby Taylor

Several weeks ago I shared with excitement a stack of beautiful quilting squares I had waiting to be transformed into something even more beautiful:

  Then I posted photos of my favourite part: quilting by hand with my Oma:

Any now, without further ado, here is Baby Taylor's first handmade quilt.  I wish I could show you how perfectly it matches the nursery.  My sister-in-law has phenomenal decorating taste!

Pretty blue buttons.  :)

My first attempt at mitered corners.  A success...hurrah!

The 'girliness' of this quilt looked so at home in Baby J's room, that I almost had trouble gifting it.  

I'll just have to make another!  You never know....  ;)

Happy Sewing!

I plan to link up to these great blogs:

Tip Junkie, Someday Crafts, Skip to My Lou, The Girl Creative, A Bowl Full of Lemons, Sew Much Ado, Polka Dots on Parade, Thrifty Decorating, House of Hepworths, My Simple Home Life, Homemaker in Heels, WhipperBerry, The Blackberry Vine, Kojo Designs, Debbiedoo's, Simply Klassic Home, Six Sisters Stuff

Baby Shower: "Cute as a Button" Invitations

Here they are as promised: "cute as a button" for my lovely sister-in-law!

This particular invitation is for the girls at one of her stores.  The other invitations included first and last names of all those invited.

The teal paper and buttons are from Michaels (purchased on sale of course!).

The kraft paper for the envelopes is from the dollar store.  Each envelope was individually cut and sewn to fit the invitations.  I like that extra little touch of something 'different.'  

These two fonts were used: DJ Fancy, and Pea Hollee (DJ Fancy is available for purchase through DJ Inkers, while Pea Hollee is FREE online!)

On to planning the decorations....

Happy FRIDAY!

Baby Shower: Invitations

My sister-in-law is expecting her second (another girl!) in August, and I was given the honour of creating her baby shower invitations.  (There was never a formal shower thrown for her first pregnancy, so my mother-in-law is putting one on for her this time around - so thoughtful!)

As I put the finishing touches on her invites, I'm remembering the excitement that I felt as Baby J grew and grew and grew in my tummy....all 9 lbs. 7 oz. of baby boy by the end.  

Two of my most favourite friends from high school threw a baby shower for me, and I (*cough cough*), the Type-A person that I am, helped to design my own invitations (*hangs head in shame*).  Yes, I know...I'm terrible.  But creating the little details of party invitations are one of my favourite things to do, and these girls know it.  So they only razzed me a little, and then took over the rest of the party details once the invites were out.  And let me tell you, they did a phenomenal job!

So before I reveal later this week the cute little invites for my sister-in-law, I thought it would be fun to share what we three girls created in honour of Baby J.  

Happy Party Planning!