Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Five Unique handmade Baby Gifts to Make For Baby Showers

If you are looking for baby gifts to make but are bored with the appropriate blanket and baby booties, here are five unique and unusual (yet still functional!) gifts to create that would be perfect baby shower gifts.

  • Time Capsule - Don't you wish someone had made you a time capsule of things from the year you were born? gather newspaper and magazine clippings of current events, trends and fashion, a small toy from the most current hot children's movie and last, but not least, take photos of their home and their city! Document their neighborhood, take snapshots at the local grocery store, the post office, cars on the street, the local school, the front of their house, their parents and their family! consist of notes from family members and a extra letter from you introducing them to the world. gather it all and put it in a attractive wooden keepsake box, leaving some room for the parents to add some things of their own. Just think what a treasure this will be when they are your age!
  • Padded Mat - No, it isn't just an additional one boring blanket! This time, create an extra thick and padded blanket, a cushy exterior that will be perfect for tummy time, even on hardwood floors. Get creative with it and add "activity" toys to it, such as removable soft toys, flaps that hide attractive pictures and small ribbon tags. You could even line the lowest with waterproof Pul fabric which will turn it into the perfect exterior on wet grass park blanket.
  • Name Blocks - buy sufficient blank wooden blocks at a craft store to spell out baby's name. Decorate each block with the letter an/or images that start with that letter. You could paint with non-toxic acrylic paint, decoupage with paper or fabric or wood burn your design. For compose ideas, look at the crib bedding set that the parents registered for and use the same theme or color task on your blocks.
  • Mix Cd - Make baby a mix Cd? Yes! create a mix Cd of soothing music, classical is an positive choice but get creative with music in your range or check out iTunes for lullaby ideas. Alternatively, a fun and upbeat mix of baby friendly music might be just the thing! Face it, most music marketed towards babies is terrible and many parents would love to have a "normal music" Cd to listen to that is still baby friendly.
  • Handmade Books - You can buy blank board books that are the perfect canvas for your own stories! If baby will live far away from extended family, create a story using real photos of family members so that baby can get to know them. Or, create a funny story about the family pet, your own version of an alphabet book, a photo book with separate kinds of cars or butterflies, etc. Draw your own or create collages from actual photographs or magazine pictures.

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Have fun creating some unique handmade baby gifts for your next baby shower! These fun projects will be appreciated by both the parents and the baby, which is exactly what a handmade baby gift should be about.

Five Unique handmade Baby Gifts to Make For Baby Showers

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  • Contains 14 birthday cards, 6 congratulations cards (baby, wedding, etc.), 4 care and concern, 2 thank you cards, 4 friendship/blank cards

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Monday, January 2, 2012

handcrafted Thank You Card Ideas Using Silk Flowers

Handmade thank you card ideas can come be inspired by nature or even by looking at items colse to the home. Silk flowers are gorgeous and relatively inexpensive handmade card ornament that can be used to add size and character to any handmade thank you card.

Silk flowers can be purchased at most craft contribute stores and even a lot of allowance dollar stores carry silk flowers that can be used for development greeting cards. Someone else great advantage to using flowers as a handmade card ornament is that purchasing flowers will often follow in many flower bulbs and pedals that can be used for many cards.

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When choosing silk flowers especially for greeting cards you should consider a few things. For instance, if you are mailing the card, then you may want to select flowers that are relatively flat, such as silk daisies or sunflowers. Someone else consideration for choosing silk flowers would be the colors. If it is for a wedding card, then gorgeous white flowers would make for a elegant card. If you know the wedding colors, then you might select to match them with the flowers on the card.

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  • Each card and envelope individually wrapped
  • Contains 14 birthday cards, 6 congratulations cards (baby, wedding, etc.), 4 care and concern, 2 thank you cards, 4 friendship/blank cards

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For thank you card ideas, silk flowers can essentially be any color and in any design. If you are inclined, you may select flowers that are reflective of the current season or the opportunity for which you are thanking the card recipient. Silk poinsettia flowers can be fabulous to use while the holiday seasons. While pastel colored flowers would be excellent for springtime thank you cards.

Also consider that if the card is for a child, then silk flowers may not be a good choice as they can fall off and become a choking hazard.

After choosing your silk flowers, you should use a pair of sharp scissors to carefully cut the flower from its stem. Get as close to the back of the flower as you can without losing any pedals or other delicate pieces of the flower. If the stem is too thick to cut off, then you can carefully cut off the petals and dispose your own flower on the front of the card with a button as the centerpiece or some other creative centerpiece.

When the flowers have been successfully cut off of their stems, then spend some time arranging the flowers on the face of your handmade greeting card. consider what type of design you will be aiming for with the flowers. Most times flowers are used to decorate existing focal points of a handmade card. For instance, smaller flowers can become a border to "Thanks a Million" text on the card. Or flowers can be used to bring out the background colors of a card.

While silk flowers can be used for decorations on a card, they can also be used as the main focal point, especially if you are not planning on along with text on the front of the card. Or if you are development a few blank handmade thank you cards for hereafter occasions that are unknown at the moment. A easy background with the flower in the middle can be quite enough to make a handmade thank you card stand out.

Attaching the silk flower to your handmade thank you card can be tricky. consider practicing with flowers that you are planning on discarding. A hot glue gun is one of the best ways to attach embellishments to the front of cards with precision. carefully use the hot glue gun to add a bit of glue to the back of the flower. Press the flower into position on the card and hold firmly for any seconds. Allow the glue to dry completely before handing the card again.

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Mother's Day Card

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This card was made using the Wild Card and Sweet Treats Cartridge along with some paper that I found at my local book store. I added some buttons and a "sticker tag" that help to add that special touch. Thank you for watching! XOXO, Julie. :0)

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Wall hanging and sympathy card

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Just sharing a couple items I made over the weekend. Thank you for watching.

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Twilight Tree Card

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www.mindbites.com Lydia shows you how to make a beautiful Twilight Tree card. To make this card, you will need dye-based ink pads in light blue, dark blue, orange, rust, light green and dark green. You will also need chocolate card stock, white card stock, a tree stamp, a decorative filigree-style stamp, a rubber brayer, a natural sponge, a brown water-based marker, and a white gel pen. This beautiful card is created using very simple techniques that anyone can do. For more ideas and projects, visit Lydia's blog: www.understandblue.blogspot.com

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