emma's belated bday

Happy second birthday Emma! Only 9 months behind in posting the pics. Oops! Emma was obsessed with all things pirates and ocean so we knew that had to be her birthday theme. Below are some of the pics I took of her party decorations. Now it is time to start planning her third birthday.

 

felt sea creature center pieces

  more felt sea creature center pieces

 and even more felt sea creature center pieces

 emma's gift table (the table cloth was a painter's drop cloth)

we still have the ahoy sign hanging up in the playroom.

 we put treasure for the kids to find in the sandbox. emma loved it.

Our little pirate. I made her shirt using photoshop and some easy iron on paper.

Baby Shower

Something else I have done since I've posted last is that I threw a baby shower for my good friends Matt, Allison, and their soon to be baby Evan (who is now here). I think the shower turned out great and that the parents to be enjoyed themselves. To the right is a picture of the paper garland and modpodge/scrapbook paper name.

I made the picture in the picture frame and the tags on the prizes. 

My favorite part of the picture is that I put Matt and Allison's initials 

carved into the tree.

 A close up of the adorable little cookie owls I made as thank you gifts.

 The owl diaper cake and sign in frame.

More paper garland, flowers, and owl cookies.

project updates

Okay people I have been gone for a over a year. So I am going to post quick pictures of things I have done. I will start with a few projects that I found pictures of.

apron for emma (front)

 

apron (back) emma couldn't wait to get her hands on it

 

flower headband i made for baby lilian

 

basket of beautified burp rags

 

bird feeders set up 

 

diaper pouches (emma said she wanted the blue one)

Emma's Window Phase 3

I have finished the 3rd and final stage to Emma's window... the curtains! It took me forever to find fabric that I loved. I used Fairgrounds Modern Texture Yellow from DS Quilts Collection by Denyse Schmidt.


The purpose of the curtains, other than being adorable is to keep her room warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and to keep all the light out. Therefore, I backed the curtains with a thick black-out liner.

Here is a detailed look at the top back of the curtain
(Sorry, the thread sticking up is driving me crazy too)


This is a detail look at the bottom back of the curtain.


The finished curtains closed.


The finished curtains open.

I am super happy with how they turned out. I wished the finished pictures looked better, but I was having flash problems with my camera. I think after another steam the curtains will hang even better. On to the next project...

Big Girl Bed

We recently bought this toddler bed at a neighborhood garage sell. It was in pretty good shape, but I couldn't resist painting it the shade of blue from a stripe on her wall. It turned out super cute and more importantly Emma LOVES it!

Accent Table

I recently refinished my Great-Grandmother's accent table. I had found the table in the back of my Grandmother's wood shop (aka storage area). She used to use it to hold all of her grandchildren's pictures. I had forgotten to take before pics, oops. Either way here is the finished table. It made my Grandmother more than pleased that I am using her mother's table.

Art Bra

I recently finished making/designing a bra for 'Creative Cups for the Cause' 2011 Art Bra Contest. I thought I had a good design idea, but wasn't sure if it would come across the way I wanted it to. I think it turned out well and most people got it right away. It was way more complicated than I thought it would be because the bra material was hard to work with... hot glue was the trick.

The bra is called 'Like'.