Showing posts with label Gift Ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gift Ideas. Show all posts

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Big Brother Bag


This was a gift I made for Reid's big brother, Avery.  I kept with the nautical theme, I bought a canvas bag and decided to make a stencil using my Silhouette and paint a design especially for the new big brother.

How I Did It:
1.  I bought an anchor design on the Silhouette online store and designed a stencil using Silhouette Studio.

2.  I cut out my design using my Silhouette on vinyl.

3.  I placed the design on the bag and positioned it where I wanted it.  I did not use transfer paper for this process as there were no small intricate cuts that transfer paper is very useful for.


4.  I used a sponge brush to dab fabric paint over my stencil.


5.  I carefully peeled away the vinyl and used a hook instrument to remove the smaller pieces.  I did this while it was still wet but you could wait until it is dry as well.




Saturday, March 22, 2014

Baby Reid's Personalized Quilt


My friend, Kathy, had another baby boy, Reid.  I had the pleasure of meeting him yesterday when she brought him for a visit at work.  He's a little cutie pie.  She is updating her nursery with a nautical themed room for her two boys to share.  Check out her blog and my inspiration here.  And her latest boy's room update here.  I can't wait to see the finished room, hopefully will not have to wait too much longer...

Kathy did send me pictures of the fabric that she had picked out for the boy's room:


I had a heck of a time finding nautical fabric without pirates!  I ordered the fabric online at spoonflower.com:

I chose:
Anchor Navy by kimsa
skinny mitten stripes - icy blue by weaving major
sailing pattern by mintparcel


I ordered a fat quarter of each so I didn't have room for any mess ups!  (The heat was on...)  I embroidered the new guy's new and birth day and put the quilt together.  Check out a tutorial HERE.

And the finished product:






Other personalized baby quilts:
Avery's Personalized Baby Quilt
Gage's Personalized Baby Quilt
Robert Jame's Personalized Baby Quilt
Maria May's Personalized Baby Quilt
Greyson Paul's Personalized Baby Quilt



Thursday, March 20, 2014

Monthly Baby Onesies - Updated


  

UPDATED - CHECK OUT THE LITTLE ONE'S PICS AT THE END OF THE POST!!
TOO ADORABLE!!!

This wasn't a hard job but it was definitely time consuming!  The embroidering is what took forever!  I had the density set at .2 and each design took approximately 20 minutes on the machine!  But the results were definitely worth it!  I made these for Avery!  I made little patches that I adhered to onesies using stitch tape.  It says that it is machine washable which I was leery of but he's only going to wear each of them once for a monthly picture!  

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Valentine Fortune Cookies

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!


We made Dad (paper) fortune cookies for Valentine's Day but instead a stuffing a fortune inside them, we put reasons why we love him inside.  We put them all in a paper bag with 'Dad, We Love You...' on it and each reason started with '...because (or when)'.  {i.e. ...because you play with me.}  I had to help Steel get started but then he was on a roll.  It was cute and fun.  

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Classmate Valentines


We made these Valentines for Steel's classmates this year.  These are Brown Paper Hearts but made out of Red Paper Bags instead and... of course, filled with m&ms.  Steel wrote everyone's name on the front and wrote his own name of the back.  Mom stitched around the hearts leaving an opening for the goodies, filled them with m&ms and stitched them closed.




Monday, February 11, 2013

Valentine Gift Bag - Silhouette Project


Awesome, huh?!  After I spent the better part of an hour searching for the design number so that I could share it with you, I realized that it was a free design on my Silhouette Studio Designer Edition.  ARGH!!!  It's great though, isn't it?  




Friday, February 8, 2013

Candy filled Brown Paper Hearts perfect for Valentines!


I made these cute little m&m filled heart sacks that I cut from paper bags.  (Lunch sized ones are thinner and crinkle better...)  I'm thinking of making them for Steel's classmates as Valentines.  They are simple enough.  If you are going to attempt them yourself, sew the two hearts together first leaving a 1 1/2 - 2 inch opening to stuff in the treats, then sew closed.

I think I like this sewing paper thing lately...  (Must clean sewing machine...)

=)


Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Big Sister Gift Idea


I got a couple things for Gage's big sister.  I stuffed them in this tote that I made.  Check out the tote here.  


I also made this shirt with a fun iron on that I found.  Check that post out here.


I also stuffed the bag with a couple girly hair accessories and a bracelet making kit. 

Inspiration:  TipJunkie.com

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Big Sister Tote using Silhouette Vinyl Stencil




I made the new big sister a tote to put your little gifts in.  I made a stencil in vinyl using my silhouette and fabric paint. 

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Big Sister Tee - Iron On


They really do have some nice iron ons out there that don't look 'cheesy'.  I was going to make my own design until I saw this and figured due to my time constraints, this would be easier and it was super cute.  I wanted to bring out a gift for the new big sister so that she didn't feel left out because the baby was getting so many gifts and attention.  I made this shirt and a bag and stuffed it with some other little things to give to the new big sister. 

Monday, January 14, 2013

Gage's Baby Stats WordArt


I still keep saying that I am going to make one for myself (7 years later) but I love these!  I linked two other projects at the end of this post if you want to check those out as well.  I made this one with cardstock backing in the frame because I knew Gage's room was white, where the two other projects, I left the backing off so that the wall color would show through.  

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Friday, January 4, 2013

Gift Card Holder #2 via Silhouette


I made these great gift card holders using cardstock paper and my Silhouette.  I used design #4607 from the Silhouette Studio.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Gift Card Holder #1 via Silhouette


I made this adorable gift card holders using my Silhouette and cardstock paper.  I used design # 4562 from the Silhouette Studio.

Monday, December 31, 2012

Christmas Gift Tags via Silhouette


Have I told you how much I love my Silhouette??  Well, if I didn't...I really love my Silhouette.  Of course, I just had to bust it out to make some Christmas Gift Tags.  I love the fact that the Silhouette online store is so reasonable and you just buy the designs that you want and keep them forever to use over and over.  Everything is $0.99 or under and many times you can get multiple designs for the price of one.  For example all of my gift tags had multiple designs.  These are the designs that I used if you are interested:
4594, 20965, 21815, 23215, 23106, 34399, 21114, 21113, 11919, 16657, 23349, 22263, 23305, 34398, 34397, 23457, 36560, 36354, 36369


Sunday, December 30, 2012

Neighbor Christmas Goodie Boxes


We've been crazy busy and sick and tired.  I haven't been keeping up with my blogging obligations but I'm hoping to be back on track shortly.  Miss me?  HAHA!  

I made Neighbor Christmas Goodie Boxes this year.  I bought festive, green ziploc storage containers and filled them with:
Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Pretzel Bites
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups

Turtle Pretzel Bites

I tied a festive bow with festive ribbon to make it all festive looking.  I don't have individual pictures of my bow tying so stay with me...
1.  I cut a long, long piece of ribbon.  I used the wire edged ribbon to be able to shape the bows easily.
2.  I folded it in half so that I knew where the center point was.
3.  I placed the center point in the center of the container (shorter side) and wrapped the ribbon to the underneath and criss-crossed the ribbon on the underside and brought the ribbon up either side of the longer side of the container and tied a knot.
4.  I then tied a bow leaving extra long ribbon ends.
5.  I tied another bow on top of the first leaving longer ribbon ends.
6.  I tied one more bow (3 total) and trimmed the ribbon ends.

Hope you followed me.  I didn't take pictures as I was in a hurry and kind of winged it.  I was pleased with their results, that is why I decided to share.


Monday, December 17, 2012

Christmas Treat Bags with 3D Bow - Silhouette Project!!


These were so much fun but I think I should have picked an easier embellishment to decorate these little gift bags.  I had to cut and assemble 18 bows as well as fill the goodie bags.  Took most of an evening.  Argh!  They turned out super cute though and I got to bust out my Silhouette!!  

Our school has a 'no candy / sugar' policy for treats.  So...I filled these with a cookie cutter, stickers and a pez dispenser.  (Pez candies were included but I took my chances since Steel's teacher sent home some candy corn for Halloween.)

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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Gift Card Snow Globe


I lacked creativity this year when it came to a Christmas gift for Steel's teacher.  I copied off myself from last year's teacher's x-mas gift.   Still a cute idea, right?!  I had this great plan for Christmas this year...  I started early, as usual but then stopped.  I wanted to wait to finish shopping until it got closer to Christmas.  Well, Christmas is in 10 days and I am scrambling!  I have so much to do!!!  I still don't even know what we are going to eat.  I still have to finish up shopping, finish a quilt, make another one, make a few more gifts, finish wrapping, shop for food, make goodies and clean.  Plus, our Christmas is really only 9 days away because we do our big family dinner on Christmas Eve.  Wow.  I'm overwhelmed.  It's gonna be busy.  AND I am extremely busy at work, it never ends...the plus side...only 5 more days of work until 11 days off!!!!

Anywho...  Check out last year's posts on these cute little gift card snow globes...here and here.




Saturday, December 1, 2012

Baby Shower Favors and Basket


Favors for Jacklyn's Baby Shower:

I spray painted a small basket a baby blue (Krylon Short Cuts):


I filled it with Hershey bars with the HE colored with permanent baby-ish blue marker, tied with a baby boy ribbon:


Saturday, November 17, 2012

Minky Baby Blanket


I think I want one for myself.  I am definitely thinking that working with minky fabric on that large of a scale is NOT going to happen.  This was relatively a simple project to start with.  I would not say that it was easy but it was manageable.  I only had one minor defect and I am not saying where it is at.  =)  

My inspiration:  www.howdoesshe.com

Minky tips:  www.sew-much-ado.com

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Friday, November 16, 2012

House Warming Gift Bucket


House Warming Gift Idea...
I filled a bucket with lots of household items that are sure to be needed some day.

Items:
Light Bulbs
Sponges
Air Freshener Spray
Air Freshener Beads
Batteries
Hand Towels
Dish Towels
Laundry Stain Spray
Glass Cleaner
Multi-Purpose Cleaner
Carpet Cleaner
Magic Eraser
Lysol Wipes
Extension Cord
Power Strip
Scrub Brush
Toilet Bowl Cleaner Tablet
Outlet Covers
Dawn Dish Soap