Baptism Towel & Poem

We have a family friend who is getting baptized this week. I made her this towel. I bought the towel at Ross and the trim and Joann's. I simply sewed the trim to the bottom of the towel. If you get one yard of your trim will should have some to spare with most standard towels. 

I also made this tag to attach to the towel. Feel free to download and use it as well. 

We are excited for her to make this step in her life. Thanks for visiting!

~Rachel~

Days Until Chalkboard

These have been very popular with my friends and family and I wanted to share them. 

These Days Until Chalkboard count down signs are great for any occasion. You can count down the "days until" a new baby, a birthday, a Disney vacation, a special holiday like Christmas, the last day of school, a wedding, and all the great day your family looks forward to. 

You can purchase the kit to make it yourself here at Vinyl Lettering Co's etsy shop. They make great gifts and you can even say "I made it myself". 

~Rachel~

Waiting for Baby Crafts

Hello fellow crafters. It has been a long time. Around the time of my post on Mary Endelbreit Shadow Box I got a new full time job and found out I was pregnant. This might give you an idea of why I have only had one post since then. Recently I stopped working to get ready for the baby. He is due April 20th. However I am going to be induced sometime next week. YAY! I have been on bed rest and not able to do a whole lot but have done a few crafts while waiting for our bundle of joy. I got this Fossil Key Per Messenger Tote for my birthday back in November, Thanks to my mother-in-law. Love it! Unfortunately this color is no longer available but there are many other patterns that are fun and retro. I am using it for a diaper bag and wanted some accessories to go with it.

I made just a few. I used this D.I.Y. boutique wipes case tutorial from According to Kelly and made a matching wipe case. It is hard to see but I quilted the top layers of fabric.

I like this tutorial because of the way the trim is done. There are so many tutorials out there that I am sure offer other great ideas.

The other accessory I made was a changing pad. I used Homemade by Jill's tutorial. Her changing pad turned out so fabulous. I really liked what she did with embellishments and detail. I followed it to a T.





My inside fabric was not laminated fabric. I already had some Heat n Bond Vinyl and used that to water-proof my changing pad. We will see how it holds up. If you have used it before leave a comment and let us know how it worked for you. The fabric on the inside is the same fabric I used for another project I did for the baby as well. I will post that later.

It's been great getting back to the blogging world. Hope you enjoy.

~Rachel~

Crafting Up Christmas with Shutterfly

I am really looking forward to the Holidays. For the last 2 years my hubby and I have sent out photo Christmas Cards (even though its been just the two of us). I really love them, both sending and receiving. All the products Shutterfly offers are really great. I have been using their products for a long time.

I made our honeymoon photo album with them, and just a few weeks ago I sent out our change of address cards that I ordered from them. I am really looking forward to choosing from their Christmas photo cards. There are so many to choose from here are a few of my favorites...

There are so many ways you can use Shutterfly this Holiday Season. Make gifts for your loved ones with their photo albums and calendars, or send holiday cheer with their holiday, Christmas, and Hanukkah cards. Get started now by uploading your photos. If you sign up for their emailing list they will send you all of their latest sales and deals.

~Rachel~

Mary Engelbreit Shadow Box for Mom

I think every crafter has a special place in their heart for Mary Engelbreit. My Mother-in-law and her mother have always loved anything and everything Mary Engelbreit. I used to visit teach a sister who's house was honestly ceiling to floor Mary Engelbreit. If you aren't a lover yourself I am sure you know a woman who is.

I came across this photo and I wish I could tell you where I found it. I believe it was on the Mary Engelbreit blog. I couldn't find it on there again though. I really liked it and at the time was trying to think of a gift to give to my Mother-in-law. Here is my version. You could make this for your mother or mother-in-law. You could even change it to say friend or sister to make it work for your Mary Engelbreit enthusiast.

Supplies:
White card stock
Black ribbon 7/8"
Pink felt
Green embroidery floss
3 different shades of green felt
Black felt
Adhesive red felt
Variety of buttons (red, pink, yellow, blue)
Heart buttons
Black bottons
Black and white ribbon

Shadow box

I bought all my supplies at Joann's for about $30 dollars

Start by cutting your white card stock to fit in the shadow box. This tutorial follows an 8.5 x 11 shadow box. Cut 5 pieces of black ribbon in 10 3/4" strips.

Glue or tape ribbon on paper a half inch apart starting from the middle and working your way out. You will want some of it to over lap.

Cut pink felt in a 6 1/4" by 8 1/2" rectangle. Also cut heart out of black felt. Drawn a line with a pencil of where you want to stitch, then stitch along the line.



You can use this as a template. It is also best to have your black felt heart to use as a template so you know where to draw your line for the stitching.



Cut leaves out of green felt. You will need:
20 of green
8 light green
10 dark green



Place the heart on the pink felt, but don't glue. This will allow you to use it as a guide to place the leaves. First place leaves where they will go, then glue one at a time.




This is what it will look like after you glue the leaves down. Isn't it starting to look more like something then just felt and thread?




Now you will trace your lines for stitching on the black heart. I placed my bigger buttons down give me a guide but these can be more random.




Everything is being glued over the top of the stitching.




You can use this template to cut MOM out of red felt.




DO NOT glue MOM on yet but place it on the black heart so you will know where to place the buttons and leaves. The leaves on the heart can be placed depending on how you did your stitching. I started from the bottom placing the leaves and buttons but not gluing them. After everything is placed then you can glue.



I waited to do MOM last. Remove paper to expose adhesive. I also added a little hot glue to make sure it stayed on well.



Now glue the decorated heart to pink felt. Then glue the pink felt to card stock with ribbon on it. Line the pink felt with the black and white ribbon. Also tie a bow with the black and white ribbon and add to top of heart. Glue black buttons and heart buttons to every corner.




There you have it. It's ready to go in the shadow box.




On a scale of 1 to 10 for love of doing a craft this one gets a 9. I really enjoyed it.




~Rachel~