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Week In Review - Quilting - Day Five

Close . . . but no cigar. I have more unfinished quits in my craft room than I really want to admit but these are two that I will fess up to. Really, the tough part is done, I just need to get my quilt on.

The pink girl top is my latest. The square boy top below has been finish for almost two years now. Yikes!

The problem is I love starting a quilt. Buying the fabrics (definitely my favourite part of the whole process), cutting the fabrics, and creating the layout are my top 3 things I like to do. I don't love sewing it together because I am a bit of a perfectionist and want the edges and corners to line up just so. I find this part stressful:)

I think posting these might actually make me get my ass in gear. Ok, here is my pledge. I will quilt and bind both of these tops within the month. So on April 25th you can visit me here to see if I completed my challenge. Wish me luck!

Rainbow layered caked

As much as I would love to take credit for this amazing idea, I can't. I actually saw it on the web at Whisk Kid but just never got around to making it. I am definitely glad I took the plunge. It was so fun, and look at the results!! 

I made it for Friday night family dinner and had everyone guess what was inside before I cut into it. Layered chocolate and vanilla, oreo cake were a few of the guesses. I don't think anybody assumed that this is what was inside:)

The kiddos loved it! Even Maddie, whose not quite one and is the healthiest little eater I know (his moms a naturopath, he comes by it honestly) was chowing down. I was a bit fearful that the thought of food colouring might turns the mom's away, but everyone was game.

Unfortunately, this was a late night project so I do not have any decent process shots but I will definitely be making another one of these soon and promise to document it step by step.

Enjoy!

Party!

Heading to my nieces 2nd birthday party today! Can't wait to eat cake and celebrate. My cousin Tam has done a great job of decorating for the party so I will post more photos tomorrow. Stay tuned . . .

In progress

  

 

 

The entire wall is done now but we need to finnish the new casing for the window before I show the final project. 

Just a warning, wallpapering is not for the weak at heart:)

My wallpaper is in

 

 

Stoph, being the great guy that he is, has finally agreed to put it up. I am heading off to my works annual national fall conference and he is staying home to wallpaper for me. 

I owe him big time for this as he has clearly told me wallpapering is his very least favourite task. He has already stated my office/dressing room is the only place in the house where it will go. We will see:)

Stay tuned for the finished product.

DIY baby

This is getting a facelift!

 

 

 

Stay tuned to find out what a few cans of spray paint can do.
 

Bouquet DIY

In case you were wondering how to make some of the beautiful bouquets in my last post here is your chance. Click here to watch a 4 minute how to video. 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

Baby room decor

My cousin was looking for inexpensive ways to dress up the baby's room. I instantly thought of replicating what I had done in the craft room using embroidery hoops, and some of my ever growing fabric stash. Here is what we came up with.

 

Fabric by: Amy Butler, Heather Ross, Joel Dewberry, and others. 
They are currently being held in place with pins so that we could test it out before committing to it. Now that they are happy, we just need to hammer inwhite finishing nails to hold the hoops more securely (my craft room ones are still held my pins). I would say the price tag for the entire design would be approximately $60.00 depending on how many hoops you go with and what price point of fabric you decide on. Stay tuned for upcoming invites, announcements, and more baby decor.

DIY - paper bag packaging show and tell

So, here is the paper bag DIY I was talking about. When I was creeping on Elsie's blog I came across the project from Mandi (whose blog I also stalk on a daily basis). I had a package that I was sending my cousin Kim's kids so I thought, why not try it. This is how it turned out: 

 

I added rub ons to the Whole Food paper bags. There is something about paper bags that reminds me of my childhood. Shopping at Safeways is always a fond memory for me where they would strategically place each on of your food items into that study thick paper bag.

 

There was actually no real purpose for sending the gift other than the kiddos had run out of their Valentine's treat and put in a request for refills. I used clear cello bags (a must have for packaging treats) and then I printed on clear labels from staples.

 

 

This is a robot t-shirt I picked up for Parker on line.

 

Instructions to control consumption. 

 

I wrapped everything inside with bubble wrap, followed the DIY, and stuffed it all in.

 

Fun little project.