Argyle Baby

I wanted to share this with you weeks ago, but Mom asked me to wait until she gave them to my sister.  Even though my sister saw the plans and fabric, she hadn't seen the finished product until her shower this past weekend. So, without further adieu...

Look at what Mom made for my nephew!

There's a 'mommy-sized' one and a 'baby-sized' one (with the diamonds scaled accordingly of course).  How cute are they?!?!  It's even more fitting since my brother-in-law LOVES argyle.  It only makes sense that we've adopted that as an unofficial inspiration for the nursery.  It's gonna rock!!

This kid is going to have an awesome Nana, don't you think?

Check out the design for his room as it develops on my pinterest board: Future Nephews Room.

I'm willing the universe to give me a nephew for my birthday.  I was born on my grandma's 60th birthday and I thought it was always such a cool connection.  My sister is due 2 days after my birthday, so I've been telling her stomach that April 30th is a GREAT day to be born- and it runs in the family.  I hope he listens, he would be an awesome 88th birthday gift for Grandma!

Oh Baby!

Shower accomplished! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves (with only minor captions, since I certainly can't keep my mouth completely shut).

I'll come back later in the week to give more detail about certain projects.  Any requests?  What shower details do you want to hear more about?

Circle Garland Revisited

For my sister's baby shower this weekend, I have a few projects up my sleeve.  The shower is going to be at our parents' house, already making it rather intimate.  The house is not a big one, so the 25 people attending will totally fill it up- meaning that not a lot of decoration is required to make it feel personal.  Good.  After B's bridal shower, I didn't have the energy for another big set of projects. The main projects are garlands to decorate the fire place mantle and above the food table.  Naturally I decided to revisit the circle garland that I blogged about here.  I tried a different approach and managed to make an easy project even easier!!

Thank you, Bernette!

Bernette is my trusty sewing machine.  All I had to do was to feed my punched circles into the machine one after another and in 15 minutes flat, I had all the circle garland that I needed!  It had a slightly different look (with the spacing) than my first go at the garland, but I really like both, and they're amazingly simple.

The next garland challenge was to try and create some ruffle streamers following this tutorial.  Check!

Menu Board (made with roadside found frame): in progress

Picture holders: in progress (we asked all the guest's to bring a baby picture so we can have fun guessing)

I know it looks a bit random right now, but just you wait.  I totally see it in my head, and its fabulous!

I do have fun doing stuff for showers, but boy will I be glad when it's over and I can relax for an evening. Maybe I'll even work out a bit.  Maybe.