onesie decoration

My friend since sophomore year English class, Laura, is due next month with a baby boy. Words cannot express how excited I am about this. New baby smell! New baby snuggles! I get to go home after a visit and sleep soundly through the night! It's really a win-win for me.

Laura's mom and four of her friends (including me) worked so hard to throw her the BEST. BABY. SHOWER. EVER. And it was! Truly. Delicious food, great people, amazing cake, and hard cider! Yum!

Inspired by this post (after googling "onesie decoration that doesn't suck") I convinced my fellow baby-shower-planners to let me set up a onesie decoration table. It was AMAZING. They turned out gorgeous! Everyone had fun!

This is Mary. You can tell she's having so much fun. She's also super ultra smart. 

This is Kim. You can tell how proud she is of this newt onesie. So very proud.

The process involved using peel and stick fabric fuse to turn quilting squares into stickers. I made stencil shapes in cardstock ahead of time - hearts, moons, animals, etc. - to help give people ideas and a starting point. To create the onesie you just trace a shape on the back of the fabric sticker, cut it out, and stick it on. It is really that easy. 

I also had fabric markers and lettering stencils for anyone who wanted to write a message or draw free-hand. By using a mix of colored and white onesies of varying sizes, we ended up with a very unique collection. 

It was so fun to plan this and have it executed exactly the way I envisioned. So many sweetly designed, homemade onesies that are beautiful to look at! 

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february?

I have no idea how it is already February 6th. But it is. Which puts us 8 days away from Valentine's day. Some people think it's corporate nonsense, other people think it's irritating and couply. I think it's nice to have an excuse to say "I love you!" And to do it with paper? Even better.

I bought this kit from Paper Source to use with my daughter. Did you know that exchanging valentines now starts in preschool? The kids have no idea what's going on but I'm on board if I get to help her glue hearts and sparkly things onto paper.

FUN!

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rainbow cake

What?! Did you say rainbow cake?! How fantastically fabulous! I am totally making one some day. And I promise to post about it. In the meantime, I found these photos on Sweetapolita. I love that her daughter drew the decorations on the fondant. How fun!

Yummy and gorgeous! Such a good combination.

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valentine's day

Yes, Valentine's Day is just a week away! If you're feeling crafty and don't want to go with traditional cards, flowers or chocolates... try one of these great do-it-yourself projects I found.

Crayon Stained Glass Card - Martha Stewart. Gorgeous! And you get to use up a few broken crayons.

Heart Cookies - Baby Jives. These are a nice alternative if you're looking for a sweet gift without all the sugar.

Quilled Cards - Martha Stewart. I'm not sure I have the patience for this one but I love how the examples look.

I look forward to one day having enough free time to do projects like these.

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tree alternative

I love this ornament tree idea from Not Martha. If you love it too you can follow the do-it-yourself instructions. Or you can just admire the photos.






So creative and so simple.

crayon projects

As anyone with a toddler will tell you, crayons don't last long. In our house we have a crayon bin that is at least half-filled with broken pieces of crayon. Wondering what to do with those broken pieces? I saw these great do-it-yourself ideas on Ohdeedoh.


Melted Crayon Ornaments or Gift Tags - I love these. You can even draw with them again when you're done.



Crayon Chip Wrapping Paper - from Momtastic. Gorgeous!

wall calendars

These calendars take the meaning of wall calendars to a whole new level. I love them all. They are a visual expression of how my brain works. I'm organized to a fault and have a calendar brain.


This is a do-it-yourself project from Martha Stewart. Of course! I wish I had the time and an extra wall.



Dry-erase vinyl wall stickers make up this calendar. This is what my office looks like. In my mind.



Interior design from Pinch Design. Yummy.

Special thanks to my mother-in-law for pointing me to this blog post about calendars. She knows me well.

advent calendar

Growing up I loved having advent calendars and counting down to Christmas. Now that I have my own family I'm excited to get the tradition going again.


I came across this one recently from J. Hill Design and I think it's lovely.


I like the non-ordered numbers and the abstract drawings. Also, it's a DIY calendar with a free download with any purchase!

hannukah

Since Hannukah starts on Wednesday I feel I have an excuse to jump straight from Thanksgiving into Hannukah and Christmas mode! Hooray!

I went looking for nicely designed menorahs and found a ton in every different style imagineable and some with shocking price tags. My favorite is this simple branching design from Crate & Barrel. Also, it's affordable.

Rustic Menorah - $26.95 Crate & Barrel

I also ran into this cool DIY dreidel mobile.




Happy Hannukah. Next up, advent calendars!

chalkboard planters

I saw this DIY post on design sponge and I was totally inspired! Of course, I don't have a lot of things that need planting, nor do I have a lot of space for things that need planting. But if I did, I would totally attempt this not-too-scary DIY chalkboard planter idea.


So cool, right??