I'm still here!!

Hi there, I'm still here! I haven't given up blogging - I've just been incredibly busy lately with our first family camping trip over the Labor Day, my daughters baptism, and the unexpected loss of our dog Fancy. I'm still working on my goal of one post/week and hope to increase that to 2-3 posts/week, but we'll see. With that being said, today I'd like to share some photos of projects I've made in the past mostly for special events (baby showers, birthdays, weddings) and gift giving. Check back next week when I share the projects I made for my daughters pink & gold baptism.

1st row beginning top left:1) favors for milk & cookies themed boy baby shower. Clear box from Michaels, filled with blue jelly bellies, brown and blue polka dot ribbon from Joanns, light blue imprinted ribbon from Dana's Party Planet, and mini chocolate cookie made using my Cricut and the Lite Sweet Shop Cartridge. 2) baby clothes line banner with baby's name cut out using my Cricut and the Plantain Schoolbook cartridge. 3) washcloth centerpieces made with white Ikea plant pot, artificial flowers, washcloths, wire stem, and green floral tape. 4) paper rosette wreath using designer scrapbook paper and clear gems.

2nd row from top: 1) cookies & milk banner using my Cricut 2) flower & butterfly centerpieces using pink plant pot from ikea, ribbon from Joanns, tissue paper, wooden butterflies & flowers from Joanns and painted using acrylic paints, green wire stem, chocolate candy lollipop molds. 3) paper rosette wreath using K&Company designer paper. 3rd row from top: 1) mini album created with K&Company Watercolor Bouquet collection. 2) wedding favors using ivory boxes by David Tutera from Joanns, all ribbon from Dana's Party Planet, and middle bling from Joanns. 3) styrofoam anchor wreath using navy and white ribbon and tool from Michaels & Joanns. 4) lifesaver jar baby shower favors, jars purchased at Michaels, white life savers, rope from Orchard Supply, sticker tags created my PinkSkyPrintables, label tags cut using tag die from sizzix, cleat thank you stamp embossed with white powder.

4th row from top: 1) purple & pink birthday banner using my Cricut and the Mini Monogram cartridge. 2) Brown, cream & orange sweet baby banner using my Cricut and the Plantain Schoolbook cartridge, held together using gold eyelets and stain orange ribbon from Michaels. 3) Guest pins for baby shower created using my Cricut and ribbon from Joanns.

Let me know if you have any questions about the above projects. I hope you enjoyed them!

Abrazos,

Nat