Baby Shower

To help my sister celebrate the arrival of her first little one we threw her a baby shower while we were visiting family.

Here are some of the photos from the event!

Room ready to go....Gift table (only the beginning...it was loaded!)

It was a joint shower with our cousin who is expecting her first little one a month before!
Cupcakes! (My cousin made this...isn't it AWESOME!!!)

Close up view

My Sister's loot

Water bottles with homemade labels

Party favors (hersey chocolate bars)

Front and back view

After the shower we were being a little goofy!

Here is the mommy-to-be!

Love ya bear!

Hope you enjoyed your shower!

Baby Shower Gifts

My Sister is expecting her first child in November.

Time to get creating!!!

Here are some things that I have made for her

Travel wipes case Diaper changing pad/clutch (open)
Diaper changer (closed)

Reversible car seat cover

Other Side

Side B-flipped back

Nursing Cape

In use look

Matching Bib

Made using the tutorial from Homemade by Jill

I had extra fabric and couldn't resist!

(thanks to my sweet little model- a friend of my daughters) Love ya bear! Cannot wait to meet your little one!

I just cannot get enough of this fabric.

LOVE IT!

Flower Clip Tutorial

Items needed for this project include:

Plastic flower

4.5" ribbon (3/8" grosgrain recommended)

Alligator clip (or other desired clip)

Glue gun

Optional: Embellishment- if you want something other than the provided center of flower

Find a plastic flower you want to make a bow out of. (I've used single stem flowers and bouquets)

Remove stem from flower- this is done by simply pulling the flower off the stem Remove plastic backing from flower- done once again by pulling it off
Continue to pull all the petels/leaves off of the flower center
(discard any unwanted pieces- including plastic piece which we removed first)

I use a brad to hold my flower together. You can also just glue your pieces together if you desire. I personally think using a brad looks better.

Begin with the smallest piece first and add your petals smallest to biggest or in the order you want them.

After the last petal close the brad

This will secure all the pieces together.

Cut off the backing of the flower center

(or prepare whatever embellishment you want for the center of your flower)

Should look like this after cutting

Next cut a 4.5 inch piece of coordinating ribbon

I use 3/8" grosgrain ribbon

Put a dab of glue on the end of your clip

Secure one end of ribbon into glue. Continue to glue and wrap ribbon around inside of clip until covered (sorry no pictures of the wrapping process, I did not have enough hands!)
Should look like this.

Put a dab of glue in center of flower

Attach center piece or other embellishment

Put glue along covered clip edge

Attach flower (be sure to center it in the middle)

Now you have yourself a flower clip!!

Blog Change

I've decided to change up my crafting blog a little bit. I created this blog in hopes of selling and making some money for my family. However, with moving around so much and the crazy life of being a wife and mother...that did not work out as planned. However, I LOVE looking at other people's craft ideas and wanted a place I could post mine without boring everyone on my personal blog. Therefore, the new and improved LORDS CRAFTS!

Bow Holder- Large

Bows clip onto the hanging ribbon

Close up view

Tutu