Baby Shower

On Valentine's Day we had a baby shower for my daughter-in-law.  It was a brunch held at her mother's house.  Her mom and sisters made a delicious variety of brunch foods, Rachel brought specialty desserts, and my role was to make the favors - definitely in my wheelhouse.  

Oh, and it also had a book theme.  So looking back on some of the things that I have done in the past, these little punched babies reading books was where I was headed again.  (Can you tell what she's having?)  

I did some searching and found a pattern for a little box that looked like a book here.  Luckily I had a bunch of this scrapbook paper that was perfect.  

Here is the book closed.

And then opened.  I added a two-page spread inside the cover that had a pictures of Michelle and Chris as babies on each side along with their birth dates and labeled "My Mom" and "My Dad" and then across the bottom of the two pages "Thank you for coming."

The box opens and inside 6 Hershey's nuggets fit perfectly.

  

I used the babies on magnetic bookmarks that I made from matching blue and green card stock and repurposed magnets.  I tied a thin grosgrain ribbon around each book box first and then slipped the magnetic bookmark over the ribbon.  Everyone seemed pleased with them.  

The food was delicious, and she was so overwhelmed by all the wonderful gifts that she received. Her mom made her a beautiful quilt (not the one in the picture), my mother had knitted them a baby afghan, and one of Michelle's friends crocheted a beautiful afghan with a sailboat motif.  They have a nautical theme in the baby's room.  This is the card that I made for them which I cased from here. 

She's feeling and looking great and has about 9 weeks to go now.  The excitement is building!

Owl Bookmarks

Here are a couple more scrap bookmarks. You never know what you're going to find in that scrap pile. The little one is magnetized. No birds were hurt in the creation of this project.

Holiday Bookmark

If you're thinking of giving a book/cookbook for a holiday gift this year, why not give a handmade bookmark as a neat little addition. This was made using SU's Wishing You Cheers stamp set. The snowman and the tree in the top image are two separate stamps. I used the masking technique here to overlap them. Yes, those tiny little images are a bugger to cut out, but remember, if you stamp on the sticky part of a post-it note, you can easily position the mask and it can be used over and over again.

I added a little Dazzling Diamonds in the snow line to make it sparkle a little. The little snowflake on the sentiment panel at the bottom is from the Punch Pals Set. Just for a little interest, and to break up the length of the red panel, I used the matt pack and my needle tool to add the detail in the center.

Old Olive, Real Red, River Rock and Whisper White cardstock were used. I stamped the main image with Basic Gray before using my aquapainter to add the colored details.

This also makes a nice alternative to a Christmas card. You can add the date and sign the back and it will fit in a regular business size envelope.

If you click on the picture you can see more of the detail.