Infant Car Seat Covers

During the past week, I've been busy sewing custom orders including infant car seat covers. The recipients of both of these covers are expecting girls which sent me in search of pink fabrics. The first has a beautiful floral print on the outside with a complimentary solid pink on the inside. The second cover has an elegant brown damask print on light pink background. The inside is solid brown. Halfway through I discovered a flaw in the fabric...

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Friday Freebie: Mini Golf 2 page

This month, I'm sharing a 2 page 12x12 template based on the layout in yesterday's post. It features 16 layers including photo & paper masks with shadows. It's free for personal use only. Click here to download the Mini Golf template Enjoy! Have you missed one of my previous digital freebies? Click HERE to find them. And, don't forget to subscribe to my feeds so you won't miss future freebi...

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mini golf

Inspired by the new Fore mini kit from Pink Trike Designs, I made this 2 page layout of our mini golf fun while on our beach vacation with friends last fall. So funny watching three 2 year old boys "play". ;) Supplies: Fore mini kit by Robyn Meierotto; Favorite Things alpha (recolored) by Gennifer Bursett; Easter Fun elements by Agnes Biro; Celebration kit by Rhonna Farrer; Century Gothic fo...

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Wordless Wednesday: Life Imitating Art

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5k, the layout

While the memories are still fresh, I decided to scrap the race. This is the first "me" page I've made in a very long time! :) I loved finally playing with Karla Dudley's protectors. Almost like paper scrapping again as I "tucked" things into the pockets. The photostrip I created by putting together a few shots from Instagram. Behind it is a partial list of the official times. In the last 24 hours Allison & I have lightly touched on the subject...

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Briar Chapel 5k

I confess, as pumped as I was Friday night about the race - I was equally nervous Saturday morning. The nerves seemed to disappear once we arrived at Briar Chapel. I left Trent & Dylan as I searched out registration. I joked with Allison that this is the first "modern technology" race I've ever been to. My dad ran for years and, back in those days, the race officials pulled the bottom part of your bib off after you crossed the line. This time,...

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On the Eve of the Race

Back in January, I shared that I had begun training for my first 5k. I hadn't run competitively since high school following knee surgery. I hadn't run for fun since the end of college, start of my career. I hadn't kept up with a consistent workout routine since I took the AquaMoms class by Healthy Moms when pregnant (yes, that would be 3 years ago!). Day 1 That said, I set about this goal after my good friend & blogging buddy, Allison, suggested...

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celebrate

I'm having fun digging back through photos. This particular day definitely deserves a page. Plenty to celebrate: His great grandparents 65th wedding anniversary. Their first time having both great grandchildren visit (his cousin wasn't quite 2 months old here). Birthdays - his great grandfather's and mine.  Supplies: Cupcake patterned papers and Cut it Out clipping masks by Robyn Meierotto; DHD Digital Scrapbooking Day 2011 blog hop collaborative;...

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Wordless Wednesday: Lucky Find

Hipstamatic app, Jimmy Lens, Ina's 1969 Fil...

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Egg Carton Caterpillars

Between the gift of a new BIG copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar (which came with a small plush caterpillar that literally fits through the holes!) and a visit to a new local art reuse center, Dylan & I were inspired to make caterpillars. Supplies Egg carton Scissors Acrylic paint & brushes Pipe cleaners (wire cutters to cut in half) Googly eyes & glue (optional) First, I cut the top off the egg carton and then cut the bottom into...

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Family Photo: Fall 2010

I used this month's Blueprint challenge at DHD to help inspire another page from 2010. This one is of our church photo that September. Amazing to see how much Dylan has grown since then! Supplies: April Blueprint Challenge template by Jen Flaherty; Vanity Fair - Persimmon patterned papers by Jen Allyson; Claire patterned papers by Karen Funk; Summer Picnic stitching by Sara Schmutz; Home Matters and Felis brushes by Karla Dudley; Weathered Frames...

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splish splash

I've set myself a goal to finish Dylan's 2nd year album by his 3rd birthday. Thus, I'm digging out some old photos of fun events I want included. This batch came from a day at the pool & sprayground with a few playgroup friends in July 2010. Supplies: March Blueprint Challenge template by Jen Papadimitriou; Gidget papers by Gennifer Bursett; Giggles & Grins papers by Karen Funk; Splish Splash kit by Rhonna Farrer; Teletype, Arial and Janda...

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My Cowboy

Dylan's imagination has really kicked in over the last month. It's been so fun to see. One of the ways we've been encouraging it is playing dress up. I've put together a small collections of hats and costumes into a mesh basket from Ikea. One of the hats is a cowboy hat. To help him dress as one of his favorite characters, Woody from Toy Story, I made him a vest to go with it using some fabric leftover from the chaps I made for my Jessie costume...

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Easter Bunny 2012

Our playgroup has managed to get together the last two years for annual Easter Bunny and Santa photos. This year it was looking good and then schedules, illnesses, etc got in the way. So, rather than our massive pile on of kids and moms, this year it was just Dylan and one friend. We timed things perfectly so we were early to the mall with no wait. The photographer was very nice and gave the boys time to visit with the Bunny and get comfortable...

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Shaving Cream Paint

I love the amount of projects you can do with food coloring beyond, well coloring food! Dylan loves to paint and finds the larger tub in our master bathroom exciting. So on a rainy afternoon, I let him have messy fun in there. I filled a small muffin pan with shaving cream and added food coloring. Then I gave it to him along with a brush and bubble bath. He had so much fun with it! He dipped the brush, painted the walls. Dipped the brush in the...

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Easter weekend recap

We had a busy three day, holiday weekend. On Friday, Trent went to Chapel Hill to help his dad on a few projects around the house. Meanwhile Dylan & I joined friends for an Easter brunch and egg hunt. This was his first egg hunt with candy in the eggs. Oh, his face when he realized there were treats in the eggs! He paused after his first egg wanting to open it and get to the candy. I had to encourage him to move on and find more eggs first! That...

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Dying Eggs

Dylan and I have been getting our craft on this week including dying Easter eggs. This was Dylan's first time doing so. I debated with myself for a few weeks whether or not he was old enough. Now I'm very glad I went ahead and bought the kit! We only used half of the colors and 6 eggs, but he had a great time. I set up outside on his picnic table. The weather was perfect in the shade on our patio and it helped limit mess. ;) I gave him 3 bowls with...

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Easter Bunny Plaque

Last year, Dylan & I made this cute bunny plaque to hang up at Easter: Instead of painting his entire hand, I painted just the palm and the pointer & ring fingers to create the head and ears. After the print dried, I painted his thumb in pink and helped him place it for the nose. The eyes and whiskers I painted using a small brush. Finally, I finished the plaque with Mod Podge and a picture hanger on the back. Supplies: wooden plaque;...

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Mad March Competition - Final Round

Here's my entry for Round 6 of the Mad March Competition at Design House Digital: The challenges are over, but the competition won't wrap up until the end of the week.  ** The winner is being decided by votes here. ** Limit one vote per person, per day through Friday, April 6th (does require free account at DHD). For Round 6, our layouts had to meet the following requirements: Use 15 different kits, but… Use kits from exactly 6 different...

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