The Rest of the Stuff

Here it is, the project I've been working on for such a very long time; my very first quilt. My sister-in-law is about to have a baby girl, and it is for her. They live on the lake, so I thought this would be perfect for the boat trips. I was so worried that it was not going to turn out good, since it was my first one, but by the time I got to the last little fishy, I had the technique down. Here's a close up of one little fishy. Not to toot my own horn, but, I think I did a pretty good job!

I made her a couple cards for the shower, (one for each gift). this one incorporates some of the fabric from the border of the quilt.

I got inspiration for this one from mt very good friend, Lynn. You can see her talent at http://lwdesigns.blogspot.com/ . She's the one who introduced me to stamping and Stampin Up! I hope to one day become as creative and talented as she is.

For the baby shower, I also made a little 6X6 scrapbook that has a page per month for the first year of my sweet little niece's life. While I was doing it, I worked with a colleague who had never scrapped before, on one for her grand-daughter. I think I may have shown her how simple it really is, and inspired her to do it again. I hope so. For me, it is therapy after a trying day in 6th grade!

This was the January page, and darn it, I forgot to take a picture after I colored it.

February

I forgot to take a picture of the cute little Easter page (shoot!). The next few can be any month the mother-to-be chooses.









Obviously, October, November and December follow.

This is one of the party favors I made for the shower. Each guest took one of them, and a gift from the basket of prizes. I also made enough of these so that I could give one to each of my esteemed colleagues at school, as an end of the year token of appreciation. Teaching special education can be challenging, and I'm lucky to work with a gorup of people who make life at school easy (or at least tolerable)!


Well, thats all for now, so toodle-ooo!