A few quickies

Well lately it seems that everyone I know is having babies. I have been sewing up a storm of receiving blankets (over 20) and packaging up gifts to go in the mail.

My sister's best friend, who has a thing for turtles, just had a little girl. I made a few turtle patterned receiving blankets for her and also made a little flower arrangement. I found the ceramic turtle dish at Value Village and thought it would be perfect to use for an arrangement. By no means am I a professional flower arranger so don't judge me too harshly.

A very good friend of mine just had a little boy and I wanted to do something for her almost 4 year old daughter. I know how difficult it can be for kids that age when their new sibling is getting loads of presents and they don't get a present too. I wanted to make something special for her so decided to make a Big Sister shirt. I cut out the stencil on freezer paper using my Cricut machine and the School Book cartridge. This worked very well! I'll be using my cricut machine to make more stencils for sure. If you look closely the sister is slightly off center but I'm sure I'm the only one who noticed that.

Last time I tried this technique I ironed an extra piece of freezer paper underneath the stencil on the inside of the shirt. I skipped that step this time but will definitely not skip that step again. I found that I had cleaner, crisper lines with the paper ironed on the back.

That's it for today! Maybe I will go forth and be creative some more!

In Which I Am On A Roll...

My life seems to be filled with babies lately and this is great! Between friends and family members there will be at least 6 babies in the next few months so it is time to get sewing!

Last night I sewed for several hours and made 9 receiving blankets, numerous hankies and 5 burp cloths. Back at it again tonight. I figure why haul the sewing machine out every week when I can go into mass production all at once!

I also have a few special projects planned for Christmas gifts and my sister's baby shower so these will be featured soon too. I'm really excited to get crafting again!

Stay tuned for pictures and more updates!

Give Away Winners!

Well here are the winners of the first year anniversary give away for craftermeetstamper!

I used a random number generator at random.org to find the winners and here they are:

Patty - winner of the flannel receiving blanket, burp cloth and hankie

Sheri - winner of the reuseable swiffer cover

Ruth - winner of the gift card holder

Congratulations ladies!

Please email me at bencer99@hotmail.com with your address and I'll mail your prize out this weekend!

Thanks for participating and thanks for reading my blog!

First Year Anniversary

Today is the first year anniversary of my little blog! I'm not sure who actually reads it (other than me!) but I have enjoyed blogging about my crafty and artsy endeavours and having a record of my creations that I have made over the past year. It is great to look back and see what I've made and how it worked out.

In honour of my one year anniversary I am doing a give away. Rules are simple:

1) Make a comment about your favorite item/post of the past year.
2) Include your email address (so if you win I can contact you!)
3) You can only enter once and you can only win once.
4) Winners will be picked by random number generator.

I have three items to give away.

1) One Flannel Receiving blanket with matching burp cloth and hankie.

2) A reuseable swiffer cover.


3) A gift card holder (see above).

Good luck!

Forgot to mention - giveaway will be open till Wednesday, March 3rd at Midnight.

Babies babies everywhere!

There has been a proliferation of babies in my inner circle of friends and family. Time to make receiving blankets!

I made matching receiving blankets, burp cloths and hankies for wiping drooling chins. There are several more to be made. Just waiting for a good long afternoon nap from baby E so I can get some more sewing done.