A New Baby on the Way!

My daughter's dear friend, Rachel, had a baby shower, so I wanted to send something along for her since I could not make it.

I've made many of these onesie boxes over the years, which you can see if you scroll down the blog. It's been a while, but I was so happy to make it for her.

The cut file for the onesie box comes from SVG Cuts' 3D Numbers Party SVG Kit. It's the cupcake box, which holds four cupcakes. However, I made panels and added onesies which I decorated two with HTV and two with Jet Pro SoftStretch.

I make lots of reinforcements inside and out to make the box really strong. After opening the gift, they can take out the onesie insert, and use the box as a memory box or for anything they wish.

The darling deer, giraffe and elephant images were painted by our dear friend, Regina Benedetti. She's an amazing artist.

Here are the HTV onesies I decorated.

And, these are pressed using Jet Pro soft stretch.

Once the onesies are rolled up, I stick a baby sock into each one to act as "the cherry on top" of the cupcake.

We wish Rachel only the best, and can't wait to see baby Powell.♥

Happy, Happy Baby!

January-February 2024 Birthdays

 First, my daughter. She took up sewing and is knocking it out of the park. I made this card using a pattern from SVG Cuts' Dress Shop Kit. I altered it just a bit to add a photo of her in a smock she made. Also, I snuck and took a photo of the fabric she used to make her smock, and used it as the accent strip on the front of her card. The background is digital sewing patterned paper (printed myself).

Then it's the hubs birthday. I used the money tag as his card.

This card was made with a clear plastic lipstick container made for hang tags. I altered the photo of the ground hog (his birthday is ground hogs day), and added his mustache and beard and lips directly onto the ground hog image. Yes, that's actually his real beard, mustache and lips. I then added the banjo, because the money was for him to purchase some banjo dvds he's been wanting. If you look at the back there's a zipper pull tag to open the inside money area, which I cut on my Solo.

I also got him some boxer shorts, so it was only appropriate that I make this boxer shorts box. The pattern came from SVG Cuts, and is called Boxer Shorts. His actual boxer shorts fit perfectly into it. Additionally, I designed the digital paper  pattern used on the box.

Then, for my son-in-law, I made a year in review for his 40th bday. This was done in Affinity Photo.

And, a second one of these for a niece who turned 50 this year.

Happy Birthday, Fam!