Das Auto? Nein, Das Baby!

Just a quick one today. A friend of mine requested a  shirt for her little girl with the VW sign and a quirky adjustment to the logo. Too cute for this shirt!

It's all in the name...

 

 

A friend of mine is having a little girl soon and has decided to call her Monroe. I decided to make her, her very own taggie blankie (See these and other personalised baby gear in my shop www.ideasmarket.co.za/stores/bo-dizzle) and made this perfectly pink monogrammed box to put it in.

 

 And to finish off the gift I made her a personalised sippy cup which I posted about  previously

 

I am also very pleased to announce that this will be my first free download for this blog! If you would like to make this box just click on the link below and you can download the studio file for the Silhouette.

Baby blocks


To change the letter in the monogram block simply left click on the "M" and click on "edit text" then change it to whatever letter you would like.

I cut out the background blocks and ran them through my embosser before sticking them on. The flower embellishments are from Birds Cards and are also free you can find them here.

I hope you enjoyed this perfectly pink present!

Always something there to remind me...

I wrote a letter to my Rory when he was four months old and the last line I wrote was this:

"So if you don't mind, my baby, could you grow a little slower and remind me that I only get each moment once and before I know it I'll be dancing at your wedding wishing for one more night with my tiny baby."

I kept reminding myself of that, even in the middle of the night when I had been bouncing and rocking and singing for hours to get him to sleep. It helped me enjoy just being with my little love bug in difficult moments.

I've seen these gorgeous wall vinyls and wanted one so badly, only to discover that my walls are too rough (...sigh...). But my blog isn't called "How to make a penguin out of a tin can and a piece of string" for nothing so I improvised.

I found a pack of pressed polystyrene ceiling tiles floating around in my garage and with the help of some vinyl and washi tape created a 3D vinyl tile.

 So now I will always have something there to remind me that my baby wont be small forever and I must enjoy every moment!

Hope this brings some inspiration and new ways to decorate your walls.

Online stores and personalised baby gear...

Hi everyone!

I have exciting news! I have finally launched an online store. It's small at the moment but it is mine and I love it! Please swing by and have a look www.ideasmarket.co.za/stores/bo-dizzle.

I thought I would share with you two of my latest projects that I also added to my store:

 The taggies (Which I have called Snuzzle Bankies) were made using embossed fleece. It is soft and doesn't shed. I used my Silhouette Portrait and Silhouette brand heat transfer material to create the names. What a perfect gift for a new baby don't you think?

My little guy is now graduating to sippy cups so I decided to brand him his very own using my Silhouette Portrait and vinyl. His name is very hard to find on any of the commercial personalised items you find in the shops so I think I'm going to be doing a lot more of this kind of branding!

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see and want to order any please drop by the shop or send me an email!

Milk Cartons and Snowmen

 Good Morning!

I have finally got around to making some Christmas goodies and I couldn't have done it without the brilliantly creative minds of Bird from www.birdscards.com and Ilda Dias from www.ilovedoingallthingscrafy.com. I will post  links to the files I used and the bonus is they were all free! Also a BIG thank you to Ilda for being so kind and helpful when I emailed her. You are a truly generous soul.


I am in love with boxes. I just love making and decorating them so these Christmas inspired boxes were just a delight to make. I also recently bought a Sizzix Texture Boutique and was super excited to find a tutorial on how to make your own emboss files. Bird has a lovely tutorial here. I don't have a rubber mat like she uses in the tutorial so I improvised and made a negative and positive cutout which works really well but is quite time consuming to do. But on the bright side I now have an emboss file that cost nothing!

 

I used this folder to emboss the Stuck Santa chimney made from Bird's Background 13  and then wiped a copper stamp pad over the "bricks" to get a really defined look.

 

 

The milk carton was made using a freebie from Ilda's site

The Christmas tree made of words was a free file from http://freesvgs.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-word-tree.html but their link was broken so I created my own tree using a different font and left some of the words out.

The coffee cup is from Bird's Cards as is the Stuck Santa ( the original is a card but I just cut the back of the card off). I used puff paint on the snow, Santa's trimmings and his boots

 

The Milk and Cookies wording I made on my Silhouette Portrait and the Cookies are a file I designed. I haven't figured out how to upload files so until then if you want it I can email it to you.

 

This stacked snowman box is my favourite though. Each bock is a box on its own and I intend to fill it with sweets!

 

I used this box file from Bird's Cards and made four boxes that were slightly smaller than each other. I used my Silhouette studio to make a circle a bit bigger than the smallest box and glued it to the bottom of that box. The embellishments like his nose, buttons and scarf etc I designed myself so if you want them you can email me and I will send them with pleasure! I used puff paint on the ledges of each box for a snowy look.

 

 

Hope you enjoyed my merry little boxes!