baby basket.

Today I just wanted to share this cutie-pie little baby basket that I made for my friend's baby shower.

It's packed full of baby wipes, headbands, a picture frame, chocolates, baby toiletries, and my handmade thank yous for the soon-to-be mama! The best part is that once the goodies are all used up, the basket makes a cute and functional addition to the nursery.

Hope you like this peek. And I definitely hope the little mama likes it more! :)

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AE

thanks so much. again!

This is my second post for today so be sure and scroll down for the first. This card is another example of some that I created for the baby shower gift set of thank yous.

I like this one the best. Super simple and quick to make but I think it's really cute. I traced and cut out the image then popped it up with a dimensional. Three score lines and pink embroidery floss make up the rest of the card.

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AE

thanks so much.

Tomorrow I have a baby shower to go to for a friend and as part of the gift I'm giving I made a bunch of thank you cards. This is one of the designs. I wanted to keep it sweet & simple so that it was easy to mass produce.

It's kind of hard to see but I scored three lines at the bottom of the card. I also used up the very last of some pink felted paper that I had.

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AE

Gift tags

So in getting ready for the holidays, I made a bunch of cute little gift tags. I knew what design I wanted but I couldn't decide on a color combination. There is a red snowflake with ripe avocado over it, smokey shadow with black, pink and red, and aqua mist with brown.

The aqua mist with brown is my favorite tag and I ended up making quite a few of them. I can't wait to add these to little Christmas presents this year!

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AE

Mini Loaf of Love!

I've been on a baking kick lately. Making delicious chocolate covered macaroons, cutting out sugar cookies, baking brownies... it's non-stop! So today I wanted to share my baking with my coworkers and I decided to make banana nut bread in mini tins to give them!

I decided to put a Happy Thanksgiving sentiment on them because now that it is officially October, the holidays will be upon us before we know it!

I used this amaaaazing Betty Crocker recipe that calls for buttermilk. It's the secret ingredient that keeps the bread so moist and delicious! I doubled the recipe and came out with 12 mini loaves. I needed 8 for my coworkers and one for the neighbor so that left hubby and me with leftovers! Yessss!

I was browsing at Hobby Lobby today and found this patterned paper on clearance. I was really inspired by the fall colors... and of course it was on sale! I was also inspired by Dawn McVey's packaging idea found here. Pretty much everything she does inspires me but I just loved this quick and easy way she dressed up a loaf of yummy, homemade bread!

The sentiment is from Stamping Up and is stamped onto PTI cardstock. I used foam dimensionals to adhere the finished circle onto the paper strip. And of course I had to stamp a flourish or two in Versamark onto the cardstock. Then added the rustic jute twine, also from PTI, and it was complete!

I think I want to make zucchini nut bread next! Who knows though?! I could change my mind again tomorrow. What yummy things have you baked lately? Or are you planning on trying a new recipe soon?

I hope my coworkers like these! I'll let you know!

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AE

Happy Birthday to my Mom!

For my mom's birthday I made her a little photo album with recent pictures. This wrapping is great though! I put the photo album in a box and covered it with some cardstock that I stamped with a couple images. The stars are from an old Stamping UP Christmas set that I have and I can't even remember where the cute little "to my mom" sentiment came from.

The tag is covered and sanded chipboard that I embossed a "Happy Birthday" sentiment on.

I can't wait for her to unwrap this surprise and hope she likes it!

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AE