Friday, September 4, 2009

Baby Gifts

Paul's cousin Jessica asked me to create something memorable for a set of twins.
Here they are, two lined burp cloths with each babies’ birth announcement info. I used a seer sucker fabric striped with primary colors so it was matching but unisex.

I also stitched out two personalized burp cloths for each one, but as I often do, I hurriedly dropped them in the mail without taking photographs
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Holden’s One-of-a-Kind Nursery Ensemble

This post is WAY overdue! Thanks Dad, for taking pictures. Last year, I was elated to find out that my sister was expecting another baby. You might recall that entry. Sometime has passed since then and I now have 2 adorable nephews via my sister (not forgetting my 2 delightful nephews & charming niece from Paul’s brother).

photo taken by the uber talented Janica Boles http://www.janicabolesphotography.com/
I was totally stoked to get to create a one of a kind nursery ensemble for the littlest ones bedroom. After searching high and low, my sister settled on Alexander Henry’s Roping Ranch Scenic in Clay. It was a fabulous print!
So, here it is... finally!

We used the Roping Ranch fabric for the bumper pad and accents. I created jumbo cording with denim fabric for a masculine look. The dust ruffle is made of denim and has one simple box pleat on the front and back. To hold the bumper pads in place, I made "belt loop" ties to continue the masculine look.
The center front of the duvet has Roping Ranch Scenic fabric with a border of chenille and another border of denim. The back of the duvet is primarily chenille with a sweet but masculine button closure that matches the Roping Ranch.


To finish off the look, I made a box pleat valance for each window and covered her existing glider cushions with denim toping them off with buttons in the Alexander Henry Fabric. I even made denim panels for each window, but they must not have made the photo shoot... Mandy?

I love you guys and hope there's more babies for me to create sweet nurseries for in the future!

If any of you are wondering about his name in rope, I wish I could claim creative talent on that too! Instead, through the blog of my very talented friend, Teri Mason, my sister found an artist who creates names from rope. Check out Buckaroo Style.