Sweet Baby Gifts

There is nothing I love more than sweet little babies.  When my cousin Katie told me she was pregnant I was so excited for her and equally excited for me because that meant I got to make cute little baby gifts.  Well, then she told me that they weren't going to find out the sex of the baby until the delivery.  Oh man!  Now what was I going to do?  I am a planner so not finding out is something I could never do, but I will admit it was fun waiting for the text that the baby had arrived.  For her baby shower I sent her a cute little flower clip/headband (along with other gender neutral things) just in case she had a girl.  When baby day arrived we were all excited to hear "It's a BOY!!!!" Logan Matthew was finally here and that meant it was time to start crafting.  I had planned to go out to visit Katie and the baby in Colorado in mid July because she and the doctors thought that she would deliver a few weeks early (Katie was put on bed rest due to strong contractions for several weeks). Well, it turned out that she went past her due date so I would be flying out to CO just 5 days after he was born.  The first thing I did was make 2 cute bow tie onesies and I personalized a cute little baby hat.

Here is cute little Logan wearing one of his bow tie onesie:

Once I got to Colorado I wanted to help Katie decorate Logan's room.  They left things very neutral so they could add color once the baby arrived.  She said she wanted to do something with Logan's hands and/or feet prints and I had a few ideas.  I also told her I wanted to make letters for his name to put over the crib or where ever she wanted.  She told me a color scheme and I ran with it.  One afternoon while Katie and Logan were home resting my aunt, uncle and I set out for Hobby Lobby (with 5 coupons in tow of course).  I stood in the scrapbook paper section forever staring at all of my options.  She wanted to go with blues, greens and browns.  So many options and I am so indecisive when it comes to making things for other people.
Once I decided on the paper, I got the rest of the supplies and headed back to my aunt and uncles so I could start crafting.  Here is what I came up with:

Name and birth stats canvas:

Baby foot prints with baby inspired words canvas:

These 2 canvases I made using the sticker/paint technique I shared here.  I love how they turned out.  

Here is Logan's name 

I just love how it turned out.  Making these letters are one of my all time favorite gift for baby showers.

Remember, if you would like to give someone a personalized canvas as a gift or personalized name or letters, email me planestrainsandpb@gmail.com.  The cost for the letters are $8 per letter or $6.50 if you order 5 or more letters.  The price of the canvas depends on the size.  Also, I now have a Silhouette so the quality of lettering will be more perfect and the font options are almost endless.

Old Desk Turned New

My parents have had this old secretary desk for as long as I can remember.  When I was in high school, my parents put the desk in my room as a place for me to study and do my homework.  Well, it turned more into a junk collector than a spot to study.  For the past 12 years or so the desk has been moved all around my parent's house from my old room to the family room to the dinning room.  Well, now the desk has a new home in my sister's room along with a brand new look.  Here is the picture of the desk once we got the secretary top off:

The one thing we could not stand about this desk was that secretary top.  Since my sister just went back to school to get her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree, she wanted a space she could study.  The secretary top restricted the study space so immediately we got to work taking the top off.  Then my sister and I headed to home depot to pick out some paint and take a look new hardware.  My sister chose gray for the paint color and she didn't see any hardware she liked (in her budget) so we decided to just spray paint the old ones black.

Here is a picture of the process (taken from my sister's instagram):

And here is a picture of the final product in my sister's room piled high with her PT school papers:

Looks great, doesn't it?  I kinda wish I had taken the desk a few months ago when I first got the idea to refinish it.  I guess it's a good thing my sister got to it first.  She has 3 years of hard work, long nights studying and lots of reading ahead of her.  I am so proud of her in everything she has accomplished.  She graduated Cum Laude in Exercise Science while playing on her schools Soccer team for all 4 years.