New Baby Gift

 

On Friday I got some lovely news from our dear friends that they had become  Grandparents for the first time to a lovely little girl Hanna Rose.

 I thought I would make a little card for their daughter and son-in-law.....however I couldn't resist making them a picture  with the baby's particulars on and then it snowballed into making a little teeny shoe and here it is...

 

 A  close-up of the smallest of shoes I have made to date. Boy! were my fingers getting in the way on this project haha!

 

 

 

 Next I decided to put it into a shadow box frame so that they can keep it in the nursery.

 

 

 

I also decorated inside the box frame with a lovely pink rose paper as you can see.
I think it turned out great in the end apart from sore fingertips....
Bye for now
Hugs Vee x

Lavender Cushion

 

Hi there...Sorry I have been neglecting my blog, but have been messing about doing much needed stuff in the house this month.  

I just had to catch up with my chores lol

Plus the weather here in England has been so exceptional this year  I had to take advantage and try to make something out of the wilderness, laughingly called a garden here in the new cottage.

Now I have my water feature in situ I can relax and plan my next move..... Hmmm!... I think it's going to be a patio for my table and chairs. I don't think this year we will be having any barbeques but I can at least relax to the sound of trickling water and read my favourite mags. 

 

Now this month I have a little granddaughter who is 8 yrs and she loves lavender so here is the little cushion I made her to take to bed.

I printed out a dandelion pattern onto calico fabric and then made a small cushion using some tiny flower print fabrics I had in my stash. Next I made a little heart and stuffed that also with lavender and tied it to the cushion with cotton heart ribbon and a little button.

Bye for now and hope to be on here more this month.

Hugs Vee xx

Home Sweet Home

 We are getting new neighbours tomorrow!

A lovely young couple are moving in next door and they have been doing all the work themselves to make it a lovely home for themselves.

They are just 23 and 19 and are so sweet. I just had to make them welcome so made this little "Book" card for them and a little key ring gift to put inside. 

 

 

 

Bye for now Hugs Vee xx

Sympathy Cards

 

 This is another Sympathy Book Card I have had to make this week.
It's not the nicest thing to have to make but I always like these book cards. I think they make a sad occasion that little bit more bearable for the recipient. This is the outside book cover and box.
Below, the inside of the book. Simple verses and with a little Lily to decorate.

 

Wedding Gift

Hello there!

I just had time to pop in today to show you a little wedding gift I made.

I bought a shadow box from Ikea and then printed the large initial 

and added the names of the Bride & Groom and date of the Marriage. Gave it a little flourish at each corner then on the matt I added some roses in the theme colour of the wedding.

Not such an expensive gift and took only an hour of my time to make up. 

 

Bye for now

Hugs Vee x

Re-cycled record

 A birthday card for our Grandson who is singer & guitarist in a band called (sRs). 
Jak is 12 and a fantastic vocalist.
 I had this special card in my mind.... well I found these old vinyl records in charity shop, so decided to make use of one for this occasion.

I put together a collage pic. of the band along with other digital images and a little greeting all done in Microsoft Publisher then printed this off onto sticker paper.
 

 

  A whole new life for this little record!

 

 

And on the flip side is the verse.

 

Now am off to make the sleeve and stand for this project.

Hugs Vee xx

'Our Netty' door sign

 

My Daughter is opening another salon and

I have been asked to make her signs for the shop with the brief

"French Chic"

 

On with my thinking cap and this is what I came up with......

In the northeast of England the Toilet was always called "The Netty" so she liked that idea.

 

The little chandelier I used fits the bill I think then  I added some crystals for a bit of bling.

 

Hugs Vee xx

 

 

Little notelets

"In a Hurry?"

 

Sending Butterfly Hugs! I made these little note cards for any occasion.

It's just a mason jar image with little butterfly images added to it and a little tag tied with twine. Quick and easy. A great gift idea.

 

Hugs Vee xx

Golden Wedding Book Card

 Front and back cover of this little Book Card made for a 50th Wedding anniversary. I covered some heavy card with my vintage music sheet paper and then applied the printed tissue paper on top of this and varnished it to made it durable.

I have used an old clock image as the focal point of the front cover and made some pointers and fixed these to the clock with a pearl brad..  I added a little tag saying "simple moments make great Memories" at the bottom and then sprayed this with Cosmic Shimmer in Bronze Blush to give it some age. Then as you can see I have added some swirls and flower embellishment's and also a little hat pin.

Inside the book I have added three aged pages, one with a letter print, the middle one is a blank page so my customer can ad her own greeting and the top page as you can see has the verse and a little Cherub with two wedding rings image on the opposite page.

 



This is the little box I have made to put the card into. I have kept the theme the same as the card on the top of the box.

Hugs Vee xx

Brag Monday #184 for Graphicsfairy..... Vintage Knobs.....

 

 

Six little updated drawer knobs.

 



I had fun yesterday decorating some old wooden knobs to give them a new lease of life.

The images are from Graphics Fairy as usual.

I made the little stickers on my laptop using Microsoft Publisher.

I think they look fab and will now cheer up my old dresser.