Baby Inspiration - nappy cake, posie, card

Thought I'd share some of the pics of things I've made in the last little while as gifts for the 'new arrivals' and their parents..

I made this nappy cake for my nephew. It's made of rolled nappies, which were arranged into tiers and decorated with sock and singlet flowers. I used a face washer, muslin wrap and clothes to wrap each tier.

I was quite pleased when I found the giraffe baby booties, which I thought looked great on the giraffe's feet!

 Here's one of our baby cards...

The latest 'baby creation' has been sock posies.. When I gave this one to one of our friends who recently had a baby girl, at first she thought I gave her a bunch of fabric flowers, as she didn't realise that there were socks in the posie!!..

Hot Magenta and Cool Aqua

Been busy, busy, busy 'round here again!

Not long till our market debut (28th November at the Mulgrave Makers Market), so there's lots of creating happening around here!

I got my hands on some beautiful magenta and deep Aqua fabrics for our flower brooches/hairclips so here are some of the designs..

Also, our packaging boxes have finally arrived! Here's what our flowers look like inside the boxes..

Fancy Packaging

Our friends' daughter recently had a birthday and I purchased a T-shirt for her. I wanted to pack it nicely, so I thought of putting it into a clear plastic cube box.

I folded the shirt to create a rectangle, which I then rolled into a tube. I placed this inside the box and put tissue paper in the middle to help it hold shape. I popped one of the TOMNI design flower hair clips on top of the shirt and put raffia around the box to hold it all together. I was really pleased with the result!

Owls on the way...

We've been working hard the last week or so sewing our Owl Toys in preparation for the Mulgrave Market..

Here's some of our owls lining up and getting ready to 'fly off to find new homes'..

The smaller ones are called Ollie and are one of our first toy designs. They are a smaller owl and make a great gift for all ages..

Recently we've created a new version of these owls which make a rattling sound when shaken and have a loop on top, so they can be attached to a pram or cot.

The larger owls these were inspired by the picture of the owls I used to draw (which now became our logo).. I'm still working out what I should call them.. These owls are bigger and make a great soft toy or house decoration.



We also have a new bird design that will be joining our collection.. Stay tuned for pics!

Congratulations Card

Here's a Congratulations card that I made for our friends' Engagement. I wanted to make something elegant but not over the top and here's what I came up with:

I used grey shimmer cardstock which I had in my stash for the background and border and I embossed the white shimmer cardstock using the Birds & Swirls cuttlebug embossing folder.

Their theme was "a touch of red" so I used red satin ribbon and added Anita's small red gemstones

The rub-on sentiment was another item I had in my personal stash..

Hope you like it!

Mulgrave Market HERE WE COME!!

I'm so excited - we'll finally be heading off to a market to sell our handmade products!

 

We'll be attending the Mulgrave Makers Market on:

28th of November, 2010

19th of December, 2010

It's located in the grounds of The Body Shop's HQ, Mulgrave (enter from Jacksons Road)

and is on between 8am and 1pm

So put the dates in your calendar and we hope to see you there!

You can find our more about the market here 

Also our TOMNI design ribbon arrived today! So we FINALLY have our own ribbon!

Humble carrot pineapple salad

The carrot + pineapple salad is one of my favourite salads (you know the one - grated carrot which you mix with canned pineapple pieces)..

While making it recently, I began to wonder how many different versions of this salad are out there.. I know of the 'carrot + pineapple + sultanas + coconut', but I'd like to find out about the other versions of this salad - as I said, it's one of my favourites! So if you know of another versions, please let me know via the comments section below...

I look forward to all the suggestions!