Baby Shower Thank Yous - DIY

UPDATE: Our Baby Shower was just perfect. It was so full of love and amazing people who love us and who we love. It was a beautiful shower, and I couldn't wait to write out the homemade thank yous and send them out!

 

Our shower is on a Saturday, so Sunday I am dedicating most of my day to making the Thank yous and writing them out, so I could mail them out on Monday. (EDIT: These thank-yous took me about 5 hours to make and write out, but they were so worth it and I loved how they turned out.)

The items I used were:

1 box of plain white invitations (100 count)

 fabric (I bought quarters from Joanne Fabrics - I used 10 different patterns)

buttons - (Joanne's and I used 5 different colors)

Our computer printer

hot glue gun and sticks

black sharpie

black thin sharpie

gluestick

scissors

I started off by using our computer and printer to print out THANK YOU on the upper right hand corner of each invitation. I used an invitation layout in Microsoft Word, and just made sure that my paper size matched the sizes on the computer printer setup page. I also used colored font to match what color fabric and buttons I was planning to use on certain thank-yous.

I ended up printing 10 yellows, 20 salmons, 20 pinks, 20 blues and 30 purples. (totaling 100 Thank-yous)

I then took my fabric scissors and cut out a temp-let shape of a baby buggy. You can even Google baby buggy to print out the ideal shape if you wanted to!

I cut out 10 buggy's of each fabric pattern that I purchased.

 

Once your buggy's are all cut out, now it is time to make the thank yous!

 

Step 1: use a glue stick to glue on the fabric buggy into the spot on the paper that you want it. I did all of mine close to the bottom left hand corner (as you can see)

Step 2: Use your regular black sharpie to draw a small handle on the buggy

Step 3: Use the same sharpie to draw two black lines coming out of the bottom of the fabric buggy

Step 4: Use a small dot of hot glue to attach the buttons to the bottom of the sharpie lines to look like wheels

Now keep repeating these steps until all of the cards are done!

That was so easy wasn't it!?

Here is a mash-up of one of each pattern and wheel color that I made.

I made a total of 100 thank yous in this style, I will then my thin black sharpie to write out my messages to all of our loving and wonderful family and friends.

 

This project would work for Thank-yous or even invitations! 

You could even use it for baby announcements once the sweet little one is born and you could add a newborn picture to it as well! 

There are so many fun ways to use this project, and the colors can be changed and played with as well!

If you make a version of these yourself, please share a picture of them in the comments below, or tag them on Instagram using #CreatingVirginiaAnne

I would love to see your creations!

Quilting Workshop #2

 

 I attended my 2nd quilting workshop today. I had a blast and I made a baby crib quilt for our Little Sweetpea ♥ I got all of my fabric from Joann Fabrics and I matched the theme of her nursery.

The quilt pattern that I did today is called Turning Twenty Again.

 

My mom rocked her own fabric by cutting it herself this time. She said it was a little time consuming because she is still learning, but she really enjoyed it! Here are the fabric styles and colors she choose for her lap quilt.

I also wanted to share my Aunts pattern, which is called Around The World.

This was her first time quilting and her first time sewing in about 30 years. Her quilt turned out beautiful! As did everyone's quilts! This quilt is for her mother, who picked out all of the Irish fabric from Joann's!

 

I just wanted to share these pictures with you because quilting really is a fun thing to do, and the possibilities are endless. 

If you have a sewing machine, like to sew and want to make a quilt then I highly encourage you to look up a local quilting class or workshop around you and go for it! You will not regret it! I am already looking forward to my next workshop!

Memory Bangles - DIY + So EASY!

I took some scraps to make my sister-in-law a flower canvas out of her late grandmothers clothes, as a memory piece, that you can see here.

Well I still have some scraps left over, so I am going to continue to use them for her, and not let any of the fabric go to waste.

I made 3 of these fun and easy Memory Bangles for her.

 

 

I bought 3 plastic bangle bracelets from the Dollar Tree.

(yep! Just $3!)

I cut the scraps into strips, I really just made sure the edges were nice and clean.

 

I then, took my hot glue gun and put a dot of glue to start of the first strip of fabric and wrapped the fabric piece around the bracelet. I also used a dot of hot glue to hold the end of the strip to the bracelet as well.

I just kept repeating this until the bracelets were completely covered!

 

 She absolutely loved them, and even though they are not bracelets made to wear with an outfit everyday, they are nice to have because it is a piece of her grandmother that she can keep forever. ♥

If you make a version of these, please share a picture in the comments below, or tag them on Instagram using #CreatingVirginiaAnne

I would love to see your creations!

I have an Arm Knitting OBSESSION!

I am officially OBSESSED with arm knitting! I went to Joanne Fabrics on Tuesday night with my momma, + bought a TON of new yarn!

 

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Okay. So I went a little crazy. 

I couldn't help myself! 

I picked out so many fun colors + combinations! 

I just couldn't wait to get home from YOGA + arm knit all night long!

(which is what I did)

Here are some of the fun colors + combos I put together. 

I have been making at least 3-5 a night.

Stocking up + also already giving them away!

I have given my mom 2 already, + walked her through making her own!

I gave my Aunt Vickie one for her birthday, Allison one for her birthday, Chelsea one, Lauren one, Melissa one, Molly one + I have 4 to myself. The rest are stock.

♥ ARM KNITTING WITH MY MOMMA ♥

I went to my parents house tonight to visit, while James was working a few doors down.

I brought some yarn + taught my momma how to arm knit!

She is so crafty! So of course she did an amazing job!

She made herself a beautiful red tone / maroon colored scarf!

It was fun to craft with my mom, + to teach her something for once!

(shes always teaching me things)

To end this post, here is a picture of two of my favorite scarves that I am keeping for myself. 

The purple + blue + green is so bright + fun! I love fun colors!

The peach toned scarf is fluffier + such a fun neutral color that you can wear with pretty much anything!