Preemie Baby Sweater & Hat

Greetings,

I have to show you what I just finished. This is a crocheted, preemie baby sweater and hat in a variegated pink yarn with sparkle. The width from underarm to underarm is 6". The hat at it's widest is 4 1/2". This was a new pattern for me, but similar to some I'd done before, so it took me an evening, plus a few hours to make both pieces. I'm planning to send this to friends who had a preemie girl named Ruth on April 14th. She was only 2# 12 oz. Now she's about 5# and will probably be going home soon.

Pen / Pencil Storage

We were discussing, on Gingerwood, that Office Depot had a specific cube container with an "x" divider that would be great for pencils. I checked at my Office Depot, and they had only the plain boxes. I considered getting a couple, and realized my way of storing pen/pencils works for me, so why change it.

Several (probably 10) years ago I was at Sam's Club, and they were selling 10 various sized floral hat boxes in a set. I pondered what I would do with them after purchase, but several have been put to good use in my craft room. This one is 8-9" across. I put empty pill bottles (and who doesn't have them) into the box, and added my pens/pencils. They fit nicely in and between the bottles, and is decorative to boot. The items that don't fit in here, are in a lazy-susan type pencil holder.

Hope this gives you some inspiration.

Baby Shower Card

This is another card using a pre-embossed card, STAX, and Miss Elizabeth glitter stickers for baby. My daughter, Heather & I have a baby shower on Saturday. We found out it's a girl.

Confirmation

This is one of the cards I made for the students being confirmed tomorrow. The background paper is an ivory marble, with white & tan Nestie cuts & embossed. I paper pierced and embossed the cross. Each was personalized with a first name.

Sticker Cards!

I was inspired by yesterday's efforts, and thought I'd try some more. The stickers on the baby card are from Sticko (words), and Whipper Stickers (images). Stax used on both, with Miss Elizabeth Stickers used on the floral card. Both are 5" x 7" pre-embossed grid cards from The Card Patch.

New Sticker Cards!

As you know, I don't care to do toooo much stamping on my cards, so these are some easy sticker cards. Both are made with pre-embossed grid cards by The Paper Patch (5" x 7"), stickers by Sticko, and on the blue card I backed the stickers with deco edged Stax squares. They are quick and easy.

Baby Cards!

I was playing with my Cuttlebug again. LOL

Here are a few baby cards I made. The "foot" border was made by running the folder through 3 times.