Here’s a baby shower invite I did recently. This is the design proof without most of the information on it, and the registration card separate, but I thought the bunnies came out quite cute. It’s a book themed shower where, instead of a card, you bring a book for the wee one! How cute is that! Love this idea and now I just need some more friends to start having babies so I can do this for them!
Love this idea, and who doesn’t love bunnies!
Emy
The beauty of the internet and social media is that it’s easy to keep long distance relatives up to date with baby pictures. Here are some of the updates on Little Miss.
Have a beautiful day!
Emy & Little Miss
These last two weeks have been packed with custom Etsy orders and freelance graphic projects! Of course, I can’t complain because I happen to love doing this sort of thing, but it’s definitely kept me supa’ busy. Today I needed to take a quick sketch break and get my mind off of formatting so I did a quick 5 minute sketch of the adorable 9 week old I have sleeping, in her bouncer, next to me.
Now back to the grind! Have a great weekend!
Emy
As promised, here is the DIY for the summer wreath I posted a few days ago on Instagram. I don’t know if this is the most efficient way of making a wreath, I just kind of made it up as I went along. 
Materials: one bush stem, one 6′ garland, wire cutters, floral wire, burlap, 12″ cardboard wreath circle (I bought my supplies at Michaels craft store, but other craft stores should have similar items)
01. First, I took my bush, bent back the individual stems, and cut them with my wire cutters.
02. Setting aside the individual stems, I took the end of my 6′ garland (usually they have a handy plastic circle at the end) and, using my floral wire, I attached the end through a hole on my wreath circle. Then I loosely laid made my garland on top of my wreath and secured it with floral wire through the provided holes.
03. Taking my individual stems I started weaving them into my garland wreath where I thought it needed more body. I attached them, at the stem, with floral wire.
04. Now that the floral part of my wreath was complete, I set it aside then, unrolled and cut off 20″ of burlap. Brought the ends into the middle and used my wire to secure them so I had the beginnings of my bow.
05. Starting at the top, I folded my bow down, accordion style, and then wrapped some floral wire around the center securing it in that shape.
07. For the center of my bow I cut out another piece of burlap about 10″ long.
08. Then, folding it in half, I wrapped my second piece of burlap around my folded piece creating the center of the bow. Then cutting a longer piece of floral wire I weaved it through my center securing it.
10. With the extra wire I secured my burlap bow to my wreath, cut off the extra burlap, and voila!
Emy
There are so many amazing things Flyboy and I are discovering about being parents and having this amazing little girl in our lives, everything from late night snuggle sessions to experiencing the joys of bath time!
One of the things I’ve discovered is that it’s SO MUCH fun to make stuff for Nora! Clothing, toys, accessories, and most recently SHOES! (Baby shoes were not easy for me to figure out, by the way! Not going to lie, these took a while!)
Like most of my craft experimenting these days, a few Mary Janes have made it onto Etsy. And, hopefully soon some TOMS inspired shoes as well. Here’s the link!
Have a wonderful Tuesday!
Emy (and Nora)
Lately Flyboy and I have been a bit preoccupied because… we had a BABY! Nora Jane decided to make a surprise appearance last Tuesday!
5lbs 8oz of healthy little girl! We couldn’t be more in love!
This morning I went to throw my hair up in a bun and those annoying little whispy hairs would not stay up! Not finding any headbands easily, I remembered that I had pinned a headband DIY onto Pinterest a while ago. I pulled it up, tried it and it was incredibly simple! One t-shirt from the quilt pile, a pair of scissors, and 10 minutes and I had a solution to my hair dilemma! It was great! Here is my result and here is the link to the DIY. (Great pictures and easy to understand.)
Baby girl is most definitely getting a slew of these made for her in the near future! Have a lovely weekend!
Emy
This past week I was commissioned to make a felt crown for an adorable 6 month old. I had a lot of creative license with it, the only request was that it had a bit of pink in it. Pink… absolutely!
With the weather being overcast and snowy up here for the last few weeks, I decided this little girl, and my craft desk, needed a bit of springtime cheer! And, what better way to incorporate pink and springtime than with a big pastel peony! So here’s my little DIY on how I went about making this flower… complete with a template!
Materials: One sheet of green felt, fabric of choice, marker to trace with, scissors, needle and thread
01. First, I printed my template and then cut the flowers out for each section. This flower is about 4″ when it’s done.
Big Flower – 2 green felt pieces, 3 fabric pieces
Medium Flower – 2 fabric pieces
Small Flower – 3 fabric pieces
02. After I had all my pieces ready I began stacking them, starting with my green felt and then moving onto my big flowers. I slowly rotated them as well so the petals were facing in different directions.
03. Without sewing anything yet, I took my 2 medium-sized pieces and layered them on top, rotating them the same way.
04. And, if you haven’t guessed already, I took my 3 small flowers and repeated the same steps.
05. Once, they were all lined up, I did a quick X stitch through the middle of all of them, including the green felt on the bottom, and VOILA! A very simple, minimal sewing fabric flower!
The crown as a huge success with the mama and is currently on its way to its new home! Here’s the finished “springtime” crown.
Have an absolutely lovely evening!
Emy
So, as requested, here is a baby bump update! In 34 weeks baby girl has grown from a single-celled organism to a 5lb little miracle… who loves to put her full weight on my bladder and routinely gets the hiccups at 2 in the morning! I love it all though, especially now that the morning sickness has abated, every hiccup and even the swift kicks to my ribs if I try to sleep on my right side.
Emy ( and baby girl )
More and more the thoughts and conversations in the Rodgers household are turning towards baby related topics. Being 34 weeks along, both Flyboy and myself have started realizing that there will actually be a baby, a wonderful little human being, in the bassinet now gracing the corner of our bedroom! With all of this baby prep, mental and physical, around here I suppose it’s natural that my crafting would turn towards the baby realm as well.
So! Yesterday, as I sat down in my craft room to get creative, I ended up finding these wonderful rattle inserts I had bought a while ago. They had been stashed in a box in a drawer and has miraculously made their way safely up to the northeast with us. I decided I HAD to do something with these great noise makers so I made some rattles! Oh my gosh, they were so much fun! I modeled them on a few random sketches I did ages ago.
Here are the results of this weekend’s crafting!
With a little revamping to the prints, they are now on the Etsy as well as the rattles! I’m hoping to add some matching onesies to the mix soon as well!
Now, it’s time I throw on one of Ethan’s button-down shirts and scarf and go on an antiquing adventure with my favorite man!
Many happy thoughts this weekend!
Emy
