Its a Baby Shower complete with Lolly Buffet - DIY

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I thought I would share with you all my sister's Baby Shower that my daughter threw for her last October 2013.

My daughter asked if I would like to help her with the decorations.
I was more than happy to give her a hand.
She wanted to create something special as my sister was having a girl (her first).
She had waited a long time for her.

Crystal wanted to have a lolly buffet as a feature of the shower. So we went in search of some prices & companies to see if it could be achieved. Unfortunately the budget wasn't going to stretch that far, so we decided, it can't be that hard...lets do our own!!

So off we went to find the items needed to accomplish this.

I searched thrift stores, discount stores & our home to find the items needed.

We went to a warehouse called FAL to buy all the sweets to fill the jars.

Buying in bulk cuts the cost down.

This jar was a vase that we used to hold our Baby Teeth.

These were Cadbury Chocolate Bars that I covered in foil and decorative scrapbooking paper. Wrapped with ribbon, Die cut scallop circle and sentiment.

This gorgeous mirror I found in Thingz. It was part of collection they had on display. It really suited our theme.

  

Crystal found these little milk bottles at a discount store.
She talked to the owner and ordered them in and as she wanted quite a few, they were able to give her a discount.

This was the final setup on the day. Lots of pink...my sister doesn't do pink!!

We found as many pink/red/white lollies to go with the theme.

 These sweet jars were found at discount stores.

The 'It's a Girl' plaque was from Thingz.

This was the end result.

BEAUTIFUL.

I also wanted to have something my sister could take away from the day as a memento of her baby shower. This is a memory tree. I repurposed an item that I borrowed from Made with Memories and decorated it accordingly. I used Kaiser flowers and some ribbon to decorate the stems of the tree. I found some cute little pink pegs to attach the photo's with. I used my little instamax camera and then had the guests leave a message on their photo for Mum.

My daughter repurposed this large Baby bottle (it came with tiny baby bottle treats) and decided to used it for Baby's First Shoe Fund....a girl needs her shoes right??

The end result was well worth
the time and money to DIY and the satisfaction that you did it.

The compliments from guests made it all worth while.

The look on my sister's face when she seen the end result was priceless.

A job well done Crystal!!

Pack Your Bags Travel Case

I had to take pictures of this project that my daughter just completed recently.

She wanted something to give her best friend for her 21st Birthday. Something she would remember forever.

  She organised a surprise holiday to Bali, but didn't quite know how to present her with it until she came across this little case.

She created this beautiful travel case, all the while trying to keep it a secret from her friend.

She used an old luggage tag and copied it onto some card stock and created her own. The numbers relate to her friend's birthday and the date they are leaving.

This was the inside of the case. She placed items relevant to their holiday.

She placed the travel itinerary inside , along with a handwritten letter and some Bali coins.

This plane embellishment was hung from the lid with the Airline they are flying with written on the side.

She wrapped up some Bali brochures of the places she has booked for them to go. Swimming with the dolphins is on the agenda.

These are some more embellishments she placed inside the top of the case.

I love that she decorated the whole case from front to back and inside. She did a wonderful job and her friend was overwhelmed and lost for words upon presentation of such a beautiful gift.

There is nothing like the true value of friendship.

Designed by Crystal Watts

2014

Memories Frame

Memories Frame

Created for Made with Memories

Products used

Prima Engraver Collection papers and flowers.

Dusty Attic Chipboard Scrolls

Glossy Accents

Ribbon

Charm

Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap

Smooch - Vanilla Shimmer

I love to take old wooden photo frames and upcycle them with inspirational quotes.

As this was designed for Made with Memories, I thought the quote fitted perfectly and it would be a beautiful addition to the shop wall.

As the papers where quite dark, I wanted to lighten the frame up, so I took out my trusty Tim Holtz sanding block and went to town. I love the effect.

The chipboard scroll was inked with Frayed Burlap and then covered in Glossy Accents and lightly sanded.

Picture is a little blurry sorry.

Finally I finished off with the Prima flowers and added a little charm to the centre and then took the ribbon and stapled it to the back of the frame for hanging purposes.

Lastly I then used my glossy accents to cover the words and then spritzed it with smooch vanilla shimmer.

It's always a pleasure to share someone's memories

Happy crafting

JD

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Tattered Floral Birdcage

It's that time again where another month is nearing it's end and I have been madly designing.

My inspiration this month was from the Prima Engravers Collection of papers, flowers and brads.

This little birdcage got a make over. Too cute.

After seeing a post from Tim Holtz using his Tattered floral die and some distress paints, I was inspired to break out my die and see what I could with it.

This is the finished flower using Prima Engraver Collection Papers & Brads.

Prima flower, Tim Holtz Cog.

These ticket tags are inked with Versa Pinecone.

Front of birdcage.

Filled with Prima flowers.

Side of birdcage.

This little bird was picked up in a discount store.

Back/Top view of birdcage.

Top view of birdcage with the little blue bird.

The blue lace border is prima. This was purchased in the States.

I love the end result.

Created for Made with Memories

Happy crafting

JD

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Repurposed Bottles - Bathing Beauties - 2013

These bottles were created using the new Kaisercraft paper range 45c.

I was inspired to create these bathing beauties after a recent trip to America, where I was visiting a gorgeous little scrapbook store in Salt Lake City...Mom and Me Scrapbooking and saw some bottles decorated for Christmas...so when I saw this range I wanted to put my own little spin on them and came up with these bathing beauties.

I recycled some Corona Bottles, covered over the labels, decorated and then filled them with Bath Fizz, Hand Soap, Body Wash and Shower Gel . My very handy husband then put the bottle tops on for me. I was given some beautiful red wine for Christmas in the holder, so I recycled it and decorated with the Kaiser paper, some washi black script tape, ribbon and Kaisercraft flowers. I absolutely love the end result.

You could also adapt these to hold embellishments, lollies, coloured water for decorative purposes or you could dress them up in a tux and a wedding dress and use for wedding favours for your guests. Unlimited possibilities...

Enjoy creating

JD
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