Another New First

I just finished a new project.  A first, for me.  I made my first diaper cake.  I just have this to say, diapers have a mind of their own.  I do love the way it turned out.  It wasn't what I had in my head, but what usually turns out that way.

I need to back up just a little and give some information.  The diaper cake was for my best friends god daughters reveal baby shower.  The mom and dad and my friend went to the doctor on Thursday and they told my friend the sex.  She got the ultrasound picture and the video.  The mom and dad had to wait till Saturday to find out if they were having a boy or girl.  It was an informal shower.  No presents.  We did play a few games, and took tons of pictures.  I made the decorations and the diaper cake.  The way we revealed the sex was the cake.  The answer to what you are thinking is .........BOY.

The diaper cake was made all from store bought items.  I wanted to cut some cricut things and put on it, but she really hasnt decisioned on any themes yet.  I made two centerpieces, one for a girl and one for a boy.  I also made a banner.  All of these pieces were of course cricut projects.

Here is the finished diaper cake.

 

 

Here are my two centerpieces.  They are made out of salt containers, a trick I learned at a cricut circle meeting.  One centerpiece is for a girl and the other a boy.

 

The baby shower banner turned out great.  It fit so perfect in their archway in there apartment. 

 

I also got Print Shop into the act and made cards for people to fill out for advice for the new parents.

 

 

I also made some cute little cards so when people came in the could vote on if they thought it was going to be a boy or a girl.  Well, the vote was 5 to 3 for a girl.  They were wrong.

 

 

 



25th High School Reunion

I have to admit, that is hard to say.  I have been out of high school over 25 years.  The reunion was last summer.  I went crafting nuts to help.  Not everything is made with my Cricut, but some things are.  I am so proud of everything that I was able to make.  It took months to get everything ready.  I am happy to report that everyone that attended loved everything.

I made centerpieces for the tables,  a sign, and special printed tickets.  I also made a memory book.  It had info from each year we were in school and info about each year of our 10 and 20 year reunions.  I also had memory pages about proms, class trips, and band trips.  I also put an address book in the back that had the addresses, email address, and facebook info, or what ever we had for everyone in my class that graduated.  There was about 220 of us.  Each book was probably about 60 pages.  I did all the printing at home.  I cut everything with my paper cutter.  I made about 50 of them for the main night reunion.  It also contained about 600 pictures that I put on a DVD.  It was a slide show of everything we could find from high school.  We sold ads to help cover the cost of the book.  I got to use my Cinch2 binder.  I used it to punch and holes and bind the edge.  I got really good at making a uniform bind.  It is an amazing machine.  If you do not have one, I suggest that you get one.  You can make so many things.  I bought the wire in bulk on Amazon.

 Here is the centerpieces that I made.  I stole the concept from the circle meet up that I went to back at the first of last year.

Here is the main sign.  We used this for the main night event and our picnic.

 

Here are the tickets that I made.  One for singles, one for couples, and one for teachers.

 



 

And last but not least.  Here is my master piece.  THE BOOK.

 

The Machine that made this possible.

Each page cut and ready to have holes punched and put together in order.

 Holes punched and put in order, ready to have wire put in.  Had offers of help for this part, but the one machine does the holes and put the wire in, so kind of a one person job.

Master Piece--Finished Book

 55 books, finished, bound, and packed to go to the Reunion!!!!

 

 







 

Welcome to Tennessee

I just had a cousin move to Tennessee.  I wanted to make her something to remember her move and have something to hang in her new apartment. Oh, and of course since we are talking about Tennessee, it had to be orange.  I cut the lettering with my E2 using the included American Alphabet cartridge. The Tennessee is a sticker that was purchased probably years ago.  After all, my motto is, "She who dies with the most supplies, WINS."  The frame was out of a clearance bin at Walmart.