Thought I’d share this simple handmade card I made over the weekend. It’s very basic, but I love that simple, clean look when it comes to greeting cards. I used textured cardstock for the card itself, and two coordinating scrapbook papers for the strip on the side and embellishment in the center (which I adhered using 3D foam tape).
I sewed the striped paper onto the card using my sewing machine, which you can see better in this picture.
I’m planning on using this for a shower I’ll be attending later this month!
Nursery Project: Cloth Cube
I totally love cloth baby toys, and I found this great tutorial over at Make It and Love It for making a cloth baby cube. I just finished making one, and I didn’t think it took very long at all! The next one I make will probably go even faster. I’ll explain what I did here, but for the more complete tutorial, visit Make It and Love It.
Cut 6 squares out of fabric. (I used fabrics from my little bird project.) I made mine exactly 5×5 inches, but you can make whatever size you would like.
Take your first two squares and sew one seam with the right sides together, using a 1/4″ seam allowance. 
Repeat to connect four squares together in a row.
Sew the first square to the fourth square so you have what looks like a box with no top or bottom.
With your remaining two squares, cut 1/4″x1/4″ notches out of the corners. Pin the fifth square to your “box” and sew, making sure your corners are square. (This was the trickiest step. It didn’t make sense to me until I started doing it.)
Repeat on the other end with the final square, leaving a hole for you to turn it. (Sorry for all these carpet shots… I do my best work on the floor.)
Turn your cube right-side-out, poke out the corners, stuff, and sew the hole shut.
Ta-da! Beautiful. Now go make one of your own!
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When Creativity Strikes
“My business is to create.” – William Blake
Sometimes I just get a creative urge. You know … the feeling where you haven’t done anything creative lately and you feel like if you don’t you’re going to explode. (I’ve been told that this may not be entirely normal…haha.)
At any rate, I’m definitely feeling the need to start a new project soon. I’m waiting until next week when we find out if our baby is a boy or a girl to finish the bird mobile and other accessories for the nursery.
In the mean time, I really want to work on something fun and crafty. This blog is really inspiring, listing projects from bloggers all over the world who are willing to share step-by-step tutorials of their creative endeavors.
Maybe tomorrow on hubby’s day off we’ll head into town and go to Michael’s. I’m really wanting this project to involve paint, I think.
Recently (three weeks ago?) I made a little felt case for my sewing needles.
