Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Birthday Goodies

Hi there Blog Friends. I have been a busy bee today making some birthday presents for a dear little friend of my girls. The first present is a sweet bag - I have been wanting to make a smaller version of the handbags I usually make so I can make some for the girls and their friends, so today I finally did it.


I have used Janelle Wind's Frilly Dilly pattern (just the base part of the bag) and taken about 1/2 inch off each seam, so it's a dinky little size for wee girls. Main fabric is Alexander Henry, and I have used some blue polka dot fabric from Spotlight for the lining. Just to show you the difference to the usual size...


It has been so long since I had some time on the sewing machine, I really enjoyed myself today... I may even do some more tomorrow ;-) I am an impatient crafter, I think that's why I haven't been motivated to sew in ages... I like tasks that I can finish in one sitting... it's the reason I am a card maker and not a scrapbooker.

Next up, I made a set of personalised notecards in a matching origami box...



... I very rarely use the computer for my papercrafts, I am more a stampy, patterny paper person, but when you want to personalise something, the old computer comes in very handy.

And, finally, the card for the special birthday girl...



Well, thanks for stopping by to see what I have been up to, see you next time.

2 comments:

michellems said...

Hi darling... OMG sooooooooooo gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe this is the first wee one (bag) you have made and the boxed cards are simply devine (but I am a sucker for strawberries!!). Beautiful, just beautiful. Michelle :-)

Trish said...

Cute!! what a lucky little girl to be getting those goodies. loving the strawberries. Trish :)