Now that I have this blog, I couldn't help putting pictures up of this really cute gift I made for one of my best friends' 1 year old girl.
I got the idea when I was giving my son's room a good organizing, sorting toys, etc. I found a little block set that was not only missing a block - which was important as each block formed part of a picture, like puzzle pieces - but with which he was way past too old to play. Then I got to thinking... Hmm, there are five blocks left, I bet I could cover them with cute girly papers and things and conveniently there are five letters in the name Jenna, who's birthday party I'm going to in a few weeks! Perfect! :)
I started by ripping off the paper that was on there because it was glossy and I didn't think things would stick very well to it. Then I covered it with all different styles from the Sweet Pea DSP Stack.
For the front - where the letters of her name are - I used two layers of mostly random Sweet Pea paper or correspondingly coloured CS, then added a Whisper White Scalloped Heart of Hearts before sticking on the letters. I coloured the letters from the Loads of Letters Chipboard with Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker.
For the top I used some Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, the Modern Label, Curly Label and 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punches. The Stamp sets I used are Little Angel, Tiny Tags, Vintage Labels, Short & Sweet and Outline Alphabet Lower (which is from 1998!).
I really love this gift! So much in fact that I'm asking my Dad to make me some more blocks out of any scrap wood he might have laying around... they've been renovating their house since they bought it in 1988, so I think they might have some! I would love to make these for other people, they'd be GREAT baby shower gifts!
Cheers,
Mandy
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