Old/New/Baby/Blue

I was going through some old photos and found some shots of a D.I.Y. project that I thought would be cute to post. A few years ago in an effort to make a few bucks, I decided to make baby gift sets and sell them on ebay. Although the sales were bad I maintain that the idea was solid. You be the judge.

A friend of mine told me that Ebay's top sales come from baby clothing. With this in mind I went to Wal-Mart and bought some 50's western inspired (child safe fire retardant) flannel fabric and some strong denim and went to work making outdoor picnic/play blankets. Then I went to the thrift store for Levi's denim infant jackets and infant western shirts. I used a satin ribbon to bind it all together and there you have a perfect baby shower gift.

Thankful Hands

Court and I have had a Thanksgiving marathon. Court was in charge of the ward Thanksgiving party this year. He asked me to do the decorating. I dug through the party supply closet at church only to find a bag of "Fall leaves" dyed in a rainbow variegation, dusted with sparkles accompanied by a few miniature scarecrows with faces too happy for one being impaled by a wooden spear. 

I went back to the drawing board and decided to use a table cloth as a stencil. I took some butcher paper and laid the tablecloth on top. Using spray paint I painted the table cloth then removed the cloth leaving behind its pattern onto of the paper. After the "table cloth" was painted on, I spray painted miniature pumpkins silver for the center pieces.

 

I do not fancy myself being very good at interior design and things like that but I LOVE to try. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to test out creative endeavors in a safe environment. Nobody is going to fire me if they don't like what I come up with.

Court stayed in the kitchen the whole night. What a guy!