Easter Bonnet

There was a local Easter parade that had an Easter bonnet competition. Ever the one to jump on board with the opportunity to put something ridiculous on my childs head, I was pretty excited! :)



I had never made a bonnet before, and I was trying to stick with what I had on hand. This bonnet is made from white felt. I embellished it with 2 coffee filter roses, some little white silk flowers, embroidery and ribbon.

I should have taken a picture of of the bonnet not on her head, so I could show the detail better, but oh well. I used my Making Memories hole punch/eyelet setter to punch holes in the scallop edges of the bonnet. I layed pink ribbon underneath to show through the holes. I also trimmed the scallop edges with pink floss, in a blanket stitch. I was trying to make it so the detail showed up better then white on white.


You can't really see the little white silk flowers, but I put them on to help hide the stems on the roses.
Watching the parade with her big brother.

And with Grandma. :)

Unfortunately, we only got an honorable mention, but based on the number of people who stopped to comment on her bonnet before/during and after the parade - I would say that it was a winner!

Quiet Book

Last Christmas I made Ella and the boys a quiet book. I need to do more pages for them now, but here is what I did get done. :)

Ella opening her book Christmas morning and playing with it

The dolls have clothes to dress them. Ella likes putting the clothes on and then taking them off to find the belly button.

Each shirt has the first initial of the kiddo the book was for.

The first page of the book. Obviously, the boys had their names, not Ella's. ;)

The "E" could be buttoned on her name.

The clothes for the doll can also be hung on the clothesline or stored in teh basket. This basket was wonky, so that one became Ella's.

Ella's doll.
To make the doll, I used a gingerbread man cookie cutter and traced.

It's difficult to tell, but there is a little french knot in the middle for a belly button.

Her doll dressed.

And the last page is a lace up shoe.

Tutorial/inspiration found here...

http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/2009/06/finished-quiet-book.html

Several of her pages are ones that I will follow to add to the books.

ATC's

ATC stands for artist trading cards. The cards are the same size as a baseball card, 3.5"x2.5". There are quite a few online communities out there devoted to atc's. The one I am a member of (swanli) is ATC's for All. Besides making miniature pieces of art (which is really satisfying when you need an instant creative outlet), you can trade with other artists or participate in swaps. These are all cards I have made for swaps. When I got pregnant I stopped, hopefully soon I will be able to start up again.

Make Me Happy Swap

Lady Bug

The Snow Queen Swap

"her cloak and cap were of snow..."

"The flake of snow grew larger and larger..."

"She was sitting in the Mirror of Understanding..."

"It was a lady...It was the Snow Queen."

Make Me Happy

"Whimsical Tea Pot"

Mosaic Madness (I am missing one)

Sparkle and Shine

"sweat, tears, or the sea."

"The Bride"

"I scream"

Christmas Tree

"Charlie Brown Christmas"

"Corona Christmas"

Vintage Postcard

Matisse Collage

Sticker (you had to create a background around a sticker)

Party favors

There were 4 other babies at Ella's party. Everyone else were adults. Since we were moving away shortly after her birthday, I wanted to make something special for the babies. I made (for the first time) rag quilts using Eric Carle prints and the back is flannel.

A Very Hungry Caterpillar Invite and Cake

I made the invites out of cardstock and tried to mimick the feel of Eric Carles artwork with torn tissue paper. The outside is a strawberry with the caterpillar eating it's way through to tie the card shut. It's kind of difficult to tell, but, there are little strands of embroidery floss all along the caterpillars back.



When you open the card it's the butterfly.

The cake! I made a chocolate pudding bundt cake and then cut it into sections. The caterpillars head is a little cake, which was Ella's smash cake. There are little cake sprinkles all up his back. I also had some cupcakes as well.

Reversible Smock Style Dress

Ella's first birthday was A Very Hungry Caterpillar theme. I made her this dress to wear to her party. The only thing missing in these pictures are her buttons. This was my first garment I have ever made. :)

The fabric from the Eric Carle quilting line. There are little bloomers as well that don't show in the picture. The caterpillar and butterfly were on a quilting panel, that I cut out and appliqued on.

The pattern is a Butterick pattern, I don't remember the pattern #. I found that the pattern ran big.