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Nursery Paintings, Baby Sprinkle, and Birthday Surprise!

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I am SO pooped right now! I woke up at 5am this morning to finish two little nursery paintings for a baby shower (actually a “sprinkle”) for two of my friends. When I got home from the shower at noon, my husband and a bunch of friends surprised me with a birthday party! I had the best day hanging out in the pool with our kids, drinking margaritas and grilling out!

The paintings I finished are little miniatures of the “sugar and spice” paintings that I typically do.

Nursery Paintings, Baby Sprinkle, and Birthday Surprise via lilbluebool.com

I ended up using the little crinkle tag toys as little toppers for the gift wrapping.

Nursery Paintings, Baby Sprinkle, and Birthday Surprise 2 via lilbluebool.com

I can’t wait to hit my pillow now! Have a great night! Here we are at my birthday today after I blew out 32 candles!

Brett and Ashley via lilblueboo.com

Baby Crinkle Tag Toy

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I made these little crinkle tag toys last night using the tutorial at Joy’s Hope. Such a cute and easy idea for a baby present! I’m going to a baby shower tomorrow for my two friends Monique and Seena and I’m so excited to give these to them!

Baby Crinkle Tag Toy via lilblueboo.com

I stuck to the tutorial except that I didn’t use flannel (I didn’t have any….not much use for it in the desert!) and I reduced the squares to 5 inches. I used a lightweight cotton fabric so before cutting the squares out I ironed on a lightweight fusible interfacing (Pellon brand) to make the fabric a little heavier. The crinkly plastic was from microwave popcorn….it gave Sienna and I an excuse to attempt eating two whole bags!

Lace Detail on Shorts

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I made these cute little shorts but they seemed so plain that I added the little lace border at the bottom.  I love the lace so much I’m going to have to find more! Don’t you think the shorts look dainty now?


The pink fabric is from the line Swanky by Chez Moi for Moda Fabrics. I used my favorite little short pattern I picked up at Joann’s Fabric: New Look pattern #6689


Lace Detail on Shorts via lilblueboo.com
Lace Detail on Shorts 2 via lilblueboo.com
Lace Detail on Shorts 3 via lilblueboo.comI made a cute little applique t-shirt to match using several layers of the same fabric sandwiched around the blue version of the same. I left the edges of the flower ragged to give it some texture.

Lace Detail on Shorts 4 via lilblueboo.com
This is a gift for a friend but hopefully she won’t read my blog today. I needed a post!
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