Baby Block Shower Invites

My sister & her husband are expecting their first child (the 4th grandchild for my parents bringing the total to 4 girls and 0 boys!).

Besides being super excited for my sister, any time I have an excuse to make stationary, I do a little happy dance.


I have no idea what made me think of a baby block, but once I come up with an idea, it HAS to be done. If I don't do it, I twitch. A little obsessive? Perhaps.

Coming up with the idea is easy, figuring out the "how" is the tricky part.


Wandering through the holyland (some might call it Micheal's), I saw these plain flat boxes. My first thought was to screen print w/ my Gocco. But considering my mostly hate/hate relationship with the curse-ed little machine, I decided that printing on full sheet labels, then cutting down to size was the way to go.

I printed the letters B - A - B - Y behind the text.
And then, of course, is the envelope design. Above the address reads, "Won't you please join us?". The back reads "Some Assembly Required"

Was this an easy project? No.

Was it worth it? Absolutely!

Amy Butler

One designer I'm constantly drawn to is Amy Butler. Her color combo's and big bold patterns are just simply fun. If you click around the interweb, you'll find a gaggle of crafters who share my excitement over AB's designs.

A quick scan of Etsy (have I ever mentioned them?) yields over 16,000 crafts tagged w/ AB.

Here are some fun things made from AB fabrics that I've found through my travels around the web-o-spher.

Purses:



Girl By Aileen offers this adorable clutch and many others.


Fallen Sparrow lets you choose your own fabric from a whole collection of AB (among other) fabrics .

Baby clothes:


Blossombebe has these darling baby dresses that are, get this, reversible! Genius!


Stationary:

Head over to Chaliejo for some AB fabric covered stationary **gasp**, oh how I love thee!

Furniture:

What I'm really dying for is a chair re-upholstered w/ AB fabric like these:



photo credit & chairs by Anilia via flickr

Or this:


Heck, you'll wanna check out the whole post about these chairs here on Decor8.

More:

Don't worry paper lovers, AB has a line of scrapbooking paper for you too. It's available at Joann Fabric & Crafts :

Me:

Of course AB has made it into my house as well:

Pillow made by Mom :)

What projects have you created with AB? Send me pictures and I'll include them in a later post!