Design Challenge! (Free SVG)

First off, just let me say, "Woohoo!!" I'm so excited so many people thought they'd want to do this! And I confess, I had another reason for wanting to do this. You see, I had a very specific use for this in mind when I made it, and I'd love to see what you all can do with this. I'm hoping for some other great uses than what I had in mind. With that said, here is the plain version of the cut.

Note that this has not been put together all the way (the flaps are still hanging out) and the acetate is not on yet either.

So...if you want to participate, cut out this box, decorate it up, put goodies in it, or whatever else you can think of, and leave a comment on this post. Then, next Sunday, I'll post my version and link to your blog (or if you don't have one, let me know and we'll exchange via email or get another way to show off your stuff). I'm really hoping for some great different ways to use this...I've got brain block and can only relate this box to what I originally thought of!

K, ladies! Let's get scrappin!

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Design Challenge Anyone?

Hi all. I have a new box cut I wanted to use for Valentine's Day and wanted to know if anyone out there wanted to have a design challenge with the box cut? We could have some fun decorating and link up. Leave a comment if you'd want to do this! If nobody does, I'll just see what I can do to get mine decorated and ready so I can post it before Valentine's is here and it's too late for you to get to use another idea!

Baby Shower Invitation

I have a good friend who is having TWINS...aaaah, right?! Plus she has a four year old and a two year old. I'm helping out with a baby shower and this is what I came up with for the invite. Just thought I'd share in case someone needs an idea down the road!

I used the fonts CK Chemistry and Albemarle Swash (free) for the text and DB Sweet Baby for the strollers and DB Pretty Borders for the polka dots and scallop with flowers. Those can be found at Scrapnfonts.com for $3 each.

A New Hobby

Because I really needed another one. But every mom needs to know how to knit, or crochet, or both, right? Besides, I knew this Christmas I wouldn't be at home and would basically be stationary during my last month of pregnancy. Besides besides, I didn't have my cricut! And my mom knows how to crochet. Put it all together and you get some new little boy hats!

My model was NOT cooperating. I guess that's what you get when you pay em in pretzel sticks. He was running away from me; therefore, you get a picture of whereever we ended up that I could take a picture...like my horrendously messy family room. Hmm, I may have to rethink pretzel sticks as payment.

I think I'm happy with how it turned out though (the hat, not the picture, or my housekeeping skills). I will say, however, that I really miss Chase's cute long hair that got cut a few weeks ago. That was a sad, sad day.

If you crochet and want to know how to make this hat, sadly I do not have enough skill to create my own projects, so I bought this pattern. You can too at this Etsy site:

http://www.ashton11.etsy.com/

beginner crochet pattern, no. 85, Classic European Newsboy Hat

And I have another little boy one to show you later too! (For the new boy, of course!)

P.S. Thanks everybody for the sweet comments about my little guy! Thanks for your patience in my sporadic/nonexistent posts!!

Baby Love and Chore Chart

I know it's been a while since I posted something...but I had good reason! I was busy with this little guy! Meet Clawson, the newest member of our family!

Isn't he such a sweet little man?!

On another note...I know New Year's is past now, but I thought I'd show you what I put together for our New Year's Resolution as a family. My sweet SIL asked for one of these so that her family could help her with her cleaning, and I had to make me one too! Cuz don't we all get sick of doing ALL the cleaning by ourselves when others are more than capable? Plus, I just CAN'T do it by myself anymore. So here it is!

The purple and silver one I made for my SIL. The one below is the one I made for my family...with room to grow! (And, yes, I know that my wall REALLY needs to be painted!)

I used black jack for the names and Birmingham for the Chores header. The board was 8 x 24 for my SIL and 8 x 36 for me. I made the squares 3 x 3 inches and hard laminated them. Hopefully this works!