I know I've been absent for a while, but going on holiday, trying to pack everything so I can move and starting a new school year takes up a lot of my time. Anyway, I decided to show you some of the things that were exchanged over the summer... First of all, a gift that my best friend (Zjizjipke) surprised me with a few months ago.
I just love all of the pink accents... And, of course, the fact that she personally made it for me. And I must say, as the first purse she's ever sewn on that machine of hers, it looks pretty good...
So, the deadline I had to cope with during the summer holidays was Zjizjipke's birthday (which takes place 2 weeks before my own birthday). For her birthday I had some great ideas, and the most important one was her name in mod podged letters. But since I'd never used mod podge before, I decided to try it out on the first letter of my name first...
After this seemed to work out pretty well (I'm happy with the result anyway), I decided to start on her letters. I collected all of my scrapbook papers and began with the selection process of the right patterns. Afterwards I took my paper maché letters, mod podge, the craft knife and the embellishments currently in my possession and started on her letters. And this is the result...
I'm glad to say Zjizjipke loved the result (and so did I). Other than that I gave her a carton box filled with items such as movie tickets, scratch cards, fabric mod podge, some washi tape, an issue of Mollie Makes (her favourite crafts magazine) and the book Sewn Spaces (filled with beautiful projects waiting for the right crafter)... Let's say that Zjizjipke was a happy birthday girl...
Now, besides these birthday presents I also created a little present for the baby shower of a little boy named Warre...
For this one I bought me a cheap frame in Hema, I removed the glass and mod podged the blue and white polka dot paper right onto the back. Afterwards I painted the wooden letters yellow and after they dried I mod podged some colourful striped paper onto them. Then I searched the internet for a cute car and plain shape, I cut them out and mod podged them to the frame as well. And voila, the end result (Warre's mom was very happy).
So, after all of this creating on my side, we come to my birthday, the day on which I received some gorgeous gifts myself. First of all my boyfriend showed up with these gorgeous flowers...
He also gave me the puss in boots dvd (love) and a book on crocheting scary monsters and such (he is a horror fan, and at times so am I). The we come to the presents that my BFF (and her mother) have provided for me. I got Amy Butler's book style stitches, the infamous mod podge rocks (yay), a book on quilling (I've been wanting to try it for some time, but just didn't know where to start) and some scrapbook paper. Other than that my BFF also gave me a remodelled jar filled with yarn scraps and washi tape (double yay: check out the butterflied lid and the doily she mod podged on the side... Love)...
And... Then there was still her pride and joy, the best present she ever made me... My own little creator book... She mod podged my name on it, along with a butterfly (in case you hadn't noticed yet, my favourite animal, though my current goal in life is to find the perfect little kitten to take home), flowered hearts and a doily.
A view from the side... Still awefully pretty...
And from the back...
And what do we find when we look inside: a gorgeous bookmark...
And a page explaining to me what the book is for: To create, to be a creator... So this is my little book in which I'm going to write all of my inspirations and creations...
So... These were the birthday presies from July and August 2012. I hope you liked them, I know I do... Hopefully I'll see you again soon...
Hugs and Kisses,
Crazy Crafter xxx
