Nappy Cake

Ever heard of a Nappy Cake ?
Well I hadn't until I organized a baby shower for one of my friends.
 Here is my first attempt at one, and now I have to make another for my daughter who's due in November. (Yah I'm going to be a grandmother )

It's made funnily enough from, yes nappies, and lots of them, all rolled up and stacked together to make a cake shape.

The cake layers were wrapped with bunny rugs or muslin and three of the flowers on top were made from little lacy sock, the other flower was attached to a headband. 

The flowers on the ribbon were hair clips so everything  can be used in the future for her little girl.

Name tags were made in the shape of nappies and were also part of a prize giveaway. If you were the lucky one who at the end of the party had the dirty nappy you received a prize. 

Here is a link to where i got the template from

  http://www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/diaper-card.html

Baby Album

Here is a little keepsake/photo album I made for a very special little princess

  The little nappy's were used for name tags at the baby shower

Lots of spaces for photos and journaling

A Little space for a little hand and/or foot print

A little envelope for her first curl

This page opens up into three pockets with tags

Tags for photos and journaling on the back

This picture pulls out to place a photo here

More tags

Getting just a little excited !

Well I've done it, I've put my name down for a mini album swap which Laura Denison from Following the Paper Trail is organizing. I've participated in a card swap before through Copic heaven which is a Facebook group but this is a mini album swap. In this swap each individual makes a basic 5x7 six page album and sends it off to the next participant to decorate a page which is then sent of to the next until all six pages have been decorated and then is sent back to the original maker of the album.

This is my album so far, the papers I've decided to go with are from Basicgrey Merrakech collection . We have been asked to supply a few papers to be included for the other participants to use and any embellishments if we wish, it is hoped that each person will add something to each album when decorating so each album will be totally individual.

Here is a link to Following The Paper Trail, Laura has some wonderful patterns and lots of tutorials on YouTube. 

Wish me Luck , and here's hoping no albums get lost in the mail!
Now to find a box big enough to fit this in