Wednesday, July 14, 2010

A gift for a friend

My friend loves cows and will probably have them in the nursery. I found the border online. The wallpaper is scrapbook paper. I made the corner from 3 pieces of laminate samples leftover from when we were shopping for our new floor 8 years ago. The back side of the "room" is nicely finished without me having to do anything to it.
The baby in the bassinet was a hanging Christmas ornament. I cut off the ribbon hanger and made a wire frame for the bassinet. Then I added a longer skirt. I cut cows from the leftover border and glued them to the baby's blanket to make it a printed receiving blanket. The clay cow on the floor came out of a Noah's Ark display thing I used to have hanging in the dining room. The baby book and diapers were made from printies. I made the wipes, powder, lotion and diaper cream from Sculpey.
The pig is supposed to be a piggy bank. The photos are actually of my friend and her family. The plant on top of the shelf represents a welcome baby gift. The wooden blind is a sample.
The diaper pail was made from one of those canisters that come in pill bottles to keep moisture out.

They don't know if they're having a boy or girl so I tried to keep it gender neutral. The wallpaper is blue but has pink polka dots.

10 comments:

Minnie Kitchen said...

Delightful! I think they will be very happy to receive this as a gift...who wouldn't be? Congrats to their baby and to you for doing such a wonderful job!

De said...

Thank you!

Kathi said...

What a wonderful and personal gift!
Thanks for sharing how you made these little things. So sweet!

Tallulah Belle said...

Wonderful De...a lovely gift.

Lainie said...

Yes it's darling!

De said...

Thank you all so much! It's their long awaited first baby and I wanted to make something special.

PAKY said...

Is a beautiful gift, so cute, congratulations!

Ascension said...

Que preciosidad y cuantos bellos detallitos!!!
Cunata maravilla, en tan poquito espacio, enhorabuena!!!
besitos ascension

Kim said...

De- it's so cute! The new parents are going to love it!!

De said...

Thank you!