Moving the blog

Hi all... I am going to move the blog again... sorry! I reactivated my typepad account - it offers a lot more to do with photos, etc so I am going to go back there. Here is my post from the weekend!
http://pinkseashellscrapbooks.typepad.com/my_weblog/

A Banner for a baby...

This little project is very overdue, but I finally had time to finish it over this past weekend! One of my Mom's dearest friends had a grand daughter in the spring. I also know the family well and wanted to do a little gift for her. The baby's name is Hayden, so I made a little banner that they can hang in her bed room.

I started by using the AccuCut machine... they released an 11 inch circle with the tabs to tie ribbons around it. You can see the circle cut here. I cut that into 8 wedges, which make the perfect pieces for a banner! you can hang it up by tying ribbons at the top! I had a great time designing each piece staying in a victorian theme of sorts. The colors are a peachy pink, very light yellow, a very light aqua with some brown accents. I was told there is no green in the room! I used papers from Graphic 45's line called Baby 2 Bride. I just LOVE this line of papers! I covered each piece with 2 different papers and over the seam used a variety of ribbon or fibers. After that I did some light embellishments and used different letters for each one.

I had to do the grid of pictures because I can only upload a few pictures to the blog and wanted to see each letter. You can see the wrapping that I did on the bottom which I made a precious tag to go along with.

An exciting weekend all around

The weekend of Oct 10 - 12 was a very exciting on for me all around! On Oct 10, my Goddaughter, Annabelle Powers Hennessey, made her debut into the world. Jessica was almost a week late and waited patiently (well, that word is used loosely with us!) for her baby to arrive. It wasn't as smooth as Jessica and Richard would have liked, but baby and Mom are doing amazing. She has a full head of red hair to follow her father and uncle. I can't WAIT to meet her in person. In the meantime, I will hear all about her from her Mommy.

The other exciting event was Heather and Ryan's wedding. I am going to wait to post any pictures b/c the bride has not posted anything yet. I've seen some incredible pictures taken by our dear friend, Frances and her husband Bill, but Heather has not seen much yet. I'd like to let her be the first to post. Then I will post a beautiful picture of the bride and groom!

Over all the weekend was incredible. We had hand picked weather, incredible foliage colors, great company in all the guests and wedding attendants, and mostly Heather's impeccable taste and style that made this one of the most gorgeous weddings I've seen and been a part of. There will be many pictures to come.