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Front view; bucket is 1 gallon plastic paint can |
Meanwhile, allow me to show you a special project I recently created. It's a "Welcome Baby" Memory Pail.
On the front side of the bucket, I cut a silhouette of a mother and child using Fairy Cut software and a design from Dover Publishing. I then used white gel pen to dot the edges and distinguishing features.
I cut text "Welcome Baby" and decorated the cut, again using white gel pen.
I trimmed the bucket in lace at the bottom and top. The handle is wrapped in a dotted organza ribbon, and tied with bows on either side. The butterfly clip on the bow is from Michael's.
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On the rear of the can, a poem I found and modified (rewrote in large part) to suit the occasion. The text was laid out and decorated using Adobe Illustrator. |
The top of the can can be personalized by the gift-giver.
Here are some of the pen/ink details.
For inside the can, I made a box, cut from light pink cardstock using Cricut's "Tags, Bags, Boxes and More" cartridge. It was decorated with Prima Flowers.
For inside the box (which is presented inside the can), I created a notepad of "Making Memories" sheets. These were printed 4-up on an 8.5x11" paper, cut and then padded 25 to a pad -- just right to fit in the box I made.
I also attached a pink pen to the side of the box.
4 comments:
What a beautiful job with altering your paint can. I am sure it will be so well be received! Thank you for sharing.
I hope your wrist is completely healed quickly!
That is super cute! Love the lace!
This is so pretty! I love the cut out of mother & baby! You can tell that there was a lot of time and love that went into creating this. I'm sure that the new mother will love it. Wish I had of had one of these when DS was a baby (25 yrs ago), it sure beats writing it all on the calendar like I did way back when.
What an awesome project. I know I would love to receive something like this. Very personal
Hope the burn is getting better and you can get on with crafting because I sure love coming over and seeing what's new
Hugs
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