Catching up

Originally, the idea behind this blog was to be able to report on any number of projects. 

I never intended this to just be about cooking. While I certainly love to cook and that is something one tends to do consistently, I also like to make lots of things. I wanted a forum to be able to show those things as well. 

Summer tends to bring a lull in projects for me. I like to hit the beach and seems like there are more visitors. Whatever the reason I am rarely inspired to create much beyond food during that time. As we roll into fall I am thinking more and more towards things I want to create. I did actually finish up something I had started planning early in the summer. So that is going to be my first project post. Then I have a few meals I want to share. 

So my friend is pregnant, which has brought me around to more thoughts of babies than usual, (usual, heck, more than ever!). I started thinking about memory collages and such. My friend isn't due until Dec, so back in June I asked a co workers if she had any memorabilia from when her 5yr old daughter was born. And if she did, would she trust me with them to play around and create something for her. I was quite honored that she did. So she brought in a small bag full of little reminders of when she had brought little Nikki home. Among otherthings, there was a birth announcement, the plastic bracelets with their names on them, the little crocheted hat she wore home and a little dress and booties, and also a small lock of hair. I was immediatly inspired to create something of a vintage nature. Something that brings to mind warm fuzzy memories. It will hold special meaning for mom for the rest of her life. 

I recently discovered these beautiful little feet that turn a shadow box into a standing diorama. So much easier to display than to only be able to hang it. It transormf it into a more substantial piece in my opinion. 

 I asked her mama to write down the things she would like to wish for her little one, and I highlighted her pretty face with an optical glass. 

The top right corner holds a small glass vial with the hair, ribboned to a vintage key. (Lock of hair and a key. ;) )  Some translucent golden paper gives it that olden glow. Plus some beautiful staining ink. 

I was really pleased with this memory box. Mom was too. She was thrilled. 

Mission accomplished.