Baby shower gifts

So I just found out the other day that a friend of mine is having a boy! I thought for sure I was right when I said she was having a girl, but I was wrong. We have been calling her baby, Baby Pickle, since we didn't know what the gender was just yet. Her baby shower isn't for a month or two still but I am slowly starting to put things together for her. I, Aunt B, am going to spoil this little kid rotten and she might hate me by the end of it, but that's ok!

Of course I have turned to Pinterest to come up with a few ideas. Here is what I have found so far: 


Baby Boy Shower Cake

If I had decorative skills, I would try something like this...but I don't

I don't have the patience or the creativity but I would be willing to try it someday!

So far the only thing that I haven't liked about Pinterest is that when you search for baby shower gifts, it all comes up with baby shower IDEAS - which I am not planning her shower so I don't need those ideas, I need gift ideas. You have to treat it much like you do Google ~ try several different search keywords to get what you want.

I am thinking about making a tie fleece blanket for her  - a mom/son one - maybe matching? But in different color fabrics? Of course I will be adding more things to this gift but I want to have a personal touch to it since she is one of my best friends. Any suggestions are welcome!!!!

Painted Glasses

All of my materials are from Hobby Lobby:
2 glasses
paint
25 piece brush set

I placed dots at the curve all the way around the glass in order to smoothly create a straight line. When it comes to a curved glass, painting in straight lines with even placement of the paint is difficult.

After completely covering the section of glass for I let the paint dry before I added any other paint. Since you are able to see through the glass when held in the light, make sure that it is evenly covered otherwise you will be able to see all the places that you missed with paint. You might have to do several coats in order to completely cover all the surfaces.

finished glass # 1

I did the same process for the second glass but with a different design. This time I covered the entire top of the glass. Again, check in the light to be sure that all the spots on the glass are covered with paint. Depending on what you use these glasses for you might be able to see the spots that you have missed.

Final glass #2

Self-made Glitter Ornaments

Awhile back, in December, I made ornaments for all my cousins on my dad's side. I bought 8 glass ornaments, six different colors of glitter (gold, silver, pink, green, blue and white), acrylic paint (3 different colors) and ribbon. I am 1 of 9 grandchildren on my Dad's side and one cousin isn't around very often so I made 6 of them, and included my brother in ornament decoration. I used the paint to write their names on the outside and chose the glitter color according to their favorite colors.

This photo below is similar to what I did, but I did not use the dye color that she used. I kept the glass ornaments the way they were, poured 1/2 a teaspoon of the glitter glue into the ornament, dumped the glitter inside and rotated the ornament slowly until it was completely covered with glitter. The issue I came across is that if you put too much glue inside, the glitter will slide too much even though it looks like it is drying - it isn't. Once they are back in their plastic holders (like in the picture) make sure to rotate them every 15 minutes. You don't want the glitter to pool in one spot and then not be able to fix it later.

Since I cannot find my photo from it, I found someone who did a very similar project to me, here is her image and blog page to check out.
http://www.lifewithkatie.com/2008_12_01_archive.html