Baby Showers means craft time!

Our church must have something in the water, because I've been to a lot of baby showers recently.  Personally, I love it!  After receiving a hooter hider from a friend when Logan was born, I decided I would begin to sew some myself.  Here is the tutorial I have been using.  I also added material in the inside corner of the latest one so it can function as a burp clothe.  

Since I am sewing so much, I also ordered my own labels  on etsy.  Since Chris sometimes calls me Vaness I figured I'd use that name.  

I am still embroidering onsies, so I put a picture of the latest I have worked on.  I like to put the baby's name on them, but I don't want to post those on here for privacy.  

And finally, the last thing I am working on is pacifier pockets.  I saw some (also known as pacifier pods or pacifier purses) in a high-end children's store this summer in Santa Monica.  A few weeks ago I found this tutorial online.  I added a strap on the back so it can be clipped to a purse or diaper bag.  I will modify a few things next time.  Her tutorial was great, but I messed up a few things and had to hand stitch a little because I was confused.  Probably my lack of sewing experience.

All in all though, I am having so much fun with my sewing machine.  I can't wait to start sewing dresses for our little girl!!!     

Logan's birthday is on Friday, we are having a party with cake and balloons on Thursday night.  We invited our students to come if they want.  I am going to be making a 3-D train cake and a small Elmo face for Logan's cake he can destroy.  I did all the baking on Saturday, and then froze the cakes so that I can take them out on Wednesday morning and decorate that night.  I ended up making 6 boxes of cake mix!  Should be enough...although college students are always hungrier than I think!  I'll post pictures of how that turns out later this week (assuming it turns out well!).