things i am lovin' this week.

1- baby crafts! the past two major crafts I have done lately have been for my best friends new baby, Carlie. So in the SarahBella tradition, here are my tutorials on diaper cakes & onesie bouquets. 

•  PROJECT #1 -- Diaper Cake 
• Choose a Theme
• I went with pink and polka dots and bright colors. I did this mostly because she didn't have a specific nursery theme and she was having a girl. I thought this would be a cute color scheme for a girl and look cute at the shower. Bright and cheerful.
•  Buy Materials
• I have a four year old, so I am no stranger to the baby section at Target, so I kind of knew going into the store what I wanted to get. I choose a large box of Pampers newborn size diapers (proved to be too many, but I put the others in a cute bag & gave them separately to her), a gift set of travel size Johnson's baby lotions, etc., & tiny little pack of clip on bows. I also got some ribbon & fake flowers. Then I got a cheap pizza tray for the bottom and some infant girlie toys to hook on it. 
•  Put it Together
• I rolled the diapers and secured them with rubber bands. Then I put them in tiers around the pie pan. Then I wrapped each layer with the two different ribbons.
• Decorate (the best part!)
•  I inserted the Johnson's items randomly throughout the tiers, attached the toys or stuck them in, stuck in the flowers (which also helped to secure the diapers), & clipped the little hair bows all over the ribbon.

 

• PROJECT #2 - Onesie Bouquet
•  Supplies:
• Packs (or indivual styles) of onesies -- I got several different sizes so they were not all one size
• Pack of Baby Socks
• Faux Flowers (to match your colors/theme) (optional)
• Stretchy Headbands with bows
• floral wire
• styrofoam 
• flower pot (any color -- to match your color scheme)
  
  •  You can start the project by putting the styrofoam in the bottom of the flower pot to make it at the height that would look good. 
  • Then I rolled the onesies -- make sure to roll so the buttons are on the inside. After one is rolled, take the floral wire and wrap around the onesie toward the bottom and stick the onesie blossom into the styrofoam. (To be honest I stuck so much in there, it probably would have stayed without the wire, up to you) 
  • After I filled it with most of the onesies (I bought too many so I just gave her the extras in a bag), roll the socks and insert them randomly around the onesies. Then add in your faux flowers (optional). 
  • Then to add some pizazz to the flower pot, I got some of those stretchy headbands (instead of ribbon) and put them around the pot. This will not work if you get too big of a pot. I found these to be actually useful since the baby can actually wear them.
  
  

  

  For my color scheme, I chose black, purple, pink, with a dash of some white as well as pink leopard print.