I have decided (admittedly a little belatedly..) that I will do a Project 48 this year as a complement to my solemn vow of at least 4 posts a month. I suppose I’m being a little bit chicken about it, but 52 projects feels a little daunting and I don’t really want to set myself up for certain failure (and doom..doom..doom… :p).

I will create or remake 4 somethings a month with my hands and blog about them.

Without further ado..

We had a number of friends and relatives welcoming little people into their lives last year – celebration cards!

The pink bunting card was made of fabric I saved from shortening a dress. The neat factory-sewn hem was perfect for the top of the bunting, all I needed to do was cut little triangles and thread some string through. I googled pictures of prams, found one I liked and did a freehand drawing in pencil, before going over it with an inky black pen. I tried using a sharpie but found that there was too much ink bleed, so I ended up using a freebie law firm pen which worked very well.

The blue owl card was my first attempt at sewing text, I dabbled in cross-stitch when I was little but always found that to be cross-eye inducing ( pardon the terrible pun).  The felt and the owl were also leftovers from previous projects.

I’m pretty happy with the bunting card, but I think the owl card could use more elements as it looks quite bare at the moment. Inspiration hasn’t struck yet, so for now they are sat in the card box patiently waiting their turn.