My very good friend, Jenny is having her first baby in about 10 minutes.
Seriously, she was due a few days ago but is still pregnant. She’s one of those friends that always gives the best gifts so I did not want to disappoint! …especially since she is naming her baby after ME! (How exciting!)
Baby Sarah has two older half-sisters. Once she’s older, they’ll all share the same room so I came up with the idea of making name plaques for all of the girls.
Hey, it’s tough being an older sibling when a new baby comes along. I’m the older sister to four younger brothers – I know all about it. Bitter? Oh no, not me 😉
I’m just sayin’ … It’s nice when the older ones get goodies, too.
I found the perfect size plaques at Walmart. They were printed with “Faith,” “Hope,” and “Love.” But, you could also use a blank canvas.
The room colors are purple, green, and chocolate brown. So, I found some matching scrapbook paper to cover the original design. I then went to DaFont for free fonts and typed in the girls’ names. I ended up using a combination of several fonts along with my own handwriting and just freehanded the letters. Each girl’s plaque has her name and a small picture.
I wanted a little more glitz so I broke out the old sparkly glitter.
I’ve had this stuff for AGES! I bought it as a teenager from Ames (yes, AMES! I said I’ve had it a while.) when I was all into decorating my nails.
Finally I hot glued a matching ribbon on the back and then glued a bow at the top.
These were done last week but I’ve been holding off until Jenny received them first. She got them yesterday and loves them so here they are:
And speaking of younger siblings, one of mine came to visit this week. There wasn’t much time for blogging so I’ve been a little MIA. The kids had a blast with their uncle. He had never seen a field of bluebonnets so we all went for a photo shoot.
What an exciting time for everyone! I hope that everything went well and please give your little name-sake a big hug from me!
Great pictures too!
Best wishes,
Natasha.
What a great idea!My sister has 4 kids & 1 on the way..I think I might give this project a shot!
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What cute plaques! Hope you had a great weekend with your family!
Those are cute! Perfect gift! Would love if you linked up to Scrappy Saturdays! http://myscrappygifts.blogspot.com/2010/04/9th-scrappy-saturdays.html
I really like the look of those plaques, they are so cute. What a fun idea!
How cute…the name plates, I know your friend will love it for the new baby girl.
Barbara
Very cute, love the name plaque! What a sweet and thoughtful gift.
What a great gift! So cute and from the heart…I love it!
Such a cute nameplate! I especially love the cupcake, with the bling cherry on top. :O)
I can't believe no one has commented on your brother, he is good looking! 🙂 I like the plaques, too!
I love the plaques! So cute. Thanks for sharing with Made it Monday! Jules
Cute! I love how they came out. You are so nice to make some for her half sisters too.
Soo sweet, my daughter would love those. Have a great day!
Bonnie
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They are so pea-pinkin cute…how sweet of her to name her daughter after you!
Blessings,
Linda
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I love these name plates, so pretty and feminine.
So cute! Love the colors!
How pretty! Thanks for linking to Anything Related!
~Bridgette
Those turned out super cute!! You're so creative. 🙂 And what a sweet friend you are to make those for not only the baby but the older sister's too.
Blessings!
-Sarah
What a greata transformation!
I would love for you to come link up with my Sugar & Spice Party!
Oh, those are so pretty! I bet they will LOVE them.
Thank you for linking this to A Little Craft Therapy, with Life in the Pitts.
What a lovely idea. Congrats on having a bubba named after you, hope your friend & her baby are happy & healthy.
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Super cute! And how fun to have someone name their baby after you! Yeah!
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What wonder…a new birth. But being Texan I couldn't help love the pic of the 'uncle' in the state flower…bluebonnets!!
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What a cute idea!!…….and I had to laugh at the picture of your brother at the tea party! LOL
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Love the name plaques! They look great!
I love those plaques! If you have time, I'd love for you to come by and link up for my Friday Favorites party!
The plaques are wonderful! All children like to see their names but personalized like this how nice!
Beautiful pieces of art! Thanks for coming to play at Home and Family Friday! Hope to see you next week!
Becca
Great idea! These came out great! And Ames…woah that brings back memories!!!!
-heather
Adorable! I bet they will love them! 🙂
How pretty!
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I love these! Thanks for sharing!
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Those a precious! They turned out great. I'm the oldest too, so I know what ya mean. I know y'all enjoyed your brother's visit.
That is a great idea! I have a link party today at http://www.iamonly1woman.blogspot.com and would love it if you could stop by
This is just so adorable and very creatively pretty!~Congratulations to your dear friend!
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Very cute! Great job! : )
Hi Sarah…
Ohhh…what beautiful gifts for your best friend! The name plaques were a great idea and they turned out sooo pretty! What a creative and talented lady you are, Sarah! I just know that your friend and the girls are going to love these pretty plaques! Thank you so much for sharing them with us today for Sunday Favorites!
I'm also just tickled pink that you joined in with the Sunday Favorites "One Year" birthday celebration! I enjoyed your sweet note…thank you for all the well wishes! My friend, I'm so appreciative that you have added Happy To Design to your list of blog follows! I am also adding your delightful blog to mine! I'm looking forward to getting to know you and seeing your future posts!!! So very nice to meet you, Sarah!
Have a super Sunday and best wishes with the gift card giveaway!
Chari @Happy To Design
These are super cute – What a fabulous gift! Great job love the colors! Thanks for linking to the Sunday Showcase! Hope you have a great week! ~ Stephanie Lynn
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Hi,
I followed you over from the Life As Lori link party. I am now a follower of yours. I would really love it if you stopped by and visited me too. Be sure to enter the drawing if you do. Keep up the good work. Rory http://toolsareforwomentoo.blogspot.com/
What a great gift. Those turned out fantastic!! Thanks for sharing at 'Look at me, I'm SO Crafty!' at Fun to Craft.
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love your project..dumb question..I went too Dafont.com … how do you download the chosen font. Thank you ever so.