"M" is for Mother-of-the-Bride Keepsake project from Wedding Journals and Keepsake Gifts

Love is in the air.

April fools!

Well, for me anyway. But if you are lucky and you have some pending nuptials and want to add a bit of a personal touch check out:

Wedding Journals & Keepsake Gifts:
Creative Projects to Make and Share

By
Tammy Kushnir

Weddings are one of the most popularly documented events and today's brides are seeking fresh and unique ideas for personalizing every aspect of their wedding. Wedding Journals & Keepsake Gifts offers ideas for beautiful journals, albums, planners, and party books, as well as gift boxes, jewelry, photo frames, and small favors, all styled for the contemporary bride.

Projects range from making books using simple binding techniques to gorgeous but simple alteration ideas for purchased books and journals. Wedding Journals & Keepsake Gifts will teach even brides with minimum craft experience how to personalize their wedding memories in a beautiful way. Couples will find fresh and clever ideas and inspirations for journaling about their past, present, and dreams for the future.

Tammy Kushnir is a mixed-media artist who enjoys dabbling in various types of art forms. She is a frequent contributor to Somerset Memories (formerly Legacy) and their special publications.

So as today's title indicates, I am sharing with you this way-cool Mother-of-the-bride Keepsake box project:


Click on image to enlarge and read the how-to.

And now onto what I did with this super cute idea, because  I do "Love Easter and my family"

I am calling it, My Peeps, for real!
These are my cousin's girls, so I guess that makes them my second cousins.

They are wearing cowgirl outfits my mom sewed them with the same pattern she used to sew one for me. And in case you don't believe me:
 

Yes, that is little me posing with my new outfit. And below is it in action!

OK, but back to the project.
It was super easy, all I did was print out the photo and cut out the two girls. I did leave a small tab below their feet, about 1/4 of an inch.
I folded the tab back and hot glued it onto the egg. Then I hot glued a ribbon around the egg with the ends of the ribbon meeting at the bottom seam so I could open the egg to fill it with goodies.

Can't you just see a whole yard filled with little stand up kids?

Today's question:

Do crafts in your family transcend through the generations and if so how?

And as our thanks for sharing you'll be entered to win a free book!

and speaking of winners-congrats to our last 4 winners:

Week I: BrendaLea

Week J: MonkeyGurrl

Week K: Ziggee

Week L: Sheila J.

Comments

[BrendaLea]

I can't say that I have yet, but you and the book have given me inspiration to begin.

[Janet]

I've done many a journal, artist book, scrapbooking on my family tree. My last art series was a collage series about my mother, the one beforethat was an assemblage series a dedication for my daughter's wedding.

[Diane Matheson]

Definately crafts run in our family. My Aunty Sadie (now 96) did beautiful needlework and I have several lovely large embroidered tablescloths. She inspired me to learn embroidery at about age 12. I've not stopped doing some kind of craft since. I have two daughters, now 35 & 37, one who scrapbooks and the other knits and sews. Both girls when they were younger helped their grandmother and me with macrame, halloween costumes, beading, and dolls clothes. I have a 6 year old grandson and he's into cake decorating (one of my hobbies). So, I think that it's definitely in our genes! Now I'm just waiting for my 6 month old grand daughter to grow up a little bit so I can start her on the handicraft journey!

[Tamara]

My mom has very fond memories of the hand crocheted doilies that her grandmother had on every table surface in her home. A few years back, my mom started making her own collection. My mom crochets at an expert level. I do not; however, seeing her beautiful doilies has inspired me to learn to crochet. During her last visit, I crocheted my first ever rag rug, which intrigued my daughter enough that she wants to help with the next one.

[Lynda Taylor]

Both my mother and grandmother did crafts such as knitting and sewing. Embroidery also was a favourite. In fact both my girls used pillow slips my grandmother had made and embroidered. And she had passes before I was even married, so it was a lovely momento of her.

To keep the crafts going, I have taught both my girls to knit and stitch tapestries so far. They are both into scrapbooking and now we are moving into other mixed media crafts.

[MonkeyGurrl]

No such craft legacy in our family, but I'm hoping to change that with my daughter - she's already learned to knit and has an appreciation for all things glue-gun, fabric and marker-related. :)

How incredibly cute are you?! And your 2nd cousins, too.

[wendy]

My grandmother did tatting, my mom and my sister knit, but I'm more interested in paper crafts. However, I have managed to infect both of them with the rubber stamping bug!

[Tammy Kushnir]

Hi! I am the author of the book and I first of all want to thank you for mentioning it. I am glad you liked it! That was my favorite project too!!!! I love your take on it with the Easter eggs!!! Simply adorable!!!!