Shalini's Sewing Space

Elmo Wins! Mehul has decided he loves Elmo best. So, Elmo it is. Some of the items we got are these. Besides these, there were some other party favors like stickers, swirly straw, crazy ball, etc. Each kid will also get an Elmo mylar balloon. Hope they like them!

Curious George, or Elmo? Or, Finding Nemo? These are the themes I'm trying to decide for Mehul's 2nd birthday party. He'll have 2 parties, one at the daycare with Cupcakes and juice boxes, and another at home next weekend (or the weekend after). I'm thinking of doing the daycare party with a theme. Although, I might do both with different themes. Wouldn't be the first time I changed my mind at the last minute. The daycare has strict policy about food, though. They don't allow cake or candles. Only cupcakes, with an ingredients label on it, so I can't make them (I was contemplating that). Now, if we can decide on the theme, we'll get the items tonight or tomorrow night. Friday and Saturday will be *very busy* days. I'm not announcing anything on my blog because it's a surprise for some people. Shhhhh..... Back to the themes - At first, his favorite character was Elmo. Loved Elmo. Still does. I remember we took his singing 'emmo' doll on o

About Lifting... I have seen a lot of people taking inspiration from other peoples work. In scrapbooking terms, it's called a scraplift. I rarely, if ever, do lifts. I generally don't see the point in doing that. I'm perfectly capable of coming up with a unique design by myself. Ofcourse, this is not to say that the people who like to do lifts can't come up with designs, maybe they enjoy doing that more! That said, there are some LO's that make me go "WOW, I want to do THIS!" One such layout is this LO by Nevache. When I sat down to scrap day before yesterday, I pulled out Miki's Piazza kit, and the papers in her kit seemed to be perfect for the lift I've wanted to do. I don't think it's a real looking as hers, but I love it. Here it is Memories About the photo - It's one of the very few photos of my childhood that I have. Most of them were destroyed in a fire back home. This is my sister (left), friend (center), and me (right) in our

Such a fun Saturday So, I wake up saturday morning after sleeping in a little. Start preparing breakfast, set Mehul on his chair for his breakfast. After I set the kettle to boil some water for tea, I had a couple of minutes, so I boot the laptop. I have been addicted to my laptop recently (since I started scrapping). Girish is seriously complaining these days, he says he'll hide the laptop someday. He's right, I have been scrapping a *lot*. When I'm not scrapping, I'm browsing a particular digi-scrapping board. I'm not staying on the point here LOL...On that board, a couple of days ago, I had joined in praising a particular designer (Vicki Stegall, for those who must know LOL). She said something about sending a gift to us who praised her and made her day, I didn't think twice about it! So, Saturday morning, I have a private message waiting from her. I get my gift! A gift certificate to her site - www.oscraps.com. What's more, she send 2 coupons for my frie

Another (mostly) Apprentice Layout My Son My Mehul Credits: Papers, Elements from various SA Apprentice entries Background: Ashalee Wall Eyelet Stitch: Robyn England Crochet Flower: Lori - Diamante Designs M Stamp: Donna B. Miller Binder Clip: Melissa Rose Tag (grunged by me): Ashalee Wall Other kits: Paper Clip: IOD Essentials Square Buttons: Vicki Stegall Envelope: Maya Ribbon: Fishscraps Paint Strokes: Michelle Coleman Diamante's Chocolate Dream filter on the photo Post office stamp by Me!

SA Apprentice Challenge While I'm not participating, I am rooting for several of the apprentices. There are so many great entries, it's going to be really hard for the admins to choose who gets to go to round 2. I know my picks and hope that all of them get to go to the next round. I would love to see what they come up with. BTW, here is a link to the freebies designed by the Apprentices Gorgegous stuff. One of those that I'm rooting for is Diamante Designs. I'm hoping to do LOs with other's entries too, but I'm having trouble downloading some of the freebies. I know the admins are on top of things, as always. Here is her entry for the SA Apprentice Challenge I came up with this LO with her entry. Mom and Mehul I wrote this poem a little while ago. I rescrapped the photo and the poem with Lori's (Diamante Designs) SA Apprentice Freebie. Hope you like it! Credits: All papers, elements: Diamante Designs. The twisty tie and stamp are in her latest SunKissed k

My Big Announcement As of today, I'm on two Creative Teams! And, I didn't have to apply. Over at DST, there was a thread about who was interested in being on CT but lazy to apply, ME! LOL. I got a great response. Sadly had to turn a few away. They are all great designers, but I only have a limited time to scrap, so I was only going to choose one or two. First - Miki Ferkul (MicroFerk Designs). She sells at ScrapBook-Elements , ScrapBook-Bytes , and Scrap Outside The Box . I am in love with her designs. Second - Diamante Designs. Lori is an awesome designer. She sells at 3 Scrapateers . I just received the confirmation from her! Check out their products. I feel...Creative LOL Here is my first LO by Miki's Pavilion kit My Dreamy Boy Everything here is from Miki Ferkul's Pavilion kit. I created the staple from the alphabets included in the kit. It's my new favorite kit as it's so awesome, and I'm not just saying that because I'm on her CT. It can be found a

All About Mehul (and his Cousin's LO) Mehul loves to play with my purse. As soon as I come home, I put it next to the couch. It's never found at the same place in the morning. He picks it up and roams around. Then, he settles down with it and starts examining the contents. What is it that's so interesting about it? Tonight, he did the same. He took my wallet out and left it there. I didn't feel like cooking tonight so we decided to get Subway. Before we got out, I had found the wallet and put it back in the purse, but he didn't see me do that. When I was locking the door, he started yelling 'Purse Purse'. I waved it in front of him but he was still pointing inside. I opened it and took the wallet out. He was concerned that my wallet had been left inside!!! How thoughtful is that? For a 2 year old, that's pretty good :) He's starting to string 2 words together. Exciting time! It's weird to hear him try to speak sentences. What happens when the chi

Some missed layouts These two LOs somehow slipped through the cracks. Better late than never! Cherish This one's is a real favorite of mine. The photo brings back very happy memories of having Mehul at home, all to myself. I also love the new kit by Michelle (as everything else that she's ever created!) Credits: Papers, Plastic Flowers, Funky Flowers, Blue Bow, Peace sign, Blue and Gray tags: Michelle Coleman's Feeling Groovy Kit Journaling Paper: Maya's Promise to Write kit Tag: Modified from Nancie's Quiet Love kit Staple, Swirly metal, safetypin : Michelle Coleman Ribbons are mine Zoo Credits: Paper: Summer Celebrtion kit from ScrapArtist Notepad: Summer Splash kit from ScrapArtist Plastic Flowers: Feeling Groovy kit by Michelle Coleman Sunglasses: Summer Celebrtion kit from ScrapArtist Ribbons and Fabric Tabs: Summer Splash kit from ScrapArtist Doodle: Angie Briggs freebie Hand Stamped Alpha: Michelle Coleman Floral brush: Jason Gaylor String of beads: Gina Mill

Weekend was nice It started raining here on Thursday and didn't really stop until Saturday. We had planned to go to the Baltimore Aquarium over the Labor Day weekend - Saturday or Sunday. We had planned a Potluck on Sunday so the only option was Saturday. I had almost made up my mind to not go, but DH insisted that we should. It's indoors so we went anyway. And I'm so glad that we did. Mehul had a great time watching all the fish. I'm happy to announce he *can* identify Nemo LOL and he calls it 'Moomie'. They also have a Dolphin show that used to be free with the admission ticket, but now they have an extra charge for that. I don't really know if it is worth it anymore. We have seen the show twice before, and this time we felt there was a lot of talking and very less Dolphin Action. Mehul still enjoyed the Big Fish splashing water on him! Yes, we sat in the Splash Zone. The water was salty. Yuck! While returning back from the Aquarium, we called some family

Wrapped Ribbons I did this LO on Monday. Everyone is loving the wrapped ribbon on the tag so I have included the instructions on how to do this in the DigiScrapping Tutorial I'm writing. The Tutorial would be posted this weekend. Stay tuned. Precious Child Credits: Papers: Michelle's Savoir Faire Large Tag: Sweet Shoppe Designs (grunged up) Wrapped Ribbon: Michelle's Tutti Frutti kit Small Tag, Button: Michelle's Gypsy Rose Kit Metal Flower, String: Michelles' Feeling Groovy kit BookPlate: Nancie's La Belle Photo Corners, ribbon: Ronna Penner's Monochromatic kit Also used Michelle's Hand Stamped Alpha.