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Happy Thursday . . . sorry if that title sicked you out . . . as I thought about it, using baby and blowout in the same sentence never brings to mind good things (Ew!)  I think I have been a mom too long . . .  but anyway . . .  Today I decided to post a few of the baby cards I have made recently.  I have decided that the cards I use most often are baby, birthday and thank you - so I plan to make most of my cards fall into these categories if possible.  Practical eh?  Yeah, that is me lately!   This first card was made with a set called " Baby Button Bits" (Papertrey Ink) .(well, okay, all the cards I did for this post are)  It has been around awhile.  It was designed to work with buttons perfectly and I adore it!!!  I thought the black and yellow "bee" colors would be cute and the sentiment really makes it a baby card.  Sometimes I like to go back and work with some of the sketches I never had time to get to on the Mojo Monday blog . . . and this is one of them

As I was blog surfing I came across this idea (I always find SO many things I want to make), and knew I just had to make one, so I did!  It was so simple to make and I think it is just SO festive! (I do need to pull some threads off it though -- OOPS). I used 6 of the fat quarters that you can buy at JoAnn's (wait for them to go on sale for $1 each if you have the time) and then the ring I used for the middle is one that I found in the section with the mirrors, googly eyes and felt (also at JoAnn's).- it is just a plain gold metal loop.  I know they sometimes carry them in silver too -- either will work since you don't see it. I used these instructions HERE    HERE is another example of the wreath using an actual wreath form.   Hope you are having a fun summer so far and that you are almost all prepared for the 4th this year!  Happy 4th!