Yellow Lily Crafts

Here is a step-by-step on how I made my personalized candy hearts decor.  I originally got the idea from another crafter and decided to make my own.  I will describe the step and place the picture directly below.  Here goes! I purchased 6 3/4" by 7 1/2" wooden heart plaques from Michaels and painted them with lightened colors I had on hand to be similar to traditional candy hearts. I couldn't find a font that I liked to model my letters off of, so I free-hand sketched all of our names out as seen below.  (I ended up redoing "heath" and "crystal" after I took this picture in order for the letters to be closer together.)  If you have a font you like, you can print the names out and color over them with pencil, using the same mirror transfer technique described below.  Or cut the names out on red vinyl with a Cricut/Sillouette/etc. I then flipped this page onto the opposite page and pressure rubbed the lead onto the opposite page to get

Very Hungry Caterpillar Toy I fell in love with this concept and decided it will make a great gift for friends who are having a baby and not knowing the gender before its birth.  I got the free pattern from Ravelry created by Gillian Dite .    Learning from experience after making my first one, I discovered that it is much easier to make all the parts (eyes, antenae, feet) first and attach them to the body as you go.  I still did the yellow back yarn at the end of the project. So far, I have made three of these little guys and got the board book version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar from Walmart to give as a gift set to expecting couples! Other variations I'm looking forward to trying soon are a pink, purple, and teal "girlie" version (which obviously won't match the book, but will still be adorable) and simply adding a small rattle inside the middle section of the toy for added appeal for the little ones! Stay tuned for pictures of the "