You might have caught on that we have a thing for owls. We found this crazy owl lamp at a yard sale. It's a little over the top but we were really drawn to it. I put the little owls that we had collected together in a wooden bowl filled with moss, kind of like a nest. The art on the wall is by our friend, Matt Tanner.
I thought it would only be appropriate if Clementine was an owl for her first Halloween. A magical colorful owl! That's the best part of making your own costume, you can make it anyway you want! I needed this to be as easy and simple as possible which meant NO SEWING! With my trusty hot glue gun and some colored felt, I sketched out my idea and got to work.
I folded a yard of brown felt in half and marked the shape of my owl body by using one of Clementine's pajamas as a guide for shoulder width and overall length. I cut it out, which gave me the front and back piece. I attached them together by using hot glue on the sides of the body close to the edge, starting about five inches down from the shoulder, leaving enough room for her arms, and stopping about eight inches up from the bottom point, leaving room for her wiggly feet and making it a bit easier for diaper changes.
I made a triangle pattern and used it as my guide to cut out different colored "feathers", which I placed on the front of the body in my desired pattern and then hot glued them down.
I love how the felt can hold it's shape. It made the feathers look a little ruffled.
I attached two pieces of velcro (one on each side) to the inside of the body on the shoulder line leaving more than enough room for her neck.
Finally, I cut out two wings in bright pink and attached them to the body.
For the owl head, I happened to come come across a brown knit hat that had two 'ears'...perfect! I just had to glue on eyes and a beak.
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Little did I know that when I asked my mother to help me sew on the owls to my tablecloth, thinking it was such a great idea that I came up with, she had already hand sewn many owls on this fantastic quilt she made for her granddaughter. It's a quilted replica of the shower invitation! I think it's pretty funny that 3000 miles away from each other our two similar but separate owl projects were started. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!
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This is what the back of my baby shower invite looked like from Polka Dot Press...
Some pregnant ladies arrive at their baby showers refreshed, glowing, and treated like the guest of honor that they are. Not me. I love to plan a party. I just can't help it! Inspired by the baby shower invitations my mother sent out I offered to make a tablecloth. Ok, insisted. She knows me too well to argue with me about it so I am currently working on what I hope to be the cutest owl table cloth ever. Of course I have great ideas for the coordinating decorations. Is it strange to decorate your own baby shower?!
I still have some baby owls to cut out and then I have to figure out the placement and sew them down. A work in progress with a week to finish. Check back to see the final 'masterpiece'!
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Check out these super cute baby shower invitations from Polka Dot Design. I love their bright colors and modern graphic look. Okay, and we have a thing for owls so these are just perfect! Custom printed with all the important info and exclusive to Polka Dot Design, these invites are a great choice. Excellent customer service, quick printing and shipping are also a plus!
Here is the back:
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Nice touch!
Our shower hostess used bright orange ('poppy') labels from PaperSource for the addresses which look great on these large envelopes!
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Paper Source has the template right on their websight which makes these labels very easy to print.
