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Give-away: FREE unique new baby gift!

I’m excited to announce a new line of baby gifts from KStar Design… baby birth plaques!

They share all the hand-crafted and personalized characteristics of hand-painted nursery signs (you know, with the cute ribbons and bows), but are very stream-lined and modern… All the customization and colour is added at the graphics design level, so you are left with a finished keepsake that is very up-to-date and chic. They will last as your baby (and his/her décor!) changes over time.

To celebrate the launch of these cherished mementos, I’ll be giving away 3 prizes, including a top prize of one FREE Baby Birth Plaque!

To enter the give-away contest, simply comment on this blog telling me which colour palette you would choose if you were the winner – and why it’s your favourite! So far we have “Chocolate Raspberry”, “Blue Denim” and “Fresh Citrus” available:

If you’re feeling really creative (and/or already have a favourite blinkie from KStar), you can opt to choose that set of colours and if you win the contest, I will put together a new palette based on that blinkie.

Visit the Baby Birth Plaques store to view a couple of examples of the artwork. I will hopefully also have a sample to show you of what the completed project looks like in the mounted frame.

Here are all the details:
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my 1st valance

So my learning-to-sew adventures continue and it’s going pretty well. I made only 1 trip to a fabric store and got 2 different fabrics on sale. For those few metres and 4 buttons, it was less than $20. And out of it, I’ll be able to make 3 valances, give a piece to Paul to construct some nifty Roman blinds for our bathroom AND have enough left over for a pillow or 2.

The fabric I chose for the kitchen valance is just amazing, I love it. Cream with streaks of metallic gold!

I kept the valance pretty simple – just a rod pocket about 2 inches down. After the pocket, there was about 15″ of fabric to make up the valance. The kitchen window was 51″ wide, and the width of the valance was more than that to give it some volume.

We’d been very lucky to find custom wood blinds in our local Home Depot that were almost exactly the size of our window! It’s possible someone in the area also had a Minto home that was the same model or a different model that had a similar window. So we were able to get the blinds (a dark brown with 2″ slats) for a third of the price!

All in all, the look came together really nicely…

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