Do you know how hard it is to find baby neutral items

Even in the scrapbook world.

Sigh.

So I plundered Echo Park baby both boy and girl

to find that neutral stuff.

Because the parents want to be surprised.

And what a great surprise it'll be.

Tucked under the books are the crocheted 

blanket I made and I found really cute leggings

and onsies in grey and white.

My other niece in charge of the shower

asked if I could help with the grandma badges

and banners she found on pinterest 

and of course I could

Would you believe I had all the supplies on hand?

Surprised me too (well except for the badges and flowers needed for

the grandma pins).

Love the soft yellow and grey.

They also requested books so I found two of my boys

favorite books.

I have had this acrylic heart - like forever

and really wanted to use it.

 I forgot how tough it is to do see through.

But I made it work.

 Goodnight Moon another favorite book

that I couldn't readily find but love it as an ending to 

the baby album.

All this was completed in less than a week.

Love it when a deadline comes through.

So on our way to the shower is when we met up with our friends

at a campground in northern Florida.

Where we discussed going full-time and found our new coach.

So it's all their fault LOL.

Baby Boy Album and Blanket

So no pressure here. 

Of course being notified months in advance I waited

until a week before the shower before I 

decided that maybe I should get rolling.

 And roll I did - Using some Islandic Red Heart thread 

for the blanket and Echo Park Bundle of Joy line

for baby boy and assorted die cuts and stamps for the album.

 The only green cardstock that I had that matched

the green on the paper was bazzil cardstock that was

a die cut shape and I thought the 

edging was really cute to put a photo on.

I use a transparency or vellum on the front of the album

because I really love using pop dots and

because they can get bumped, the vellum helps protect it 

somewhat I hope.

Had a lovely time at the shower!!

And she loved everything!