Sunday, January 10, 2010

A baby gift

A friend from my antenatal mother's group recently had her second baby. She had a little boy and called him Thomas. I wanted to make a stamped gift for Thomas that could go in his nursery. I came up with this frame decorated with a stamped picture using my train stamps and Wild About You. I stuck with typical pale colours and Thomas' mum said it should go perfectly in his yellow nursery. I really wanted to cut out the animals and mount them wih dimensionals in a shadow box frame but could not find a suitable frame anywhere. I bought some at Kmart a few years ago and have seen them in Spotlight in the past. Target had them in brown but I really wanted white. Grrr. In the end I had to settle for a plain white frame. Luckily the picture still looks cute in it. I have decided I will make one of these frames for Maddy's room using butterflies. I will post a pic of that when it is done. Does anyone know where I can buy white shadowbox frames (or at least some with a little depth between the back and the glass) that don't cost the earth?
Thanks for looking!
Nicole







4 comments:

  1. Looks lovely, very sweet! Not sure about the shadow boxes, you coudl try the Warehouse or perhaps online?

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  2. How about Ikea? They have a couple of different sized square ones I think...

    I think what you done with this one is SO sweet, but I totally understand the desire to mount some of the images higher. I go through packets and packets of dimensionals!

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  3. *high pitched voice* Aw this is so CUTE! I find you can't go wrong with IKEA - they always seem to have what you're looking for in the way of frames and shadowboxes, and you can shop online too if you don't like IKEA crowds!! lol. xx

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  4. Beautiful - so cute! I agree IKEA (my husband has banned me from going) but I have seen them in K-Mart recently and Spotlight. xx

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