Covered in Glitter and Screaming

I made two waterfall cards with very different visual flavors. Both are adaptations from one of these tutorials from Mixed Up Craft , but with different proportions so I needed a few prototypes to get all the math right. The first one was for a sakura-themed baby shower. Nearly everything on my friend's registry was already spoken for other than a gift card, so to give that a more personal presentation I made the waterfall card. Here's the final! If you want to see my trial and error, here's the process: The second one was the original goal, but harder to implement because of the dimensions of the cards. This is, however, the more clever card because it was given to a magician, and there's a classic card flourish called a waterfall. So this is a waterfall card made of a waterfall of cards! Final product (minus the outer shell): Prototype plus final:

Gifts: blanket, spoons, and socks Wrapping materials: styrofoam balls, craft wire, cardboard (for butterfly wings), and cotton balls (for stuffing spider feet)

Gifts: Diaper Genie and headband/bootie set (white flower is attached to headband, booties stuffed inside) Wrapping: construction paper, lace paper, paper plates, plastic tray, fake flowers Gift: deoderant discs Wrapping: cell phone decoration stickers, plastic tray, cling wrap, ribbon

A friend of mine had a jungle-themed baby shower, and I wrapped the game prizes. Mostly with construction paper.

At the first baby shower I ever attended, one of the other guests wrapped a onesie in rubber bands so that it looked like a teeny polar bear with the snaps on the butt flap as eyes. Regular gift wrapping would no longer be good enough, since I had seen what was possible. I needed to up my game.  Now I go through baby registries looking for shapes and inspiration. So for the second baby show I ever attended, I took inspiration from an I Love Sushi bib and wrapped some washcloths and tub toys together like a bento box. All I really needed was dark green ribbon for the nori, some curly pink ribbon for the ginger, and a box just the right size. This may still be my favorite gift wrapping.