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Monday, March 16, 2009

A beautiful gift

My uber-talented friend Maggie sent this amazing "mobile" for Makena soon after she was born (yes, I know I'm very late in posting photos!!).  I say "mobile" in parentheses because this does not even come close to describing what this is.  It is so non-kid mobile-y and beautiful, it doesn't seem right to label it as a mobile.  But, I can't think of any other word at the moment (lack of sleep with a still non-sleeping Makena!).

She created this from real branches and hand (?) sewn fabric birds.  I told her that she needs to sell these, and she'd make a fortune!  She contacted me while I was still pregnant to ask me if I had a theme, or color scheme for the new baby's room, so I sent her photos of the crib bedding I had chosen.  When I received the gift, the colors of the birds matched the bedding exactly.  Amazing!




Maggie is an amazing artist and designer and makes custom stationary for her company, Uncommon Envelope.  Also check her out at Etsy.  For those of you that have not discovered Etsy, it is a site for people to see their hand-made wares.  I love Etsy :)!

alohab @ 9:57 AM
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Wow, that is completely amazing!
# posted by Blogger Hauptmanns in Hawaii : March 16, 2009 at 7:41 PM
 
Thanks for the props, I'm blushing!

For anyone interested in trying their hand at this project, know that I did not create this idea or pattern... you can get it, too, here: http://www.spoolsewing.com/blog/2008/05/16/bird-mobile/

Stitching the little birdies is easy (machine). Balancing them on the branches and sewing them on there... not so easy. I couldn't get the feet to look right, hence the yellow ribbon.

Happy crafting!
# posted by Blogger Maggie : March 17, 2009 at 3:47 AM
 
oh, my gosh!!! this is completely amazing!!! of course it would be maggie to design such an incredible gift... how beautiful!! i'm looking forward to seeing it in person!!
# posted by Blogger maikib : March 17, 2009 at 1:06 PM
 
Amazingly beautiful. How unique too. And definitely nice to keep up way beyond the early months. Enjoy it!
# posted by Blogger Kristina : March 17, 2009 at 5:18 PM
 
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