Shower Gifts

Hello crafty people!

Today I'm showing you what I put together for my 

almost daughter in law as a shower gift.

The shower was last Sunday, so she already has these,

not a secret anymore.

I knew she wanted a hat for their honeymoon as I had

seen it on their registry.  I called my son and asked him to

take it off the registry so no one would buy it for her.

Then I found a hat and vinyled it for her.

I decided not to use heat transfer vinyl,

I thought she probably won't want her hat to say

"Just Married" forever.

The vinyl stuck great, but it will be able to be

removed when she is ready to take it off.

I thought a nice tote bag would be a good thing to have 

while going to the beach, shopping or where ever,

so I got this tote and added the monogram with the same vinyl.

I told her we can change out the vinyl if this doesn't last,

but I wanted it to match the hat for now.

I think they turned out pretty nice and she loved them too.

Here is a picture of her with the gifts I gave her.

I decorated them with purple silk flowers.

She told me she loves Blue Willow china,

so I started her collection for her.

And the hat fits!

The other part of her shower gift she already had,

that was their wedding invitations.

We designed them together and I made them.

I love making gifts special, don't you?

Now, on to more wedding prep.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon, you never know what you'll find on

Kristie Kreates!

(Hint, I'm making something for Jaryd's stag)

Engagement pics? and Announcing

Hi everyone!

As you may know, if you have been following me for a while,

my son, Jaryd, is getting married in September.

I have started their wedding scrapbook already, as there

 is so much to include.
A few weeks ago, I went to a weekend long crop and

got some layouts done for their book.
Today, I'm starting to share some of the layouts with you.

Jaryd's fiance's mom is a photographer and quite a while ago,

they visited her and she took some beautiful pictures of the two

of them together.  When they were posted on facebook, everyone loved

them and I can't tell you how many times I heard;

"Are those engagement pictures?"

To which I answered;

"Not yet."

These are some of the pictures that Yvonne took 

of them.  I love them.

After Jaryd and Sara got engaged, in August, 2017

they arranged a little outing with the closest family members

to announce the date they would be getting married.

On 9-5-17 they announced the date and also 

Jaryd asked his sister, Kelsie, to be his "Best Lady"

I was lucky enough to catch her reaction when she opened

a gift and found the question inside.

The dinner took place at Sara's father's boat dock,

it is a beautiful place, as you can see in the pictures.

Then they asked our close friend, "Aunt" Zoe, his Godmother,

to officiate at the wedding.

They made a cup that said

"We can't say I Do without  You!"

on it.  

Sara went to Zoe and pulled out a "ring pop" 

and asked her,

"Will you marry us?"

Zoe was so surprised and delighted

and said "Yes"

And they put the 'ring' on her finger and

made it official.
And from then on the planning began.

I'm so glad you have stopped in today.

I'll be posting some of the other layouts that

I have made soon.

The kids have seen some of them

and those I'll post, others they won't see until I

finish the book, so you'll also have to wait to see them.

Thanks for letting me share our journey to the wedding 

with y'all.

I hope you'll enjoy the trip with me.

 I'll be posting other 

things we're making for the wedding along the way also.

Thanks again, see you soon.