Padded Play Mat


First of all: I have a follower! My first! Yippie-a-yee!

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Then: my latest project. I made this padded mat for an expecting friend for her baby to play on. She already knows it’s a girl, so picking colors wasn’t that difficult.



For a TUTORIAL of this play mat look here.


Linked to:
Skip to my Lou (Made by you Monday) 
Between Naps on the Porch (Metamorphosis Monday) 
Life Made Lovely (Life Made Lovely Monday)
Creations by Kara (Look What I Made) 
Serendipity and Spice (Manic Monday Linky Party)
My Girlish Whims (Your Whims Wednesday) 
Fabric Bows and More (Will See It Wednesday)
Sew Much Ado (We Did It Wednesday) 
Sugar and Dots (What I Whipped Up Wednesday) 
Ginger Snap Crafts (Wow Me Wednesday)
Sumo's Sweet Stuff (Market Yourself Wednesday)
Very Merry Vintage Style (Share the Love Wednesday)
Remodelaholic (Remodelaholic Anonymous)
My Romantic Home (Show and Tell Friday)
The Shabby nest (Frugal Friday)
Be different, act normal (Show and Tell Saturday) 
Six Sisters' Stuff (Strutt Your Stuff Saturday)
I Can't Stop Crafting (Head to Head Showdown)
How Sweet the Sound (Pink Saturday)


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At last: do you love movies, but need a clue because you have the feeling you’ve seen it all? I can recommend these three:
  • Dusk - The psychology behind the murder of a young girl by her closest friends
  • The Way Back – Six men escape from a labour camp in Siberia and walk four thousand miles to be free
  • Cell 211 – A first-day-at-the-job-guard becomes involved in a prison riot and tries to survive by acting as an inmate


Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2012 at 2:46 AM

    I love your colors! Come visit me too!
    www.palmettosandpigtails.com
    -Shara

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  2. ChristyJanuary 12, 2012 at 4:49 PM

    YAY for a follower! SO exciting. :) Your quilt is so cute. I'm sure she will love it.

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  3. Polly @ Pieces by PollyJanuary 14, 2012 at 6:28 PM

    I love the fabrics you chose!

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    1. LizJanuary 14, 2012 at 8:02 PM

      Thanks, Polly. I'm gonna make the little heart tree you show on your blog. It's so very cute!

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  4. very merry vintage styleJanuary 17, 2012 at 4:15 AM

    What a beautiful gift. I love the pink with the black and gray. Thanks for linking up to Share the Love Wednesday. Hope you'll be back this week--
    Mary

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  5. Six SistersJanuary 18, 2012 at 3:44 AM

    That is soooo cute and I love the colors you chose! Thanks for linking up to Strut Your Stuff Saturday. We hope you come back and share more of your ideas. -The Sisters

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  6. BodenJanuary 22, 2012 at 7:28 PM

    What a perfectly adorable playmat! I'd be thrilled if you'd come share this at the Head to Head Showdown link party, going on right now at www.icantstopcrafting.blogspot.com ~Jen

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  7. LizJanuary 22, 2012 at 7:34 PM

    Thanks, Jen! I just shared it at your link party.

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  8. UnknownFebruary 3, 2012 at 11:09 PM

    Thanks for linking up. This is too precious!

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2012 at 12:45 AM

    Your PINK is very pretty!
    thanks for sharing...and HAppy PINk SatURday!

    ciao bella.
    Creative Carmelina
    xo

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  10. LizFebruary 26, 2012 at 8:12 AM

    Thank you!

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