Look what I did!

This week brought so much frustration, but I do want to keep in mind a few of the good things that happened this week. The best relief of the week was that our scale had a low battery, which means that instead of gaining 9 pounds in the last 4 weeks, I've only gained 2. Well probably more like three now. And it also means that Jack is not approaching 40 pounds. I feel much better.

Oh, and Jack's quote of the week? I was on the potty and he came in and said, "So poud of you! Poud of you!" And I think he really meant it.

I started out the week by getting crafty last Sunday. I'm not a naturally crafty person. I think I could be, if I had the patience. I think I have an eye for that stuff. But I'm usually bored pretty easily. This accounts for the 25 half-finished projects I have in the storage area of our basement.

But my card orders were slow last weekend and I was restless. I started organizing my office and found a pack of shrinky dink printer paper. Earlier in the day, I had been talking about how the tag on Jack's diaper bag was a little too girly and we needed something different, so I decided to make him a new one. I used one of my birth announcement designs and went from there. I printed it, cut it out, baked it and voila! I think it came out pretty well.

Kyle thinks I should sell them on etsy. But it took a lot of time for this one little tag, so I'd have to charge a lot more than people would pay to make it worth it. HOWEVER, it did inspire a different etsy idea idea that I'll be sharing in a week or two.

Here's the design printed on the paper:


Ready for baking:

I got a little nervous when I saw it curling like this:


The finished product:


Just for size comparison, before:


And after . . .