Crafting Crumbs: Baptism Day for Carter -

Monday, July 6, 2015

Baptism Day for Carter -

This was a special weekend. Not only was it a celebration of our country's independence, but in our family, it was also a celebration of Carter's baptism. It was a very small intimate ceremony- just family and close friends of Scott and Megan - it was truly a blessed day.

I had been trying to figure out the perfect gift, even though we were told "no gifts". How can a Grammy not bring a gift?? Nope - not gonna happen! Besides, I had already made it when the "no gift" edict came down - so too late for me!

I found the coolest idea on Pinterest. (how did we come up with ideas before Pinterest?!?) This is where I got my inspiration. I loved the idea of a printed plaque, but remembered that I had some mirrored plastic (from Darice and Tim Holtz). I have been wanting to try engraving but I have been such a coward. :( So I figured no time like the present. And let me preface the rest of this by saying it's a good thing I had a surplus of mirrored plastic as there is definitely a learning curve with engraving. But I kept trying and finally ended up with a gift I am so proud of and happy to share with Carter. I had it framed so it would be a little more "finished". Here is how it turned out when all done. (as you can see in the pictures above, engraving on mirrored surfaces is really difficult to capture in a photo...)

This is mirrored plastic - hard to capture the sheen of the mirror

Can you see his name is spelled out in the verses? That was fun!

A closer look at the engraving - all done in SCAL with the new crosshatch fill

All framed and ready to reside in Carter's room.

Next up was his card. Back to Pinterest I went. It was not as much help this time. Tons of ideas for girls, but not so much for little boys! So I kept it simple using blue and silver and white. I found a decorative cross on the internet that became the central focus of the card and am happy with how it took shape.