ta-da!!

our little jacob will be turning 8 months in just two days...and though it has indeed been a long time, there are days that seem to drag on forever and others that slip away and all of a sudden your baby is turning 8 months old. i am proud and slightly embarrassed to say that i finished his shadow box. {a little self praise..yay me!!} this has been on my list to do for a while now. and now, it has been completed. part of the process entailed a vision, commitment to a theme of colors and finding the perfect pieces. i also waited patiently for sales to happen at various places to purchase the few things i wanted. so here are a few photos of the process and end product! hoping jacob will love it as he grows up...

{finally found a shadow box i liked at michaels. i also found his initials, double sided velcro stickies, paint & paint brushes there too. i fell in love with the martha stewart line of paper and mini tissue pom poms - also found at michaels. the things that went into the shadow box were two of his teeny tiny preemie onesies. i also saved the hospital hat he came home in and the hospital bracelets that belonged to me, scott and jacob. i had a really good copy made of his footprints and added it in too...and i didn't add it in the picture above but i also saved the original piece of information they put on the bassinet telling the world of your new bundle of joy with all of his stats...}

{i pieced it all together to see my 'rough' draft. i added a few more details in the end...}

{i really liked these letters. committing to a paint color was torture but in the end...i really liked how it turned out. the brand of acrylic paint is craft smart and the color: lush foliage. i put two coats on...}

{and ta ~ da...here is the end product!!}