Baby Green Satin

What craft or decoration could I make with my baby girl's bumper pads?

They are pastel pink, yellow, lavender blue and green with little satin butterflies, ladybugs, snails and flowers on them.
I just bought an adorable bedding set for my baby girl, it came with some really cute bumper pads but I've read that they are unsafe to use so I don't plan on putting them in her crib. Any idea's on some cute crafty thing I could make out of them? They just seem too cute not to be used somehow.

i turned my dauhgters into a blanket and she loved it.

Baby Shower Corsage - Irish $15.99 Irish eyes will smile indeed on this delightful cotton lace and satin baby corsage. Comes gift wrapped in a gift-top box with Irish poem, green satin ribbon, and corsage pin.

Irish Keepsake Baby Bible $29.99 The Musical Baby Keepsake Bible plays Jesus Loves Me. The confirmation New Testiment Bible is a New American Catholic Edition that is truly a wonderful gift for this special occasion. Each Bible has a beautiful white satin cover with an elegant green ribbon trimmed with a white shamrock. The Bible is edged with white piping satin ribbon. Packaging includes a poem and biblical scripture. Elegantly packaged in a clear-top gift box tied with a green satin ribbon.

Check Baby Blanket $29.99 Check out baby now! These soft, cozy and fluffy fleece blankets will have your baby floating in the clouds. Available in three colors. Features and facts:Cozy fleece blanket with check pattern is presented folded and tied with satin ribbonMeasures 30"" x 40""Available colors: Pink, Yellow and Blue (purple and green are not available at this time)

Baby's Own Irish Guardian Angel $24.99 Baby's won Irish Guardian Angel to hang above the crib to watch over them while they sleep. Each angel is crafted with beautiful hand-painted porcelain. The gown is made of cotton and lace adorned with a green shamrock. The angels wings are made from Battenburg lace. A special Irish keepsake that comes with a lovely poem about guardian angels watching over from above. Elegantly packaged in a clear-top gift box tied with a green satin ribbon. Item is Not intended to be used as a toy.

B is for Baby Lettered Baby Block Candle (Set of 4) $9.6 So often, life's best things come in small packages--like babies, of course, and beautiful baby shower favors, too. One of Kate Aspen's best and brightest is our ""B is for Baby"" Lettered Baby Block Candle. Sweetly designed and presented, the only thing really big about this favor is the lasting impression it will make on your guests. Features and facts:Beautifully lettered baby block candle with pastel blue, green, pink, yellow and lilac accentsBaby-powder scentBaby block measures 1 1/4"" squareGift presentation includes clear display box with a white-satin ribbon and bow and a coordinating baby block-themed ""For You"" tagGift box measures 1 1/2"" h x 1 3/4"" w x 1 3/4"" dSold in a set of four

My Musical Keepsake Baby Bible - Irish Catholic $29.5 The Baby Keepsake confirmation New Testiment Bible is a New American Catholic Edition that is truly a wonderful gift for this special occasion. Each Bible has a beautiful white satin cover with an elegant ribbon trim and a gold colored charm of the Holy Spirit. The Bible is edged with white ruffled satin ribbon. Packaging includes a poem and biblical scripture. Elegantly packaged in a clear-top gift box tied with a green satin ribbon.

“Silky Soft� Baby Blankets (Available in 4 colors) $34.5 Oh so nice against baby's skin, these baby blankets are made of silky fabric that's perfect for snuggling. Embroidered with baby's name, it's sure to be everyone's favorite. Features and facts:Available in soft green, cream, pastel pink and baby blueDouble-sided crib blanket measures 36� x 29�Can be embroidered with baby's name (up to 12 characters)Presented folded and tied with coordinating satin ribbonMachine washable

Satineesnugs Animal Lovies (Green Frog or Beige Bear) $19.99 Any one of these furry friends will be a great companion for your baby. These animal-themed security blankets feature an adorable head and arms in the center of the blanket, which is fully satin lined. Features and facts:Choose from six designs: yellow duck, blue puppy, pink cat, white lamb, beige bear, and green frogFull satin undersideMeasures 12� x 12�

Green Gladiolas Diaper Cake $68 Designed by Bloomers Diaper Cakes, this Classic style beautiful and practical creation is set on a silver scalloped cake platter, decorated with silk flowers, and topped with a keepsake porcelain baby block. The cake arrives wrapped in white tulle, tied with a satin bow, and secured with an old-fashioned diaper pin. These beautiful cakes have been featured in Entertainment Tonight, InStyle and Today. Please choose size: * 2-tier cake measures 12"" x 12"" x 12"" (40 Luvs Stage 1 diapers that fit baby up to 14 lbs), price $68 * 3-tier cake measures 16"" x 16"" x 16"" (100 Luvs Stage 1 diapers that fit baby up to 14 lbs), price $112 Please note rush shipping can be quite expensive as diaper cakes are packaged in oversized boxes.

Pink Initial Chenille Satin Ruffle Blanket $34.5 Soft and plush pink chenille blanket features satin initial appliqu... and a luxurious satin ruffle. Arrives rolled with ribbon and ready for gift giving. Features and facts:Soft chenille pink blanket is personalized with a single letter and trimmed in luxurious green satinPresented rolled with ribbon and ready for gift givingMost letters available

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Amazing Miracle: Quranic verses have appeared on the body of a 9 months old baby

The Wearing O' The Green

  No sooner than the last chocolate has been popped into our mouths and the roses have been hung to dry, St. Valentine steps aside for St. Patrick as green takes over from red to mark the next commercial milestone on the calendar. Shamrocks are everywhere even if their signature emerald green is not quite aligned with today's fashion palette which features more avocado, pear and lime shades - a green with much more yellow than blue. As well, green has become a strong symbol of the environmental movement and is earnestly displayed by political parties, coalitions and planet-saving products. 

  Concern for the environment in our everyday lives has finally found its rightful place. Recycling is a good thing and has become a regular practice. Just a few years ago, we didn't give a moment's thought to throwing a tin can into the garbage. Now a pang of guilt is felt if we toss out the odd non-recyclable juice container. Of course, our natural resources are there to be wisely enjoyed and with ingenuity we can squeeze out a little more value from nature's gifts. 

  Our knitting craft gives us the opportunity to make a contribution to the recycling movement. Flea markets and tag sales can be searched for "gently used" knitted garments. These garments if made from natural fiber (even if moth-eaten) can be an opportunity to finally try a fulling or felting project. If there are no garment labels to indicate fiber content, a quick burn test can easily determine if the yarn is of natural or man-made fiber. Over a sink or bowl of water, take a six-inch length of yarn and with a match light one end, allowing to burn for one-half inch. Extinguish the flame and when cool, examine the burnt portion. If the end is a hard charred lump, you have a synthetic yarn. If you are able to crumble the burnt portion between your fingertips, it is surely a natural fiber yarn. 

  Once the fiber has been identified as a natural fiber from an animal source, most often wool, place your "finds" in the hot water cycle of your washing machine in a sudsy soap solution. In the strictest sense you will be "fulling" these garments and the result will be felted sweaters ready to harvest for felted fabric. Now that you can cut this felt as yardage, even simple shapes can be stitched together to fashion a scarf accented with decorative stitching on the seams and edges. Cut out the front sections of a vest from the newly felted pieces and contrast with a slippery satin fabric for the back. If doing decorative stitching, remember to keep the yarns compatible so that laundering will pose no problems. 

  Then there's unravelling - an activity for someone who has tremendous patience or likes to test their patience. Be warned, it can turn into an Olympic recycling event if the sweater proves difficult to undo. I have a friend who bought a sweater at a flea market for twenty-five cents. She happened to love the particular color of this sweater's yarn. She unravelled the entire sweater, washed the yarn and knit another garment. She didn't win any gold medals but found it extremely satisfying that she had retrieved this yarn and put it once again to good use. Once you start to unravel a sweater, you will soon determine if it will unravel in ball lengths or just in bits and pieces. Obviously, multi-colored garments will likely contain much shorter lengths of yarn not adequate for knitting. Once you have unravelled the sweater, wash the yarn by hand and gently wrap it around a plastic cutting board or a large book protected with plastic wrap and allow to dry. This should remove all those kinks and curls that have been locked into the yarn. Rewind the yarn into even amounts by weight or length so that you can determine how much yardage you have retrieved. Even if you don't have enough for a complete garment, this yarn could be used to knit ribbing, cuffs, or trim. Again, remember to match the fiber content to facilitate easy laundering. 

  So if you take on recycling yarn as a challenge or a purely practical exercise, your project will take on a fresh look either in texture or style. You will at the same time appease your "green" conscience to recycle and gain satisfaction from the fact that you have saved a few of those "green" dollar bills. 

 

 

 

 

 

About the Author

Maddy Cranley is a professional knitwear designer, who has created exclusive designs for knitting and craft magazines, authored and published three books on the subject of creating felt garments and projects from handknitting, and produces an ever-expanding line of maddy laine handknitting patterns. For additional information, see http://www.maddycraft.com