Caution: Pregnant Lady with a Glue Gun!

Some of you may know that I'm currently 9 months pregnant waiting for Baby M to arrive any day now. I have a 3 year old so this is not my first child but I seem to be experiencing something that I certainly didn't with my first pregnancy.

Most moms-to-be at this stage could be experiencing anything from nesting, fatigue, irritability & discomfort, anxiety, and excitement to name a few. I'm certainly feeling some if not all of these but something much stronger has taken hold the past couple of weeks . . .the urge to craft.

After finding out months ago that we were having another girl, I thought about taking a sewing class with visions of making cute and stylish outfits for my girls, but that never materialized. It wasn't until 3 weeks ago, I met a young lady who makes and sells diaper cakes that shortly thereafter I decided I would take a stab at making one myself.

So I watched a few YouTube tutorials on diaper cakes, made a list, and headed to my local craft store. I wandered (or rather waddled) around gathering supplies and somehow ended up in the wedding isle where I had an epiphany. I saw a box of party favor boxes and thought "Why not make a cake out of those?", and after a few minutes of debating with myself, I decided to go with it.

Dumping my original supplies I then waddled around the store for another 15 minutes gathering different supplies I thought would work for my "new" cake idea. At the time, I thought I was a crafting genius for coming up with this original idea of making a cake out of party favor boxes but was brought back to reality after researching it a little bit on the internet later that evening.

Turns out this concept has been done before. It actually derives from an Italian wedding tradition of giving Bombonieres containing five sugared almonds to symbolize health, wealth, happiness, fertility, and long life. Well so much for originality, but I can say the direction I taken with my cakes are a break from the traditional, and I think they're pretty neat.

So after several more trips to the craft store and my husband probably thinking I've gone mad, I've created four favor cakes and have ideas for two more. I feel like I'm at mad dash against the clock to finish these last two designs before I go into labor. It's like a bizarre race that I can't quite explain.

I don't know where this sudden urge to create something, other than the beautiful creation inside my tummy, has derived from but I'm going with it. Once things calm down a bit after Baby M arrives, I plan on adding them to my online store Hippo Baby.

Anyways, if any of you moms have experienced this hormonal crafting urge thing, please feel free to comment :-)