Sweet Baby Gifts

There is nothing I love more than sweet little babies.  When my cousin Katie told me she was pregnant I was so excited for her and equally excited for me because that meant I got to make cute little baby gifts.  Well, then she told me that they weren't going to find out the sex of the baby until the delivery.  Oh man!  Now what was I going to do?  I am a planner so not finding out is something I could never do, but I will admit it was fun waiting for the text that the baby had arrived.  For her baby shower I sent her a cute little flower clip/headband (along with other gender neutral things) just in case she had a girl.  When baby day arrived we were all excited to hear "It's a BOY!!!!" Logan Matthew was finally here and that meant it was time to start crafting.  I had planned to go out to visit Katie and the baby in Colorado in mid July because she and the doctors thought that she would deliver a few weeks early (Katie was put on bed rest due to strong contractions for several weeks). Well, it turned out that she went past her due date so I would be flying out to CO just 5 days after he was born.  The first thing I did was make 2 cute bow tie onesies and I personalized a cute little baby hat.

Here is cute little Logan wearing one of his bow tie onesie:

Once I got to Colorado I wanted to help Katie decorate Logan's room.  They left things very neutral so they could add color once the baby arrived.  She said she wanted to do something with Logan's hands and/or feet prints and I had a few ideas.  I also told her I wanted to make letters for his name to put over the crib or where ever she wanted.  She told me a color scheme and I ran with it.  One afternoon while Katie and Logan were home resting my aunt, uncle and I set out for Hobby Lobby (with 5 coupons in tow of course).  I stood in the scrapbook paper section forever staring at all of my options.  She wanted to go with blues, greens and browns.  So many options and I am so indecisive when it comes to making things for other people.
Once I decided on the paper, I got the rest of the supplies and headed back to my aunt and uncles so I could start crafting.  Here is what I came up with:

Name and birth stats canvas:

Baby foot prints with baby inspired words canvas:

These 2 canvases I made using the sticker/paint technique I shared here.  I love how they turned out.  

Here is Logan's name 

I just love how it turned out.  Making these letters are one of my all time favorite gift for baby showers.

Remember, if you would like to give someone a personalized canvas as a gift or personalized name or letters, email me planestrainsandpb@gmail.com.  The cost for the letters are $8 per letter or $6.50 if you order 5 or more letters.  The price of the canvas depends on the size.  Also, I now have a Silhouette so the quality of lettering will be more perfect and the font options are almost endless.

The perfect Baby Shower Gift

Over the past 4 months there have been so many babies being born.  I have had to get gifts for 2 close friends, my sister in law, my cousin, a friend of the family and 6 co-workers all in the past 5 months.  My favorite gift to give is a homemade gift.  I love to craft and I feel like it means more when I make something that is personalized.  Enter the personalized wood letter:

This one I made for the daughter of my son's daycare provider.  She told me the nursery was a pinkish coral color and white.  


Here are some more that I have made:

 This one was for my team member who was doing a grey, pink and white nursery for baby Gia.  She absolutely loved the letters.

 This letter J is for little Jackson, the son of another team member.  

 The letters H, S and W I made 2 summers ago for some fellow teachers.  

This one I made 2 years ago for my cousin's daughter, Jordan.  Jordan was turning 7.  The J, D and N have ribbon and/or flower embellishments and the O,R and A have small rhinestones.  




Now here is something I would like to do.  I would like to start taking orders for personalized letters, whether it be a first initial, all initials or the first name.  The top 3 are made with 9 inch letters.  The bottom 2 are made with letters that are probably about 6 inches, but I have not been able to find them anymore.  I made those letters 2 years ago and I was living in another state.
The price would be $8.50 per letter for the 9 inch.  If you are ordering 5 or more letters, the price would be $7 per letter.
If you are interested in ordering some, please email me at planestrainsandpb@gmail.com










**Sorry for the quality of the pictures. Most of them were taken with my phone.