Monthly Onesie Stickers {free download}

I have a friend who is due pretty soon with baby #3.  Her shower is this coming weekend.  When I started thinking about what to get or make her I was a little stumped because this is baby #3, they don't know the sex yet, and they have one of each gender already.  So, there really isn't much she needs.  I think most people are getting her diapers...you can NEVER have too many of those!  But I wanted to do something more fun and I am so excited to share what I came up with! 

I've seen these on Etsy & thought they were a great idea (secretly wishing I would have done this with both my boys).  Since they needed to be gender neutral and since I already had some images from The Very Hungry Caterpillar (I'm getting ready for my little guys first birthday!) I went with that theme.  The thought crossed my mind to go ahead and adhere these to some onesies but I resisted because babies grow at such different speeds.  Both my boys had doubled their birth weight by 2 months!  So, even though a set of onesies with these images would be more fun to give, I decided to give them as 'sticker's in a drawstring bag with directions on how to apply them when needed. 

I used these to print the images on.  I think the clear version would be better in case you want to stick them on a colored onesie.  I already had the white stickers so that's what I used.

 First, download and print the following images on your sticker paper.

The documents below are for personal use only.  Please use them to make gifts or for your own enjoyment but under no circumstances may you sell these documents. 

Sheet #1 (months 1-6)

Sheet #2 (months 7-12)

Here are the instructions that I put with the gift.  Right click on the image and save to your computer. 

I had the perfect fabric to make a cute little drawstring bag to put all the stickers in and here's how I made it.

1. Cut a piece of fabric 11"x 5"

2. Fold in half with right sides together and sew up both sides.  Stop about 2" from the top on one side to allow a place for the drawstrings.

3. Fold the top down and inch and iron. 

4. Sew 3/4" or sew from the top all the way around.  One side will have the opening for the drawstring.

5. Using a saftely pin feed a piece of ribbon through the opening you left at the top.

6. Cut out all the stickers.

Punch a hole in the instructions, place the stickers in the bag and tie with a cute bow.

You've got a really thoughtful & fun gift!

Enjoy!  Please leave me a comment if you use these- it brightens my day :)

Gifts for the girls

I've been working my little tail off with a couple custom orders from my shop & for my sister in law.  My sister in law needed 2 baby shower gifts & I had just the perfect fabric!  I know that I am normally all about boys but I love how this set turned out and wanted to share! If you love it too I am listing it in my shop as well ;)

All wrapped up ready for one special mommy!

love this fabric!  

The set includes one burp cloth, one pacifier clip (notice the ruffles!), and one fold n go bib.

The back of the bib ready to go with a spoon and pack of Wet Ones.

PS- look at these little cuties I made for the boys to put in their Easter baskets.  I used this tutorial at  RevoluzZza.  My 2 year old picked the green buttons for eyes & I don't really like them... but they were super fast and easy so I could always make a new one.

I put little crosses inside the bunny's hearts to remind the boys the real reason we celebrate Easter.

 

Baby Shower Gift {Rock Star Style}

So if you loved my first version of the baby gift I was designing for my sister to give to a friend.  Then you are going to really LOVE the newest version.  The first post that you can find here was my trial run.  I changed a few things and added some cute details and I give you:

The Rock Star Baby Gift

Hand Stamped Baby Shower Gift

My sister has put me to work coming up with a cute baby boy shower gift for her friend.  So, wanting to use some of these adorable boy themed stamps I got a great deal on the other day this is what I came up with:

Duck Hooded Towel Tutorial

Now that my toddler is two I'm finally getting around to a project I’ve had in the back of my mind since shortly after he was born.  I hate how thin and small those store bought baby towels are (with an exception for a couple really cute ones I found at Kohls.  - but unfortunately they are pretty pricey!  So I made my own.  I happened to have everything I needed including a new yellow bath towel (that we received for our wedding 4 years ago!) Here is how I turned it into a cute duck baby towel that will make a perfect baby gift for my friend!  Please be patient- this is my first tutorial and I don't know a lot of the proper sewing techniques. 

First I cut the sides off the towel so that I only had a flat piece of terry cloth to work with.

Then I folded one corner down- lining up edges.  Then cut off the excess fabric.  This will leave you with a square piece of fabric.

Using the "left over" that was just cut off in the previous step do the same thing. This will leave you with a small square that you will use to make the hood part.

Cut along the crease so that you have 2 triangles. 

I appliqued two eyes and a beak. 

Sew binding to the bottom of the "face"

Place the triangle piece with the "face" on top of the large square in one of its corners right sides together. 

I rounded the point using a roll of tape.

Sew around the 2 outside edges of the small triangle- make sure you sew around the curve you drew.  Trim the extra fabric.

Turn rightside out.  You can see the roll of tape I used to round the top.

I didn't like all the corners so I chose to round off the bottom corner.  As you can see I used the Bumbo seat- but you could use a medium sized trash can, bucket or leave it square.

I made a couple feet from some scraps of fabric.  I drew a template on freezer paper cut out 4 pieces (2 per foot) and sewed them together.  Then turn them rightside out.

Then I sewed the binding aroung the rest of the towel making sure to sew the feet into the binding.  I am not a pro at binding so I won't go into detail about how to do that since it won't be right. 

Then using the remaining remnant from the original towel and another scrap I bought the day before in the scrap bin at Joann's I made a burp cloth to go along with this towel. 

The finished gift