Wednesday, June 23, 2010

An easy yet personal baby shower gift

The other day I attended an open house for a friend of mine who will soon be welcoming her fifth child into the world. I love trying to make something by hand for my expectant friends, and this time I really had fun with it.

I purchased a package of white Onesies then went to town decorating each one.

This stork silhouette was found online then printed onto inkjet transfer paper and ironed on.

The kids and I were watching "James and the Giant Peach" while I was making these, and Mr. Earthworm became the inspiration for this one. :)

Does he look familiar? That's one of my trusty ol' birdy designs from my shoe making days.

And of course, this will be a proud reminder of her baby boy's lucky number.

This one was my favorite, but I was so excited about it that I muffed the first try by ironing it on upside down! First I found the image of the ticket online, then used Photoshop to add the text and printed it onto transfer paper. The fix came by printing another image, ironing it onto a small bit of white fabric then stitching it over the upside down image on the Onesie.

I tucked a flannel receiving blanket down into a thrifted basket then added a pair of Diddle Dumpling baby shoes and surrounded them with the Onesies.

A little ric-rac tied around the basket for some color, and I think overall the effect is charming!

6 comments:

  1. Absolutely adorable! Our new little guy looks great in your cute onsies and shoes. You are amazingly creative. Thank you so much!

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  2. Hi, I stumbled on to your blog via pinterest. Someone I follow on there had pinned your button caterpillar. It's so cute! I made one of my own to cover a stain on a hand me down jumper. I love all the embellishments you've done to onesies. They make cute and unique shower gifts!

    I'm linking back to your blog from mine where I posted about the jumper.

    Cindy

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  3. Some of the best baby gift ideas are those that are made and planned the DIY style. You did your baby shower gifts pretty well. Kudos!

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  4. I found your site via pinterest. LOVE LOVE LOVE the caterpillar onesie. I can't tell from the picture. What did you use for the antennas?

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