Baby shower handmade gifts

My sister's baby shower was this past Sunday, so I can finally share with you the things I've been making! First off, I made her a nursing coverlette, complete with pacifier clip. Ironcially, she requested a coverlette from me after I had already decided to make one, so I guess I know my sister well. It was a really easy tutorial to follow and it came out great.

I also made a few small things in the same coordinating IKEA Fabler fabric: some baby booties, soft blocks, burp cloth, and bunting to be hung in the nursery. The baby booties were a bit confusing at first and I had to rip out a few seams a couple of times, but in the end I figured it out and I think they are adorable.

For the soft blocks I added little cat toys inside from the Dollar Tree, so they jingle when baby plays with them :)

The burp cloth was simple enough with a pattern I drew myself. I used a terry cloth towel from the Dollar Tree on one side and the Fabler fabric on the other.

The bestie and I did a marathon of favor assembling the night before. We did hand dipped pretzel rods in chocolate and assorted candy toppings. They came out yummy! I hand stamped the favor tags and we packaged them away. I'll post more on the actual shower with pics later on in the week! So come back, oh and come back for that freebie too!

Tutorials Used:
Nursing Coverlette
Pacifier Clip
Baby Booties
Soft Blocks

99 Red Balloons...

...floating in a summer sky. Well there aren't 99 Balloons here but almost! So I finally got the energy to upload my backlog of pics I've been meaning to post. So as promised here are the happy Hot Air Balloon invites I made for my big sissy. I knew she didn't want the traditional baby, pinky invites so I came up with Hot Air Balloons since, as I said they were on the brain and they fit in with her whole whimsical motif she is going with in the nursery.



Her main inspiration for the nursery is based on the Ikea Fabler line and when I saw this Hot Air Balloon stuffy I knew the invites would work out :)


The invites are inspired from Jack and Izzy's Etsy store. (Gotta give credit where credit should be given). But I wanted to use my own design/colors and I used cut-out punches to add dimension to the invites. So if you like these I urge you to go visit their store. They have papergoods for lots of occasions at quite reasonable prices.