A baby gift



(For a boy.)

I was invited to a baby shower a couple weeks ago.  I didn't end up going, but I did give a gift. 

For a minute, I thought about sewing up a simple quilt-something like this one-that Emily Falconbridge made for her son, Banjo.  Lack of mojo (or laziness) got the best of me, so I scratched that idea. 

I looked at my little stash of already made baby gifts and all I had left were a few baby washcloths.  I always like to add a little embroidery to them.  (And the funny thing was-the theme of this fall baby shower was 'monkey boy' and the only washcloths I had left were-one with a banana, one with a monkey face, one with birdies, and one with an acorn.  Perfect!)



(For a girl.)

I almost just wrapped the washcloths to give along with some money, but that seemed a little lame.  So I decided to buy a bar of Johnson's baby soap (I'm obsessed with soaps!) and some colored rubber tipped spoons (BPA-free!) and somehow, that made it seem less lame.  (Oh-I added a little money too.)

By the way, I stocked up on baby washcloths, bars of Johnson's baby soap, and colored rubber-tipped BPA-free spoons.  As I'm typing this, I'm thinking-wouldn't one of those tiny little jars of baby's first foods be cute included in a gift like this?  (To go with the spoons, of course.)  Must stock up on a few teeny, tiny jars o' baby food!



So, I guess this leads me to tell you about a wonderful book that I had sort of forgotten about until I lent it to a friend.  Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic-The Gift of Giving has tons of ideas for thoughtful and personalized gifts, theme gifts (I love theme gifts), and beautiful wrapping and presentation ideas.  If you are interested, I see you can purchase a used copy very inexpensively at Amazon right now.  I love you Amazon!!!

Have a great Wednesday!