A Sweet Little Something

I found these two adorable patterns from You Can Make This, I purchased them and made them with no one in particular in mind. My friend saw them while they were a work-in-progress when she came to pick up the burp cloths for Victoria. She said that she wanted to see them when they were completed, they were quite possibly going to go to Spain too, along with the burp cloths.


This is the front of the Reversible Open Back Baby Dress. I made it in Size 0-3 months.


This is the back. You can see a little of the reverse fabric.


This is the Fancy Ruffled Diaper Cover. Also in 0-3 months.


And this is how cute they look together. I love how the ruffles show in the open back of the dress.

More Gifts to Spain

A good friend of mine (we just met and became friends 5 or 6 years ago) was born in Spain, but moved here when she was young. When she was a teenager, her family moved back to Spain and she stayed here.

Her cousin (which is more like a sister than a cousin to her) just had her first child - a baby girl and asked me to make some personalized burp cloths that she could send to her...yes, in Spain.

I think that is so cool!



It's hard to tell in the photo, but below the ribbon is brown rick rack.



To see the first gifts to Spain, click here.

My Special Friend

All my friends are special, but this particular one is special because she and I have been friends since we were about 15 years old and we have never met.

Go, ahead and re-read it if you want. We are both 40 years old, have been friends since we were 15 and we have never met (we've been friends for 25 years).

You see when I took Spanish (my Freshman year in High School), everyone in Spanish class was required to get a Pen-Pal from Spain or Mexico. Balbi is my Pen-Pal from Spain. She and I still write, although it is now e-mails (very few hand written letters). We have kept in touch all these years. She writes more often than I do (I am so fortunate for her to not give up on me). I have good intentions, but life gets in the way sometimes.

It is very neat that she and I were both born in November (less than 2 weeks apart) in the same year in two different countries, became friends, and stayed friends all these years.

Well, Balbi just had her first child, a baby boy! Boy is he beautiful. He almost makes me want to have another one...ALMOST!

I made these burp cloths for Balbi and her precious new little one and mailed them to go over seas to Spain.






To see other things going to Spain, click here.

Nursery Ensemble

A good friend of mine (the one that suggested me putting a boutique in my home salon) needed a baby gift for a friend and asked me to make it. She said the mom bought a black w/ white polka dot diaper bag and she wanted a bib, burp cloth, receiving blanket and wipes case to match. She said that she also wanted the baby's name embroidered in hot pink on the items.

This is what I came up with...



...a wipes case (top view)...



...a wipes case (angled view)...



...a burp cloth (free instructions here)...



...a bib...



...a receiving blanket (free instructions here).





I used jumbo rick rack in hot pink for trim to match the embroidered name. On the back of the receiving blanket I used black flannel. It is soft and it won't show stains (spit up, if you lay it down on a dirty surface to keep baby clean, diaper blow-outs, etc.).

My Baby got a Boo-boo

Tuesday, the elementary school called me about 10:00 in the morning and said that Anthony fell out of the tree house at recess and took a pretty hard fall. They thought that I should come and see for myself. It was near his eye, but didn't seem to touch his eye.

I rushed up there and was glad to see that he was not crying (he had been though). I was very grateful that it didn't do any damage to his eye. I was also concerned that he got hit at the temple of his eye. He is tough.

It continued to swell that day and he had a couple of big pump knots, but the next day a lot of the swelling had gone down. However,the eye is now turning black and he has a shiner. I guess that's life with boys.

I need your help

What was your favorite baby shower gift? I have several showers to attend or baby gifts to give and I want to give something really useful and/or special. I want something memorable that the mother would really appreciate. Have any ideas? I also love to give handmade items.