Pottery Barn inspired baby shower gifts
For some time now I have been pondering on the idea to make something that would resemble a real fabric design.
When I was presented with the idea to make a gift for the baby shower of my son’s teacher I wasn’t sure where to start. Then I found out she likes a particular Potter Barn Kids comforter and I thought wouldn’t it be nice if I actually made a whole gift set based on that design. It took me a couple of days to figure out how exactly I should do it but at the end I think I did very well.
This is the original design:
I decided to make the colors a little brighter, and here is what I came up with:
– a 5″ by 7″ card
– Initially I planned to make a scrapbook album for the baby, but then I came up with the idea to make a scrapbook frame for the baby room. I think this worked out better, because the teacher showed me how she was missing a piece of wall art in the room, and this would fit perfect.
This is the scrapbook page before I put in the frame
It took me a lot of time to finish it, since I designed, drew, painted, glued and cut everything by hand.
And here it is framed:
– Then I made a small gift box with the same design,
– I also made a small sticky note notebook ( I stamped a leaf image on all the pages, don’t ask how long that took…)
– And of course what is a present without a gift bag?
– Here is the whole gift set minus the notebook, because I added it last minute.
– I just couldn’t but add flowers to the whole thing ( I saw beautiful yellow ones from the store). I arranged this bouquet the day of the baby shower at school.
The last finishing touch was the cake I made with the same design.
The kids from the class made a beautiful and touching gift- a book with drawings and their thoughts about the baby in writing. It was so sweet I almost cried when I listened to them. What a wonderful idea and what and awesome keepsake to share with the baby when he or she grows up!
I just wanted to take the opportunity to wish our wonderful teacher ( and amazing person) all the best for her growing family, and to let her know we will miss her very much!
Congratulations, Mrs. H!
Congratulations, Mrs. H!