Roan and I made the rounds this weekend. Two birthdays and a baby shower. Luckily, one said no presents (huh?). They didn’t know they could have a lovely pillow for their child rather than a piece of plastic. Cousin Sam is a space boy. I probably would have been pushing it to do two Saturday morning anyway.
By the time we finished with party number two at the gym…I was done. So glad I had said I would make some easy goodies for the Baby Shower to follow the next morning. Did these Easy Peanut Butter Cups. I had to go old-fashioned, but if you have a microwave they will take you no time at all. I used left over Valentine muffin papers and sprinkles as toppers instead of chopped peanuts. Perfect for a girl baby shower.
I had purchased this fabric on sale at Joann’s. I loved the retro birds, but was so reminded of my own room as a girl with the little rosebuds.
My sister-in-law and I spent some time together making some receiving blankets. They are large enough for swaddling and so useful. When I was pregnant I thought my mom had gone crazy with all the receiving blankets she kept making me. I was clueless about spit up and blow outs. So they just seem the easy, soft thing to make. It also satisfies the urge to buy that cute reasonably priced flannel that Joann’s has sprinkled in here and there.
Everyone loved the fabrics and wanted one for themselves. I was pretty pleased.
that pillow is super cute! i sometimes struggle with fabric for “boy” projects (apologies for the sexist language being used!) but robots/space is a great theme to keep in mind.
Oh those peanut butter cups look so yummy. Those receiving blankets look so cozy. Did you have flannel on one side and a cotton print on the other?
I don’t know which I prefer the blankets or the cushion. They are all so cute. I would definitely not say “no presents” if I knew you were coming 😉
Love those little birds too. Very very cute.
The mushrooms are cotton and flannel, but the other two are all flannel.
I love that pillow! Those blankets are nice. We used our receiving blankets for swaddling and because the swaddling worked so well, we did it for a real long time….so long in fact we had to make a huge flannel swaddle. It was pretty funny…but did the trick. What do you use to line your blankets? I need to make some of these and wondered what you found best. I have used solid flannel and terry cloth in the past.
I don’t line these. I found some good ideas on this the other day:
http://www.marthastewart.com/article/simple-baby-quilt?lnc=6de6802fb632c110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=craft+of+the+day_recipe_b
Loving those birds!
That space man pillow is great, you always have the best fabrics!
thanks for the link to the blankies…
If ever I send an invite that says gifts are not required, you can consider yourself exempt. I’d rather get one of your kid gifts than a bunch of crap from everyone else.