J&J are full time ministers like me and Luke, so when I was deciding on their baby shower gift, I knew I wanted to make Baby Ethan something that would fit his mommy & daddy's spiritual lifestyle. Of course
pinterest helped me find the adorable idea of velcro bow ties and a onesie. I thought they were too cute and they weren't that hard to put together. Plus I love that they are completely machine washable, since we all know the messes babies love to make :)
I had so much fun making these, that I have actually added them to my Esty shop which you can link to in the sidebar.
My second gift though, is what actually takes the cake.
I made Ethan an abridged copy of the
My Book of Bible Stories (
published by Jehovah's Witnesses) out of fabric. I came up with the idea based on my own book that my mom made for me as a baby. She copied and laminated her favorite stories and sewed them into a pretty quilted book that we still have to this day and I plan to use with our kids.
In this case, I found some white cotton fabric that I cut to 8.5x11 and ironed onto freezer paper. This let me run it right through my printer and then I stitched it all together.
While Johnny loved the ties, Jackie loved this little book and kinda teared up when she opened it. I had told them about mine a long time ago and she had been wanting one so it ended up being the perfect gift.
What types of gifts do you guys like to give for new babies?
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