When I was recently invited to my friend's baby shower celebrating the birth of her new baby son born only 3 days before my own.. I was a bit concerned. Not about attending. But about getting her a gift.
These days, I rarely get out of the house.. Not only does it seem to take half the day to get myself ready to go anywhere, but between lugging around a huge diaper bag, and a baby carrier containing a baby that may start screaming at any moment.. shopping is a bit nightmarish at this point. Not to mention.. my first attempt at grocery shopping with both children last week has left me traumatized to the point in which I may never recover...
So I am very happy to say that with a little ingenuity and the help of the internet.. I put together a clever little baby gift (if I do say so myself) without leaving the house.
In keeping with the "owl themed" baby shower, I purchased these sweet hand-painted little owl shirts from this awesome etsy shop. A onesie for baby Logan and a little tee shirt for his older brother, Cole.
I just love these..
I then found a stray envelope and handcrafted a personalized card using the computer and some of my daughter's construction paper.
And then comes the cutest part.
Using some scraps of yarn, felt, some left over buttons, and this pattern as a guide,
I created this cute baby owl as a present topper...
..and attached him to the box like this..
All of the wrapping materials were recycled as well..
(because I am one of those people that carefully folds up and hoards
wrapping paper and ribbons when I receive a gift.)
So there you have it.
An owl themed gift created from the comfort of my own home.
And by the way.. she loved it. :)
34 comments:
I feel for ya in the grocery store!
had to laugh, but I know it probably wasn't funny!
Cutest owl, and very inventive!
This little owl on the present is the cutest little owl I have ever seen! Merry Christmas!
What a darling gift, if I was the new mother I wouldn't want to open it.
Completely darling! Congratulations!
That is so incredibly great! I love it when all of the pieces come together and when I'm resourceful like you were, it's a bonus.
That is absolutely amazing! Way to go with your creativity!
As we say in my family, "That is so Martha!" It's considered to be a compliment.
Very awesome!
Thoroughly adorable! What a creative way to follow through with the theme.
Beautiful gift, and so much thought went into it. To me that's better than something you found by heading to the store. Great job!
A wonderful show of resourcefulness! We crafters are MacGyver-like! :)
Very clever and just darling!
so cute & such talent.
I'm not surprised she loved it - it is absolutely gorgeous!
I'm with you on the comfort of your own home thing though, the first time I took both my kids shopping it took me far too long and I still couldn't even get everything I needed.Nightmarish! I don't know if it gets better as they get older or whether you just get used to it xxxx
Of course she loved it. A lovely, thoughtful gift that anyone would be privileged to be given.
Thank you for that - I currently have an "Owl" theme going also for new Grandson, Ronin.
I can still feel the pain of grocery shopping with two small children and I am now a grandma. The present and its wrapping are fantastic.
Oooh I love owls and I love this! Everything is so cute, the knitted owl is the best part though! I love the felt face.
Adoreable idea! Why is it that we crafty people feel we totally miss the mark if we give just store bought items...it must be a genetic DNA thing in our blood! Love the owl...had the pattern printed out and then saw your post and now I really want to whip one up!
I can see why she loved it! Cute!
dawww adorable :)
Hang in there...grocery shopping and leaving the house get easier with time. Adorable present (very clever)!
Cute, cute little owl! Love the internet and how it helps us out during our hour of need.
That is SO cute ... I am impressed with your creativity!
As the Mom of 2 kids less than 2 years apart, I completely hear you about the grocery store. I'm STILL not over taking those two shopping, and they're both in their thirties! LOL!
-Lori
Presentation is what makes a great gift very special.
how totally gorgeous, the knitting to the wrapping.
happy new year dear!
That...is...AWESOME!!!!!!!! :)
Adorable on all levels!
Argh, flashbacks!!!! My two girls are 2 years and 4 months apart and in the early days supermarket shopping was always a bit traumatic! My youngest has just turned a year old and I think I'm just about over it but leaving the house with both of them is still hard work. Love the gifts for your friend - lucky girl!
Oh squee! Owls! Love.
Such creativity! I can only wish I had that!! I have a question..do you happen to recall what yarn you used for the owl? I just LOVE the brown tweediness and would love to get my hands on some. Would be awesome if you know. Thanks!
that gift topper is darling -- the owl is cute, but the owl in the nest takes it over the top -- very clever!!
Wow!!! Its very very cute! :D
(There's this feeling inside of me that whenever I see something cute, it's like I wanted to jump or shout or have that something in my hand. haha)
Its really cute! I like it so much ^^
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