Knowing that my baby shower was coming up, I wanted to do
something special for the ladies hosting it.
Between my mom, mother in law and sister in law, I had heard that a lot
of work and planning was going in to it.
Though they wouldn't let me in on any of the details, I was still able
to figure out just how much they were doing.
So I didn't want that to go un-noticed or just send a regular thank you.
After some long pinteresting hours, I found some cute
things. For my sister in law, who was
running the show and delegating tasks to the moms, we put a basket it
together. I wish I had taken some
pictures before they all went together, but I can show you some pictures of
some of the individual items. First, I
found a super cute wine glass that you can personalize on Etsy. I chose colors that matched our nursery theme
(pink, white and black), and it said “Aunt Emily’s Sippy Cup” (she loves her
wine, as do I). This seller on Etsy was
really nice, responsive, and the product came fast and in great condition. I
was very happy with it, and actually want to order one for myself! This is an example of what it looks like - I didn't take a picture of my actual glass unfortunately.
In addition to this, our mother in law also gave us Pandora
bracelets a few years ago for Christmas, so since this is going to be Emily’s
first niece or nephew, I found a really cute charm on Amazon for the bracelet that says “Aunt”.
Then we went to World
Market and got some help putting a few more things in the basket – a bottle of
wine, crackers, cheese, and meat. Then
they put it all together for us in a cute white basket with cellophane. It looked great – wish I had gotten a
picture!
For the future grandmothers, I found a cute idea on
pinterest for a Survival Kit for Grandmothers.
It wasn't anything big, but it was kind of a cute novelty. I've included instructions for how I did it
below. In addition to this, I found a cute “Grandma’s Brag Book” at Babies R
Us. I knew I wanted it to specifically say Grandma on it, and this one was
perfect. On the front page, I wrote in
Brooklyn’s name, and then I put their first picture in, which was an ultrasound
picture of her waving. Here is a picture
of the two finished projects for grandmas.
Instructions for Grandma Survival Kit
Total
Cost:
Approximately $15
Supplies:
2 white paper lunch bags
Printer
White
Marbles
Sweet
Tarts
Rubber
Band
Mounds
Bar
Life
Savers
Cotton
Balls
Travel Tissue
Paper
Clip
Starburst
Hold
Punch
Ribbon
Instructions:
1)
First I went to the store to buy anything I didn't already have on hand. I found the
lunch bags at Wal-Mart for about $1.50 for about 20 bags. We already had some marbles, rubber bands,
paper clips, card stock, and ribbon for my other projects. I bought a 6 pack of
Mounds Bars (so both ended up getting 3), and I found some of the rolls of Life
Savers and Sweet Tarts at the gas station (mind you I probably got ripped off
there, but I couldn't find the rolls anywhere else). We pack a 3 pack of travel Kleenex from Wal-Mart
and put one in each bag (with one left over for me!) – I figured at least that
way they could use it rather than just putting one tissue in the bag. And I bought a box of Starburst for
both. Here is a picture of all the
supplies before they were placed in the bag.
2)
After getting everything ready, I used Word on
my computer to type everything up. I
liked having each item in a different color and then the description of why it
was included below in black. I used two
different fonts also. Feel free to pick
whatever font or colors you prefer. I
printed them each on half of the paper, so the final size was about 8 x 5.5”. I needed to trim it down just a bit so it fit
nicer on the bag – you can do this with a paper cutter or scissors.
3)
I glued (actually I mod-podged because I didn't have any glue sticks) the description on to the bag.
4)
After the glue was dry, I placed all the items
in the bag and folded the top over. I used my hole punch to punch two holes,
roughly an inch to an inch and a half apart from each other.
5)
I cut a piece of ribbon that would be long
enough to tie a bow with. I fed one end
through each side and tied a ribbon to finish it off.
