Simple Baby Card

Crafty things have been sparse in this neck of the woods recently, helping plan a Beaver camp is time consuming! It is now all over (the sun shone and the kids had fun) and I can recover with some time in my craft room :)

One of my friends had a baby on Friday so today's task was a baby card. This is my 'standard' baby card with a few tweaks to make it personal. I love the Penny Black bear stamps, they are perfect for baby cards!

Now to make some invites for my Dad's 60th in June!

Linking to some of these fab linky parties!

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Simple but cute baby gifts

Two of my best friends had beautiful baby girls last week, one a day late the other a week early. How come no one has babies for ages then 2 come together!

Since new babies are lavished with gifts I always try and do handmade, at least they will only get one of the things I give them!

I always make personalised t-shirts / vests for a new sibling

and since one of the babies is a first she got a geeky vest,

her Mum and I studied physics together at uni. I have seen these vests all over the place but refused to pay the £10 for something I could make for £1!

I also crocheted each baby a simple hat (using this video tutorial), it is supposed to be newborn size, I feel for any woman who has given birth to a baby with a head that size...!

Then to complete the gifts 2 personalised cards using gorgeous Penny Black rubber stamps.

On a totally random note, we have sold our house and have to be out by the 16th December (eek) and this is my 100th post!

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