yellow & grey toy bag

 I was recently commissioned to make a toy bag for a baby shower gift similar to the one I made here. The color preference was yellow and grey, which was a difficult color combination to come across, yet I am pleased with the gender-neutral result. Toy bags like this one can be used as the "gift basket" for the perfect baby shower gift You can put a few small things from the baby registry, or even just a pack of diapers and then use a  cellophane to "wrap" the gift that any mother-to-be would be ecstatic to receive!

Here is the finished product.

 

Rosebud Designs "baby" product tags

The inside.


I hope the mother-to-be enjoys filling the baby's toy bag with all the new things she gets at her baby shower! Best Wishes!

cube squared

With some bright contrasting fabric remnats I had and some scraps of trim I came up with these stuffed blocks any baby would be excited to play with. They are large enough not to be a choking hazard, soft enough not to lead to any injuries, and bright enough that any baby would be interested (even if only for the short time that most babies are interested in anything!) The fun trim serves a dual purpose of being cute and gives the smaller baby hands something easy to grab onto until they gain arm strength. I was told that these were a big hit with my friends baby who received them for her first Christmas from me.

burp cloths

I've seen these darling embelished cloth diapers to be used as burp cloths in many boutiques and I thought I will try to make some of my own. For my friend's baby shower I recently posted about here, I enclosed these darling burp cloths in her gift bag. The flannel is prewashed and sewed onto the prewashed burp cloths. The soft flannel is the perfect surface for the sensitve skin on a baby's face, and the cloth diapers are ultra absorbant, what combo could make a better burp cloth!

If you are in the need for custom burp cloths I will be taking orders through: RosebudDesignsCA@gmail.com

They will be sold in themed sets of 3 burp cloths for $14 and the transaction will take place through Esty.

toy bag

I threw my friend Pati a baby shower today for work and church friends in San Diego. For her gift I wanted to do something creative (as is very typical of me). I came up with an idea to make a toy "bag" and put a bunch of misc. things in it I have been "collecting" since I first knew she was having a boy.

Each side of the bag has two pieces of thick canvas like fabric and a piece of lightweight interfacing ironed between the two for stiffing purposes. The end result is a bag whose sides will hold up enough to keep the toys contained in it, yet soft enough a young baby could pull it down to get the toys out when they are sitting on the floor. I also used a complementary fabric and iron interface to spell out T-O-Y-S on one side of the bag. Another option would be to use one fabric for the inside and a different for the outside so when the edge is folded over (creating more support for the bag) you get to see the contrasting fabrics!

I canot wait to see all Isaiah's toys in the bag and him playing near by, pictures of that when it happens many months from now!

nursing cover

My friend Pati is expecting and she found this fun fabric for me to turn into a nursing cover for when the baby arrives. I think it turned out darling!

The inside has pockets on either side to put nursing pads or pacifiers, it also helps weigh down the sides so they don't blow up while nursing. The neck strap is adjustable as well to make it easy to come on and off.

With the extra fabric I made a matching pouch for nursing cover which could be doubled as a clutch! 

tickled pink

Back in November my good friend was expecting her first baby, a girl! I couldn't have been more excited and I thought what could be better than some personalized gifts for baby Haley and her room. My inspiration came from the Peter Rabbit themed bedding, and the fabrics for the first 2 projects shown were picked with a vintage feel in mind. These are a few of the things I came up with...

A stuffed bunny.

A matching pillow for the rocking chair.

A few other things I made included a matching padded clothes hanger for that extra special outfit (not the one pictured below, this one is from my childhood), flannel burp cloths, a reversable bib

And a pink extra soft, fuzzy blanket with white satin blanket binding. Here is the little princess herself to model the blanket!