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Beautiful Fabrics!

I have become a fabric hound. Really, it's an obsession. I just bought a bunch of really cute prints on Etsy.com. I love Etsy. Not only is it a place to showcase (and hopefully sell) some of my handywork, but it's a place to connect with other people like me and get inspiration as well as supplies. The fabric store I'm liking the best right now is Fabric Supplies by Charlie. Click here to check out his huge selection. I think many of these fabrics can be used to make great baby gifts. Whether it's the simple stuff like burp cloths and bibs, or the fancy - fancy like my knot dresses, these fabrics rock. If you buy something from Charlie (a dad of two!) tell him that you stopped by his shop because Mommy Said Sew! Haha!

Now On Etsy

SOOOOO excited!!

PerfectGiftForBaby.com just opened an Etsy store so that you can buy our products more easily. Our Etsy store is called 'Mommy Said Sew'. Pretty cute, huh?!

In case you didn't already know, Etsy is an online community of folks who make handmade items and sell them in their Etsy stores. It's such a fun place to shop since you know so much care and hard work went into making everything. Because everything in Etsy is handmade, you get a unique item... not something manufactured in some factory overseas for a mega chain store. You really should check it out and even if you don't find something to buy in at 'Mommy Said Sew' you might find something from someone else that tickles your fancy.

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Better Hair Clips

I've upgraded the quality of hair clips and barrettes I've been making. I invested in some really cute ribbons and appliqués and some swarovski crystals. Pictured here are a custom initial barrett, a really sweet baby chick with a crystal egg and a darling bug in shades of blue and green also with swarovski crystals. I've also make some adorable ones with butterflies and some bows with vintage buttons in the center. A selection is available for sale at www.perfectgiftforbaby.com

New Website www.perfectgiftforbaby.com

Perfect Gift For Baby got a new website recently. It's now being hosted under it's own URL. It has a sleeker and more professional page layout. The product section has been expanded. We're offering burp cloths, bandana bibs and our new line of hair clips and barrettes for little girls. Some of the hair clips are small enough to even be worn by babies...we even know some babies who were born with enough hair to wear our clips!
Pictured here is a gift set that features a burp cloth and coordinating hair clip that is customized to include the baby's initial. Sooo cute! This set was made for baby Katherine who was born yesterday! We hope she enjoys using the burp cloth (sooner) and the hair clip (later).

Hair Clips - What Could be a More Perfect Gift for a Little Girl?!

I am not sure if I should be proud of myself or if I should be ashamed...but regardless...I bought a glue gun and I'm not afraid to use it. Seriously, these days you can make all kinds of cute stuff with a glue gun. I think hair clips and barrettes are about one of the best uses I've found so far. After some trial and error, I figured out how to make them so that no glue shows or is even detectable. While I'm in confessional mode...I should also confess that on the same shopping trip to my favorite craft supply store I also bought a tool for affixing crystals, rhinestones, studs, etc. No it's not a Bedazzler, but it serves the same purpose while working a little differently. Since I wanted to embellish hair clips, I needed something that works on smaller stones, so I went for a tool that uses heat to attach glue backed stones. It works great as long as you have a steady enough hand to get the stones in the desired place and not burn the ribbon in the surrounding area. Again, some trial and error and I'm good to go. I've had so much fun that I've come up with some hair clips for www.perfectgiftforbaby.com.

Cute Gift for a New Baby Boy

Look at this really cute gift for friends of ours who just had a new baby boy (finally a baby boy...all my friends have been having girls and we've just gotten so overwhelmed with pink!). I decided to make him a set of burp cloths in two patterns of scotty dog fabric that I think is just so cute right now. I know baby boys have lots of thinks with dogs on them, but these two prints were too cute to pass up. I used them on the outside of the gift since they add such a decorative flair on their own. The inside of the box has a book and stuffed animal gift set that I found at a store in my neighborhood. These burp cloths made from cloth diapers really are one of my favorite gifts to give to new parents. I've got a pair of pink ones, a lovely pair of gender neutral orange/leopard print fabrics and a cow print sitting on my sewing machine right now so I better get back to sewing...I have a baby shower coming up this weekend!