One of our favorite things about social media? Meeting other creative mamas, like Brandy from Little Blue Olive! We are totally in LOVE with her darling hats and crowns for babies, kids, and yes, even some for us adults (yay!). As designers of personalized baby gifts,we’re always so happy to connect with others who are just as into creating baby keepsakes as we are.
It’s hard to choose favorites, there are so many amazing options in her collection, but here some we’d definitely want our wee ones to wear with their personalized onesies and 1st birthday shirts:
(Shown: First Birthday Pink Party Cone Hat; Play Party Hat and So Cute 1st Birthday Shirts; First Birthday Crown Headband; First Birthday Crown Gold and Brown; Gentle Giraffe and Happy To Be 1st Birthday Shirts; Mermaid First Birthday Felt Crown Headband; Mini Glitter Top Hat Headband; Chic Color and Charming Hello personalized onesies; Half Birthday Boy Felt Crown Headband)
Love Little Blue Olive too? You’re in luck! We’ve partnered with Brandy on a contest to offer a $40 giveaway to her Etsy shop, as well as a $50 Petite Lemon gift card good for any of our personalized baby gifts, including big sister shirts, big brother shirts, and even personalized growth charts.
To enter, tell us which Little Blue Olive hat and our personalized baby gifts you’d pair together. Contest ends June 15th!
Martha Stewart’s Outdoor Kids Party Ideas
Summer birthdays call for outdoor parties. And when looking for ideas for fun 1st birthday party themes, you pretty much can’t go wrong turning to the entertaining guru, Martha Stewart. We found a roundup of 11 amazing outdoor party ideas here and picked a few of our favorites to share. And of course, if our kiddos attended any of these parties, we’d be sure to gift the birthday boy or girl with personalized baby gifts that matched the color and/or theme of the party.
A carnival theme offers plenty of ideas for games, as well as colorful décor. We’d gift the guest of honor with either the Balloon or Happy Confetti 1 Birthday Shirts.
Fiestas are pure fun, plus who doesn’t love a piñata full of candy?! The Party One and Happy To Be 1 Birthday Shirts are also muy bueno and you can even personalize them in another language too.
Nothing says outdoors than a Flower Power balloon party in the garden. Balloon Bouquet Monogram or Flutter By personalized onesies with a tutu make festive, customized personalized baby gifts for this party idea.
For the boys (or girls) of summer, a baseball themed birthday party is ideal. Sports themed personalized growth charts, like the Perfect Pennant or Junior Varsity, are gifts that will be used (and loved) for years.
To get more celebratory inspiration, click here to see the other awesome outdoor party ideas from Martha Stewart. And don’t forget to give personalized baby gifts that complement the party theme.
Petite Lemon Presents: Monthly Baby Belly Bump Stickers
Whether it’s measuring our kids with personalized growth charts or using DIY onesies to mark each month of our new baby’s life, we love to record as many milestones as we can. That’s why we’ve created these adorable Belly Bump Stickers so you can start measuring your pregnancy from the beginning and take photos along the way.
(Download our free monthly baby bump stickers (here)
Our free PDF download includes all three color sets — pink, blue, and yellow! As well as our printing instructions sheet.
Print these out for yourself or bundle them with a gift card for a personalized growth chart or onesie for a super sweet customized gift set to give to a friend or family member as soon as they announce a wee one is on the way.
(Shown: Zoo Friends and Sprinkled Flowers personalized growth charts; Best Dad, Modern Name, Hearts personalized onesies)
Safari Themed Personalized Baby Gifts
On the hunt for personalized baby gifts for upcoming baby showers, sip n’ sees, or even 1st birthdays? Think safari! Mamas and daddies will go wild for personalized baby giftsthat feature a range of adorable jungle animals.
If there’s one thing new parents can’t get enough of (besides diapers of course!) are soft cotton onesies. Giving safari themed personalized onesies makes them fun and functional. (Shown: Joyful Elephant, Gentle Giraffe, and Animal Pile personalized onesies)
And if a new sibling has arrived, creating a combo gift with the animal themed Merry Menagerie Little Brother or Little Sister personalized onesies with a coordinating Big Sister Tshirt or Big Brother T shirt would be super sweet.
And if you loved these safari themed personalized baby gifts, check back next week for some safari nursery décor inspiration.
Whether you focus on one animal or a whole jungle full, safari animals make great themes for birthdays and can easily be incorporated into invitations, cake designs, decorations, and 1birthday shirts. (Shown: Growing Gator and Jungle Giraffes 1st)
And if in addition to personalized baby gifts you’re also looking for some ways to decorate in style, be sure to enter our giveaway with The Banner Shoppe before May 23. Go to our Instagram account at @petite_lemon for a chance to win a $25 gift card for The Banner Shoppe and a $50 Petite Lemon gift card good for personalized growth charts, big brother shirts, big sister shirts, 1birthday shirts, etc.
Top Girls Names of 2013 | Petite Lemon
Top girls names for 2013 wasn’t much different from 2012! So we’re sure you all have your favorites…because they all are so cute! We have had so much fun sending our personalized onesies and big sister shirts to your new arrivals. See how we’ve paired the top 10 girl names with our big sister shirts and personalized onesies!
Sophia took the first place spot in 2013 with more traditional names to follow.
1. Sophia
2. Emma
3. Olivia
4. Isabella
5. Ava
6. Mia
7. Emily
8. Abigail
9. Madison
10. Elizabeth
From last year’s top 10 list of Girls Names Lily, Ella, and Chloe were replaced by Abigail, Elizabeth, and Madison! Which top 3 are your favorite names??
These personalized onesies are great personalized baby gifts or the big sister shirtscan double as a birthday present and baby gift if you pair it with the lil sis personalized onesies!
Big Sister Shirts Meet Met Gala Fashion
While we do design personalized onesies, big sister shirts, big brother shirts, and 1birthday shirts, we don’t exactly consider ourselves fashion designers. But that doesn’t mean we don’t swoon over the latest styles and get inspired by the use of color, cut, etc. Which is why earlier this year we wrote two blog posts on trends from Fashion Week and chose big sister shirts (here) and big brother shirts (see here) whose designs were similar to those seasonal styles. We had so much fun with it and got such great response from our readers that we decided to do a similar post inspired by the Met Gala, another major highlight in the world of fashion.
The Amazing Spiderman’s Emma Stone looked super cute and comfy in her pink on pink 2-piece ensemble. (Super Big Sister Tshirt)
Emmy Rossum in an ultra-pretty yellow floral dress is pure sunny style. (Sunny Flower Big Sister Tshirt)
Love it or hate it, there’s no question Janelle Monáe puts her own personal stamp on style. (Stamped Style Big Sister Tshirt)
What’s a gala without a seriously over-the-top dress with real flower power?! (Flower Power Big Sister Tshirt)
All images are from Vogue.com.
Do you ever look to fashion trends or icons when buying personalized baby gifts?
Personalized Baby Gifts – Celeb baby onesie gift round up
Stars, they’re just like us! They love personalized onesies for their new bundles of joy too, which is why we’ve sent some to a few of our favorite celeb moms and dads over the last year as part of the Hollywood Gift Baskets program.
Here are some examples of the personalized baby gifts we’ve sent to welcome several stars’ newborn babies.
(Shown: Playful Doodles Little Brother, Playful Name, Modern Name, and Happy Hearts personalized onesies)
Based on the baby names, can you guess the celeb parents?
Earth Day Inspired Personalized Baby Gifts
Have a baby due around or on Earth Day (April 22)? Our beautiful planet makes a wonderful inspiration for a baby shower. Here are two ideas for Earth-inspired baby showers with décor, sweets and personalized baby gifts ideal for bringing this worldly theme to life.
Show some love for planet Earth with green and blue colored cupcakes, personalized onesies, and décor. (Shown: Graphic Fun and Modern Name personalized onesies; cupcakes by Sweet Treats by Susan, décor by One Charming Party)
Incorporate nature-inspired treats, décor, and personalized baby gifts to celebrate Mother Nature (and the mama-to-be). (Shown: Hoot Hoot personalized growth chart; pudding treats by Martha Stewart Living; décor by On To Baby)
Our personalized baby gifts aren’t just adorable, we make sure they’re good for your little ones, as well as the planet. You can read our Three Ways We’re Green blog post to learn more.
Our Favorite Monogrammed Personalized Baby Gifts
We love a monogram. It’s sophisticated and special, with an initial that brands an item as its owners. And when it comes to baby shower and 1st birthday party themes, it’s extra special to incorporate monograms into the décor, as well as coordinating personalized baby gifts.
Here’s some inspiration for monogrammed parties and gifts:
This Monogram & Elephant Preppy Baby Shower with monogrammed drink station and dipped Oreos is very on trend, and just plain adorable. (Hostess With the Mostess)
Even if a baby’s gender and/or name isn’t known, use the last name initial on personalized onesies for a thoughtful, custom gift. (Shown: Scallop Monogram, Modern Monogram, and Classic Monogram personalized onesies)
Bright greens and blues (and monogrammed sweets) bring this Frog Prince 1st birtday party to life. (Frog Prince Paperie)
When celebrating a big day, 1st birthday shirts with the birthday boy or girl’s initial make excellent gifts that can be enjoyed all year long. (Shown: Cake Time, Roaring Racecar, Fun to Be One 1st Birthday shirts)
Have you incorporated monograms into a baby shower or 1st birthday party and did you give monogrammed personalized baby gifts as well?
Petite Lemon in Real Life: Sophie & Brock
It just makes us so happy to see siblings proudly wearing their big sister shirts or big brother shirts along with their “littles.” We could easily bust out singing Pharell Williams’ song Happy whenever a customer sends us their adorable pix or posts them on social media.
This week we have Sophie (22 months) and Brock (2 months) wearing their matching Patterned Delight Big Sister Tshirt and Little Brother Onesie.
Mom Erika loves the quality of Petite Lemon tees and tells us she had a onesie for Sophie that she wore from the day she got it when it was still a little big for her until it was way too small! And now her big sister tshirt is just as soft and durable, plus it has helped Sophie transition to big sisterhood. Erika says, “Because there isn’t much of an age difference between Soph and Brock, it did take her a little while to warm up to him, but now she’s all about loving him! Currently she loves kissing him goodnight and her favorite is getting ready for bed together. Putting their PJs on at the same time is hilarious to her.”
Wow, we love hearing that! And we know that if the time ever comes when Brock needs a big brother t shirt, we’ll be ready!
If you want to show off your wee ones in their big sister shirts or big brother t shirt designs, please send them our way and/or use #petitelemon on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook and they can be featured in a future Petite Lemon in Real Life blog post.