Last week we highlighted twin boys wearing their 1st birthday shirts (see their cuteness here), and today we have another birthday boy in our In Real Life feature. We feel like it’s our birthday every time we hear from our customers how our personalized baby gifts make their kiddo’s big day even more special!
William’s mama Jenna, fills us in here:
How old is William?
William is 3 years old.
What brought you to Petite Lemon to purchase William’s birthday tee?
Petite Lemon has a wonderful product. I gravitate towards color and the colors PL uses are so vibrant. Plus there are so many designs to choose from, you are able to get just what you are looking for (and often it’s hard to decide, they are all so cute 🙂 The shirts are super soft and last, you can’t go wrong with great quality.
What are your fav Petite Lemon products and why?
The personalized shirts. I love a shirt that can enhance a celebration, whether it’s a birthday or a new addition to a family. It makes kiddos feel special to be acknowledged and celebrated!
What are you enjoying most about this age (the preschool stage)?
The personality that is developing. William has a great sense of humor and makes me laugh all day long!
What is your favorite thing about having a boy?
The constant exploring and discovering. They look at the world with open eyes and take everything in around them.
What is your fav blog right now?
Thrifty Littles. Such fun products and great deals. It’s so great! Plus how cute is that little girl? Adorable!
Fav IG to follow?
NatGeo. Not your typical answer, I know. But there is something about having an incredible picture show up in your feed to make your day a little bit brighter.
Define motherhood in one word?
Exhausting (said with a smile of course)
Thanks Jenna, we never get tired of hearing real insights from mamas and daddies! You and your little ones truly are our inspirations!
Have a story to share about your wee one’s personalized growth chart, big sister tshirt or big brother t shirt or any of our other personalized baby gifts? We’d love to hear it and see pictures, as well as share it with our readers. Please contact us at buzz @ petitelemon (dot) com.
Petitle Lemon In Real Life – Twins Turn One!
Recording childhood milestones and memories is one of the main reasons we design personalized baby gifts. We love helping parents keep a tangible memento of those special times with personalized onesies, big sister shirts, big brother shirts, or 1st birthday shirts and we’re beyond thrilled when our customers let us in on those moments too. Read on for some insight into, Andria the mama of our darling twin’s In Real Life story:
What are your boys’ names & how old are they:
Graham Loren and Eric Jeffrey, age 1 year
What do you love about having twins?!
I love that they have each other. Watching them interact is awesome. They look at one another and just giggle.
What has been the most challenging?
Juggling two kids who are in the exact same stage. I don’t get to just sit and snuggle with one because then I am leaving the other one out. I try to be as fair as possible with my time and attention for each of them.
Most surprising?
Seeing their little personalities develop. I could tell they were different while they were in my belly, but it is fun to see they have maintained those same characteristics now. One is more mellow, while the other is more high strung.
What are your fav Petite Lemon products and why?
We loved the birthday shirts for their first birthday. We also used the free birthday printouts from your blog (click here) and people at the party loved those. The other item we love are the personalized growth charts. We bought each of the boys the Navy pennant chart for their room.
What is your favorite blog right now?
http://karenrussell.typepad.com/
Karen is amazing and real. And she teaches amazing photography classes. I just finished taking her class for the second time.
Your fav Instagram?
@sisterhoodofsecrets
Define motherhood in one word?
Enlightening.
Wonderful, Andria! Thanks for letting us be a part of your boys’ special day and for letting us share it with our readers!
If you own any of our personalized baby gifts, big brother shirtsor big sister shirts, please let us know, we’d love to share your kiddo’s story and photo. Contact us at buzz @ petitelemon (dot) com.
What We Love Now: Fun Birthday Girl Party Themes
Last week we shared three fun birthday party ideas for boys from PopSugar Moms that we paired with the perfect 1st birthday shirts, so this week we’re highlighting three fab parties ideal for girls. And one of our favorite things about these parties?They don’t only rely on the color pink to be ultra-feminine and pretty.
The aqua blue Chic Chevron 1st birthday onesie is an idyllic outfit to wear to this Dreamy Under the Sea 1st birthday party. (Details here)
She’ll definitely be the star at a Breakfast at Tiffany’s-inspired party and a quick change into the Playful Party Hat birthday tee for the cake smash would be a smart wardrobe choice. (Details here)
As if we didn’t think the Four Legged Friendly party theme was sweet enough, our line of personalized baby gifts made an appearance in the goody bags! The Colorful Number 1st birthday onesie would have had tails wagging too. (Details here)
We can’t decide which of these 1st birthday shirts and party themes are our favorite, but we think each would be even more fun with some colorful personalized baby gifts. And of course, big thanks to PopSugar Mom for being such a fantastic source of ideas for us mamas and daddies!
What We Love Now: Fun Birthday Boy Party Themes
With so many kids between all of us here at Petite Lemon, we’re pretty much always on the lookout for fun birthday party themes. We often turn to PopSugar Moms for ideas and found a range of awesome ideas for birthday parties for boys. Of course next week we’ll turn our attention to the girls, but in the meantime, here are three great ideas for boy parties and 1st birthday shirts we’d have our guest of honor wear to each.
The Watercolor Fun birthday tee would be ideal to wear at this surf inspired blue ombre party. (Details here)
The Happy Confetti birthday tee would be a dream match for this Bedtime in the Backyard themed party. (Details here)
The So Cute birthday shirt is a timely choice for the One Year in a Flash party. (Details here)
Which of these 1st birthday shirts and party themes is your fave? Now, to decide on the perfect personalized baby gifts for each!
PL in Real Life: One Happy Mama
We work with some fantastic Brand Enthusiasts and are so lucky to read on their blogs how their little ones enjoy wearing our personalized onesies, big brother shirts, big sister shirts, or 1st birthday shirts or have our personalized growth charts in their rooms. Kristina from One Happy Mama (read more about her here) is one of those fab enthusiasts who recently shared on her blog what a joy it has been to have two boys close in age, in addition to an older daughter who lovingly mothers both boys.
We especially love this part of her post:
I’m so glad that they are going to have one another to get rough and tumble with (so they can wear one another out), play Ninja Turtles, take karate classes together and team up to drive their sister crazy. Ok, Caylin’s not too thrilled about that last one, but she knows it’s inevitable. Ha! 😉
(Shown: Jack in Merry Menagerie Big Brother T shirt and Luke in the Color It Up onesie)
Read more about Jack and Luke (and Caylin) at Kristina’s blog One Happy Mama.
Do you own any of our personalized baby gifts? If so, we’d love to share your kiddos’ story and photo, so please email us at buzz @ petitelemon (dot) com.
Little Blue Olive Giveaway
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!
Balloon Party Ideas
Creating a festive atmosphere for a birthday party is one of the top priorities when planning a kid’s big day. Decorating with a theme can get expensive or feel too “matchy matchy” or overdone, but balloons are a fun, easy, and affordable way to pull a party’s look together.
Parents Magazine recently offered some super balloon décor ideas and we paired them with our 1birthday shirts, which can be worn at the party or given as personalized baby gifts.
Balloon garlands make a big impact on décor and plastic clips make them easy to accomplish. Balloon themed personalized baby gifts, like the Balloon Party birthday tee, are ideal presents.
Adding confetti and/or decorating strings is simple to do, but ups the fun factor, as do the Happy Confetti and Party One 1birthday shirts.
Personalized numbered birthday shirts and balloons with cutout numbers on strings celebrate the age of the birthday boy or girl, as well as guests. And everyone can take home their own balloon afterwards. (Shown: Growing Gator and Chic Chevron 1 Birthday Shirts)
Want a few more balloon birthday party décor ideas? Check them out here on Parents.com.
1st Birthday Celebratory Ideas
If your wee one is about to turn one, you probably are looking for some big inspiration on ways to celebrate this momentous occasion. And we’re here to help with some fun ideas for party décor and personalized baby gifts.
A 1st birthday infographic is a fun way to spend special time together or go for an oversized 1st birthday infographic poster for a personalized decoration. Both are also awesome keepsakes you’ll treasure for years.
Wearing 1birthday shirts allows the birthday boy/girl to really stand out on their big day, and can also be given as personalized baby gifts. Add a party hat with their name or the number 1 to make it an especially sweet outfit.
We think a time capsule, like this one here from Merely Mothers, is a super cute idea!
(image from Merely Mothers )
We’ve seen some really over-the-top 1st birthday cakes, which we love, but a simple frosted cake with cool candles – think super tall tapers or letters that spell out Happy Birthday (Name) – is just as festive.
A photo booth, whether rented or created using a fun themed background, makes a great setting for pictures. And with so much going on that day, it’s an ideal way to set aside time specifically to take photos of the bday boy/girl and their guests.
And the most important tip in general? Don’t stress! Baby won’t remember their first birthday, so this day is all about having fun and creating memories, not perfection.
We hope these tips for 1st birthday party décor and personalized baby gifts were helpful, but we’d love to hear your ideas too! Share some with us in the Comments section.
5 Big Brother Gift Ideas
Yesterday we put together a list of ideas of custom personalized baby gifts for girls, pairing big sister shirts with gifts inspired by a child’s favorite hobby or activity to help the transition smooth when welcoming a new baby into the family. This week, we do the same for boys withpersonalized baby giftssets that include big brother shirts.
Here are 5 big brother gift ideas:
- The budding architect will love the Skyline Big Brother T shirt and an erector set.
- A dump truck and the Under Construction Big Brother T shirt is perfect for the truck lover with a new little bro.
- Get his comic book collection started with one or two comics and the Super Big Brother T shirt.
- The Batter Up Big Brother T shirt and a baseball hat with his (or your) fave MLB or college team logo is ideal for little sluggers.
- Choose a classic board game (CandyLand, Shoots & Ladders, etc) to pair with the Kids Play Big Brother T shirt.
We hope these 5 gift sets with big brother shirts, as well as yesterday’s sets withbig sister shirtshelp inspire fun ways to make siblings excited for their new role in the family.
5 Big Sister Gift Ideas
Getting ready to welcome a new baby into the family? Creating custom sets with personalized baby gifts, likebig sister shirtsorbig brother shirts, inspired by a child’s favorite hobby or activity makes a great way to smooth the transition for a wee one unsure of how the new baby will change things.
Here are 5 big sister gift ideas:
- For animal lovers, choose the Merry Menagerie Big Sister Tshirt and a stuffed version of their favorite furry friend to cuddle.
- The Charming Castle or Looks Like Me Princess big sister shirtsalong with a DVD of Frozen, Tangled, etc is ideal for little princesses.
- Garden tools and a Blooms Big Sister Tshirt is perfect for the mini gardener.
- The crafty girl will love the Stamped Style or Stitched Style big sister shirts and some arts & crafts supplies.
- The little baker will want to spend more time in the kitchen in her Sweet Treats Big Sister Tshirt and her own utensils for mixing, stirring, etc.
Later this week we’ll offer 5 gift sets with big brother shirts.