We just can’t get enough of seeing our personalized baby gifts being used and loved by little ones, it totally makes our day! We’d love to share pix of your wee ones with their personalized growth charts, tees or alphabet posters so please send them our way and they can be a part of our new series of posts called Petite Lemon in Real Life.
And to get this series started, here are a few pix of Jake and his Monkey Pals personalized growth chart (on his first birthday, first day of toddler “school,” and at 31 months), which goes perfectly in his monkey themed room.
Which of our personalized baby gifts do you have? Come on, let us know!
Nursery Décor Contest: Enter our big giveaway from Petite Lemon and Kal Barteski
We recently came across the SUPER talented Kal Barteski of Incredible Things and absolutely fell in love with her brush script style and the positive messages she uses in her artwork. As mom and dad designers of personalized baby gifts and décor, we feel like we’ve met a kindred spirit and wanted to share our love for her work with you, our dear readers. We know you’ll love Kal’s work as much as we do, so we’re having a big giveaway so you can win some of her work, as well as a Petite Lemon personalized growth chart, big sister tshirt, big brother t shirt, or other tee or décor piece of your choosing!!
(meet Kal)
We love these prints, perfect for a nursery // Dream Big // Happiness is Handmade // Magic in the Making
If you’d like to enter to win a $30 gift card for Kal Barteski’s shop AND a $50 Petite Lemon gift card, please tell us in the comments section below — if you could choose any Kal print + any Petite Lemon growth chart, and we’ll pick a winner at random on Tuesday, March 18th.
(Which of our personalized growth charts is your favorite?!)
Gift Set Idea: Dr Seuss Books & Personalized Baby Gifts
March 2nd would have been the 110th birthday of the incomparable Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr Seuss. His books make ideal gifts for kids of all ages, so in honor of his birthday, we’ve created some custom gift set ideas with our personalized baby gifts and his magnificent books.
Birthday Gift Set #1: Happy Birthday To You by Dr. Seuss with My First Birthday or Cake Time 1st birthday shirts
Birthday Gift Set #2: The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss with Playful Party Hat birthday photo tee
Baby Shower Gift Set #1: Fox in Socks by Dr .Seuss with Sweet Fox onesie
Baby Shower Gift Set #2: The Lorax by Dr. Seuss with I LOVE (You Pick) onesie
We hope these sets of personalized baby gifts and Dr. Seuss books inspire you birthday and baby shower gift giving.
And a big shout out to Dr. Seuss who greatly influenced our childhoods, as well as our kids’.
3 Stylish Gender Neutral Nurseries
It seems like more and more people are waiting to find out the gender of their baby until it’s born, while others don’t want their baby’s gender to dictate their nursery’s design and prefer gender-neutral décor. Surprisingly, a lot of people automatically think yellow or green are their only options, but we know there are many, many more colors and themes out there to create a magical space for baby.
Here are three very stylish gender-neutral nurseries we love and the personalized growth charts we’d choose to complement them.
Bold orange makes a big impact in any nursery and goes well with lots of different colors, like the Doodle It Up personalized growth chart with orange, gray, aqua and green, and this eclectic, brightly hued nursery. (Roomzaar)
We’d choose the simple gray Perfect Pennant personalized growth chart to accent this super hip, but cozy gray nursery with gold metallic accents that easily works for either a boy or a girl. (Grayhood)
We love the creativity and style this chalkboard mural adds to this chic black and white nursery and would add in the graphic Design for Minikind personalized growth chart.
Which of these nurseries with complementary personalized growth charts is your favorite gender neutral option?
Get Inspired: What Does the Fox Say?!
We’re on the final installment highlighting our four favorite nursery décor trends of the ten that Project Nursery identified for 2014. We love the Navy as Neutral, Return to Tradition, and The More The Merrier trends, as well as this week’s, What Does the Fox Say. Like the super popular YouTube video, the fox trend is adorable and well loved.
Here are a few nurseries that feature foxes that we’ve matched with our personalized growth charts.
Gray with pops of orange and blue, the Animal Crackers personalized growth chart complements the color palette of this nursery as well as the graphic whimsy of its rustic woodsy design with a fun fox print. (Apartment Therapy)
Like the My City personalized growth chart, this lively nursery offers a fun mix of bright primary colors, as well as some pretty cute red foxes. (Gray Likes Baby)
Foxes take the spotlight in this soft and sweet pastel toned nursery, a great background for the equally darling Woodland Fun personalized growth chart. (Life in Bridgetown)
We just love the sweet fox décor trend and think it will continue to be a popular choice for nurseries for a long time. How would you incorporate foxes into your nursery, with personalized growth charts, stuffed animals, framed prints, etc?
Where to Wear a Big Brother T shirt or Big Sister Tshirt
Designing our line of personalized baby gifts every day, you would think we’d know all there is to know about personalized onesies, 1st birthday shirts, big brother shirts, and big sister shirts, but we learn from our customers all the time that we don’t. They’re always surprising us with wonderful ways their wee ones proudly use their personalized baby gifts.
We’re big believers in having big siblings wear their big brother t shirt/big sister tshirt to the hospital to meeting their new “little,” but we recently heard from a customer how much her son loves wearing his big brother t shirt to school. He’s very proud to show his classmates that he is a “big.”
That got us thinking. Where else can kiddos proudly display their sibling status by wearing their big brother shirts and big sister shirts? Here are three fun ideas:
- When traveling on vacation with the family
- A friend or family member’s birthday party
- At an after school activity, like gymnastics, ball practice, music class, ballet, etc
(Shown: 1. Around the World Big Sister Tshirt and Big Brother T shirt; 2. Modern Fun Big Sister Tshirt and Big Brother T shirt; 3. Kids Play and Rock On big brother shirts and big sister shirts)
Please tell us, where do your “bigs” love to wear their big brother shirts and big sister shirts?
What We Love Now: Green
St. Patrick’s Day is in two weeks and spring is around the corner, so we have the color green on our minds. We love all of the various shades – from rich emerald to soothing Ceylon to hip chartreuse – and love to incorporate the hue into as many of our personalized baby gifts as we can.
A big sister tshirt or big brother t shirt in a shade of green makes an ideal shirt to wear on St. Patrick’s Day. (Shown: Chic Style, Rock On and Something to Say big sister shirts and big brother shirts)
Have a wee one with a March birthday? Green birthday shirts make excellent personalized baby gifts that will be proudly worn on their big day. (Shown: Green Gator, Fun to Be One, and Happy Confetti 1st birthday shirts)
Welcome March babies with personalized onesies in green that highlight their birthdate. (Shown: Stamped Delight, Playful Hello, and Beep Beep personalized onesies)
Green is great, don’t you think?
5 Ideas for Unique Personalized Baby Gifts
Our kids love receiving gifts with their name, initial, or image on them as much as we love designing our line of personalized baby gifts. They’re super thoughtful and special, which is how gift giving should be.
If you’re looking for inspiration for some personalized baby gifts, here are 5 ideas for unique personalized baby gifts.
- Personalized onesies (Shown: Graphic Fun and Modern Type personalized onesies)
- Photo personalized growth charts
- Alphabet Posters
- Photo poster (Shown: Striped Wonder, Sweet Elephants)
- 1st birthday shirts and onesies (Shown: Play Party Hat, Happy Confetti, and Colorful Number 1st birthday shirts)
For baby showers or birthdays, personalized baby gifts just can’t be beat, don’t you agree?!
The More The Merrier: All about decorating a shared room
Project Nursery recently identified the top 10 nursery décor trends for 2014 and so far we’ve highlighted two trends we’re particularly excited about – Navy as Neutral and Return to Tradition. This week we put the spotlight on “The More The Merrier.” All about decorating a shared room, this is a trend we can definitely relate to and don’t see it going away anytime soon. Whether baby is sharing a space with its parents, older sibling or twin, it’s important that some of the décor be just for him or her.
We’ve found some ideal shared bedroom designs and matched them with our personalized growth charts.
If your bedroom is also baby’s bedroom, a personalized growth chart design that appeals to your aesthetic but also has a clean and simple design is best. For this master bedroom/nursery, we like the our Perfect Pennant personalized growth chart which also features vivid yellow background (available in 5 colors) in a modern pennant shape . (Suburbs Mama)
Using a personalized growth chart that features siblings’ names together, as well as wall art with each child’s name and monogram, gives the room cohesion as well as a sense of individuality. And of course we love that our Animal Crackers personalized growth chart is being used in this bright & cheery big sister/little brother room. (Melissa Esplin)
Twins share so much, so when it comes to their room it’s nice for them to have some things that are entirely their own, like a personalized growth chart that will track their individual growth. For this boy/girl twin room, we’d choose the On the Go and Up Up Away personalized growth charts, both of which complement the overall room design. (Project Nursery)
Do your wee ones share a space? Which of these personalized growth charts and room designs best fits your needs?
Spring Runway Trends Meet Big Brother Shirts
Want your little man to be stylish, but still look like the little boy he is? Well we’ve taken some spring menswear trends and found some of our big brother shirts that epitomize the spirit of those trends. Like our previous Spring Runway Trends Meets Big Sister Shirts post, here are some ways to incorporate a few runway worthy spring trends into your wee man’s wardrobe.
Plaids and checks are classic menswear patterns and big for spring, as Giorgio Armani showed on the runway, but they also look great on boys. (Shown: Patterned Delight Big Brother T shirt)
The Color Burst trend, as seen in the Ralph Lauren spring collection, is fun for casual menswear, as well as little boy’s style. (Shown: Stitched Style Big Brother T shirt)
The Color Blocking trend isn’t just for women; it’s also for men, as Lacoste showed on the runway, as well as fun loving boys. (Shown: Taped Up Big Brother T shirt)
The Retro inspired trend, as epitomized by this outfit from J. Crew, are cool for men and of course for little men too. (Shown: Retro Style Big Brother T shirt)
An all-time favorite, the Sporty Fix trend hits big this spring for men, like at DKNY, but realistically always for boys! (Shown: Batter Up Big Brother T shirt)
Which of these menswear styles and big brother shirts is your fave?
