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3 Fabulous Freebies from 2013

This past year we’ve created some darling freebies (as well as personalized growth charts, big sister shirts, big brother shirts, AND personalized baby gifts!) for you to enjoy so we thought we’d do a wrap up and share 3 of our favorites.
First, our birthday interview:

(Click here to jump over to our birthday interview blog post and download this freebie)

You know we’re ALL ABOUT birthdays with our 1st birthday shirts and personalized birthday shirts for kids! And this year we added to our collection of 1st birthday shirtswith darling designs like Play Party Hat, Happy Confetti, So Cute, and Cake Time. So naturally one of our favorite freebies of the year has to be our colorful birthday interview! Simply download, print and fill out with your birthday boy or girl — they’ll be so proud to display at their party or in your home. And once the big day is over, be sure and pack this one away as you know it will be fun to look back at in a few years.

Next up, our Emergency Contact Form:

(Click here to head over to this blog post and download our emergency contact form freebie)

This past year was a big year for all of us here at Petite Lemon — we had a new little one arrive, a home renovation, trips, puppies, birthday parties, play dates, school (we could go on, you too?!). We launched new big sister shirts and new big brother shirts and grew our collection of personalized growth charts. In the middle of it all, we designed another favorite freebie for you — our emergency contact form. With busy days ahead, it’s comforting to know that the necessary contact information needed is all organized an in one place!

(Click here to read about how to download, cut out and have fun out our magnet ocean shapes)

This year we added several new personalized growth charts to our collection and we always love including animals and creatures of any kind — especially sea creatures! This freebie requires magnet paper, scissors, and a little imagination! Every shape can be built to create a fish, turtle, submarine, or more! Whatever your heart desires!

Which freebie that we created this year is your favorite?!

Happy New Year!

Our Favorite Personalized Growth Chart Tips and Tricks

Whether you’re in need of a gift for your sister’s baby shower, your nephew’s birthday or the perfect addition to complete your baby’s nursery — our exclusive collection of over 70 unique personalized growth chart designs will prompt any child to smile. What a pleasure it is to see our little ones cheer with delight as you track their growth on their very own personalized growth charts!
This year we’ve compiled several fabulous posts with information for you to take care of your personalized growth charts, help you choose the perfect personalized growth chart, or learn more about our decor customization. Check out a re-cap of our our favorite and most helpful posts below:

What pen should I use on my personalized growth chart?
In this post you’ll learn about which types of pens we recommend to use on both our all natural cotton canvas as well as our signature poster paper materials. Click here to read more …

Hang your personalized growth chart with washi tape!
Here we’ll show you some darling ways to hang your signature poster paper personalized growth charts with the new trend, washi tape! Click here to read more …

Ideas for creating uber-personalized customized growth charts!
Did you know you can add more than just one name to your personalized growth chart? We’ve got some great ideas for you! Click here to read more …

Décor Trend: Symbols of Good Fortune

For many cultures, the start of a New Year is often coupled with traditions to ensure good fortune. And if you’re expecting a newborn at this time of year, a great idea for decorating the nursery is to include one or more of these symbols into the décor.
We’ve picked a couple of good luck symbols and found some adorable nursery décor, including personalized growth charts, bedding, lighting, mobiles, etc.

Red is a symbol of good luck and happiness in China and in Spain it’s tradition to wear a pair of new red underwear on New Year’s Eve for good luck. (shown: Perfect Pennant personalized growth chart, Ducduc Red Dylan Crib, DIY Elephant Lamp)

Water – a nautical theme is often used for summer babies, but water cleanses away any bad fortune and makes a beautiful theme year round. (Under the Sea personalized growth chart, Coastal Living Wave Hello Rug, Ocean Depths Blue Baby Mobile)

A range of different foods (lentils, mangoes, bread, etc) and sweets are eaten in different cultures as a sign the New Year will be a sweet and bountiful one. (Shown: We All Scream personalized growth chart, Candy Land Fabric Mobile, Consider Yourself Hugged Ice Cream Lovie Blanket)
Have you incorporated a good luck symbol into your baby’s nursery? How did you do it, with personalized growth charts, bedding, lighting, mobiles, etc.?

5 Coordinating Gift Sets from Petite Lemon

Want some last minute ideas for personalized baby gifts? We’ve created five coordinating gift sets with personalized growth charts and big brother shirts & big sister shirts (and personalized onesies too!) to help inspire thoughtful, albeit last minute, gift giving.

For baby’s first Christmas, consider pairing the Zoo Friends personalized growth chart with the Gentle Giraffe or Joyful Elephant personalized onesies or the Firetruck Fun or Baby Builder personalized onesies with the On The Go personalized growth chart.
Create a future artist with the Color Me personalized growth chart and the Love to Sketch Big Brother T shirt or Big Sister Tshirt.
For the big city kid, the My City personalized growth chart and the Skyline Big Sister Tshirt or Big Brother T shirt.

For the wise beyond their years little one, the Playful Owls Big Brother T shirt or Big Sister Tshirt and Hoot Hoot personalized growth chart.

For the ocean loving kiddo, the Whale of Fun Big Sister Tshirt or Big Brother Tshirt and the Under the Sea personalized growth chart.

Décor Trend: Pantone Color of the Year – Radiant Orchid

The Pantone Color of the Year for 2014 is Radiant Orchid, a beautiful pinky purple. And if you think you can only use this color for a girl’s room, think again. This color goes well with a range of other colors, so small pops of it can be incorporated into any kid’s nursery for a bit of cheery brightness.
We found some gorgeous nurseries that utilize shades of Radiant Orchid and paired our personalized growth charts with them.

With blue skies, a yellow hot air balloon, and round purple trees, the My Town personalized growth chart nicely complements this pretty nursery. (Project Nursery)

Using a mix of colors with Radiant Orchid, as well as a child’s artwork, gives a room a custom flare. We’d use either the Monsterrific personalized growth chart or the Cheeky Dot personalized growth chart to further personalize this room. (Design Addict Mom blog)

Would you choose the Colorful Words personalized growth chart or the Doodle It Up personalized growth chart for this very colorful, eclectic nursery? (Apartment Therapy)
Will you use Radiant Orchid in a nursery? How would you incorporate the color – paint, personalized growth chart, bedding, etc?

5 Gift Wrap & Topper Ideas

Did you get your kiddo(s) a personalized growth chart, big brother t shirt orbig sister tshirt for Christmas? If so, we thought we would offer you five creative gift wrapping and topper ideas inspired by various designs of our personalized growth charts,big brother shirts and big sister shirts.

Rock On Big Brother T shirt or Big Sister Tshirt – Create a musical gift they’ll love to shake by attaching multiple jingle bells with ribbon to the package
Super Big Brother T shirt or Big Sister Tshirt – Add their favorite action figurine – Batman, Wonder Woman, etc – to the top of the box for a great 2-in-1 gift
Love to Sketch or Playful Doodles Big Brother T shirt or Big Sister Tshirt or Color Me personalized growth chart – Use your child’s artwork or keep them busy with an art project, then use it as wrapping paper
My City or My Town personalized growth charts – Upcycle your local newspaper (think the comics page) to wrap up their gift
We All Scream personalized growth chart – Add a little extra sweetness by tying a gift card to your local ice cream shop.

We hope these ideas will help inspire how you wrap up your little one’s personalized baby gifts.
(Sources: Jingle Bells from Polyvore; Superman from Bonanza; Child’s art from GreebleMonkey; Comic page wrapping paper from Pinterest; Ice Cream Gift Card from Baskin Robbins)

Gift Cards + Fun Gift Wrapping ideas!

Did you miss the cut off for ordering personalized baby gifts in time for Christmas, or just not sure which personalized growth charts, big brother shirts, big sister shirts, 1st birthday shirts, or personalized onesies the kiddo(s) on your Christmas list would want? No worries, we’ve got you covered with two gift card options. (shop for gift cards by clicking here)

A Petite Lemon E-Card with a gift message can be delivered via email on a specified date or printed out and wrapped.
A hard copy 4×6 gift card can be ordered and comes with a free gift wrap kit, which includes a chic pillow box, blue tissue paper, a Petite Lemon logo sticker, and a pretty satin ribbon.

Love the idea of a gift card, but know how much wee ones love to unwrap presents? Well, we’re not just designers of personalized growth charts, big sister shirts, 1st birthday shirts, and personalized onesies, we’re also parents who know what it’s like so we have these cute ideas to put a little extra fun in receiving a gift card:

Attach the gift card to an ornament (either a new one, one with their name on it, or an ornament you know they love) and hang it from the tree so it’s there on Christmas morning.
Place the gift card in a small box placed inside a larger box (or two or three), so they nest and the child will need to open each one until they finally get to the card itself.
Wrap the gift card inside an empty breath mint or throat lozenge tin. They’ll be a bit confused – and you’ll get a chuckle – until they open the tin and discover the opportunity to pick their favorite personalized growth chart, big brother t shirt, big sister tshirt, alphabet poster, etc.
Make it a stocking stuffer!

Of course a gift card also makes an ideal stocking stuffer.

It's a Party! Party Hat!

Even though we have Christmas on our minds, making sure all of the gifts are ready for giving, the house is clean, the groceries have been bought, there’s still another big holiday on the 2013 calendar to think about – New Year’s Eve! And even if your little ones won’t be staying up until midnight, they can still get in on the action with these festive party hats.
Our fab designer Muffin – creator of many of our adorable big sister shirts, big brother shirts, and personalized growth charts– has designed these super fun hats kids can wear to ring in 2014. Just download the pdf here and assemble in minutes.

(Download our free party hat here)

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2014!!

Tick tock time to shop! It's our last sale of the year!

Still want to give personalized baby gifts for Christmas? It’s not too late! Orders placed before Tuesday, December 17th can still arrive on time with express shipping. Any order of personalized growth charts, big brother shirts, big sister shirts, 1st birthday shirts, personalized onesies, of $45 or more on 12/16 or 12/17 will receive $10 off. Simply use code MERRYSHIP before midnight Pacific Time on 12/17 with any minimum order of $45.

Which personalized baby gifts are you giving this year?

Our Favorite Christmas Gifts: Part 2

Last week we highlighted some of our team’s favorite Christmas gifts, focusing on the big sister shirts and big brother shirts that have personal meaning for them. Today we have input from more team members on their favorite personalized growth charts for Christmas.

JESSICA, marketing director, is a Kappa Kappa Gamma and one of their mascots is an owl. She collects owls, they are all over her house, so of course the (ONE) Hoot Hoot personalized growth chart has been one of her favorites from the get go. Her other favorite is the (TWO) Woodland Fun personalized growth chart, because the design is completely original and she thinks the animals are hilarious. She loves the little additions to each character- the beaver with the mustache, whatever the parachuting critter blowing bubbles, the hedgehog balancing a strawberry – and thinks it’s just pure cuteness overload.

PAULA, founder/mompreneur, loves everything of course, but the (ONE) On The Go personalized growth chart was specifically designed for her son who absolutely loves all things planes, trains, and automobiles so it holds special meaning for her. Another new fave of hers is the (TWO) Doodle It Up personalized growth chart because she just adores the bright colors and fun font along with the animals, characters, and especially the ridiculously cute noodle on a fork.

NOELLE, blog contributor, has the (ONE) Monkey Business personalized growth chart for her little monkey Jake so it has a big place in her heart. She’s also due with her second baby any day now and is planning to use the (TWO) Shooting Star personalized growth chart for the new nursery so she highly recommends that one as well!
Don’t forget, if you’re planning to buy personalized baby gifts for Christmas, Sunday is the last day to receive FREE standard U.S. shipping. Just use code FREESHIP from now until the 15^th and all of your favorite personalized baby gifts are guaranteed to arrive in time for the big day.