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!
5 Favorite Boy Nursery Designs
Last week we presented our five favorite girl nursery designs and next week we’ll share our favorite gender neutral looks, but this week it’s all about the boys! Again we turned to Project Nursery for some new décor inspirations and we think you’ll be in love with these rooms as much as we are.
We’ve paired five of our most favorite nurseries designed for boys with our personalized growth charts.
This travel themed nursery will surely inspire little boys to explore the world and the colorful room, like the Up Up Away personalized growth chart, is super uplifting. (Room here)
How fun and quirky is this navy, green and orange nursery?! Several personalized growth charts, like Doodle Delight and Animal Crackers, could easily complement this eclectic and colorful design. (Room here)
The Roaring Red Perfect Pennant personalized growth chart adds a perfect extra pop of red to this sophisticated vintage airplane themed nursery. (Room here)
Hung on a closet door, the Woodland Fun personalized growth chart would add a dose of whimsy to this nursery with a chic, modern woodland design. (Room here)
Pops of orange and green make a big impact in this adorable fox themed nursery and with so much going on, the Chartreuse Perfect Pennant personalized growth chart adds a simply perfect touch. (Room here)
What do you think, which of these is your favorite nursery design for boys? Check back next week for our gender neutral rooms with personalized growth chart pairings.
5 Fave Girl Nursery Designs
We look at gorgeous nursery designs all the time and love to offer up as many ideas for inspiration for our readers as we can. We often use colors or design themes, but today we just wanted to share a few of our favorite newest designs we’ve seen recently. Actually these are five of our favorite girl nurseries, and over the next two weeks we’ll share five boys and five gender neutral rooms too. We looked to Project Nursery, one of our all-time favorite resources for design, to uncover these decorating dreams.
We love how different these five girl nurseries are from each other, yet they’re all equally beautiful in their own way. Of course we think our personalized growth charts would elevate each room’s design even more.
Bright pops of color and Native American accents give this nursery a very creative, unique look and the Color Me personalized growth chart complements the hues, as well as the overall artistic feel of the space. (Room here)
Ruffles and bows add an extra feminine touch to this black, white, and pink Old Hollywood glamour style nursery. Shooting Star in custom colors and Soft Pink Preppy Pennant are two options of personalized growth charts that would work well in this room. (Room here)
This ecletic nursery is both sweet and soothing, and the Balloon Party personalized growth chartwould perfectly tie together the shades of pink, yellow, and blue used throughout. (Room here)
Soft and dreamy, this coral and teal accented room would get a nice touch of whimsy with the addition of the Cheeky Dot personalized growth chart. (Room here)
This room is a burst of color with gold accents and a midcentury modern edge and we think the equally vibrant and uplifting Colorful Words personalized growth chart is an ideal fit for it. (Room here)
We hope you love these nurseries as much as we do. Would you choose the same personalized growth charts to pair with them or would you choose different ones?
Personalized Baby Gifts: Designer Picks
If you’re on the hunt for some personalized baby gifts, we’re always happy to help! And today we’re offering some ideas for personalized onesies which were created by our awesome Creative Director Hillary, with a dose of design inspiration and mommyhood reality thrown in.
In general, where do you find design inspiration?
I find design inspiration everywhere….cereal boxes, magazines, Children’s books, hiking in the mountains, television commercials, blogs, Pinterest, Target, clothing…. I love looking at the world around me. I have 2 little girls and they have taught me to look at things at a different angle…which is fun and gives me a new perspective as well.
You designed the Charming Hello, Modern Name, and Playful Hello personalized onesies. What was your inspiration for each design or what do you like most about it?
Charming Hello: This chalk trend is everywhere. I love putting my own twist on a fun trend.
Modern name: This design was a lot of fun to create. I love that it reads vertically and has a lot of impact.
Playful Hello: I LOVE the hand lettering here. This design is so simple, but has so much personality.
What’s a typical day like, how do you juggle designing, finding inspiration, and being a parent?
There is no typical day. Every day is an adventure….balancing/juggling work/life I am still trying to master this. I have a 3 year old girl, 9 month old girl, Chihuahua and a husband with an online shop. We have a nanny come in during the week so we can get our work done and our kids don’t just watch TV and eat cheerios all day long.
What ideas/designs/fonts are you working on developing now?
We are just finishing up our Christmas Card collection for Shutterfly. It’s always interesting to be working on Christmas cards not during the holiday season.
Thanks Hill! We know you’re a busy working mama, so we’ll let you get back to designing more adorable personalized baby gifts now.
June Holiday Fun
As if summer vacation isn’t reason enough to celebrate, the month of June is filled with all kinds of national holidays. Some holidays are sillier than others, but all are good reasons to have some fun!
Here are some ways to celebrate June holidays inspired by our personalized baby gifts, big brother shirts, and big sister shirts.
What better time than National Aquarium Month to visit the local aquarium to see the wonders of the ocean or buy the wee ones their very own aquarium. (Shown: Whale of Fun Big Sister Tshirt & Big Brother T shirt; Under the Sea personalized growth chart)
Celebrate National Candy Month and Dairy Month separately or combine them by eating a big scoop of ice cream with chunks of candy bar in it (mmm, thinking about Ben & Jerry’s Coffee Health Bar Crunch right about now!). (Shown: Sweet Treat Big Sister Tshirt; We All Scream and My Town personalized growth charts)
For National Rose Month, a flowery art project is timely, as is a trip to a local conservancy. (Shown: Sunny Flower, Blooms, and Flower Power big sister shirts)
June 6 is National Yo Yo Day, the perfect time for the Kids Play Big Brother T shirt and Big Sister Tshirt, and if your kiddos are total BFFS, they’ll love wearing their big brother shirts and big sister shirts on Best Friends Day, June 8. (Shown: Under Construction Big Brother T shirt; Double Trouble Big Brother T shirtand Big Sister Tshirt)
Flag Day follows on June 14, a great day to wear red, white & blue. (Shown: Only Child Expiring Big Brother T shirt and Big Sister Tshirt; Taped Up and Batter Up big brother shirts)
June 23rd is National Pink Day, so rock those pink big sister shirts! (Shown: Something to Say, Super Sister, Chic Stylebig sister shirts)
And of course, the most popular holiday in June is Father’s Day. Don’t forget June 3rd is the last day to order dad themed onesies and tees. (Shown: I Love Dad, My Dad Rules & Best Dad Ever personalized onesies and tees)
We hope these June holidays, pictured with our personalized baby gifts, big brother shirts and big sister shirts, offer ideas for fun summer days with the kiddos.
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.
What We Love Now: Bold Printed Personalized Baby Gifts
One of the big trends in fashion and home décor right now is bold prints and honestly, we aren’t surprised. We’re big fans of vibrant, bold designs and like to utilize them in our line of personalized baby giftsas much as we can. We’ve chosen five of our favorite bold printed designs here:
- Striped Monogram and All Mixed Up personalized onesies
- Sprinkled Flowers personalized growth chart
- Chic Chevron and 1Birthday Shirts
- Doodle Delight alphabet poster
- Color It Up Big Brother T shirt
From personalized growth charts to tees and onesies, which of these bold printed personalized baby gifts do you prefer?
Get Inspired!: Safari Themed Décor
Last week we posted about safari themed personalized baby gifts (here) and promised a décor post to help inspire you to get the look. Well, here it is! We’ve rounded up some super cute safari animal inspired nurseries and chose some of our personalized growth charts that would make the rooms even more adorable.
Animal print décor, as well as a mix of stuffed animals and wall decals, pull together the safari theme in this sophisticated warm brown and pale chartreuse green nursery. The Animal Crackers personalized growth chart would accent this room perfectly! (Janey Mac)
We love how chic, yet whimsical this blue and green safari nursery is, and would choose the Zoo Friends personalized growth chart to soften up the look in the room’s very geometric design. (Project Nursery)
This nursery’s design is a less literal version of a safari theme, but it has a colorful, fun vibe with jungle animal accents that will easily take it from baby room to kid’s room. The equally creative Doodle It Up personalized growth chart would only add to the quirky cool room. (La Dolce Vita)
The Growing Giraffes personalized growth chart makes a great complement to this nursery decorated with pops of bright colors and wild animal themed wall art and knick knacks. (On to
Baby)
The safari theme offers a wide range of style options, which of these nurseries and personalized growth charts fits your style?
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)
Decorating Shared Rooms
Earlier this year we wrote a post on decorating shared rooms called The More The Merrier, because we know how we shared rooms with our siblings and/or have kids that do the same. That’s also why we just LOVED Ever Clever Mom’s recent post 5 Tips for Decorating Shared Playrooms. Carly at Ever Clever Mom is one super clever mama (and a brand enthusiast of our personalized baby gifts!), so we wanted to make sure you saw this post too.
Her first two tips involve wall art:
Add some new pieces of art that belong to both of them. We agree and love that Carly used our Growing Giraffe personalized growth chart to make that happen.
When you add pieces that are personalized for each child, try to make them match. Again, another great tip to create individualism without sacrificing style.
Be sure to read her post here to learn three more great tips for decorating shared playrooms.
And if you’re planning to decorate shared rooms with personalized growth charts and other fun décor, it’s not too late to enter to win a $25 gift card for The Banner Shoppe and a $50 Petite Lemon gift card good for any of our personalized baby gifts. Go to our Instagram account at @petite_lemon before end of day May 23rd to enter!
