Year 2 - Day 273 - October 1

Today we celebrated the upcoming birth of our friends' daughter. Rather than play games at the shower, we decorated onesies. I did a lot of research before the party because I wanted us to be able to make outfits they could actually use. A few things kept showing up in the recommendations list of people's blog posts. #1 - don't use puffy paint (it stays tacky forever) , #2 - don't try to glue anything onto the outfits (it will come off in the wash and/or the kid will try to eat it) and #3 - invest in stencils. We started with stencils, but as we kept going we gained more confidence. Most of us made a couple and they all came out really cute! My first one is the alphabet above ... it's hard to see in the picture, but the "I" and "U" are different colors, with the "O" being a heart in between. (Totally stole that from a picture online.) I think the mommy to be made the flower on the right, and I have no idea who made the flowers on the left. :)

Later, we moved on to free hand for large shapes we thought we could handle. We also used masking tape for straight lines like the cupcake wrapper and ice cream cone.

Our Spanish teacher friend made one that is unique - the new mommy will always remember who made that one! The St. Patty's day and pumpkin ones were made by our friend that has annual Oktoberfest and St. Patty's Day parties. How appropriate! :) And how cute is wiggle worm?

The butterfly/dragonfly was a stencil, as was the bee ... but the apple was done freehand. I also love that the butterfly has a smiley face. The friend that made that one put a smiley face on both of her animals. Here's the other ... hee hee...

We were laughing about the fact that although the new baby has some vegetarians in her family, she will be exposed to bacon. The new baby's daddy has been known to say "Bacon is nature's candy!" So this is the perfect onesie for this kid.

And finally, any baby in Baltimore needs a onesie just for Hon-Fest.

The flamingo was done free hand, which is super impressive ... and it says "Hon" on the butt. HA!

We had a great time!