Gifts for New Boys

I can't believe it's already Saturday, and what a Saturday it's been! Beautiful here - 70 degrees and super sunny. We still have snow, but a lot less than before. I predict some hardcore flooding pretty soon if this nice weather keeps up.

Yes, these two silly little girls ARE missing a pair of pants, a shirt, and their shoes, but at 70 (after being 35 for flipping ever) it was HOT to them, so I didn't mind. They played in the running snow water, wrote with chalk on the driveway, and even stomped in the mud a little - just like kids should do.

And with spring always comes new babies! I love babies. Big, fat babies are my favorite. They're are lots of baby girls in my life, and not so many baby boys, so it's kind of tough to come up with a new baby gift for little boys.

Then I had an idea. I've seen these cute necktie applique shirts everywhere, so I decided I would make a necktie applique onesie for each of the new cute, fat, little boys. Here are a couple of tutorials I found to help me along:

The first tutorial is one from Pinspiring, a cute little blog inspired by fun finds on Pinterest.

This second tute is from CrapI'veMade.com. The name of the site is a little crass, but the idea is cute, so why not.

I haven't made the onesies yet, but I will tonight. Look for an update tomorrow if I can get some good pics.

Addition Added

You may or may not have known that I was expecting in late December of 2012. On December 27th, baby Ivy Ember was born. My newest pride and joy **grin**:

And here's a picture of both of her big sisters giving her some new baby sister attention (as much as a 2 and 3 year old can give, anyway):

So....right toward the end of December, I got a bug up my butt and I started "nesting." But not in a gotta-get-the-house-cleaned-up kind of way (although there was that). My nesting consisted of hunkering down in front of my sewing machine and making some ridiculously adorable baby outfits: a dress and matching hair piece, and a ruffled petti romper and matching hair piece. Here's the dress on a hanger.

I just happened to be at the fabric store and ran across the gorgeous flowered fabric (which I used for the front of the skirt) and HAD to have it, even though it was a bit expensive! It was the inspiration for the dress and head piece. Feathers, ribbon, and fabric! I am SO IN LOVE with this dress. I made the basic pattern and added the ribbon around the waist and the bow at the neck. Once I finished the dress, I  moved on to the headband piece. I didn't get a picture of just the head piece, but it's just as fabulous as the dress! It has a clip on the back so it can be attached to different colored headbands or in different orientations.

Here's a picture of little Ivy in the dress and headband at three weeks old:
 

What a DOLL!  I know every mother thinks her babies are the cutest, but really, I'm gushing!

For the petti romper, it was really hard to figure out how big the baby would be as a newborn before she was born (duh!) so I went by a romper pattern I found on Pinterest from Frame Worthy Shot. Unfortunately, by the time I had the guts to try the outfit on the Ivy, it was too tight...or maybe I just ruffled it too tight (most likely). So I ended up cutting off the top half so it was just a petti diaper cover. Still looked freaking adorable! I made a headband clip to match this outfit, too! Blingy!