Baby Shower Forecast: Raining Zebras
With baby shower invites in hand, purchase packages of onesies. These can be pre-printed onesies on clearance (ahem), or good old Gerber onesies.
Print your favorite image on your laser printer on transfer canvas. Trim, seal color with a hot iron, prep onesie with a bit of T-shirt stabilizer.
Pin image over stabilizer on onesie. Carefully stitch around image with a new, brilliantly sharp needle.
Press again. Find coordinating ribbon. Tie and gift.
Voila — African children’s wear and a creative, inexpensive shower gift idea.
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These are FABulous, Kelli! Perfectly illustrated. I can’t wait to try some myself with favorite floral photos.
October 16th, 2007 at 12:07 pmcute! I love them!
October 16th, 2007 at 12:32 pmaw, very cute! my MIL made me some with a froggie stamp on them that remind me a little of those. super cute!
October 16th, 2007 at 12:58 pmSuper cute! I love the zebras! Now I know how you managed to get my favorite dahlia photo on my favorite apron
I made some of these onesies with matching headbands (for those with bald gender-neutral looking babies that are self-conscious of their ungirliness) that came out cute, too.
Great shower gifts!
October 16th, 2007 at 1:08 pmThose are SO CUT!!!!!!!
October 16th, 2007 at 1:16 pmI love them… do they come in sizes, like S, M… hahahahah
October 16th, 2007 at 1:27 pmTruly wonderful, Kelli!
October 16th, 2007 at 2:28 pmThose look great Kelli!
October 16th, 2007 at 3:11 pmVery cool. Makes me REALLY want a laser printer!!
October 16th, 2007 at 3:26 pmAs a recipient of a set of these darling onesies, I can speak to how clever and original they are as gifts. Thanks Kelli! Scott loves them too!
October 16th, 2007 at 3:29 pmAdorable, i’m going to make some for my granddaughter.
October 16th, 2007 at 3:39 pmSo cute! Must try! Need babies!
October 16th, 2007 at 4:20 pmHow cute is that!! *adds more stuff to the list of things to make for the little one*
October 16th, 2007 at 4:49 pmthat is just beyond cuteness kelli!
October 16th, 2007 at 5:00 pmAfican Kelli baby line! I love it. All this cute baby stuff makes my ovaries itch! KIDDING!!
October 16th, 2007 at 9:15 pmAwww, so very AfricanKelli!
October 16th, 2007 at 10:03 pmNice!!!
Those are absolutely amazing! Great job Kelli.
October 17th, 2007 at 12:12 amWhat a great way to brighten up plain suits.
October 17th, 2007 at 2:16 amLove the African Pictures for something different.
Adorable!
October 17th, 2007 at 4:19 amthose are too cute! i’d like to do the same thing with tees…for ME!
October 17th, 2007 at 4:20 amThey look fabulous!!
October 17th, 2007 at 5:06 amAhhhh! How cute! Really. I think some adult tee’s would look good with that also.
October 17th, 2007 at 5:31 amAdorable. I’ve always had a fondness for zebras and giraffes. This might be the thing to pull me away from sock monkey and Heather Ross dog baby gifts.
October 17th, 2007 at 7:20 amSimple, creative, practical and fun! What a great gift.
October 17th, 2007 at 7:24 ambrilliantly cute!
October 17th, 2007 at 9:47 amI’m so going to do that for my new nephew and cousin!
October 17th, 2007 at 9:55 amSuper cute - thanks for posting the how-to also - I can’t wait to try it!
October 17th, 2007 at 11:02 amOh you’re good. That’s brilliant.
October 17th, 2007 at 1:21 pmabsolutely cute.
October 17th, 2007 at 5:12 pmyou are amazingly creative!
Love that they arent all pink or blue- gender neutral is so hard to find in the stores and it’s so much more origional!
October 17th, 2007 at 6:19 pmOMG! I am in love with those onesies, you are so creative!
October 18th, 2007 at 2:25 amVERY cute, Kelli. I’m proud of you!
October 18th, 2007 at 7:04 amHi Kelli,
December 10th, 2007 at 11:26 pmIs the stabilizer behind the picture or behind the onesie?
Thanks.
jessica