When I saw some of the cutesy crafts that Meg at Whatever made, I was totally impressed. Then I found this Martha Stewart video and decided to attempt my own personalized appliques.

A quick trip to JoAnn’s enabled me to grab a variety of all-purpose thread, some quarter-yards of cutesy fabric, and some fusible interfacing. Then I headed to Target and Walmart to pick up my little people clothing. I broke out the sewing machine and followed the instructions to the letter.

My first attempt – a little fur lined hoodie from Wallie-mart personalized for my neice, Clara. A February birthday will be the perfect opportunity to ‘present’ her with this gift.

And a little onesie for a friend’s baby…and let me tell ya, the straight lines of the “W” were definitely easier than the “C”. Since the little one is named Willow, the modern pink leaf-patterned fabric is reflective of her ‘natural’ title.

In my mind, packaging gifts is just as important as the gift itself. So a chocolate satin bow with a personalized tag makes this onesie more popular than Super Bowl commercials. Well, almost. Steph – be on the lookout, the package is in the mail 🙂 I hope our little girl likes it. And yea, any smiling, drooling, gas, or sleeping means that she loves it.

How bout you guys? Have you attempted an easy-peezy-lemon-squeezy craft that is too cute? Please share. Afterall, we adults have to do the crafts. Because babies can’t sew…they can do this…but they can’t sew 🙂