'Beautiful' Tops

My daughter has it in her head

that she must be pretty.

Hence a refusal to wear any plain top in protest

that it's

'not beautiful'.

I found some felt shapes for NIS 2.50 a pack

in the local shekel shop

(that's about 60 cents or 40p

at the dollar or pound shop equivalent)

and voila, pretty tops she's happy to wear.

Except for the red and orange flower.

That one didn't pass the test so she still needs to be

b r i b e d

to wear it.

(p.s. Thank you Natalie for the blue one! See, she loves it. The stripy one is a favourite too, I didn't need to do anything to it. And you know I'm famous for making my children wear their clothes until it's obvious they're waaaayyy too small. There's still years of wear in them!)

Personalizing Babygro's

I tend to give these as gifts to new mamas - cross over babygros with sleeves that turn down into build-in mitts. I think they're the best design ever! Slouchy, floppy newborns are so difficult to pull cloths over their heads - this kind opens up and you just lay the baby down and wrap them like a parcel.

The tag I've removed so it doesn't scratch the neck

and re-sewn it as a cute patch on the back.

Flowers are felt circles embroidered to bunch like a flower,

and buttons are from the button box I inherited

from my grandmother.

I figure that age 0-3 months won't yet be at

danger of removing buttons and choking....