20 DIY Baby Shower Gifts

Monthly Onesie Gifts: How cute are these! You can find these cute iron on month stickers on Etsy.  Just prewash the onesies in advance and put on the stickers! So easy and way cute.  You can even make your own if you want to get really creative. 

Quick Change: Buy or make some of these drawstring bags for a "quick change" for this mother to be.  Each bag will have everything for a diaper change including: one diaper, ziplock bag of wipes, disposable changing pad, bag for disposal (could even be where the wipes were), and a small bottle of hand sanitizer.  What a great idea!

Closet Clothes Organizer: How about some of these cute closet organizers for a baby shower.  You can buy cheap door signs and make them beautiful so this new mother can organize the baby's closet.

DIY No-sew Pacifier Clips: Pacifier clips can be so easy and cute to make.  All you need is suspender mitten clips, glue gun, velcro tape, 12-inch long ribbon (love these cute ribbons she found), and beads, lace, or anything else to make it cute :)

DIY Nursing Cover: So many cute fabrics and so many cute designs a nursing cover can be so easy. 

Baby Mobile: Mobiles for a baby room can be so expensive.  With paper you can cut/punch out shapes and put them on fishing wire.  You can add other cute things from lace, beads, pearls, and more.

DIY Alphabet Name Plack: There are many cute ways to make this.  This blogger bought an alphabet stencil and spray painted it white and then put fabric behind the letters to make them different colors.  You can also use a stencil to stencil on the letters.

Baby Subway Art

Burp Cloth:  Burp cloths are essential for every new baby.  You can even add cute initials or names on the cloths as well.

Applique Onesie Gift: There are so many cute designs you can put on onesies for boys and girls.  From cupcakes, birds, and sheep for girl onesies and basketball, sports, and cars for a little boy.

DIY Quiet Book: There are so many great tutorials online for creating a quiet book.  The quiet books are great and you can bring them anywhere.  You can make pages from colors, animals, shapes, and more!

Baby Shower Cupcake: I love all of the cute designs you can make from baby essential items with burp cloths, onesies, bibs, blankets.  Baby shower cupcakes are a great gift for a shower.

Washcloth Puppets: Made from terry cloth, you can make fun animals or people for a gift is a great idea.

Baby Wipe Cases:  Look how cute this baby wipe is! You can choose any kind of fabric and cute designs like lace and flowers in this wipe case below.

Receiving blanket and hats:  How cute is this customized blanket.  They cute out each letter and put it on this cute blanket that you can make or buy.

Baby Onesie Bouquet: Cute and easy way to put together cheap items from socks or wash cloths.  You can put a bouquet in a vase or flower pot.

DIY Baby Shoes:  These shoes are so cute, especially with a ruffle.  This pattern is a great step-to-step guide of how to make these.

Stroller Bag Carrier: I love this idea for making a stroller bag carrier.  Way useful and helpful for a mom on the go!

Baby Shower Gift in a Jar:  Here is a concept that I haven't seen around but I came up with.  A baby shower gift in a jar which creates a beautiful display of the gifts you are giving for a baby shower.

Baby Headbands: Headbands can be a cheap and cute gift or can even be a cute 'bow' ontop of a present.

Growth Chart:  I love this idea for a growth chart, you can make it out of wood or fabric like this baby growth chart below.

Cafe Bella Rue Dinner and Gelato

Last week, my husband and I and two friends tried out a new restaurant called Cafe Bella Rue.  It's in South Jordan, UT on SoDa Row, which I have been to many times, but have not been to this amazing European Bistro.  We enjoyed it so much that we can't wait to go back this next week.

Right when you walk in, you will love the inviting environment, welcoming service, beautiful decor, and great variety of food. The restaurant had so many great options from pizzas and calzones, sandwiches, soups, salads, and more. The service we had was so nice and helpful which added to our great experience!

We started off with Italian Soda which were seriously the best I have ever had.  They were so delicious and huge, I couldn't get enough of it! They also had amazing looking smoothies that I want to try the next time I go.

For an appetizer, we tried their sweet potato fries were delicious.  I kept on eating them throughout my whole meal, even when I was completely full because it was so good and it had a great sauce!

Here is their "Specials" board which had so many great deals.  The prices (even without specials) are a reasonable price for this delicious and big portioned meal especially with my husband being a big eater.  

You can't really tell how big this salad is that Alexa ordered, but it is pretty darn big.  This is definitely what I'm going to get next time I go.  There were over 10 different salads to choose from, tough choice. 

Here I am in Cafe Bella Rue, it's a happening place that everyone wants to come back to and experience other foods.  Inside and out of this restaurant is kid friendly.  Their menu has specials for free kid Wednesday and outside you can find swing sets, a large grass area, and a water play area for kids... and adults that are kids at heart. 

 Look at this satisfied customer about to devour his meal. This was the Ferrari sandwich (with pancetta, gouda cheese, chipotle sauce) which is one of their top sellers.  I had to have a bite of his, and it was so good!!! Definitely a good choice for me in the future, we hear people come back to this European Bistro particularly for this special sandwich. 

Oh my gosh, after we ate we had incredible gelatos and sorbet.  There had to be over 40 different flavors.  My friends liked the Apple Pie and Stawberry Gelatos, I'm so glad I got the Pineapple Sorbet.

As you can see they had a huge variety of gelato:

Apple Pie, Biscotti, Blueberry, Butterfinger w/ chocolate, Caffe Latte, Caramel Sea Salt, Cherry Mania, Chocolate Cheesecake, Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Classico, Chocolate Hazelnut, Coconut, Cookies & Cream, Creme Caramel, Disaronno Amaaretto w/ Italian Cherry, Dulce de Leche, Gianduia w/ Heath Bar, Hazelnut, Milk Chocolate, Mint Chocolate, Mocha, Panna Cotta, Peanut Butter, Pistachio Italiano, Pure Pistachio, Raspberry Cheesecake, Reeses and Cream, Strawberry w/ Fruit, Tiramisu', Toasted Almond, Triple Chocolate, Vaniglia Gialla, Vanilla Madagascar Yellow, Vanilla Tahiti, Wild Cherry Cheesecake, + about twenty more not even including their sorbets.  

After we got our gelatos/sorbets, we walked around the town and there was so much going on.  Right outside the restaurant, there was a band setting up to perform and many families and friends sitting on blankets to watch the free concert. 

 What a fun, cute town! There is so much to do and the town is very modern by the design of the buildings.

 This next week they have a 5th Annual Fizz Fest at SoDa Row with food, music, fun, and more.  There is always something happening in this town, so grab a gelato and some dinner at Cafe Bella Rue and enjoy the town.  

The pizzas were so incredible, we love how Mondays from 4pm till close you can get their pizzas from $7.99 and fountain drinks from 50 cents!   I got the Mediterranean pizza which was was so delicious, it had a thin  crust which was cooked perfect.

15 Awesome Gender Reveals

Check out these cute pictures for Gender Reveals.  The last few years (and maybe thanks to Pinterest) gender reveals are getting more and more popular.  There are so many cute ideas for parties, favors, and announcements.  Here are some fun ideas:

From: http://www.bottleyourbrand.com/blog/category/events-and-celebrations

Here are some more party ideas, I love the food ideas (like the pink and blue cake or cookie middles) and the ideas incorporating mustaches. 

From: http://blog.hwtm.com/2012/08/gender-reveal-party-ideas-pink-vs-blue/

I think this announcement for a boy reveal is so cute!

http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/197665871115385126_JJchxD2W.jpg

I've seen balloon pictures like this all over Pinterest for revealling a baby's gender.  There are cute chalkboard decals you can always place on your box to make it all cute.

From: http://radiantphotogallery.blogspot.com/

I love this baby gender reveal party with lighter colors, cute signs, and blue cake in the middle for a baby boy! From: http://www.theprettyblog.com/2011/07/boy-or-girl-gender-reveal-party/

I love this idea, making a pinata and filling it with pink or blue candies or paper.  

From: http://brookekellyphotography.blogspot.com

Or, surprise everyone by bringing in a cute pink/blue diaper cake like ones from eDiaperCakes.com. 

I love this cute idea, tying a scarf into a bow around your belly as a gender reveal.

http://www.hiltonpittmanphotography.com/expecting-a-boy/

You can even do a basic idea like this couple. Show something pink and blue and then leave the right color. From: http://pleasantandhome.wordpress.com/tag/gender-reveal/

This idea for opening a suitcase wih a gender reveal sign is another cute ide! Such a beautiful backdrop.  From: http://www.etsy.com/shop/BlissBanners

Etsy and other sites have so many cute ideas for you to buy.  This sign is from scrabble tiles. From: http://www.etsy.com/listing/92571575/its-a-girl-scrabble-sign-gender-reveal

Wow, I really want to do this.  Scratch to find out if it is a boy or girl! Such a great idea.

From: http://www.etsy.com/shop/EnchantingByDesign

This is another gender reveal idea you can buy from Etsy.  It's an egg (comes in several colors with different designs on the front), you crack it open where there is a paper to say if you are expecting a boy or girl!

From: http://www.etsy.com/shop/BlissBanners

 

Maternity sashes are a way cute idea to show if you are expecting a baby boy or girl.  Here is one for a girl. From: http://www.etsy.com/shop/BlessedandBeloved

Lastly, here is a block idea where you can put "it's a girl" or the name of the baby.

From http://www.etsy.com/shop/BabySoCuteDesigns

Lastly, I love this picture with a large balloon with the baby's name on it from devandmcki.blogspot.com.