mei-tai numbahhh 2!

my oldest friend in weston had her baby shower today. we were in the same 1st grade class and she was my first friend in town! danielle is a fantastic sewing enthusiast as well, so i figured i'd leave the baby clothes sewing to her, and made her my 2nd mei-tai! the inside is made of a khaki flannel that has turtles and hippos, which is super soft and cute. mom's christmas gift was made of the same flannel (pics to come later) and i made sure to save enough for the mei-tai, since blue is danielle's favorite color!

the meitai and pocket flaps aren't crooked, i swear. unfortunately i didn't adjust it before i snapped the pic. since baby showers are scenes of majorly cute decorations, clearly my forte, i had to step up my game. i used the last of my 1960's sparkly light blue ribbon (of course! and danielle is having a boy!!) which is tarnish-resistant, and included a card trimmed with pinking shears! on the card, i sewed cutouts of a turtle and a hippo. (sewing on paper feels so wrong but is so so cool!) i'll be doing it again for sure! at the baby shower, we all were told to pick a rubber duck and i won the prize! the barefoot contessa's "how easy is that?" cookbook! how perfect, considering i'm awful at cooking. maybe i'll be featuring pics soon of something i've cooked... maybe... i'm sure danielle will have birthed her baby before then! good luck, oldest buddy!