Baby's 1st Birthday Present Idea #2

As promised I am back for the second instalment of 'Baby's 1st Birthday Present Ideas' Wahoo!

I shall be revisiting some of the lovely special gifts Finley got for his first birthday like this one and also his gorgeous timeline but also the little gifts mummys babies love that are just too cute and possibly a little bit cheeky!

Looking back aside from his clothes the majority of his presents could be for either a little Dolly Pop or a Rowdy Rascal - Finley very much being the latter.

After racking my brain for ideas I remember stumbling across a gem on pinterest, a little memory box frame filled with lovely newborn goodies. The one on pinterest was A3 and had the tinniest babygrow pinned in, after searching and searching all I could find was this A4 memory box one so I opted for tinier mementos. 

 I gathered all Finley's little newborn lovelies, from his little knitted hat that seemed massive at the time, his name tags and his first ever scan. Another cute touch would be to add the umbilical cord clip, I have put Finley's somewhere so safe I cant even find it...hopefully when I come across it I shall add it in. 

I love it, it ticks all my present loving boxes. And I'm sure when Finley is a little older he will love to see how tiny his little arms and legs once were for those tiny taggies to fit around.

You can buy your memory box frame from John Lewis, mine was £23 and came with all the little pins and printed tags. They do them in pink and blue too! Lovely Jubbly.

They would also be perfect for an 'after wedding gift', if you keep your invites, menu, a little handful of confetti and a photo of the happy couple I'm sure they would love it! 

I hope this has given you a little inspiration for your little ones 1st Birthday and if you do go ahead and make your own please let me know....I would love to see a picture.

Love Kayleigh x

Baby's 1st Birthday Present Idea #1

Take a look at this masterpiece...my most amazing purchase for Finley's birthday. 

With Finley's birthday only being two weeks after Christmas it left me scratching that little nogging of mine to think what to get, he had all the clothes under the sun, toys galore and because it was his 1st Christmas he got super duper spoilt by everyone. 

I had a few bits set aside but I really wanted to get him something he would be able to keep and cherish when he got older. If you ask Matthew he would tell you I am one of THE most sentimental people out there and I even still own a torn piece of envelope with 'I love you' on it that Matt gave me over 7 years ago!

Time was pressing on and I still hadn't found something that really ticked all the sentimental boxes until I found this....

WOW! I was browsing Etsy looking for a smidgen of inspiration and there it was, I have no idea what I typed or how I found it but it is everything I love Finley will love about presents! Individual, personalised and quirky.

Tell me more I can hear you all ask, okie dokie then, well it is your babies 1st year in time line form, documenting any little milestone or occasion you want. The whole picture is hand illustrated using fine liners and permanent markers, you can see the amazing detail in every little drawing!

A lovely lady called Beth over at Bethy Boots illustrated the whole piece for us, she truly has a talent and instantly understood my style and what we wanted. All you need to do is let her know what milestones you want including and she takes it from there. I opted for the little baby milestones Finley achieved in his first year, from him sitting up for the first time to his first tooth. Something I know I would love to have now to look back on.

I told Beth my quandary of only just finding her listing on Etsy and not to rush finishing it as it was my fault the universes fault I had not found her earlier. But to my surprise she had whipped out her markers and it was with me in under two weeks! She really pulled out all the stops to get it here as close to Finley's birthday as possible. :D

When the parcel arrived it was addressed to 'Supermum Kayleigh' well any parcel that arrives to the Bamber Household addressed like that is a sure fire winner, and boy we were in for a treat when we opened it.

In total I paid £50 for the illustration and that included the frame, a perfect amount for a main birthday present and of course it is totally worth spoiling your little one on their first birthday! 

I asked Beth's permission to blog her amazing work and she was very happy for me to share her links with you, so make sure you head over to her website here and just have a look at all her fab illustrations! I am already pondering what else I can get drawn up :D 

Thanks again Beth

Love Kayleigh x