It really started with a cute little memory book of baby's first and I thought it would be a good idea to have something to collect all those firsts. I came up with a memory box with separate boxes for different keepsakes.
I attached the memory book to the box lid with ribbon. I glued one end of a length of white ribbon inside the box lid and attached velcro on the other side. I covered the spot where I attached the velcro to the ribbon with a small wooden star.
The added challenge was the fact that I had no idea if it was going to be a boy or a girl...
So I decided to go with a star theme. I painted a wooden keepsake box a light yellow and embellished it with white ribbon and rub-on stars.
I painted the smaller boxes white and trimmed each box with thin yellow ribbon. Each box was titled with a sharpie and embellished with the rub-on stars.
(I have to give credit to my Mom for her lovely handwriting!)
The smaller boxes correspond with pages in the baby book.
The book had pages for news from when the baby was born.
There was a page for everyone's inspirations and suggestions for names for the baby.
It included space for keepsakes like the bracelet from the hospital.
Then there were places to record baby's first impressions.
And who could forget the first tooth and the curl from the first haircut!
It took a little (ok, a lot!) of maneuvering and switching out box sizes and shapes to get them all to fit in the large box. ...I'm probably on some watch list at Michael's... But eventually I got the combination and got everything to fit just right.
So now that my friend is due with her second little one...I guess I had get to work again!
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