This is what I did for Sweet Pea. Someone gave us these booties for Firecracker. They're totally adorable...but a little impractical for actually wearing. I've felt bad that the kids never wore them when they'd been handmade and are so stinkin' CUTE!

So I took some unravelled yarn left over from another Christmas project I'll post about later and added Sweet Pea's name to one side and 2009 to the other side.

Then I filled up the bootie with stuffing...uh...well...actually...fleece scraps to keep it filled out in a nice shape. (I used to drive my mom crazy saving "useless" scraps. Now I drive my husband crazy with it...but they do come in handy.) I think it turned out pretty well. Now I just have to figure out who to make the other one into an ornament for. I think this would work great with pretty much any bootie or even a baby sock. You would probably want to use embrodery thread instead of yarn if you're doing a sock.
This would also make a great shower gift for anytime during the year for a new mom to use for next Christmas.
Are those the booties June Barnes made (from Kathy Rhodes)? Why not make the other one into an ornament for Firecracker, since they were hers in the first place?
ReplyDeleteMaybe, I can't remember who gave them to us. Does she make these? Yes, we were thinking of making the other one into Firecracker.
ReplyDeleteCute idea!
ReplyDeleteHow sweet!!!! and that's a great idea for a new baby.
ReplyDeletewhat a cute ornament!
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