Beautiful Details...Packaging and Labels!

I apologize that have not been posting about any of my recent stationery and invitation design projects, and I still do plan to post a recap of some of my favorite designs from last year (at some point...hopefully).  I really plan to be better about this once things settle down a bit.  I've been a very busy lady trying to get the house and nursery ready for baby.  It has been very fun, but lots of purging has been necessary.

I had two baby showers over the last month or so, one in DC and one here in Nashville.  It has been so fun to get all of these toys and gear and clothes for the babe, and I wanted to share with you a few truly amazing things that I received.  This is definitely inspiration for me, so hopefully it will inspire you as well.  I love beautiful wrapping and packaging, and it is also fun to see all of the brands and labels with cute fonts and designs.  And, of course, hand-made gifts are always inspirational.  The two gifts I must mention are as follows, and deserve more than just one photo:

GIFT #1:
Now this is a DIY creation, but only if you have your own fully-functioning organic farm, as do our incredible cousins, who live on a beautiful farm in Virginia.  What is most amazing is that they do this purely for the love of it.  For a wedding gift, they gave us a blanket made of their sheeps' wool, and so it is only fitting that they gave us these beautiful hand-stitched booties for a baby gift (also made from their sheep's wool).

The gift itself is not the only incredible part, but the beautiful box and packaging, with the sweet label printed with the name of their farm and sheep motif on a beautiful baby blue background.

Not to mention, the gift also came with a matching stationery card with a sweet note.  Then you open up this beautiful box to find these tiny hand-stitched booties inside.

This gift came to me in the mail, and the whole experience of opening it made my day!


GIFT #2:
Another amazingly talented friend of mine who happens to be both brilliant and incredibly creative gave us another wow-worthy gift.  Another DIY pro, my friend Nan made this beautiful patchwork baby blanket that looks like it should be in a Lily Pulitzer catalog with all the cheery bright colors.

She not only hand-crafted this sweet beauty, but also has her very own label sewn in the back corner.

How amazing!!  What a gift!