DIY Baby Clothes Bouquet

I just love new friends. Especially when they are the kind of people you can sit down with over lunch and leave feeling like you've known them a whole lot longer than an hour. My latest addition in the friend department fits that bill to a T. Her name is Helen...she is beautiful, sweet, and until last week very pregnant! Last week she delivered her precious little boy Luke three weeks early. I couldn't wait to pay them a little visit at the hospital but knew I couldn't arrive empty handed! I swiped this idea off of ETSY and thought I would share it with you. I love the thought of flowers, but as we all know, they don't last long. Here is a way to deliver a bouquet of blooms that will last. Start with the goods (I chose a couple of onesies, bibs, washcloths, newborn hats, and the must have a baby blanket....

You then take each item and roll it individually (keep in mind you will want enough small things to make a full bouquet). Arrange them in a flower like bunch...

Then take your baby blanket and wrap your blooms (simulating the outer paper around a bouquet of flowers)...

You could totally call it a day and deliver this as is, but I added a few finishing touches in the form of flowers and leaves (made of tissue and scrapbook paper)....

I also added a cute monogram to the tag (L is for LUKE!)...

Voila! The finished product...

Fun and functional I love this idea! But you know what is even cuter than a blanket wrapped bouquet?? A blanket wrapped baby...

Congratulations Helen and Ben, Luke is absolutely adorable!!