Baby Gift Set: Keepsake Boxes and Book

Today, I'm sharing a more gender neutral version of the baby's first year mini book and keepsake box gift set that I like to make and add to my shower gifts. I think adding a little handmade something makes a gift more personal and special.

I made these several years ago, going on four I believe, when I was first getting into making papercrafts. The boxes are fairly small craft ones, that I painted yellow. I used some Sizzlits die cuts for the top of the large one and a border sticker strip around the little one. I printed out the poem and used die cut letters to spell out sweet baby sweet baby, kind of like a border for the smaller one. At this point I coated both boxes with Mod Podge to seal the paint and the embellishments. After it dried I used glue dots to attach the rest of the decorations onto the box.

The smaller box is for little keepsakes like baby bracelets or booties and I put this little accordian fold mini book in the larger one.

Here's the inside pages, the strips of paper on the outside of each page are attached with brads and the photo can be slipped underneath them. The idea is to attach a photo from each month on each page. I've made several of these as gifts since then, but shockingly have yet to make one for myself. I think I need to get on that pretty quick!

Update 3/1/11: Also shared at Maryanne's & Christine's Baby Themed Events:


Shared At: Xazmin's Mod Podge Mania, Blue Cricket Design's Show & Tell, Make it for Monday at Cottage Instincts, Twice Remembered, and