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Welcome Isabelle!

Happy Saturday, Everyone! There’s a new little baby Diva almost here and today we’re celebrating with a surprise shower hop! So come along with the Verve Divas and do the hop, hop, hop to help celebrate the arrival of Charmaine’s new little oodabug! If for some reason there's a break in the hop, just head over to the Verve Stamps blog to see the scheduled list of links for our special surprise hop.

It's no secret that Charmaine loves ladybugs (oodabugs), so when I went to create a graphic for the hop, I just knew I had to design a little oodabug baby. Then the graphic became the inspiration for my hybrid gift ensemble.



I've seen tons of cute onesie projects around the blogosphere lately, and have been wanting to try my hand at printable iron-on transfers for a set of personalized onesies. I just love how they turned out! I designed the transfers on the computer and printed onto Avery Light Fabric Transfers with my inkjet. For the packaging, I re-purposed a bath & body works gift set box to hold the 5 personalized onesies, and wrapped it with some of the yummy Real Red stitched ribbon from SU!. I tied on a tag made with a print-out of the ladybug and pink circle in the graphic, then stamped Congrats from Practically Perfect in the center and matted with a black scallop circle.



I needed a little container to hold another little something, (No, I'm not telling what it is - I have to save at least a little surprise for Charmaine to open!) so I used Kelleigh's Perfectly Square Template Set to design a little hybrid box to match. The four sides of the box say, "Welcome Little Oodabug Isabelle" and I popped up some extra printed oodabugs for some dimension.



To finish off the ensemble, I made a quick little 4.25" square card. I used square nestabilities to emboss a frame on the card base, then simply trimmed out another printed graphic and stamped the "a baby is a bit of stardust blown from the hand of God" sentiment from Practically Perfect. A cute little oodabug punched out with SU! circle punches on the envelope completes the look.



Congrats Charmaine! Wishing you and your little one all sorts of happiness. I hope you enjoy the hop!

Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Michelle's blog for some more cuddly goodness.

43 comments

Jackie Pedro said...

OH MY GOSH....so ADORABLE, Julee!! LOVE the onesies!!!

Lynda Benden said...

ACK, this is darling Julee!!! OMG, mine stinks compared to this!!! LOL!!! What a wonderful & thoughtful gift, she will love it!

Amy Sheffer said...

Oh my GOSH!!! Julee, you've outdone youself! This is such an amazing gift set. The oodabug graphic is divine in and of itself, but the set you've created around it is to die for! Charmaine is going to love, love, love this!!!

Regina Mangum said...

This is SO DARN CUTE!

Kim Teasdale said...

WOW! How thoughtful and sweet of you to do that! I'm in love with your adorable gift combo and hybrid Oodabug logos :) Pure genious I tell you!

Yvette said...

What adorable projects! LOVE how the onesies turned out!

Unknown said...

WOW! These are SO adorable! Love that little oodabug - she will absolutely love this thoughtful gift!

Kerri said...

Oh, how sweet!!! Your little ladybug is soooo adorable, and all of your fabulous creations rock! Amazing, Julee!

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

OH MY GOSH, Julee, I don't even know what to say! I am completely speechless! I have tears coming down my cheeks. . .the hop in itself was such a wonderful surprise, but your gift is absolutely OUT OF THIS WORLD adorable! I can't believe I will have Verve Oodabug onesies to dress Isabelle in!!! How fabulous is that? Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart!

Michelle Woerner said...

Oh Julee! This fabulous! The onesies are just tooo cute. What a fantastic gift for little Isabelle! Almost makes me wish I was having another little one... ALMOST!!! Hugs,

Janelle Stollfus said...

This is just adorable! Love the Oodabug designed.

Justine said...

OMYlanta, I don't even have a baby and I want these. How wonderfully perfect, she is going to absolutely love them

Wendy said...

OH MY GOODNESS!!! You've totally blown me away with your talent! I never seen anything so adorable! Wow!

Sheri Gilson said...

Julee, that is absolutely ADORABLE!!!

Karen Giron said...

You are one talented girl! I love that oodabug graphic!! The onesies are just adorable and the whole gift package is just darling. Charmaine will absolutely love it!

Pam Speidel said...

This is SO sweet and SO extra special! You've put a lot of heart into this and it shows! Charmaine and her little Oodabug baby will *love* it!

Julie Campbell said...

Wow! I know this had to have taken awhile to do! It's completely, utterly PERFECT! LOVE it!

Laura (scrapnextras) said...

Gorgeous, adorable and so perfect Julee! Love this little ensemble!

Shannan Teubner said...

OH MY GOODNESS, Julee!! She will love this!! So, when do we get an oodabug stamp???

Jen Tapler said...

Holy crap girl!! I'm with Shannan - time for an Oodabug stamp set!! But I'm worried you're gonna bail on us and start designing digi stuff...WOWZA! (ummm, if you do...I BETTER be on that Creative Team!!! LOL).

Teresa Kline said...

this is sooo adorable, what awonderful gift and very clever!

enjoy *~*

Silke Ledlow said...

OMG - Julee - this is tooo stinkin' cute!!! Lov ethis little gift set!!! AWESOME!!! Hugs ~S~

Amber Hight said...

Julee, what an amazing gift set! It's totally adorable and something I would spend money on! LOVE IT! You are such a great friend to have;)

Lori Craig said...

I *thought* you had been ill...LOL! You are nothing short of amazing. Beautiful gift. I know how touched Charmaine must be to see your beautiful gift. Darling little oodabug - so will be we seeing this in a release soon? Darling!

Tracey said...

Oh my, this is all so cute!! Love it!

Dawn Easton said...

Oh my goodness, Julee, this is so adorable!

Jessie/knightrone said...

TOTALLY adorable!!

Melody said...

Oh, this is so cute. It is a wonderful project. I will have to give that try. The oodabug design is so cute. Love the red.

Gail said...

great projects! love them all

Anonymous said...

Not this is a gift! WOW! She will be speechless! Amazing Girl!

Lisa Hjulberg said...

Oh Julee, I hope you make this cutie into a stamp set!!!

Libby Hickson said...

Oh my CUTENESS!!! This is soooo adorable!! I could hear the squeals of delight coming from Charmaine as I read this!

Cheryl said...

Oh my goodness! Your creations are absolutely gorgeous! Love the paper items, and those onesies? Charmaine is going to love them!!

Debbie Corbari said...

Wow Julee! This is absolutely ADORABLE! I just love it and HAVE to try the whole iron-on onesie thing myself. What an inspiration you are!!

Anonymous said...

SO CUTE!!!!! Are we going to be getting an oodabug stamp soon?!?!?!?!

Sharyn said...

Just darling - love your oodabug design and the whole hybrid project is perfect together.

Karen J. said...

These are so sweet..I'm sure little Isabelle will look adorable in them. Charmaine will be estatic over that design.

Tosha Leyendekker said...

What an absolutely FABULOUS gift set Julee!! LOVE the ladybug, and I'm sure Charmaine will adore it too!! Girl, you are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!

Wanda Cullen said...

What an ultra-special and unique gift!! I just love the idea!!

Tracy.H said...

Soooooo very cute!!

Julie...come check out my blog...I left something for you! :0)

Giovana said...

This is so pretty!!! Love it.

Shy said...

WOW! These are awesome! That little one is going to look so sweet!

dpkennedy said...

Holy cuteness! Your graphics are adorable and the onesies, oh my! I love the matching box and card and tags...all are so sweet! Love it all!