Giveaways!

Baby Orr Decor will be featured on two blogs this month, for giveaways! So, if you have had your eye on some cute items, but the budget is a bit slim this month, here's your chance.
The first is already going on, HERE. It is a contest, on my good friend Emily's blog on parents.com. She and Dave need help in picking out a name for their new little one on the way. Check it out, but hurry there are already over 80 posts! If they pick the name you suggest, you will get a $30 Baby Orr Decor Gift Certificate.
Emily is one of the funniest people I know, and we have lots of crazy memories together. I enjoy reading her blog, and I always appreciate her honesty about the issues we face in motherhood. Her personal blog, is HERE as well as on the side bar. It is hilarious.
The other giveaway will be HERE in the next few weeks. It will be for the cutest Framed Blessing.
Have fun commenting! And to all of you who have found me through these sites, welcome!

Jesus Loves Me

This must be the season for Christenings, cause I have had 2 requests, just this week for some embroidered items for Christenings. It's odd, cause I was just thinking about making Anna a cute onesie that says "Jesus Loves Me", so I already had some ideas floating around.
Here's a Gift Set someone ordered:

Super Sweet

Here's Hannah in her sweet swaddle...

Birthday Cutie

I just got some new applique designs, that are not up on my site yet, but are available. Here is a pic of a First Birthday shirt I did last week.
Adorable!
Thanks Allison, for sending me the picture.
Happy Birthday Alex!

Blessings, blessings

I have had lots of orders for Framed Blessings lately. I just LOVE the idea of having my babies surrounded by the promises of Scripture.
Here are some pics:

Cousins

The saddest thing about moving back to Florida is that I am now further away from my family. We have a blast when we are together. We mostly just pick on one another, and eat the whole time we are together. It is a blast.
There are 6 grandbabies, between my sister's kids and mine. My mom has had a new grandchild every Christmas, for the past 5 Christmases, and #6, Hannah will have her first Christmas this year!
We were able to make it up to the lake house for Labor day weekend. Above is Anna, with her cousin Kendal in their matching $2 Target shirts that I embroidered their initials on, which you can't see cause they are on their left side.
Kenneth and Jacob, pictured here, have a love/hate relationship. They love all the same toys, and they hate to share.
Their Mimi got them matching Lightning McQueen shoes, which even though there were two pairs, they still managed to fight over them.

How to use your Swaddler

-Place your Baby Orr Decor Swaddler on a flat surface and fold one corner down about 6 inches.
-Place your baby on his back with his head right above the fold.
-Pull the right corner (your right) over his body, keeping his left arm down at his side. Tuck the Swaddler between his right arm and side, and then bring it under his back. Be sure to get a snug wrap.


-Bring the bottom corner over his feet. This does not have to be tight, but you can tuck it in under his chin if you want to.


-Wrap the left corner over his body, with his right arm down at his side, and then tuck the remaining part of the blanket under your baby.
This should leave only his head and neck exposed. The weight of the baby should keep the swaddle nice and tight.
These are pics from Anna's first swaddle. They were not taken for tutorial purposes, but to capture Anna's first moments in this world. (Even puffy and red, she is the prettiest baby!) Hopefully they will help you visualize how to swaddle.