Baby Christian name sign

The first name sign canvas we did for a baby shower of our friend Maryann. She now has a precious baby boy named Christian. The idea for the name sign came out of the need to do something personalize and special for her baby shower gift. Keep in mind this was our first attempt at doing one of these, so we were very nervous and overly critical about making it "perfect."

We came up with the theme for the canvas from the baby registry. The room theme that Maryann had selected was Show Doggies, which also matched the invitation that we received.  The first thing that we did was find a picture to put on the canvas. After looking through several dog cartoons and clip art we settled on one. A cute blue dog in a dog house.

After that was done, we painted the base of the canavas a light blue color as well as painted a brown boarder. Our idea was to to make it look sort of like a picture frame. We played with the idea of making the frame a perfect line but in the end decided to make it look imperfect for a more natural look, after all this was for a baby and they can be messy! We added the touch of dotting the "i" with balls that looked like the ball from the picture on the canvas. We printed the picture and decoupaged it onto the painted canvas. Once everything was completed we applied a finishing spray and viola! We also wrote the meaning of his name as well as the bible verse that goes along with it. Christian: Believer in Christ. Isaiah 40:31.  There you have an original, and unique name sign for Baby Christian! His mom loved it and and one day I am sure he will too!

I didn't actually get a picture of the finished product but this is as close as it gets.

This is the finished present. We like to make our wrappings unique and useful. We got this basket from Michaels that can be used to keep the babies things even after the present has been opened. It's cute and functional!

~Amy and Christina~