My favorite projects start out with a custom request!
My wonderful friend Andie said, “Hey Lesley, I have a god son who has begun losing his teeth. I would love to be the one to give him a tooth fairy pillow. Any chance you could make one?” What a fabulous idea!! I played around with a design until I was satisfied and now Andie’s god son has a sweet little home to keep those baby teeth safe until pick-up from The Tooth Fairy.
And now, the pillows are available for your little ones as well on Poole Party Designs!
As I look at what I am creating these days, it has a lot to do with milestones. Shirts that recognize how many years a child has under his or her belt or a onesie that announces the letter or name that is bestowed at birth. We celebrate birthdays at our house with quite a lot of hoopla and other milestones seem to be the same. As time passes in both a whirlwind and quite imperceptibly, it feels like the only thing I can do is notice, document, and celebrate!
One milestone that we are inching ever closer to, but have yet to hit is the losing of baby teeth. This rite of passage officially moves a child from baby years into kid years and is one more thing to relish and celebrate. The Tooth Fairy. Yikes. As a parent I look at it this event with a bit of trepidation as well. Here is yet another imaginary individual who we, as parents, will answer questions about with false confidence in an effort to make this legend appear magical versus creepy. The fact that we allow a fairy to enter our home undetected time after time is already enough to make me lose a bit of confidence in the telling. One more legend (like the darn Elf on the Shelf) that I will try desperately to remember and try not to totally screw up. Then there is the actual execution. My children are light sleepers. I do not look forward to entering their room once they are (finally) asleep only to possibly wake them up while rummaging around under their pillow! And to remember to do this over sixty times?!?! Wish us luck!! Maybe a personalized pillow will help?!?! Here’s hoping.
Note: My husband would like all readers to know that our family does not necessarily endorse the giving of paper money if and when The Tooth Fairy visits. As I said, we have yet to cross this bridge and don’t have a clue what we are doing! Paper money has been used above for artistic purposes only!
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