A Pair of Pretty Prints

Back in 2012, my dear friend Molly was expecting her first baby, a little girl named Hattie. Of all the gifts I could give her, I decided to make her a sweet print to hang in the nursery. Molly had chosen the Pottery Barn Brooke bedding and this butterfly mobile (in blue) for her little bug's room, which I used as inspiration.

As usual, I ran to Google and searched for fun quotes or sayings involving ladybugs, honeybees and butterflies. For some reason, I wanted to go with the bugs instead of the birds in the bedding. Possibly because, at the time, birds were overplayed in nurseries. Or maybe because I was still fresh off my job at a bird zoo.

I found two quotes that I loved and couldn't decide between the two, so I decided to make a pair of coordinating prints.

"She is honey and the bees don't know it."

and

"Butterfly kisses and ladybug hugs."

Using patterns from the Brooke bedding, combined with butterflies, bees, ladybug polka-dots and other trendy patterns, I designed two pretty prints for the sweet little Hattie.

For a while, I debated about the "honey" print, thinking that maybe it was too sassy for a little baby. But having met Hattie, and seeing her grow up, she truly truly fits that quote to a "t."

Link to Etsy.