In May 2009 I celebrated my first Mother's Day as a mom. My daughter Bailey was 10 months old and I wanted to make a special gift for her Nana, Grandma, and Great-Grandma GeeGee (and myself). I needed a handprint for her baby book, so I decided to make a few extra copies to frame as gifts. Trying to get a 10 month old baby's hand inked up and put onto cardstock without smearing the handprint is nearly impossible, but somehow I managed to get four prints that looked pretty great. When framed, they made great little Mother's Day gifts.
This week, I learned that the only thing harder than getting a handprint from my baby girl is getting one from a squirmy 10 month old baby boy! It was like trying to wrestle an octopus! Luckily, I only needed one print for this project and that's exactly what I ended up with.
This time around, I paired each handprint with a photo and placed them in white mattes...
I framed them using black frames from Wal-Mart and now I have a keepsake that I will always treasure...
I love them! Now I just need to find the perfect place to hang them.
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