I hosted a baby shower on the 6th of February for some close friends. On the bottom of the invitations I put “Instead of a card, please bring your favorite children’s book for baby’s first library. Sign the inside cover and leave a sweet message.” The mommy and daddy-to-be were absolutely thrilled about the idea and so were all the guests who received a baby shower invitation. Over the next several weeks, I received many phone calls from people telling me how great the idea was. These days cards are getting so expensive, it’s really easy to just buy a little book and sign the inside cover and leave a personal message. Then the baby will have a special memory of you and will know who gave them that book. The book will be read over and over again for many bedtimes to come and the card would most likely be read once and thrown away or saved in a scrapbook never to be looked at again. It worked great for my guests to take that money that they would spend on a card and spend it on a small book and put their own personal touch into it. It was a really successful idea that I wanted to share and I even took a picture of all the little books that baby now has thanks to everyone attending.

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