Quick, Cheap, and Cute for Mother’s Day

Many years ago, when two of my children were very young, I had aprons made for their grandmothers for Mother’s Day.

A local seamstress made the apron, appliqued their traced hand prints in a cute print fabric, and painted names on the aprons. I don’t remember how much I paid to have them made. It probably was not expensive and didn’t really matter. The grandmothers LOVED them! A couple of months ago a local dollar store went out of business. I found white cotton aprons for eighty cents….and bought fifty! Beat you to them Glenda :)

Today the owner of this tiny little handprint is a kindergarten teacher. The third child who wasn’t born in time to make the apron now dates a second grade teacher.

Last week my daughter and son’s girlfriend had their students make handprints on the apron pockets in washable paint. I have spent part of this rainy gloomy weekend watching the weather channel for tornado warnings and adding names and the date with a paint pen.

I have about 35 more to go to finish the two classes. At $.80 a gift, I think my time is worth it. If these mothers treasure their aprons as much as our grandmothers did, it will be worth it!

I am linking for the first time to The Girl Creative for Just Something I Whipped Up---Isn’t that a cute blog party name? You can click here to visit! I hope Susan at Between Naps on the Porch will consider this a metamorphosis for Metamorphosis Monday! I turned eighty cents into a keepsake! Thanks for visiting.

Three or More Tuesday....Keepsake Aprons

Each Tuesday Tam over at the Gypsy's corner hosts Three or More Tuesday. I don't think you'd consider this a collection, but I'd like to share three very special aprons. I think it's very fitting since this Sunday is Mother's Day.








I had these aprons made many years ago for me, my mother, and my mother in law for Mother's Day. I traced my children's hands and the prints are appliqued on in a cute yellow and red fabric. This would be an easy no-brainer project for almost anyone. But I may have told you; I was born without a craft "gene". I think the handprints could be done just as easily in paint. You crafty people know what kind will work. I have even seen white muslin aprons at the dollar store. See that little hand on the left? That is the handprint of our daughter who is getting married soon! Sadly, I am the owner of all three aprons now. Both grandmothers have passed away. But I know how much these aprons meant to them and wanted to share them with you. I know most of you have some special little hands in your lives! Thanks for letting me share these with you and Happy Mother's Day!



Head over to Tam's at http://gypsycorner.blogspot.com/! Tam has "three or more steps" to help you repair your own keepsakes and a list of participants just waiting to share with you!