Bubble bibs

My first crafty sewing project started when Koala was a baby and she just started teething. She drooled a lot and the baby bibs we had didn't match her cute outfits. I started to look for more fashionable bibs.

First, I bought some bandana bibs from Amazon from a brand called Zippy. They don't have the exact ones that I bought but these are the same except they're blue. 

I then came across scarf bibs. 

When I saw this I thought, 'Hey I could totally make this.' So I bought some material and went to my mom's to use her sewing machine. After a really long time and I think even a broken needle, I made my first scarf bib. It definitely wasn't the best- the stitching was crooked and a couple times the thread bunched up, but I did it. And it looked so much cuter on Koala than the baby bibs! I got a lot of compliments whenever Koala wore her bubble bibs. 

I started to buy all sorts of different material to make them. 

Some of the bibs that I've made

The bibs were cute and fairly easy to make so I had dreams of selling them on etsy or something. I came up with a brand name (Bubbles) and designed a simple logo. I even made labels to put on the bibs. I eventually simplified the tags and decided to stick with just black. 

And I made tags with wash instructions. 

I even tried to branch out and make boy print bibs to get a larger audience. (Buffalo plaid, super hero, sports ones, mustaches). 

As you can see, I get pretty invested in my projects.  But I lost steam when it came to actually posting the bibs and selling them. I got overwhelmed with the business end of it like copyrights and all that. 

 After a while, Koala stopped teething/drooling and she didn't need bibs anymore and my bubble bibs business was put on the back burner for a while. I invested my time in other projects like the quiet book, etc. 

Just recently, I started making the bibs again- mostly because I have a lot of friends who are having babies and I figure the bibs make a good gift since they're practical, cute and handmade which shows the thought/time I put into them.

Now that Baby Bear will be here soon, I'm working on making a stash of cute bibs for him to wear. Who knows, maybe my bib business will take off but even if it doesn't, at least Baby Bear will be stylin'.