Book Plates

When you give a book as a baby shower gift, be sure to use book plates for marking the occasion and date. Bookplates are easy to make and can include colorful images, preprinted text or just a handwritten note.

You can also use labels when making printable book labels and print them for placement on the inside front cover of a Bible story book, for example or a baby scrapbooking ideas book listing photos and stages of Mom's pregnancy.

You could place some cute butterfly and bee bookplates on a book gift such as a Butterfly book plate, or maybe a yellow butterfly book plate, or perhaps a blue butterfly book plate on your personalized baby shower gift.

Consider including some personalized stationary to go along with your baby shower gift such as some printable thank you cards that allow you room to write a message to Mom.

Personalized bookplates are fun to use and make a lasting impression since they stay with your gift, just pull the book off the shelf and the reminder is there.

If you are mailing your baby shower gift, consider printing some address lables with a cute image on them for that extra touch. Personalized stationery with address labels that express your gift intentions are well worth the effort and when opened during the baby shower will be appreciated by Mom and friends.

Kim Hummert

Consider making a set of address return labels for your baby shower thank you notes that include your mailing address or simply use them to make an announcement of sorts, such as "I'm Home with my Parents!"

Read about these helpful tips getting started writing baby shower thank you cards if you have a bit of writers block. Start with some fun thank you cards and start writing away.