Registration has begun. The baby shower invites are being sent out in the next few days and we thought we should have our registrations ready for all those eager grandparents, family, and friends. It has been a little disappointing with the selection of baby-related merchandise that all seems so cliché, not to mention an overwhelming amount of these items and “must-haves!” So currently we are a little stumped on how to proceed. Any suggestions? And don’t tell us to make everything on our own! This is the 21st century for goodness sakes, who has time for handmade anything 
But seriously, any suggestions? We sort of wanted to do a typography-themed room and/or may go with an aviation theme since we do have a series of 3 childish paintings we did awhile back called “bird” “plane” and “hot air balloon”. I can’t find a photo of them right now, but I did just find some awesome illustrations by Paul Thurlby. I’m excited again…there is hope!
Check out his Alphabet Shop to see all of them.
I was looking at baby stuff a while ago and felt the same way— there is nothing out there for registries that isn’t zoo-themed or ABCs or just cartoony ick. Etsy really needs to create a registry option because you could fill a room with cool vintage toys, letterpress prints, etc. As for bedding… Babies’R'Us has SOME neutral striped bedding that isn’t totally cliche’, but really…. I don’t know of an all-encompassing place to register. It’s very disappointing. I started looking because my little sis is pregnant and I started checking things out to see what is out there that is hubby and my style, and yeah, we’re going to have the same problem. I would be happy with stuff from Serena & Lily (www.serenaandlily.com), but my pocketbook wouldn’t. I know- I totally helped, right? Ha… sorry.