A Baptism Momento

This weekend my youngest son Evan was (finally) baptized. My husband and I have been waiting to do this with our family for nearly four years and I am relieved it is done and that it was all so special.

Evan was baptized in an intimate ceremony at our Church. After wards we had our family and friends over for a little celebration. I'll share a few pictures later this week.

 As a memento I made up these little doves (to symbolize the Holy Spirit and reference scripture). They were hung on a grape fine wreath I decorated with white pine cone Christmas garland (we were still officially in the Christmas season of the Catholic calendar) and an artificial dove. I purchased my supplies for the wreath at Michaels. With a coupon (I scanned in from their new iPhone app) the entire wreath cost $15.

The doves were simple little things I found at Ikea of all places. They were on sale after Christmas for $.95 for a pack of four. I wrote Evan's name and the date of his baptism with a silver metallic Sharpie (love those things) and then brushed on some craft glue and sprinkled on white glitter to give them a bit of sparkle.

The entire thing was lovely I think.

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