About the designer: "Mommying, designing, playing @ the park, and living-room dance parties are a delightful part of each day for the eco friendly design studio rikrak."
Link to all the Rikrak bibs shown above here; $21 each.
We may have just found our baby shower gift of the year: these adorable, quilted patchwork bibs handmade from vintage cotton fabrics. The designs by Kristal Davis (of Rikrak) flourish with color and pattern combinations to suit any baby's personality and parents' tastes:
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Comments (5)
Fancy bibs are something that I love to look at but they just always seem extremely impractical. I mean, sure, the package of Circo bibs I bought 3 for $7 are ugly as hell but considering how much he's spit up on them, I don't mind the fact that they're nasty and stained now. I would only pay $21 for a bib if it was something that could be easily wiped clean and even then there are $10 versions of those.
They're very cute, but $21 for a bib? Are you kidding? I guess it would make a nice shower present, but to be honest I'd rather receive $21 of cheaper bibs. My daughter goes through three or more bibs a day, depending on how much she drools and how messy she was at each meal. I bought cute terry bibs at BJ's for something like 10 for $8. Besides, once your baby is eating solids, bibs get stained, no matter how much oxyclean or Totally Toddler you put on them. (BTW, Totally Toddler is the best stain remover ever. I use it on all our laundry now.)
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These bibs are expensive, but absolutely beautiful! I make my own bibs for my son (and also sell them on Etsy: www.obabydesign.etsy.com), and I have to say that I get a great deal of pleasure out of putting something beautiful on my son, even for a messy meal! (And I recommend Oxy Clean for stains... I couldn't live without it!)
Rikrak has a great eye and makes gorgeous stuff. If you want beauty and you want to support hand-made, eco-friendly products, non-sweatshop products you might have to pay a little bit more. I recently bought a custom bib from her for a friend's baby shower. It's a lovely gift (if I do say so).
She's also a fabulous person, very supportive of the craft community.