A chunky oatmeal knit is folded over the top corner, a small knitted heart rests beside the heading, and a pair of tiny booties waits at the bottom among sprigs of dried baby’s breath. The words at the top are brush-lettered in cocoa, like a note left on a nursery shelf.
A warm brown script with a gentle shine carries the name, sized to be the first thing you read; the day and the place are set plainly beneath it. Cream, oatmeal and cocoa suit any baby and any season.
Made for a cozy, quiet kind of shower: mugs of cocoa or chai, a plate of oatmeal cookies, wool blankets on the chairs. Ask each guest to bring a soft thing for the baby, and lay the knits and booties out on a table as the day’s decoration.
