Our daughter was six months old and we were staying at the soho grande hotel. For our dinner date we got a great bottle of wine at the wine shop and bought a pizza around the corner. Practical at the time, and meaningful in that I still revel in the memory nine years later!!
I had her drawing blown up on a canvas and it is hanging in the window at the art school. A nice couple stopped in and want to buy it for their house. Love that. The money will go towards her college fund.
decoration for a baby shower. clothes line, cute clothes, everyone brings something - voila! Great to look at, practical, easy to assemble, collaborative, meaningful.