Happy Name Day!
(Note: I normally wouldn’t show a craft until the recipient has received it, but I mailed this one late, and the recipient is only two and a half, so she can’t read my blog anyway…)
In Sweden, everyone gets a Name Day. It’s sort of like a birthday - it’s the same day every year, and you get a cake, but you share that day with everyone else with the same name. Today is my niece’s Name Day, so I made her a Name Banner. I used scrapbooking supplies to make this - paper, stickers, hole punches, and strung it with ribbon. I think it turned out real cute, and it would be a quick and easy decoration to make someone for a baby shower or a little girl’s party.
I have a Swedish calendar in my office that helps me keep up with name days. Each day has two names - usually similar with one male and one female. Since there is no way to make sure that the calendar includes all names, you’re supposed to pick the name closest to your own. The closest Swedish name I could find to mine was Daga. 0_o
What’s your Swedish Name Day?
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So pretty! I was thinking that I would steal this idea for our friend’s baby shower on Sunday. Then I realized they still haven’t picked out a name.
My name isn’t on the list either (closest: Diana).
October 6! How cute.
Thank you very much for Amanda’s name day banner. It arrived in the mail today. Amanda was fascinated by it and tried to pull off the butterflies (don’t worry we didn’t let her do it). I think it will look perfect in her play room!