Personalized Digital Photo Baby Bibs

Personalized baby clothes make a great gift. They are also a fun way to cherish and celebrate the presence of your baby in your lives. You can personalize many baby clothes - baby bibs, baby onesies, baby blankets, baby t-shirts, etc.

Bibs are an essential part of baby apparel. You can personalize them in many ways - simple machine or hand embroidery of the baby's name is one way to do it. A little more sophistication is when you personalize a bib with a digital photo. You can use put the baby's photo or a family photo on the bib - what you choose is left to your creativity.

Here are some tips for a personalized baby bib:

• When you select a picture to put on a bib, use a high resolution digital photo so that you all the details in the picture are preserved

• Select a digital photo with colors that contrast well with the color of the bib.

• If you use professional services, the company will ask you to provide the photo in JPG, GIF or PNG format. If your photo is not in one of these formats, use software to convert it to an acceptable format with maximum resolution. Do not compress the photo during the format conversion.

• The bib is likely to be washed frequently. Read the instruction on the label for laundry care. Wash in cold water so that the printed picture does not peal off.

• For more personalization, you can embroider some meaningful saying or your baby's name.

Many online and retail photo processing stores offer personalization services for baby clothes. You have to send them the digital photo and they will prepare the personalized bib and send it to you. It costs around $12-$20 and can take 1-3 weeks to get a delivery.

You can also make it a DIY project. All it takes is a plain bib, color inkjet printer, specialty iron-on printer paper and an iron. Flip the digital photo horizontally and print it on the iron-on printer paper. Place the printed photo facing down on the bib. Iron on top of it with uniform force and heat. The image with correct orientation (unflipped) will transfer to the bib. Read instructions on the iron-on printer paper to set your iron's temperature appropriately. Use a firm and flat surface for your project. With this procedure, you can have a personalized baby bib for just $4-$5.