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I remember seeing a baby card once that you put a penny in the card that was made in the year baby is born and then there was a poem about it that ended something like "And on your wedding day, along with 'something old & new', This bride is to have, This lucky penny in her shoe". Has anyone seen this and does anyone know where I can find a sample of it?
Baby�s First Penny
Baby�s First Penny
Here�s baby�s first penny,
So shiny, bright and new,
Just staring out in life
Like newborn babies do.
It�s meant to bring good fortune
During the years that lie ahead.
To be treasured as a keepsake
Until your child is wed.
Then on that day most special,
With "something old and new,"
The bride is meant to carry
A lucky penny in her shoe.
Whether she should be your daughter
Or your son�s intended wife,
The promise of good fortune
Will charm their married life.
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Dorinda thanks so much for sharing your example. I have a mommy/baby shower to go to on Saturday. This is the perfect idea!
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HTH ... and I plan to make one with all the poems being posted as I still need to send a card for my cousin's baby girl and a nephew is expecting a girl later this year. Also a customer (that works with my DH) is pregnant so I can feature this at the next event she attends!
Here�s baby�s first penny,
So shiny, bright and new,
Just staring out in life
Like newborn babies do.
It�s meant to bring good fortune
During the years that lie ahead.
To be treasured as a keepsake
Until your child is wed.
Then on that day most special,
With "something old and new,"
The bride is meant to carry
A lucky penny in her shoe.
Whether she should be your daughter
Or your son�s intended wife,
The promise of good fortune
Will charm their married life.
I remember seeing a baby card once that you put a penny in the card that was made in the year baby is born and then there was a poem about it that ended something like "And on your wedding day, along with 'something old & new', This bride is to have, This lucky penny in her shoe". Has anyone seen this and does anyone know where I can find a sample of it?
I found this when I went to Ask. com. It is titled A Keepsake Treasure for Baby.
This shiny new penny, dated the year you were born is meant to be a keepsake to treasure through the years. And on your wedding day along with "something old & new", this bride is to have this lucky penny in her shoe.
Thanks everyone for telling me what the poem is. Now has anyone seen a sample of this kind of card on the internet? I can't seem to find one showing just how they "mounted" the penny and the poem. Thanks again.
Thanks everyone for telling me what the poem is. Now has anyone seen a sample of this kind of card on the internet? I can't seem to find one showing just how they "mounted" the penny and the poem. Thanks again.
There is a link to a card in Post 13 in this thread.
I recently traveled to Slovenia, where the Slovenian penny has a stork carrying a baby on it! I saved one to give my new neighbor's baby. Thanks for the neat poems, I'll definately use that!
I just had a baby shower favor published in the Aug/September 2007 issue of the Scrap & Stamp Arts mag, along with many other artists, but I don't recall seeing any with pennies in them. Great idea! By the way, I have a thread with lots of other poems listed too. See my siggie below for the link.