Baby Gifts

This edit is screened on purpose. Crum Art has plenty of prints with cigarettes, a cold beer, and a word or two you would not want hanging over a crib — none of them are in here. What is in here: animals, alphabets, and sweet without the syrup. No plastic, no glitter, nothing that will look dated by kindergarten.

The alphabet prints do double duty as decor and as something to point at every morning: Alphabet Nursery Decor, Alphabet of Texas Icons, and city versions for Fort Worth, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, which make good gifts for a baby born somewhere the grandparents want remembered. The animals run gentle and a little formal — Bunny with Flowers, Ms. Squirrel in the Bluebonnets, Party Cat Poppett, Chip the Party Dog, a Cavalier King Charles, and the Good Luck Staffordshire Pair. For a dreamier room, Star Horse Dreamer, Horse & Clouds, and Pink & Blue Birds at Night.

Questions people ask

What size works over a crib or dresser? Over a dresser, one 16x20 or a pair of 11x14s. Over a crib, hang a set of three 8x10s or 11x14s well above the rail — high enough that nothing is reachable from inside once the baby is standing.

What suits a nursery wall that already has a theme? Animals and alphabets sit under almost anything. If the room is already busy, one alphabet print does more than four small pieces fighting the wallpaper.

I don't know the nursery colors. Then go with line and character over palette — the shadow puppets, the Staffordshire dogs, or Thank You Horse. They work against any wall color.

Will a five-year-old still like it? That is the test we use. Nothing here is baby-only; it reads as a real picture, not nursery merchandise.

Does it come framed? No. Prints arrive unframed in standard sizes, so the frame is a quick errand.

Babies outgrow everything except good art. Teach them their letters early with alphabet prints, cover the rest of the shower table with gifts for mom, and keep the budget intact with Texas wall art under $100.