by Melissa Willets posted in Pregnancy

There's an ultrasound photo of the baby we lost sitting on our mantle. The frame says, "Our guardian angel." I like to think that she is watching over us from that spot over the fireplace. I look at the photo often, and even talk to it once in a while. I cherish this keepsake, and am always on the lookout for other special ways to commemorate the special time we had with our sweet baby girl.

That's why I immediately took note of the unique ultrasound embroidery circles I came across on the website Little Herb Bouquet.
Creator Veselka Bulkan explained to BabyCenter  how she came up with the idea for these sweet pregnancy keepsakes: "When I became pregnant at the beginning of the last year, I made an embroidery from my baby's ultrasound." She says she looked at it every day, "imagining [what my baby would] look like." The embroidery circle served as a memento of this beautiful time in her life, and she tells us "I also used this as a unique way to announce my pregnancy."
Since that time, Bulkan has been creating ultrasound keepsakes for many other moms-to-be. Pregnant women use the circles as nursery decorations, mainly. "There are also moms who are interested in keepsakes for their losses," Bulkan told BabyCenter.
The circles have become so popular, Bulkan soon had to start a waiting list. "Now the waiting list is closed," she says, adding that she is aiming to open up avai...