Heat N Bond

Remember the Easter bunny onesies Amanda and I made our babes? We also made other onesies and bibs with Heat N Bond that I never showed you! I originally wanted some inspiration and searched the web. These are the first images I saw and and fell in love with:

1 Live. Love. Create

2 Simply This and That

3 Live. Love. Create

4 Lemon Tree Creations

5 Wee Baby Stuff

6 Mama Gone Green

And here is what Amanda made with Heat N Bond:

Love these!
This was the first onesie I made as a test, before Amanda came:

 And here is what I made the day of:

 (We also made the St. Patrick's Day bibs!)

  How cute is the floral vest onesie?! Definitely  my favourite of the day!
 
 I am pretty happy with how they turned out! It was a great craft day! Thanks for coming over Amanda!!

Ashley

Adalyn's Easter Onesie!

Making holiday onesies is becoming a tradition over here with Amanda and I! We love crafting and setting up little photoshoots! Here is what we made for the babes for Easter!!!

Here is B's:

Here is Addy's:

And here they are together....how cute!?

 (The eggs were from Walmart!)

I am kind of sad there are not any holidays for a while....Is the next big one Thanksgiving!? We might have to do something for Canada Day so we don't have to wait so long! :)

Ashley

OUR NURSERY REVEAL! (lots of pics!)

This nursery transformation has been so much fun. I was lucky enough to have the summer off so I could work on it a lot and have it ready for when the baby is finally here! I started pinning ideas a while before on Pinterest. Soon my folder was full and I had TOO MANY ideas! As soon as I decided on a colour scheme (AQUA, YELLOW, GREEN) and on a theme (OWLS) it all seemed to fall into place!

I thought it would be fun to show the journey of the room! So here is the room when we moved in:

and here was the room after we made it an office:

(There is our old cat, Hazel)

We cleared all the office stuff out and moved it down to my craft room. (Which is working out just fine!)

Here was the room after we wallpapered and painted, as well as painted the floor!

 Anyway, here is the room today through the beautiful screen door Mike made:

And here is the nursery:

What do you think?! There are so many little DIY projects in this room, it makes it feel even more special!
In the corner is the little reading area. I think it is my favourite spot in the whole room!

The rocker, shelves and light are all from Ikea! And the fabric pennant is a DIY project!

That is the pillow Jaclyn made, and my first teddy!

There are some cute owls sitting on the window sill...The one with red I got as a gift, and the turquoise one is another DIY project! (felt handmade owl)
Beside the chair is the little toy box  I made filled with lots of cute toys and Mike's first bear! I also added fabric to the curtains to make them a little longer!





 In the corner to the left is the change table, the art Jaclyn painted and some DIY tissue pom poms

Isn't the owl beautiful!?

I also wanted to show you the little knobs I got at IKEA. I think it just adds another punch of colour to the dresser!

On the right hand wall is the crib!

We found the cutest owl bedding at Babies R US.
The hoops above the bed is another DIY project!

 Here is Shan's beautiful handmade blanket!
 I added a shelf to the little wall by the door but I am still tweaking it! It doesn't look perfect yet! My friend Amanda made the art.

And my friend Brenda bought the baby the cutest owls!

Behind the door I bought three more picture shelves from Ikea. I printed out some free printables and got some that weren't. I added an ultrasound picture, the card Jaclyn painted and some other little toys and blocks. Soon I think I will switch some of the printables out for some baby pictures!


beside that is the cube I got at Zellers.

The pennant is a DIY project, as well as the cute DIY owl art.
 I also updated the  fabric drawers by adding some fabric numbers to them.
 
The white bear at the top is another one of Mike's bears! The potato head at the bottom was mine!

So that is the tour! What do you think? It is my most favourite room in the house and I can't wait to spend a lot of time in there with our sweet baby! Now we just have to wait! It won't be much longer now!

Ashley

P.S- There are a few people Mike and I wanted to thank for helping to make this nursery happen! First off I would like to thank my parents for all the hard work they put into the room! (They wallpapered and painted and helped hang anything I needed help with! I couldn't have done it without you! Thank you for buying the wallpaper too) I would also like to thank both of our parents for all the furniture! Mike's family for the crib and dresser, and mine for the rocker! (that includes Kayla too!) Thank you to my friend Sharon for all the lovely books and toys (and lots of other baby essentials as well)! It made the room feel more like a real nursery as soon as I put all of that in there, so thank you! Thank you to Jaclyn for the painting and pillow and Shannon for the beautiful blankets. The baby will love them! And thank you to everyone who got this little babe gifts! I am sure you can see a lot of the them in the room. The ones you can't see are in the dresser and cube! This baby is so spoiled with love already it is crazy! I hope I didn't forget anyone! If I did, you can blame it on the pregnancy brain! I really do appreciate everything though!!

Some cute, home made baby stuff!

This past weekend this baby of ours got some presents! More presents!? That is what I was thinking! These were handmade presents from Aunt Jaclyn and Aunt Shannon. Handmade presents are the best.

Jaclyn has mastered the freezer paper stencil technique and decided to make us this awesome pillow!

So cute right?

 

She also made 7 onesies with the same freezer paper technique!  Here is a sneak peek of one:

MARIO! Isn't it awesome?!

To see the rest of the awesome little outfits you should head on over to her blog!

Through the Trees

Check out all her beautiful paintings as well!

She also painted this beautiful owl

It fits perfectly in the room! The colours are amazing and I left the perfect spot for it to go!
She also got us the cutest owl frame! Thanks Aunt Jaclyn!!!

Shannon also surprised us with this beautiful handmade blanket! Isn't it beautiful?! I love the colours as well! The baby is going to love it for sure!

This one too

 As well as a Sophie giraffe and some soothers! Thanks Aunt Shannon!

I can't wait for this baby to be here so he/she can see how loved they really are!

Ashley

Baby DIY #7 : Cute Fabric Drawers

Remember when I showed you the fabric drawers in the nursery?! 

HERE

I thought they were a little plain! I wanted to add something to them...numbers came to mind.

1. I found some number templates on line and printed them out
2. I ironed on some interfacing to make the fabric more sturdy. (I love that iron on interfacing!) 
3.  I traced the numbers on my fabric(backwards of course) This is the same fabric I used for the curtains and the hoops!
4.  I then sewed along the edges.
5.  I attached them to the fabric drawers with a bit of hot glue

 What do you think?! I am in love. The drawers are now not so plain and boring, and the numbers add a cute touch I think!

Ashley

Baby DIY #6 : Some Cute Hoops

Here is a quick picture of the cute hoops I made for above the crib!!

 They are just normal embroidery hoops, with fabric in them. Yet again another idea found on Pinterest!!!

What do you think?!

Ashley

Baby DIY #3 : Cute Curtains

This weeks baby DIY project involved curtains! I bought white curtain panels at Giant Tiger for the nursery. They ended up being a little too short. I didn't take a before picture, but you will see how short they were with the fabric being where it is.

I bought this fabric at Walmart:

 It has the yellow, aqua and white that I like. The green is a little off, but I didn't think that would matter too much!

I just cut it, pinned it and sewed! :) 

 

Here is the end result:

I am very happy with how they turned out! I have fabric left over so I am thinking of either making a tie to tie them back, adding a strip of fabric somewhere on the actual curtain, or making a pillow for the rocking chair! We will see!!

Ashley