Adalyn's Room : Christmas Edition

I thought I would show you a few pictures of Adalyn's Christmas room! As you all know by now I lovelovelove Christmas and  loved the idea of having a Christmas room for Adalyn! Anyway, it was fun decorating it. Addy loves it too!

 I love our reading corner, that we are actually using! We read to Addy every night before bed now, while she has her bottle! It is one of my favourite parts of the day. (When it is my day! We take turns!)

 These are Addy's big girl Christmas books! All of her Christmas board books are downstairs.

 I made a pom pom garland and think it's pretty cute!

 and of course used my build a banner!

 This little Rudolph was from my Mom and Dad last year!

 Here's Harriet, just hanging out!

 I added some festive things to the bookshelves.

 I added another garland and some Christmas photos to the shelf

 Look at her Santa picture from last year...passed right out! This years wasn't much better. She screamed! lol Look at her tiny footprint too! Awww. I can't believe how big she is now!

 Love my build a banner and my prints! The two red prints were free from Little Baby Garvin and the one in the middle was from Printable Wisdom

 I love her winter sheet!! It is actually a twin set I got at Walmart. I just wrapped the fitted sheet around the crib mattress. I can use this for years to come!

Anyway, what do you think? Some may think I am a little crazy decorating her room for Christmas but I love this holiday the most, and love my baby even more! How could I not?!

Ashley

Adalyn's New White Room

Adalyn's room has been done for a while but I haven't posted about it! I thought I should post before I show you the Christmas version! hahaha. If you don't remember, here is what her nursery looked like before:

 Then I decided to paint it white and here it is now:

Completely different, right?!  I lovelovelove it! My mom and dad actually tried to convince me to keep it white when we wallpapered it last year but I was set on aqua at the time. It is funny how I really wanted white this time!!

I wanted to get some black triangle wall vinyl but it was kind of pricey. I thought of many different options until I decided on this. This wall cost a total of $5 and I love the impact it makes!

It is actually a black gift bag. Well, three. And 1.5 packs of sticky tack. That is all! What do you think?

I moved my book shelves...

We stacked two cubes and I love how it looks!

 Love my build a banner and the cute art from Printable Wisdom

My new fave affordable digital print store.

This shelf needs more colour!!

 

  We left the shelves behind the door. I added the ADALYN letters I made from her party!

Well what do you think? I love it. I love the triangle wall! It is my favourite part of the room. I especially love that is can come off when I want it to! And it was super cheap!!! Don't worry! I won't change her room anymore...until she gets a big girl bed at least! hahahah

I am pretty crazy...

you all know that, right?! Remember that time I painted my bedroom three times in three years? hahah. Well I want to paint another room. Can you guess what room?! Adalyn's room! I bet you think that is crazy! I have loved Adalyn's room since we painted it last summer. Then Adalyn came and her room just didn't fit her. Does that make sense?! The room was nice but just not her. So I am going to change that. I am going to make it more like her...bright, funny and colourful! And maybe a little more girlie too!

Here is a picture of her room

And here it is now

All empty and ready to go. I will hopefully be painting it this weekend. That is the plan anyway. I am not really buying anything new but I will be making new banners and printing new art for her frames. All DIY of course! Maybe move the furniture around a little too! Just change it up. I will keep you posted how it goes!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Ashley

Hoop Update

If you remember Adalyn's room, you remember I put some fabric in embroidery hoops above her crib! Here is a picture to remind you!

I was on the internet and found all these sites about "hoop art" where people embroider babies names, and different things in them! I had a bunch of felt from the heart mobile I made so I thought I would take some of that, some lace and embroidery thread and give her a "hoop update" Here they are:

I made this cute owl....I even attached a button for the bow!

I made this flower

...and this flower. (this is my least favourite and I might end up changing it)

I made this heart but might end up changing it too! hahahah

I made her initial, letter A

This tree took a while! But I am pretty happy with how it turned out

This butterfly also took a while. I originally cut the butterfly out for a mobile, but ended up changing the shape so I used it here instead!

I love the clouds and rain. I think I should have added stuffing to make the cloud stand out!

This one is my fave...the bunting with Adalyn's name...I thought it turned out really cute!

And here is the wall with the finished hoops!

 

 What do you think!? I love how they turned out! I will have to show you her nursery soon! I have made some little changes here and there, and added more pink!

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!!