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!!

A Few Things I have Bought...

Here are a few things I recently got for the baby/nursery

1. A feeding pillow at Walmart
2. A cute pendant light at Ikea
3. Cute wooden blocks (mostly to spell out the babies name) Walmart
4. An Owl Change pad cover at Babies R Us
5. White picture ledges (for frames and books) Ikea

I am having so much fun shopping for the baby and decorating the nursery. It is almost done and ready for the big reveal. There are a few things that need to be hung and I am am waiting on a piece of art from a special "Auntie" :) Once everything is done I will definitely post pictures of the nursery. It makes me smile every time I walk by the room! :)

Ashley

Baby DIY #2 : Nursery Art

You all know by now I am THRIFTY! I like to save money wherever I can, so if that means making a few things along the way I am willing to try! This was my first attempt at baby art. I was checking out Etsy..and although they are lovely, a lot of the prints are expensive. I have this vision of 3 white frames above the crib and already bought the frames. Some print sets were $60 for 3! I thought I would first try making some and see how it goes!!!

This project was free for me, since I had all the paper and supplies on hand. The frames were the only cost to me at $12 each! I thought I would attempt an owl for my first try.

 I found a free owl template online and cut out all my shapes. Do you like where I am working!? haha since putting down my craft table I have no where to craft. I could have gone to the kitchen table but all my supplies are here, so I thought I would sit on the floor! 

I picked cute paper in aqua, green and yellow colours.

 And glued them all on. The original template didn't have a belly but I thought it would be cute if I added one.

 I didn't want to attempt cutting out the little black dots for the eyes so I used the middle stickers in the letter "B" on my sticker sheet

Then I glued the entire owl on leftover card stock from the wedding.

 and put it in the frame

What do you think?

After I made that, I made a tree with leaves in the same colour paper.  

Sorry this is a cellphone pic...I never took one with my real camera.

I wasn't in love with the tree so I thought I would make another owl, but with different coloured paper. Here's how it turned out:

 Here is how the 3 would look above the crib:

 

 again, a bad cellphone picture

I was looking online and Pinterest for owl crafts and art and found the quote:

"Grow wise little owl"

I thought I should attempt some art with this quote because I wasn't in love with the tree...here is how it turned out:

 

I printed the quote on scrapbook paper with an outlined font...and cut the letters out and glued them on!

I fell in love. I like it better then the tree for sure. The tree was ok, but the quote is so cute!

So here is my free (excpet for the frames) nursery art for above the crib!! (in the nursery!)

 What do you think?!

They are in no way perfect, completely straight or even...but I like them. I think they turned out pretty cute!

 Ashley