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

Weekly Nursery Update

So, I think from here on out I am going to decorate the nursery and keep it a secret until the big reveal!!! You guys don't want me to wreck the surprise, do you!? Maybe I will update you if I get certain things, but I won't show you the room until it is all or almost all done!!! What I can tell you now:

The crib and dresser came this week!

Here is the crib:

(and the bed skirt. It is aqua...and needs to be ironed! :) )

 Here is the dresser:

 Also here is the cube organizer:

 I bought the fabric drawers to go into it....with the fake wood finish..I thought they were kinda cool...but I ended up hating them so I switched them around to the just brown side. I might add some sort of label or decoration to the box.

 After I took the above picture I realized I never put the backs on the spots that didn't have baskets. So here it is all done. Looks so much better!

 And I think that is all I am going to tell you until it is all done! Like I said I might post little things here and there, but I want the end result to be a surprise!! Also keep your eye out for more DIY projects! You will see some pretty cute ones shortly!

Ashley

Friday Wish List : Belly Chime

I want one of these:

Ok, ok I already ordered one, but I want it to come in already!!! :)

I bought mine here

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