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

Weekly Nursery Update

This week finished the list I had from last week!!! Here was the list

1. painting the ceiling (just white)
2. painting the walls ( light aqua)
3. painting the floor ( thinking dark brown...the crib and accessories will be espresso and the carpet will be white. Thought that might look nice...
4. paint the trim, window and door frame!  
5. screen the door 

Early in the week I attempted to screen the door. It is not too bad but there is some hot glue on some of the screen..it kind of drives me bonkers..but Mike said it looks really good and no one will notice. I was glad to get it done!!

Mom came over on her day off  on Thursday and painted the nursery! Seriously, who has the best mom ever!? Oh...definitely me!!! I tried to help her as much as I could...I wasn't much help. I trimmed above the baseboards and window and door for her so she could almost just roll it on. I didn't get up on the ladder to trim the ceiling! After I was done that I painted all the baseboards, window and door frames white! It looks so nice and clean!!! The room looks amazing!!!

 Mike and I were planning on painting the bedroom the night mom came out so we decided to paint the floor instead. I did the same for him, I trimmed around the edges so he could roll it on. It took 15 minutes!!! It went on a little purple at first. I was kind of freaking out...but dried brown! Thank goodness! It is called "Bitter Chocolate" by Behr. It looks amazing!! It needed another coat around the edges...so I just did a whole other coat on the weekend. Doesn't it look good?!

 So here is my list now:

1. painting the ceiling (just white)
2. painting the walls ( light aqua)
3. painting the floor ( thinking dark brown...the crib and accessories will be espresso and the carpet will be white. Thought that might look nice...
4. paint the trim, window and door frame!  
5. screen the door

Yay! We are in awesome shape! The crib and dresser come this week so I'm thinking we could put them up right away if we wanted!!! I also want to build the espresso cube and maybe put that in there! And the rug as well!!! So here is my new list for now:

1. put rug down
2. build espresso cube
3. put up crib and dresser
4. hang blinds
5. add material to the curtain panels to make them longer
6. make some art for above the crib ( I have already made one, you will see it Wednesday! It turned out pretty good!)

After that, it is decorating time!!! So exciting!

Ashley

Friday Wish List : Owl lamp

I would like this please:

 West Elm

I think it would look adorable in the nursery!!! Now I just need to find a similar one in Canada!!