Cute craft for Sofia

I'm making that Sofia... today.  Find the tutorial, here.

I found a cute frame at hobby lobby for 1/2 off and I had left over spray paint from an earlier project I did for her room.  I had to buy the wire fencing, but I think I'll use it make one for my niece as well.  I love being crafty!

**UPDATE**
I finished this tonight, woohoo!  I also made one for my niece.

Sofia's bow holder.  I spray painted this one "raspberry" and used a cream satin ribbon for hanging.

 This one is for my niece.  Her nursery is light pink, green, and brown.  So I made painted the frame pink and used a brown satin ribbon for hanging.

I think both of them turned out pretty well. 

Now I just need to learn how to sew!!

Happy crafting! :)

Picture Perfect Saturday

Just some pictures to round out the nursery.  I think we've finally got all the big stuff in place.  I still need a few small items here and there, but they're things that are easily accessible. 


Left to right (top to bottom):  Stroller (love it! so light and cute), toy box, mobile and crib, clothes galore, Lammy playmat, and changing pad.

Picture Perfect Saturday

So I guess I'm not so good at scheduling posts... This past Saturday was my first baby shower, yay! It was a lot of fun, even without the games! ;) My best friend came in from Colorado on Friday afternoon and my mom came over and helped us prepare food and set up. She did a great job and it was perfect. I got so many fabulous gifts and it was great to be surrounded by my favorite people. Here are some pictures...

All right,

here's my newest update, plus a product review, and a late Picture Perfect Saturday thrown in there for good measure too. And it's already a new Saturday, guess it'll be a two post day.

I've been working diligently to get this nursery completed. At this point, all I really have left is to get the crib, which the MIL is suppose to buying very soon. We had a 20% any one item and I told the husband to coax her into getting it ASAP so that she could use the coupon. It expires on the 20th so I really hope that she gets it done. :/ Anywho, my dad and brother helped move my old chest of drawers and mirror to my house and also to install the closet system (which is fabu, by the way) this past weekend. Here are some (lots) pictures.






















I have two product reviews. First is the closet system seen above. It's great!! It was easy to install (with the help of my dad) and it works really well. I might even buy another one at some point for the second guest closet. The second review is for the "diaper" bag a purchased from etsy, seen in this post. Obviously I haven't actually had a chance to use it, but it came in and is very roomy and well made. I'm excited to fill it up and start using it.

Picture Perfect Saturday

I know all of my pictures have been of nursery/baby things, but sadly it is what I spend most of my free time doing. And I know I haven't been blogging other than on Saturdays, but since not many people read it and I don't have much else happening, it just works out like that.

Today the husband and I went over to Wal-mart and picked up our closet organization system that I mentioned in this post. While I was at at the Wally world we picked out a color for the wall hangings and a little bit of ribbon to hang it. Here's the finished product of the spray paint...

And here it is hanging, evening though the color is a little off. I would hang all three of them, but I'm not sure where the dresser is going to be placed and I don't want to have to put a bunch of holes in the wall.


Oh... and I the Girl Scouts outside of the Wal-mart forced me to buy 5 boxes of cookies. :/ It's all their fault!

Picture Perfect Saturday

I did a lot today (and spent WAAAAY too much money :/)! I went and finished out our registry at Babies-R-Us, made a pit stop at Which Wich (yum!), visited Buy Buy Baby (love that place), and went to Ross and TJMaxx... man I miss living in south Austin. :)

I found these at Ross. I'm actually planning to use them for the nursery to hold q-tips, cotton balls, and any other necessities that can be "displayed".

After being home for a few hours I went to Target to do a little grocery shopping, finish our registry there, and just generally look around. Which of course always gets me into trouble. While there, I found some great wall hangings for the nursery. I think that I'm going to spray paint them black and then hang them with some white satin ribbon. They are the closet thing I could find to this, which I mentioned in an earlier post.

Picture Perfect Saturday

I bought the bedding!!! Ok, so I cheated. It's not an actual picture that I took, but it's the most exciting thing from this week.





Even though I originally wanted a black and white damask pattern, the husband nixed that pretty quick. He doesn't want black in the room, at all... newsflash, you might have won the bedding fight, but there WILL be black in this room. You can deal.

Well I guess I compromised on the no black bedding, but I decided that I would then chose the set I liked better. He liked this one. Which is cute, but just not what I had "envisioned". Plus, it comes with so much stuff that we wouldn't ever use. The bedding I purchased came in separates so I ordered just the sheet, dust ruffle, and changing pad cover. You might ask why I didn't purchase the bumper or comforter as well. Well they are both considered fairly dangerous for young babies. Comforters are too plush and a baby can get his/her face stuck in it and be unable to breath. The bumpers pose the same issues as well as being a hazard when the child is old enough to stand. They usually try to stand on the bumper and can injure themselves trying to climb out of the crib. So, I decided against both, but will be buying a breathable bumper in white.

Picture Perfect Saturday

It's my first "Picture Perfect Saturday", albeit a very early one. I just can't sleep in through the mornings any more... my mind races too much. Anywho, I was going to post this picture the other day since I was excited about it, but I knew I needed a picture for today. So, here it is...


Tada! Exciting isn't it?!? Haha, it's the nursery wall color! The one on the left is the color that we chose. I'm excited to get this started (and finished). Once the color is up I'll be able to "feel" the room a little better.

My plan is that my mom is picking up the bed this weekend- she's going to store/use it at her rent house (don't worry a family friend is going to be living there). Once she picks that up I'll be able to tape off the room and prepare for painting. I'm hoping that the husband will be able to paint the room one afternoon while I'm at work. That would be awesome!

20 weeks, half way

I am officially, as of today, 20 weeks pregnant. This is exactly half way through the full 40 weeks. Eek, half way! Holy moly I've got a lot to do. The good thing is that my mom is coming to pick up our spare bed on Sunday. YAY! That means no storing it in the garage for 5 years and no having to pay for a storage unit. Love you mom! Once that's done I plan on taping off the nursery so that we can paint the following weekend. I really think that once that is completely I'll feel much better. Me at 20 weeks...



I bought a few extra items at Marshalls and hope to get all the extras for the nursery over time. My next idea for the decor is to get some "frames" similar to the one below, but square, take out the glass from the middle and then hang them with ribbon.

Add us to team Pink!!

On Thursday December 31 we were told that we will be having a girl! Sofia Claire will be joining the family sometime in May or possibly June (due date May 26). We couldn't be any more thrilled, as we both wanted a girl. :) His family is beside themselves, as they have very few girls in the family. Can't wait to start on the nursery!! Again, here's the plan...

Nursery inspiration boards *updated with boys room

All right, I've spent a full day putting this together. The light purple will be the wall color and the other three (black, cranberry, and dark purple) are accents. The crib will be a mahogany color since I will be reusing my old bedroom set dresser. The bedding will either be a dark purple or cranberry solid color, a black and white damask, or maybe a mixture of both. The dandelion is a vinyl wall cover which will take up most of the wall, probably over the crib. Throw pillows for color and of course wall letters in a black damask. There would also be curtains in either cranberry or black (depending on if there is too much black already)

Unfortunately, I can't take credit for this color scheme and theme. I got the idea from a room I saw done Design Star (HGTV) this summer. Here's the inspiration room:





Boy Nursery Inspiration Board:



For this one, I've left the wall the same color as it currently is, a creamish color. Accent colors will be chocolate brown, light green, and a darker apple green. The crib will be the same tone as the girl room (mahogany) since I will also be using the same bedroom set dresser for a boy. The bedding is actually seen in the pillow with the elephant (here's a better picture), it's so cute!! I want to get a rocker for either room, but only had space to put it in this board. This one is a very pale green. Accent pillows are at the bottom. There would also be a rug probably in a brown and green striped pattern. The wall art is a large giraffe in black or brown, not blue, to match the animal theme in the bedding.