Solar System

My little boy LOVES the solar system.  It seems like that is all he thinks about and talks about.  I decided to try to paint a mural on his bedroom walls. Its kind of a crazy idea. As soon as I started it I wanted to repaint the wall. Sometimes I still really wish I wouldn't have done it.  But when I think back to when he helped me paint Uranis and Neptune and how excited he was when I started it, it makes me happy.  Its just paint right?  If we get sick of it, or he no longer has an interest in the solar system,  I can just paint over it.  I guess it will stay for now.

The before. Nice, clean looking, and normal.  I add the picture of the wall with the airplanes on it because I had planed to carry the whole painting onto that wall.  When I told my little boy that I was putting Uranis and Neptune over there, he kind of freaked out.  He really wanted them all by his bed so he could see them.   So thats what I did.

And the after.  Kind of crazy.  But  my son is pretty stoked about it!

Little Girls Room

I was so excited to decorate a room for a baby girl!  It was a lot of fun putting it together and I love being in there.  I got the flower wall idea from pinterest. There were a lot of different varieties of this idea.  I just drew on the branches and used a flower stencil that I bought from Michaels.

T-Shirt Refashion

So T-Shirt refashions are nothing new.  You can find tons of them on blogs and pinterest.  I finally decided to try one for myself.  It was the easiest thing ever and I love the result.  I will def. be trying this one again!  I used the tutorial from THIS site.

 I have had this shirt for a while. I have always liked it but it didn't hold up great in the wash and got a really boxy shape to it.  When I was pregnant I decided to make it into a maternity shirt and just added some elastic to the sides.

 First you cut off the top

 Make sure you use a really coo dinosar ruler while measuring

 Cut off arms and sew the top.  See the link at the top for a real tutorial!

 Take a weird self portrait to try to show how it turned out...

Happy Refashioning!!

Baby Blanket

So It took me a really long time to get pictures of this!  I really love how it turned out and I just it all of the time.  It is so great for tummy time or to just have her lay down and play on it.  I'm so happy I found the tutorial for it!

A blanket for baby

I saw this blanket on pinterest while I was pregnant and knew I had to make one!   It was a fun project and now my baby girl plays on it all of the time.  A little time consuming, but well worth it.  I am really happy with how it came our.  I just followed all of the step by step it her blog post. http://www.aestheticnest.com/2010/08/sewing-heirloom-cut-chenille-baby.html

I will post the finished product as soon as I get a good picture of it!

Christmas Tree

So last year I made some owl ornaments out of felt. This year we decided to get new ornaments for our tree and I was so happy to find that they fit in perfectly!

Organization plan

I have some serious organizing to do before this little girl arrives. I am nesting and I'm loving it. I found this wonderful idea on pinterest. They used a regular shoe organizer but this one is just for flip flops. It was on mega clearance so I bought this one instead. This one actually worked out perfect for my space because it is more slim and I was worried about the extra large foil boxed falling out of the vertical pockets. I'm pretty excited with the organized result!