The Countdown Is On!!

Im in the home stretch, officially 7 months pregnant now and hubby and I are so excited to see this little girl! We are starting our child prep class next week and I am a little nervous, hope I can remember everything they tell me :)

Lamp

I had seen this adorable lamp on the web for some time and was really considering buying it but its like $70 and that's just crazy. I happened to go to my fav. thrift store and see two brown treelike lamps I snatched one up and scored it on sale for $6. It took my hubby awhile to get it spray painted but It looks perfect in the nursery. I was thinking of adding some sparkly birds to it but I am on the fence. I am super proud of this little gen I found.

Crib Skirt

I wanted a crib skirt for the crib as a way to store more things for the baby, like I said this room is pretty small and I need all the space I can find. I plan on placing plastic bins under with clothes that might not fit her yet, or toys. I was perusing online and saw some really great tutorials on how to make your own, and they seemed simple enough, so I tried my had at it. I went to the thrift store and amazingly I came across one for a $1 and snatched it up. I knew I had to make one a lot longer but I used it for the basic shape. I had this fabric for the longest time and I even forgot I had it, and it happens to be my colors I am doing the nursery in. I am not a great sewer and I sat down staring at the fabric for a while thinking on how I was going to attack this, because they say measure twice cut once. I almost cut the fabric not realizing the pattern would be sideways. I cut 3 inc. panels for the front so it would be long enough. Total time it took me 4hrs, total cost $1 . I am super thrilled that it actually came out looking like a crib skirt. I am having so much fun making things for my little girl :).

Laundry Bag

When I went to ikea I had planned on getting a cute hamper for the baby's dirty clothes, but did not find anything. The nursery/sewing room is small as it is and I do not have a lot of floor space, so as I was looking online for some ideas on a space saving hamper I came across a great ideas for a laundry bag that hangs from the door. I had everything I needed to do it
.Embroidery hoop 14inc
.pillowcase
.scrap fabric and some ribbon
I added my own flair to it. Since I am doing owls and birds I used my scrap fabric I had and cut and appliqued everything you see on the bag. The laundry bag has a daddy owl mommy owl and baby owl with her name "Beatrice" I am pretty darn proud of it.

Field Trip!

Yesterday my hubby and I took a field trip to Ikea! I love that place. I can be there for hours, in fact i was yesterday! We went there to get some things for the nursery and I scored some really great things. I wanted a comfortable chair that I can nurse the baby in and I found this jennylund one. We went to go pick it up at the end and it was out of stock...no!!!They were not going to get a shipment in until Monday and there was no way my hubby was driving back there. So as we were leaving to pay I wanted to go to the as-is section of the warehouse and there it was a floor sample of my chair and it was only $110 dollars, SCORE!! I snatched it up. It was a fun day!