10 min. Fix

I bought this dresser at Ikea and I love it, I saw a program on HGTV that a homeowner had one and when it was filled with clothes it looked messy. So I decided I would use some $1 wrapping paper that I had to cover the frosted plastic. 10 min. later and I love it, all i needed was painters tape and it looks cute!

Baby Shower!

We had our baby shower last week, and I glad to say its finally over. It was so stressful planning it and executing it. I had so many ideas of what I wanted it to look like and what games I thought people would be interested in playing, I am so glad I never planned a big wedding. A friend of mine, and co-worker really helped me by creating some great decoration items, a diaper cake that I put on the gift table, a wishing tree and a diaper wreath that I forgot to take pic's of. I am really proud of my balloon arch, super easy and very cute. I cant wait to do another. We got some good stuff!

Ahead Of The Game

I know she inst born yet, but in May my hubby and I went to Disneyland with my work and I picked up a mini mouse beanie for the baby, and I had an idea to dress her up ad mini for Halloween. I was looking for an infant mini mouse dress but they were insanely expensive, so I knew I could come up with something with all my scrap material I had, and tada, I made her her first Halloween costume. Its a onsie that I sewed a little skirt on that I made from some scrap fabric and scrap elastic. All I need to get is a pair of black tights and some yellow socks and she is set for her first Halloween.

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.