Announcement & epiphany

So its amazing what you can get done when you know that something is about to happen, aka your child WILL be born :)

I've been putting off making a birth announcement canvas for the hospital not because I didn't want to get it done but because the ideas just weren't flowing...but a little pressure of losing time has caused my brain to go in to overdrive. From that this was created:

Then there was an issue with an old barn window I salvaged from a family barn that's been sitting in the carport since September (don't judge). So I was working on thank you notes when the idea finally came. Needless to say those thank you notes aren't quite finished, but the barn window is :)

Thinking about putting a piece of cork board in one of the open spots and
leaving the other open for the wall color to shine through :)

So, my inspiration lately has been, I'M HAVING A CHILD?!  What's yours?

Nursery News...Issue 5

Yes, I know 3 posts in one night, a little over board maybe but I'm trying to catch up.  Just wanted to show you this little gem...

Insert cat calls & whistles here :)

This rocker was a broken down mess when we got it, and to be honest, I wasn't sure it could be salvaged.  I don't have any before pics anymore.  The sweetest of husbands surprised me one day with an iPhone so I don't have any pictures left.  Anyway, this rocker came from my great-grandmother Brock's home.  We really don't know how old she is, but she's no spring chicken folks.  A local man in our community took this project on, completely took her apart and put her back together.  I painted her arms and legs to match one of the fabrics in the room, we took her back and she got her upholstery on :)  Friends, this rocker is seamless, and I couldn't be more happy to preserve a piece of my mom's family.  If you'll notice the pillow in the chair.  It's another little piece of family.  My other great grandmother on my mom's side made the quilt that it was made from.  It was falling to pieces, so mom cut out enough to make a pillow from.  She also made a little bear.  And mom herself crocheted the beautiful afghan that's hanging on the rocker.  As soon as I finish up getting things put away in the nursery, I'll give you the total reveal.  Be patient, I'm trying :)

Nusery News, Issue 3

So now that the nursery is almost finished I think I'll give you a little tease until it's totally, 100% there.  This nursery is totally hodge podge and homemade.  No where else will there be another nursery just like my little Hughes' and I'm loving it :)  If you'll remember back to my first nursery news post I told you that we were doing a rustic farmer "concept" inspired by laybabylay.com.  So in the middle of the night I came up with this crazy idea to turn an old apple crate I bought at Harrison Brothers Hardware in Huntsville, home of this sweet lady.

The crate started a little something like this:

Ain't she purdy :)

Then transformed to this:

Like, but something is still missing

 Finally to this beauty:

Special shout-out to my handsome hubster, Steve.  He may roll his eyes when I dream up projects, but he sure does do a good job.  I didn't hear him complain, not once.

Nursery News...Issue 2

After

Making room for someone else to live in your house (even a tiny someone) is kind of hard.  Don't get me excited I'm over the moon already for my little Hughes, but I've been forced to clean out pretty much every square inch that I have "stored" stuff.  I mean really how much stuff can 2 people accumulate?  Anyway, I've been wanting my darling, handsome hunk of a man to build a closet tower and add double bars for some time now.  Originally it was supposed to be for me, but now it's for the baby (a sacrifice that I'm willing to make).  It ended up being a little bit wider than we intended but the amount of storage we have in this closet has multiplied tremendously in comparison to the one bar and one shelf that was there before.  We painted the tower and shelves with some leftover paint from the living room so that was free, but I added a little "pop-o-color" with some double-sided tape and some scrap book paper.  This closet at one time was filled to the brim with my clothes, craft stuff, blankets, Stevie's uniforms, and junk.  So to see it this "us" free should tell you how much we've gotten rid of.  Anywhoo...I am claiming the top and bottom shelf for my cricut and some craft supplies, I don't think Hughes will mind; I am giving him a place to live you know.

A BIG thanks to my sweet Stevie for building and painting (a chore he despises more than pretty much anything)!  Love you hon! 

Have a good daisy!

Nursery News "Issue 1"

So I don't want anyone to think that I wanted to have a child just so I could have an excuse to decorate a nursery, something I have always wanted to do.  It just happens to be an added bonus.  I mean really, what woman doesn't dream about decorating a baby's room?  I would be lying if I didn't admit that I was looking for ideas long before we even began talking about having a baby.  Anyway, I decided that I wanted to have my bedding made, nothing against pre-made bedding, just wanted it to be one-of-a-kind. 

First I found my inspiration at a site I absolutely love...Lay Baby Lay.  The site features posts with themes (I use this term loosely; you don't look at any of them and say, "Oh, that's a _________ theme."), maybe I should call them concepts instead of themes.  Anyway, the posts show different room components such as crib, artwork, lighting, rugs, throw pillows,etc.  I'm kind of a vintage/rustic girl, so I fell for the rustic farmer concept.  Now mind you I don't have anything that is exactly like anything posted, just used it as a design board.

So, I searched etsy for a quilt, found it (kind of).  Border had flowers, and because husband is a flower-phob, we're having it custom made without the floral border and squares.  Next, came fabric :)  I won't really talk about it much because you can see for yourself.  Would like to point out though, the dust ruffle fabric is a pale yellow ticking (hard to tell in picture) and the sheet is minky dot.  Think I may get a minky dot sheet made for my bed too, it's wonderful.  Also ordered a couple of fabrics that will be used in the quilt.  You'll see those at the end.

Found this old milk crate and vintage magazine cover at an antique store that will go nicely with our vintage/rustic concept.

Fabrics that Coordinate with "The" quilt from etsy :)

More to come in issue II of Nursery News!