Busy, Busy!

UPDATE....

I decided to go ahead and throw the crib skirt together rather quickly tonight. One little corner of the nursery is almost completely done!

This verse is one that I really want my kiddos (specifically my girls) to know and find comfort in of as they grow up. Sometimes this world is really harsh but God does NOT make mistakes!! I ordered the vinyl lettering and then found a piece of wood the EXACT size I needed in the garage when we were cleaning up the other day. I finally got around to painting it and applying the lettering & ribbon today. For now it will hang about Sydney's crib.

This was my first project of the day. I made a cover for my camera strap. I change my mind and way too often to do something permanent and thankfully I found a tutorial for one that is rather easily removed. After I finished the strap cover this morning I got tons of housework done and tonight after dinner I got started on the crib skirt. It's a little bittersweet to see my to-do list getting smaller and smaller. I'm so excited to meet my littlest girl and I've really enjoyed this time of preparation as it's given me a lot of opportunities to be creative and productive.

More progress!!

All the furniture is painted and in the nursery so I've finally been able to start decorating a bit. We hung a shelf yesterday and I decided to get crackin' on my long sewing to-do list today. Next on my list is the crib skirt, a camera strap cover for my D60 and a couple placemat type thingies to put on top of the dresser and nightstand in the nursery.

Custom Changing Pad Cover!

Carseat Canopy to keep the sun off my littlest girlie!

Bedding

8 weeks!

8 weeks from now I will be snuggling a sweet, cuddly, 24 hour old newborn!!! I can't believe time is flying by so quickly and soon we'll be bringing our littlest girl home. We still have lots to do to prepare for her arrival and I anticipate all that keeping us plenty busy and that the next few weeks will be gone before we know it. I can't wait to see her little face, her little fingers and her little toes!

2 down, 1 to go!

Aaron has now refinished the crib and chest of drawers and only lacks painting the changing table!! The chest of drawers proved to be a bit of a challenge (the inside had to be rebuilt in order to replace the drawer guides among other things) but my handy hubby came through with ease. :) Once the changing table is done, we can get our guest bed out of the nursery and into the garage for storage and I can get the decorating done. It's looking like we may actually finish the room by early June like we'd hoped!

While Aaron was finishing up the chest of drawers the last couple days, I was busy creating some artwork for the nursery. I bought a ton of different size canvases when Michaels had them on sale a couple weeks ago and couldn't pass up the chance to create something (on the cheap) for the girls' room.

A few projects...

I just wanted to share a few projects that I've done this week. I've kinda been dabbling in everything and hope to start painting a couple canvases for the girls' room tonight. :)

Babylegs for Sydney

Of course sister wanted some too!

And so did brother!

Since I made the black, white & gray bow, she wanted a skirt to match so I made that for her today. I realized her babylegs would match about the time I was finishing up the skirt.

"Scrap" mobile for my littlest girl

Bows! Since I'm going to have two girlies to outfit with bows I figured I oughta learn how to make them.

Babylegs

I bought the knee socks to make these a couple months ago but just got around to getting them done. I laughed a little when I realized I had purchased the exact same 3 pack of socks that the tutorial's author used in the tutorial. Babylegs sell for about $12/pair but since I found my knee socks on clearance, I got three pair for $4.98!! They may not be store shelf worthy but they'll definitely serve their intended purpose.