Feeling Crafty

I needed some cute wall art, but didn't want to spend a lot of money. I ended up seeing some cute wall art in the Restoration Hardware Kids/Baby catalog that inspired me to make my own special creation. Here's my inspiration from Restoration Hardware:

Since I painted butterflies on the wall, I figured I'd create some colorful and fun butterfly wall art to match. I went to JoAnne's Fabric to buy scrapbook paper (spent only $2-3 total) and then found some pretty butterfly images online. Printed out the butterflies, cut them out and then traced them onto the scrapbook paper. Pasted it together, popped it into a couple frames I had lying around and Presto!...my very own wall art! Only thing left to do is paint the frames white and hang them on the wall.

Here are my wall art creations! Not the best photos, but you get the idea.

Nursery Update

Brian painted the nursery a light pink color and then I painted a small mural: bamboo and butterflies. It's all coming together! We now have most of the furniture in the room, including the crib, changing table/dresser, glider and armoire. Still need to get some shelves on the wall and a bookshelf for all her books, stuffed animals and fun baby stuff. So excited!

Here's a couple closer shots of the butterflies and bamboo.

25 Weeks!

I'm 25 weeks (just over 6 months) now and feeling pretty good. As you can see from the photo, my baby bump is now showing. We went to Whidbey Island last weekend to the Christmas tree farm with Brian's family. Here's a photo of us with our puppy, Davis (who is also 6 months).

My First Quilt

I think my nesting instincts are kicking in. I was suddenly inspired to make a quilt for our new baby but I had one problem...I didn't know how to sew. The day I found out we were having a girl, I ran to 4 fabric stores searching for the perfect baby quilt fabric.

The next day my mother-in-law, Sue, came over to teach me how to sew and start making the quilt. (She's an amazing sewer and quilter by the way!!) We spent the afternoon cutting fabric and I learned how to use my sewing machine that's been sitting in my closet for all these years. By the end of the evening, about a third of the quilt was finished. I finished sewing the next day (actually it was yesterday) and TADA! I made my first quilt!!

It's a rag quilt made out of flannel and super soft/cuddly fabrics. It's a really easy quilt and perfect for beginners. Now I'm ready to make another one!! I'm thinking pillows and curtains are next???

~ Melissa

It's a Girl!

Whoopee!! We're having a little girl! We went to our 20 week ultrasound a few days ago and heard the news. I'm so excited to decorate with all the fun girly things. We have a few favorite names, which I'll share later but we probably won't decide until the baby is born.



We just picked out the nursery bedding. Love all the pink and chocolate brown colors with white accents! Once we get the bedding we'll pick out a paint color (most likely will be pink) and get to work on the nursery. I'm planning to do some small murals on the wall. I'm thinking of painting bamboo in the corner and a couple butterflies here and there, but we'll see what I decide.



The fun of decorating begins!

~ Melissa

Welcome to the Borgbina News!

We're so excited to have our first baby on the way! We're creating this blog so we can share photos, stories and news with our friends and family about our exciting adventure. Feel free to comment on any posts!

Here's a photo of our first ultrasound at around 11 weeks. I'm now 20 weeks along but I'll update with more photos later.

P.S.....Wondering why we called it the Borgbina News? The term, bambina, is Italian for little girl. So throw in the Borghorst version and it comes out as Borgbina (Little Borghorst Girl).