Thursday, December 17, 2009

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.







Monday, December 7, 2009

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).