crafty momma

so instead of going to the sunny (yet oiley) gulf coast for a hertel family vacation, grady and i had a stay-cation and were off the past two days together. i used these two days to my advantage to get a few projects completed in the nursery. may i present to you my fabric wall and handmade name banner for chickadude!



i have to give myself a pat on the back for not using a pattern for the banner, figuring out the measurements on my own and the best part....not having to tear any stitches out and re-do anything!!! go me!! and i have to say...i think it's uber cute!

it's coming together! just a few more final touches.

ta daaaaaaaaaaaaa!

i present to you...our new nursey!!!
now comes more fun stuff....decorating!!!

under construction

we were so lucky to have grana, grampa, great grandma, great grandpa and aunt sue at our house over the holiday weekend to help us put our nursery together. we had a full docket:

before everyone got here we had to empty the room, get the carpet installed and then patch some holes from where the headboard in the bedroom used to be.

then, on friday we had to pick up the glider/rocker/recliner.

saturday grady and grampa sanded, primed and painted the spots that needed it in the nursery. while they were doing that, grana, sue and i worked on getting the fabric covered cornice board made. of course we had to go out and get a curtain that matched the cornice board and then got everything up and on the wall. first on the construction docket was the glider/rocker/recliner. piece of cake! we all went to dinner and when we got home it was crib construction time for grady and grampa while us ladies surpervised.

not much left for sunday but put the dresser together! as you can see rudy made sure to supervise and make sure everything was put together correctly.

thank you all for every ounce of love you put into our nursery. who knows when all of this would have gotten done if we didn't have all the help. graham is one lucky chickadude and now has a one of a kind nursey!

nesting #1

the carpet in the nursey was in pretty bad shape when we moved into our house. the previous tenants had spilled orange paint on the carpet and it looked like some wax on the carpet as well. lovely! so when we found out we were pregnant we knew we had to do something with the flooring in the room. so grady talked to his carpet guy from work adn we were able to get a really good deal. woo hoo!!

the new carpet looks awesome and we can't wait to see what it looks like with all the furniture and decor in the room. nesting has begun and the room is starting to come together!

it's log!

if you don't know about readymade magazine then you should definitely check it out. they have some very cool, and usually very easy, diy projects. and most of them use recycled materials....like this end table that i was thinking of making!! they must have had esp this week!

my parents have a very cool rustic log bench in front of their fish pond that i was going to ask them to see if the same place they got it from had end tables. but now i think i can skip that!! how cute would this be next to my chocolate brown rocker/glider in a woodland/forest themed nursery!!! i love it!!! anyone know of a good lumber yard?

http://windhula.blogspot.com/2009/10/stumped.html

hide and seek

as most of you know, our theme for the nursery is woodland/forest animals. i thought it would be easy to find fabric with squirrels, foxes, owls, etc. not so much! most of the ones we found were either too girly or we just didn't like them. until i spotted this one!!!

i had seen a picture of it online when i was searching for fabric, but never knew where to get it. after some careful researching mom and i found place who had it and we snatched it all up! so this will be our crib skirt and fabric covered cornice board for the nursery. i love it so much! i think i might even paint some canvases with the "windows" and animals to hang on the wall.

halfway there

okay, so i know i've said this a million times already....but WHAT, i'm 20 weeks pregnant now!!! WOW! halfway there. i honestly can't believe it. i count my blessings that i have had such an easy pregnancy so far. there is no produce shot this week, but it's crazy that our little chickadude is the size of a cantalope now! growing, growing, growing!



20 week recap:

only been sick once!
only gained 4 pounds
waking up between 1 and 2 every morning to pee
gotten much better about sleeping on my side
have to have ice cream every night!
bagel pizzas are one of my favorite lunches
LOVE going to friday night pilates with the girls, and wegmans afterwards for dinner
maternity clothes are a must now
found out our chickadee....is a chickaDUDE!
appetite has definitely increased this past week or so
always feeling movements when i'm relaxing on the couch
decided that woodland/forest animals will be our nursery theme

getting comfy cozy

awhile back grady and i were able to score an awesome deal on our crib and dresser for the nursery. the boxes are currently sitting in our living room waiting for grandpa to help assemble at the end of june! we're happy with the dark colored wood since it will match our woodland/forest creature theme. but, before we can get anything assembled, we have to replace the carpet in the room first. so it's going to be a busy june!

today was very exciting as well, as i finally was able to pick out my glider! woo hoo!! and not only is it a glider, it's a rocker and recliner as well. oh yeah, and it swivels too! the fabric i picked out is a chocolate microsuede-type fabric that only needs to be cleaned with water. major plus!! it is so comfortable and i already know i'll be spending many nights sleeping in this chair with our chickadude.



i can't wait until everything comes together. it's so exciting!!

special delivery

while i was busy at a conference for work all last week, i came home to a large box full of goodies from the one and only miss lesley. she said she had sent a box of surprises and i couldn't wait to open it up and see what was inside. to my surprise it was full of birds!!! :) i absolutely love them! our chickadee will truly have a one of a kind nursery.



thank you so much les!!!

cute idea

so i don't normally have two posts in one day, but i was checking out the blogs i follow, design dazzle in particular, and happened to click on her recent blog entry (http://designdazzle.blogspot.com/2010/05/made-with-love-modern-boys-nursery.html in case you missed it). HOW CUTE!!! and almost like what we are doing with the "woodland/forest creature theme!" i'm going to have to keep some of these ideas in my back pocket.

i especially love the little bird on the doorframe. oh moooooooooooooom! :)