Baby P's Nursery

Hello!

As promised, pictures of Baby P's nursery now that it is 95% complete (yes he's already 8 weeks old and it's not 100% finished). We're planning to create a family tree type artwork and put up pictures of the family so Baby P will be able to see those family members he may not see in person very often.

I turned to Pinterest for ideas on how to decorate his nursery and I found a nursery I loved and used for my inspiration. The site can be found here.

We found the perfect furniture at the Pottery Barn Outlet and over a couple months were able to buy everything we needed as we found the different pieces of the set. As mentioned in my last post, I found the nursery bedding on Etsy from Miss Polly's Piece Goods and we went with navy, aqua and white for the bedding colors to go with the gray we painted the room.

{Crib, dresser, bookcase, nightstand: Pottery Barn Kids ||  glider + ottoman, lamp shade and base, decorative basket and milkcrates: Target || Canvas prints: Shutterfly || Crib bedding, changing pad cover, monogram pillow: Miss Polly's Piece Goods Etsy shop || mobile, humidifier: Babies R Us || E above crib and canvas artwork above dresser: DIY - see last post for how to for the canvas artwork || wall color: Behr Premium Plus Ultra in White Metal and Silver Bullet}

Views of the room from the doorway:

 Closeups on the different areas of the room:

So thankful my baby shower hostesses requested guests to bring books instead of cards to start Baby P's book collection!

Until next time,
CZP

Baby P's Nursery Artwork

Hello! I have been on a bit of a hiatus for the past few months thanks to a crazy time at work and preparing for the arrival of Baby P. Well we welcomed him on May 19, so now that we've gotten into a bit of a routine I'm going to try to start blogging regularly (try being the operative word). In figuring out the theme/design of his nursery, I didn't have a lot of luck with the bedding sets we saw in stores, so I turned to Etsy, since I knew that site wouldn't let me down - and it sure didn't! I found a lady who offers custom nursery bedding in a TON of different fabric designs and every color imaginable (check her out  here - Miss Polly's Piece Goods) so I knew she could make the color scheme I wanted (navy, aqua, white, and gray) happen with the bedding.

I knew I wanted to add a DIY element to the nursery so I of course turned to Pinterest for inspiration and found this blog.

For this project I needed:
- 4 12"x 12" canvases - purchased at Michael's on a crazy good sale so got all 4 for about $6!
- 4 1/2 yards of fabric - purchased on sale at Joann's during one of their 50% off fabric sales so the fabric was about $5-$6
- glue gun
- small wooden letters for the monogram
-letter stencils
-acrylic paint

The canvases with the fabrics I chose. I also included yellow to give another pop of color beyond the navy and aqua that would match the bedding.

I started by cutting the fabric to be slightly larger than the canvases- a couple inches extra on each side to give myself enough fabric to fold over and glue on the back. Then I began glueing each side, folding the corners like a present so they'd look clean from the front side.

Front view of the finished product

The finished product from the back

This process was repeated for all 4 canvases and for the two navy canvases, that is all I did. To add a bit more pop to the artwork, the aqua canvas got little man's monogram and the yellow canvas got a saying I kept seeing in nursery artwork.

The monogram was done by purchasing 5" wooden letters from Michaels (I think they were about $1 each) and painting them since they were unfinished wood. I had to sand the letters a bit (using a pretty fine grit sandpaper to get a really smooth finish) then I painted them white with acrylic paint so they would stand out against the fabric.

Almost finished!

For the yellow canvas, I wanted to include the phrase "Dream Big Little One" but since I'm not good at freehand drawing lettering, I reused the 2" stencils I bought a couple years ago to use for a banner I created for our engagement pictures.

I got a navy acrylic paint so the lettering would pop, yet still go with the color scheme.

It took QUITE a while to do the lettering in pencil, then trace in paint and finally fill in, but I was really happy with the final product:

Once all 4 were finished, we were ready to hang. I just got command strips since I didn't want to put a bunch of holes in the wall to hang these (plus they are so lightweight nails weren't really necessary to hang them anyway).

Here are the canvases hanging in the nursery above the dresser/changing table. I was really happy with this little DIY project I took on for little man's nursery!

Pictures of the whole nursery coming soon!

Until next time, 

CZP

Baby Closet Dividers

Happy New Year!

The past several months have been very busy for us -- we finally found and closed on our new home after 7! months of searching, we've been working to make the home ours and we found out we were expecting a little boy in May! The home projects have shifted to be focused on Baby Boy and I recently finished my first project for him - baby closet dividers. I found these closet dividers on Etsy and really liked them, but wanted to make them my own (and for a little cheaper). The project took about $10 for me to make with using coupons and taking advantage of a scrapbook paper sale.

I bought plain closet dividers from the Container Store, which can be found here, scrapbook paper and number stickers from Michael's and used a compass (and my husband's patience) to create the pattern from which I made all the pieces to be adhered to the dividers.

All of my materials to make the closet dividers!

For this initial project, I used 7 dividers: Newborn, 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 12-18 months and 18-24 months. I have plenty of paper leftover so I plan to make dividers for larger size clothing as he gets a bit older, but I though this range was a good start for now.

Once I had all the paper cut out, I used Mod Podge to adhere it to the dividers double-sided.

After the glue dried, I added on the stickers to indicate the sizes, and since the stickers weren't sticking very well, I went ahead and Mod Podge'd the stickers on to make sure they'd stay.

Overall, this was a pretty easy project and will allow us to have a nice organized nursery once we start putting everything into the room.

The final product!

Coming soon - cupcake onesie gift box!