The Nursery and Our Bedroom (Before and After).

The Nursery Before....   

 Well this is the dressing room space of our bedroom, sort of like a walk in closet but with no doors.  I couldn't find a picture of this area when it was actually just a dressing room... with dressers and shoe cubbies, but it once was.   Then it became my sewing room for about 2 years which is what you see here, and now it's our nursery for the new babe.

 Our bedroom before the makeover...

The After!

Nursery...

Narwhal Love...

 Decal found here.

 Whale Love and fabric...

We fell head over heals in love with this whale at my Christmas craft show, but I hesitated on buying him for too long and someone else snatched him up :(  Luckily Liz makes custom orders although her pieces are mostly originals, but she made this guy as similar to the one I had seen and loved.  I'm so happy with him, I think he looks great above the crib and don't you just love his little barnacles!  I'll have to get a close up photo of him at some point, the detail is just awesome!!

Our Bedroom...  we're so glad we gave our room a facelift especially since we will be sharing the room with the baby it's nice to treat yourself too!

These next photos were taken before the Narwhal arrived, but it was a really sunny day (it was cloudy and rainy out when I took the above photos) and with the new light filtering blinds we added to the room, we're are just loving the beautiful amount of natural light we get without having to open the blinds.  

The curtains I made by doctoring up some simple store bought white panels ($10 a panel) and adding a strip of yellow and white chevron home decor weight fabric.  We weren't sure if we wanted any curtains, but since there is a lot of light in here we wanted something to help mute it for the baby if needed.  The curtains ended up making the room feel more like it's own room and added such a softness we needed.  Plus Andy says they add a 60's vibe which is pretty cool too :)

Hope you enjoyed the tour, we find ourselves in here all day now because we just love the feel this room has and the abundance of sunlight.  Even Jackson has ended up in bed with me at 5 in the morning more then twice since the room has been completed, looks like everyone is enjoying this new space, can't wait to see a baby in this room!

22 Weeks and not quite a sneak peek...

Since about 2 days before I turned 20 weeks I began feeling baby kick everyday.  Now there is even a bit of a schedule to his kicking.  My favorite time of day is just after I eat dinner, he seems to be the most active at that point of the day.  Although at this very moment he's giving me some strong kicks I wasn't expecting.  I love feeling him move and kick, such an amazing experience.

And here's that sneak peak, hahaha.... that's why I said "not quite", but I promise by later today I will show you our finished bedroom and nursery!  It's all done, which I am thrilled about, because now we've moved on to going through all of Jackson's clothes and baby things, and then hopefully soon I can really get busy making things!  So far on the list is a quilt (of course) and a crocheted blanket... both already are planned out in my mind.  Maybe I'll visit the local yarn shop this weekend!  Then if I feel ambitious there are some pants I'd love to sew up for baby and possibly a sweater to knit.   But we're heading into a very busy season.... friend's baby arrives,  Jackson's birthday, my birthday, my dad's birthday, Easter and then my best friend will be visiting from Georgia (yippie!!) so yeah.... glad the nursery is done!  June will be here before I know it!!

Stay tuned... Nursery photos coming soon!

Baby Quilts... with purple!

I am NOT a purple fan, but I am a Lizzy House fan.  Her purple fabrics are always such a great bold shade of eggplant that I love so much.  The color is so rich and the design so awesome.  These are probably two of my favorite girl quilts I've made ever.  I tend to like boy quilts more since I am a blue color kind of gal.  But these bright pops of color really make me happy too...

 This little quilt is a stroller/play mat size quilt.  

And this quilt is a larger crib quilt.  

This quilt was a lot of fun to put together, as it sort of unfolded as I worked on it, not having a clear plan when I started, but I'm so happy with how it turned out. 

Both quilts are for sale in my shop.