Spoon Mirror

I love the plastic spoon mirrors I have been seeing

on Pinterest!

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I knew that was the perfect thing to put over Cailin's crib.

So I bought 2 packages (48 each) of plastic spoons at the dollar store.

My mom gave me a round hand mirror that I was able to 

pop the mirror out of the frame.

I cut the handles off all the spoons with tin snips.

 

As you can see, they didn't always cut cleanly.But

the jagged edges will be hidden when you start gluing

them in a circle.

 

Then I cut a 10 inch circle out of carboard and started

gluing the spoons down starting at the outside. I left a

space in between and started the second row there. Then

just kept going until I got to the center.

 

 

I left enough space in the middle for the mirror. Then I spraypainted

it watermelon pink and glued the mirror down.

I love it! I think it adds just the right amount

of color above her cirb.

 

 

 

Ruffled Curtains

Oh another nursery post! That's probably all it's going

to be for a while. Lol! There are just so many

projects I have planned for that room. But I'm slowly running out

of time. She'll be here in less than 2 weeks!

The nursery has one window. I knew I wanted curtains not 

just a valance. I debated for a while if I wanted

a print fabric, or a solid color. After I saw this picture,

I finally made up my mind.

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Again Mom came to the rescue! I haven't had time to sew.

So she used About a Girl and a Pug's tutorial and made

the curtains out of a white bed sheet.

I love it! Perfectly girly and doesn't compete with the

other bright patterns in the room.

Now to finish the wall art for either side of the window,

the rug, quilt, crib mobile...

Crib

I got a few more things done in the nursery. 

Well...actually I should say my mom got 

a few things done for the nursery. She's been a big

help while I have been working on the wall art.

She finished the bumper pads and crib skirt. I knew I wanted to
use the space under the crib for storage, mainly all
the diapers I am picking up on sale.
My inspiration came from

 Positively Splendid's ruffled crib skirt.

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I love her use of patterns and colors. 

I had chosen MoMo's Oh Deer as my inspiration fabric for the bumper pads. 

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                           So I went with pink and aqua chevron from Riley Blake for the crib skirt.

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And here is the crib.

Don't mind the light pink crib sheet. At the time, that 

was the only crib sheet we had. We've since changed it 

out for white. So much better!

Faux Trophy Deer

As promised here is the tutorial for the faux deer head shown in

the nursery gallery wall.

 

I first saw a tutorial for the deer head at Know And Tell

Crafts blog.

 



 

 

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But when I got to the point of wanting to make it and actually

starting reading the tutorial, I realized Ty's deer head would

be very small. He printed the templates and cut his out of

two sheets of cardstock.

 

I wanted something a lot more substantial. So I keep looking.

Ty actually gave the credit for his deer head

 to Christina Loff from Chronicle Books Blog. So I took

a look at her tutorial. She cut hers out

of foamcore board.  That is exactly the size I was looking for!

 

So I bought a 20"x30" 3/16" thick piece of

 foamcore board at the Dollar Tree for $1.

And I traced the handy dandy templates Christina offers on her blog. 

 

Then I cut out each piece with my woodburning tool. I think

this is only the second time I have used it. I got it several years

ago as a gift. I used the tip that looks like a razor blade

 on the foamcore board and it cut like butter!

No nasty smell or burnt edges either. It was so easy.

 

 

Then I assembled the deer head according to the pictures.

Everything fits together like a puzzle.

 

Christina recommends cutting the mounting board out of 1/2 inch thick

foamcore board. I didn't have any foamcore board that thick so

 I found an oval wooden sign I had bought at the Dollar Tree

several years ago. I spray painted it white and hot glued

the deer head to it.

 

 

And then hung it on the wall using Command strips.

I love those things!

 

 

 

 



Nursery Gallery Wall

I finally finished the nursery gallery wall.

And I love it!

I first chose the pictures I wanted to frame.

I have been happily pinning wall art and free

printables for months on Pinterest.

Now I had to weed my list down. It was a tough

decision, but I knew I wanted five or six.

So this is what I chose.

 

 

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Tutorial coming soon!

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I couldn't find the Dr. Seuss quote as a printable so I had to design 

it in Photoshop. 

Then I laid out out the frames I wanted to use and spray painted

them gray. Put the pictures in the frames and hung them

on the wall with the ever handy dandy Command strips.

I love it! And hubby approved. That's always good!

Seasons change...

This was November's Sunday School bulletin board.

Seasons Change But Jesus Remains the Same

Dresser for the nursery

I needed a dresser for the nursery. I knew I wanted to

use the dresser as a changing table also. So I needed

a long dresser in order to have room for 

the changing pad and a lamp. 

I've seen some great looking dressers on Pinterest.

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So I stalked the thrift store for several weeks before coming 

across this beauty.

I snapped a quick picture and texted my husband. He 

approved also so I ran to the register. They stuffed

it in the back of my SUV and away I went!

I took it to my dad's workshop and painted on it for 

several weeks with no-VOC white paint from Olympic.

That stuff is the best! Absolutely no fumes at all.

I had originally planned to change out the hardware, but

 with so many drawer pulls and knobs, it was going 

to be expensive. I tried spray painting them with

Rustoleum's chrome spray paint and I think

they look just fine.

So glad to get that crossed off my to-do list!