Over the past several months I've been trying to inexpensively girlify the nursery. I wasn't planning on changing anything, but Dave got excited that we're having a girl and told me he hoped I was going to do something girly to the room. So I decided I would do what I could under $20. I did pretty good. The grand total was $12.50, which wouldn't have been possible if my Mom hadn't made a new baby blanket! But she is amazing, and didn't it turn out adorable?!?
The colors she chose for the blanket were what inspired the colors of everything else!
The pooh paintings Dave did before Logan was born, and I decided I loved them so much I had to keep them. If we don't have any more kids, each one will end up with one of the paintings if they want it when they're older. The banner I slowly glued together over a few weeks because my rubber cement dried out and I can't find any at Walmart (did they stop selling it or what?). So I had to use Elmer's glue and if you don't press it while it dries, it wrinkles/bubbles. I had the paper on hand, so that saved me money. And the flowers and vases are from the Dollar Store.
My changing table mat previously was greens, blues and yellows, but after seeing the colors my Mom picked, I decided it had to be changed to something that matched better. This was a project when Dave was at Scout Camp. I had all the material in my scraps except the dark pink and red. So I spent $2.50 here buying a few inches of each. The vinal I had was a pain to work with, but turned out well, and will be super sturdy.
$2 more was spent just to get these flowers for the knobs. It's a little more girly than I typically go for, but I felt it matched the rest of the room.
So next I need to finish a wall hanging quilt to go above the crib probably on the right. My mom sent me the extra squares from her quilt, so I'm going to use that to make something. I laid it out last night, and it looks like I need to make 4 more half square triangles, and then fill in some whites. I'll probably do a border or two as well to make it framed and a little bigger. We'll see. on the left will go a picture of the baby once she's born.
Other that that the baby blessing dress is done! I wasn't planning to make one, but I couldn't find one I loved. I'm not super girly/frilly, so I wanted something simple and classic and not $100. I got this pattern from my Aunt Melissa who found it free online. I added a belt (which I will cut and decided if the bow goes in the front or back after I have a baby to try it out on, and I will probably make a headband after I have a head to size up too.
Finally I made a few onesies while Dave was at Scout Camp too. I just got on Pinterest and copied ideas I found there. I'm not super girly, so nothing crazy... but I did throw in some purple. My friend is moving and gave me most of these white onesies (left over from a baby shower she threw), and they are all in different sizes. So they'll fit at different times. Which is good, because apparently I like arrows, and a few of them feature arrows. Which is fine if they're spread out over a year worth of sizes.
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