so i have officially hit the nesting stage of pregnancy! sat. i cleaned my entire house from top to bottom, i couldn't stop myself! on mother's day i skipped out on church and started to paint our mini crib. it belonged to my husband when he was a baby. we used it for Gabriel but it needed a little pick-me-up color. didn't have a lot on hand but happened to have enough yellow paint to get the job done. the bars are actually darker than the rest but i kind of like it that way. ;)
so what you see here are the before and after pic.s the before really makes it look better than it was, trust me!
on Monday a friend offered to take Gabriel for a morning and i went fabric shopping for the reg. crib. my mom is making the bedding for me and I'm heading up to her house this weekend. so i wanted to have the fabrics so we can get started on the project! it took some time and a lot of looking and re-looking but i finally settled and chose the stack you see. the stuff in the green picture is the main blanket that I'm planning on adding some extra trim, ribbon etc... to. and below it is the dust-ruffle that we are also going to add a little something too.
the bigger challenge in picking colors and such is that i want it to be girly but she'll be sharing a room with her big brother. i haven't done much in his room since he moved into a twin bed and will be doing his stuff at the same time. but i want it all to match and flow nicely while still maintaining gender differences. add to that the fact that I'm picky and had a look i wanted it was a little more challenging. :) but I'm excited about what i got and can't wait to continue collecting and preparing for our dear Gwendolyn's arrival! don't worry I'll be posting my progress along the way! :)
and finally, i have a dear friend who lives back home(where my parents live and where i grew up). i suddenly felt like making a canvas collage for her, and I'm trying to get it done before i go this weekend. her bedroom is red,black and white. the white is what's proving to be a little harder since i tend to make things look old. never much real white in my art, usually creams and beige's. not to mention that i use a lot of old paper which of course is because it's aged and old, not white and new! so it's been a good challenge! here is a picture of the work in progress. enjoy!
a little tree 
and my current obsession with curled strips of sheet music.
it's all over my house. i enjoy the contrast of the green and cream.
and finally, my tv cabinet doors filled with paper snowflakes!
it's beginning to look like christmas in my house. sadly having grown up 
with snow and cold winters it doesn't feel much like christmas most days here in san diego. but i am trying to make my home warm and festive. this is our first year we will be at our own home since getting married. i was excited to get all my stuff out because there was a couple years of decorations that we hadn't used yet!
some fall decor for you (heather) i had fun getting to decorate this year for fall, it's not much but makes the house feel warmer and cozier. i stole the cabinet door idea from my sister in law, but then added the leaves. it looks so much better than all the cds and dvds stored behind it. :) the wreath was a Micheal's buy, i added the leaves, and such. all the little pictures are pics of houses, so i covered some chip board letters in black glass glitter and spelled out home. the garland of leaves is hanging on a metal wall decoration, which i found on an old bed frame out in the middle of no where while four wheeling with my husband. but because of the fact that is was previously attached to a bed it has eight little squares to help screw it down. the top four i was able to cover with the leaves but the ones on the bottom were harder to hide. so wallah! i made some letters that spell fall! :) they aren't done super well, it did it in an afternoon and just wanted to get it done, but it's better than looking at the little squares and wondering what they are there for? :) anyway, there you go heather, hope you enjoyed it. ;)
