Saw these on www.etsy.com and decided I had to make one!!
Great for keeping out the prying hands at the grocery store.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Car seat canopy
Saw these on www.etsy.com and decided I had to make one!!
Great for keeping out the prying hands at the grocery store.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Nursery
For any of you who missed it, here is Christian's nursery!!
$500 was the price of the crib I wanted to get... not including anything else! I could not bring myself to pay a thousand dollars just for a crib and changing table....
We decided to put the money we would have spent in the bank for the new baby and make our nursery "green" by reusing things!
Instead here is my nursery on the cheap!
Antique crib - refinished solid wood. many hours of sanding a painting! $70 including paint, hardware and supplies.
Swivel rocking chair from Baby Bloomers. big splurge at $125 on Craigslist.
Changing table $50 on Craigslist.
Gorgeous bedding on clearance for $20!!
Dresser - a seriously ugly find from a few years ago just needed some new white paint. $20
Tissue paper pom poms just like the ones in all the high end nursery magz. Made my own for about $10.
The only "new not clearance item" was my numbers sign $10 and baby things basket. $8
Everything else in the room was re-purposed from our own home.
I just got some awesome fabric to coordinate everything together, I used it to cover some ugly but super soft pillows and upholster the doors of the changing table and front of the dresser. Covered some old square frames in batting and polka dots behind the crib. Some brown paint made my old baskets look brand new.
So pretty much got everything for about half the pricetag (600) on the rocking chair I got.
Buying used and recycling old stuff doesn't have to mean you can't get a beautiful result!
$500 was the price of the crib I wanted to get... not including anything else! I could not bring myself to pay a thousand dollars just for a crib and changing table....
We decided to put the money we would have spent in the bank for the new baby and make our nursery "green" by reusing things!
Instead here is my nursery on the cheap!
Antique crib - refinished solid wood. many hours of sanding a painting! $70 including paint, hardware and supplies.
Swivel rocking chair from Baby Bloomers. big splurge at $125 on Craigslist.
Changing table $50 on Craigslist.
Gorgeous bedding on clearance for $20!!
Dresser - a seriously ugly find from a few years ago just needed some new white paint. $20
Tissue paper pom poms just like the ones in all the high end nursery magz. Made my own for about $10.
The only "new not clearance item" was my numbers sign $10 and baby things basket. $8
Everything else in the room was re-purposed from our own home.
I just got some awesome fabric to coordinate everything together, I used it to cover some ugly but super soft pillows and upholster the doors of the changing table and front of the dresser. Covered some old square frames in batting and polka dots behind the crib. Some brown paint made my old baskets look brand new.
So pretty much got everything for about half the pricetag (600) on the rocking chair I got.
Buying used and recycling old stuff doesn't have to mean you can't get a beautiful result!
Hoot Hoot nightlight
Here is the nightlight Eric and I have been working on for Christian's room.
It is a paper collage on a 12x12 inch canvas with a set of battery powered floral lights to create a nice glow in his room. I saw something similar for a ridiculous amount of money and I said, I can sew make that!
Charli's new room theme is forest friends, hope to have some of her stuff to share soon.
It is a paper collage on a 12x12 inch canvas with a set of battery powered floral lights to create a nice glow in his room. I saw something similar for a ridiculous amount of money and I said, I can sew make that!
Charli's new room theme is forest friends, hope to have some of her stuff to share soon.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Isn't it about time?
Sometimes I feel like I am a little behind the times, like who doesn't have a blog? Who has never been on twitter? ME! So this is me, catching up. ;)
Life in the Richardson household is crazy these days with Eric working 12 hr rotating shift work, Charlotte's quest for independence and Christian's fight to break out of my uterus several times a day. But this is my life and I love it. My current project is redecorating Charli's room to match the forest friends wall stickers I found at Target. Making progress but no where near done. Christian's room is complete, we just finished making his night light yesterday evening. Now all we need is a baby to put in it.
My goal for this week is to finish up any small projects I have in the works before I start any new ones. Will let you know how that goes.
Life in the Richardson household is crazy these days with Eric working 12 hr rotating shift work, Charlotte's quest for independence and Christian's fight to break out of my uterus several times a day. But this is my life and I love it. My current project is redecorating Charli's room to match the forest friends wall stickers I found at Target. Making progress but no where near done. Christian's room is complete, we just finished making his night light yesterday evening. Now all we need is a baby to put in it.
My goal for this week is to finish up any small projects I have in the works before I start any new ones. Will let you know how that goes.
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