Projects for the nursery...

It is official, I have the "nesting syndrome" where I feel like I need to make everything for the nursery. I am not sure why I have a problem with going to a store and just buying bedding, frames, etc. but I feel the need to make all sorts of fun projects! Keith probably thinks I'm a little insane but hopefully the finished product will be worth all of the work I've done.

Since the nursery (aka. Anna's room!) is painted a lavender color, it has been hard to find a mobile to match so I thought I could make one using tissue paper flowers that I ordered from overstock.com.

This is what I found when I opened the package and I guess I didn't realize I had to put them together myself! I also figured out that I could have made these for $1 but oh well, at least I know for next time. About 30 minutes later and a lot of fidgeting with the tissue paper, the end result was exactly what I was looking for!

I just added some string and hung them from the ceiling in the corner of the nursery. Super cute and hopefully they will entertain Anna in a few months! The picture is a little fuzzy because I borrowed it from Janet's blog since I haven't taken one yet.

I have had another project in mind but just needed a trip to Canton to find exactly what I was looking for. My friend, Jessica, and I headed out to Canton a few weeks ago in search of the perfectly imperfect stained glass window. We absolutely LOVE Canton and yes, our husbands think we're obsessed but it's such a fun adventure every time we head out to the flea market. We had been looking for hours and finally stumbled upon a lady in the garage sale area (I swear, there are hundreds of acres of this and how we found her, I have no idea!) and she had a number of windows for sale. I found the perfect one with purple, yellow and green. I should have taken a before picture because it was painted black and missing chunks out of the wood next to the glass. Nothing a little caulk, sanding and white paint couldn't fix...here she is in all her glory as I hung it above the changing table/dresser in the nursery.

I hung the window with some old chain we had leftover from our light fixture in the kitchen (good thing we save all the extras from our projects) and since my mom and Mutti taught me how to sew a few weeks ago, I made the chain cover from leftover fabric from the baby bedding. Not to worry, I'll update everyone on that story in a few days! I can't sew much, but I think I've mastered a straight line with my mom's sewing machine from the 1970's!

Cason was my helper! Isn't he the cutest?