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I was due yesterday but guess who is still with child?  I never thought I would go over my due date.Since I knew my daughter would feel a little left out at the hospital when baby boy arrives, I felt the need to create something just for her.  I had seen on an episode of an infamous television show, the new baby gave the older sibling a gift.  I thought it was rather sweet and took some of the

I wanted to hang a mirror in the nursery but wasn't sure how I wanted to do it.  I thought about just gluing a hanger to the back and calling it lovely but I decided a ribbon would give me some more punch of color.I started with a round mirror from Michael's, my orange ribbon, and hot glue. I cut 2 pieces of ribbon the same length.  Remember to burn the edges so they won't fray.  I tried to

I often ramble through my craft cabinet looking for a cheap project to do.  I have a couple baskets of craft paint that were looking back at me.  I also had an extra dollar store vase that was pretty plain.  I decided to give it some color with my paint.  I chose a color and got to work. Here's what I started with: a dollar store vase, craft paint, and a stencil pouncer thing. This project was so

The breakfast area is one we use daily.  We sit there for all our meals when we're together as a family.  I always keep placemats on the table to protect it from spills and scratches, especially with a little one.  The placemats that were there were old and a little dated.  They functioned great but the leaves weren't exactly our style.  A little country if you ask me.The size and shape of them

What do you do with a stack of paint chips and a craft hungry 4 year old?  Make something of course.  This kid keeps my brain moving trying to come up with stuff for her to do.This project was easy to do and my daughter enjoyed doing it.  I printed an egg shape and she traced it onto the back of the paint chips. This prevented any pencil lines on the front of your finished egss.  She cut out the

The nursery is coming along great but I still wasn't sure about storage.  I showed you several ideas and was so certain I would end up choosing baskets.  Guess again.Hubby and I were in Home Depot and he mentioned the wooden crates again.  We asked around to see where they would be.  The associate directed us to the store entry and there they were.  The good part, they were marked down to $5.00 a

From the beginning, I wanted to use white curtains in the nursery.  To me, white curtains are clean and just keep the room looking fresh.  But I had the urge to add more color to them.  I had been searching for a cool fabric to make curtains but I wasn't ready to fork out big bucks for it.  I also thought about using ribbon to add a border around the inside edges like this but I ended up using

Here's some easy art for the nursery.  I wanted some inexpensive art to put on the shelf above the changing table.  This project took nothing more than a frame and scrapbook paper.  I've had this pinned and decided to give it a try.I searched for giraffe heads on google and printed it out large enough to fill my frame.  I cut it out, traced it onto scrapbook paper, and glued it to white paper.  I

I was going back and forth on whether I wanted a mobile for the nursery.  Sure they're cute and all but I don't remember my daughter being over excited for hers when she was a baby.  I was doing a Pinterest search for nurseries and came across several DIY versions.  There is this one with just circles that is cute.sourceI also happened to come across this one.  It was the same concept but used

I came to a decision on the light for the nursery.  I jumped in the car and made a quick trip to Ikea.  I decided on the Alang in the larger 18" size.It has that modern shape I was looking for without spending a ton of money.  Here it is right out of the box.  It has a woven texture which I thought was plastic in the store but it's actually cloth.  The light comes with the diffuser so that's an