5 weeks ago wes and i went to my 20 week ultrasound. we found out the sex of our baby and got to see how everything was measuring. baby Cate is a BOY! its amazing to see the progression from the first scan to the third scan, he looks like an actual baby now instead of a tiny bean. we saw feet, hands, face, spine, brain, profile, everything. he wasn't feeling shy at all and moved so much the ultrasound tech had to chase him. he's perfect and adorable and i love him so much already. over the past few weeks he's been kicking more and more. its such a strange feeling, hard to describe, but wonderful. i absolutely love feeling him move around.
DIY madness.
while i was waiting to find out our baby gender and start nursery planning i needed something to do. my sister is having a mickey mouse clubhouse themed birthday party for my nephew's first birthday. i decided to make the invitations. the ones she wanted were on etsy, but they were so expensive... $5 for 1 invite. excuse me, what. so i figured out how to make them and it turned out to be a whole lot cheaper. and it wasn't too hard either. i made 20 invites for about $25 and they are just as adorable.
now that we know that little baby Cate is a boy, the nursery planning, decorating, and crafting has been in full swing. i've been having so much fun doing all these projects and watching his room come together. the color scheme is navy, orange, and gray. wes and i wanted it to be different and not too babyish.
for my first project i wanted to display his name in his room somehow. this idea just sort of came together. i found a frame that i liked at Michael's and bought it without knowing what i would use it for. i had leftover fabric from sewing a pillow case and i found these galvanized letters at hobby lobby. i stapled the fabric to the frame and hot glued the letters onto the fabric. turned out great! baby Graham :)
my second project was a painting of sorts made out of popsicle sticks. i found it on Pinterest, like most of my projects, and just adapted it to my colors. it was super easy and looks really cool. bought a frame at Michael's and arranged the sticks to each other randomly with hot glue.
my third project was reupholstering a lamp found at goodwill for $2. the base was originally maroon and the shade was cream with a flower pattern around the bottom. i bought a new shade because the fabric i wanted to use wasn't thick enough to stop the pattern from showing. i covered the shade in orange and white fabric and painted the base orange. brand new! and unique. i also used this fabric to cover a canvas square and hot glued a G onto it.
my fourth project was a baby mobile. i went to Michael's, my favorite store, and bought cardstock paper in navy, light blue, white, orange, and a lighter shade of orange. cut about 15 -20 circles in 3 different sizes. arranged them on the floor in rows from navy to light orange. each row had a different amount of circles so the lengths weren't all the same. once i liked how the rows looked, i ran the circles through my sewing machine with white thread. then i attached each row to a circle mirror. tied twine to the top and ta da! baby mobile with a mirror.
my fifth project is still a work in progress. i'm making blackout curtains. its nearly impossible to find orange and white curtains so i figured i could make them myself. everything is measured, i just need to run it through the sewing machine. i still have about 3.5 months to go... so who knows what other projects i will come up with between now and then.
happy crafting!
