The Nursery is almost done and since I last posted, I have finished the changing table, closet, mobile, mirror and washed all of the newborn to 3 month clothes, swaddling blankets, bibs and just have the cloth nappies. My order from Bum Genius arrived and the advice is to wash them in hot water, something we have not connected in our laundry room just yet. Must run upstairs and add that to the House of Czub to-do list!
Oh, and I finished the little gallery wall for her room too. The finishing touch was a box frame of little love hearts. I had picked up a box frame from Salvation Army for $2.99 and was inspired by this post of framed butterflies by Young House Love. I found a cute heart template on Google images, and printed it out on 3 different shades of pink paper I picked up at Michael's for 49c each.
Then after folding all my little hearts in half, so they popped out from the white paper backing and had a little 3D element, I checked I was happy with the layout and started gluing.
Once the craft glue was dry and the hearts not at risk of falling off the paper, I put the frame back together and hung them on the wall. I love how the have that texture and shadowy effect on the paper.
The other frames are also significant pieces I have framed. Top left is wrapping paper my Aunt Deirdre used to wrap a dress for the baby, Top middle is a polar bear drawing by soon-to-be big sister Kirah. Top right, middle and bottom left are cards I have either picked up or received, bottom right is a super cute babushka doll style drawing by also soon-to-be big brother Callum and bottom middle is one of only two decent ultrasound images I have received. It was a toss-up between this side profile shot and the foot print. I'll have to frame and hang the footprint somewhere else because it is too irresistible to have sitting in a drawer somewhere.
Still on the nursery, here is another Salvation Army $3 find that I overhauled. Originally a cane/wicker mirror, it has been primed and repainted Martha Stewart Flamingo Pink. This was an easy project I finished this morning while watching Nate Berkus.
Tag sales are so amazing here, and unlike in Canberra where you pretty much need to find if there is a garage sale in your area by checking the newspaper, here, you can't turn a corner without a tag sale sign. Tempting me, all the time! This past weekend, I picked up a Diaper Genie for all of $2 and even if I only use it for those newborn disposable nappies in the first weeks, no-one could say that it wasn't worth the measly $2. And speaking of only $2, I then picked up these new friends at a North Brookfield tag sale.
This past weekend I also had a second baby shower and was again spoilt with amazing gifts and a food spread to die for. Very generous family and friends gave us the bigger items that my family and friends could not back in Australia. So we are pretty much set now, just waiting on an Amazon order of a Baby Bjorn and wet bags. Here is the super cute and very appropriate cake topper that my cousin Nate made.
So this blog has been all baby, baby, baby! My parents are now in Lyon, France. They are on their way here after spending 4 weeks in France and London, and I can't wait to have them here in our house. I hope they are ready to work!! Ha ha, but I am a little serious. I have plants that HAVE to get in the ground before it gets too cold! Oh, and I have snakes to get rid of too. They completely gross me out and are living way too close to the house for anyone's comfort.
Here are two new house projects I have on the go. A sunburst clock I picked up at a yard sale, of course, for $3 and kitchen cupboards that I would prefer to use as a house for the microwave. Stay tuned for the after shots of these.
We are also going to need to waterproof the basement asap, as we had squelchy carpet after the rain last week. We'd like to make that space way more liveable and really won't be able to do that if water seeps in and ruins everything when we get a heavy rain. So once Jerry gets back from this India, Thailand, China trip he is on, up comes the carpet!
Ooh, Fed Ex just dropped a package on my door mat! Must go to check it out now....bye!
