tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51086543960599508272024-02-18T20:33:26.506-05:00Compassionate ComfortVerbal diarrhea from a crafty vegetarianSweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-24630100453757530122011-11-29T23:14:00.000-05:002011-11-29T23:14:42.023-05:00Shame On Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsDxAMZRoMh5Mkh0Jp7lpxmPmkbFB05ACwXFTpyu_3vl2Py2k0fpczgRik24JvERcq3Gyo4QfqXSvzUtCnqfC8GTp5RXyb2RMI4BYMDinhaUE9E4JrmqlW5QZqTUWskHZdCluI7Es170/s1600/Jude+-+23+%2526+24+Weeks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsDxAMZRoMh5Mkh0Jp7lpxmPmkbFB05ACwXFTpyu_3vl2Py2k0fpczgRik24JvERcq3Gyo4QfqXSvzUtCnqfC8GTp5RXyb2RMI4BYMDinhaUE9E4JrmqlW5QZqTUWskHZdCluI7Es170/s400/Jude+-+23+%2526+24+Weeks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We skipped another week! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had to take a road trip to NJ for a funeral. Your great grandfather passed away. I wish that you could have met him little bean, your father was very close to him. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You did so well my little one. The twins were obsessed with you and you were such a good sport about everything!</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your first Thanksgiving was wonderful! On Thursday you tasted one of mommy's favorite combos: mashed potatoes and spinach at Mamy's. On Sunday, you had mashed potatoes and sweet potato souffle at Nana and Papa's. You have become such a wonderful eater! Making you try new foods is definitely not a problem. </span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-6652074240326732242011-11-04T23:13:00.000-04:002011-11-04T23:13:50.076-04:00Weeks 21 & 22<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My little bean is getting bigger and bigger by the day! Pretty soon you'll be out of your car seat. You've started on purees already - you can't get enough of those carrots! You're such a good eater, I have a feeling that feeding you different dishes won't be a problem. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your first Halloween was a blast. Mommy didn't pass out candy since she wasn't sure you'd be able to handle it (OK, she wasn't sure SHE'D be able to handle it) but we had a good time at the Halloween parade downtown. I can't wait until next year when we can take you out trick-or-treating.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 15 and 16 week photos had to mesh into one. I suppose that was bound to happen, what with the hubby traveling and all. My little bean has started rolling over!</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are such a happy baby. Always laughing, always giggling. I love waking up every morning to see what you'll do next. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fall has officially begun. It's one of my favorite seasons and I can't wait to share it with you. Maybe by Thanksgiving you'll be able to have your first taste of mashed potatoes!</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week you started cereal. And you are really digging it! I can tell you are going to be quite the eater.</span> </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think you're going to crawl any minute now. Right now, you get around by flipping over and over. I'm starting to have to be more careful when I leave you on your play mat. You can move around pretty well on your arms but you're not quite there yet. But you are <i><b>obsessed</b></i> with the dogs and I can tell you'll get going very soon so you can catch up to them!</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These days you require <i><b>a lot</b></i> more attention. We have a system for the day: eat, play, sleep. eat, play, sleep. etc. It's a very fun system :) Mommy thinks you are beginning to get teeth - you drool a ton and anything you can get a hold of goes into your mouth. </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week is hate week for mommy and daddy. Well, more so for daddy. Mommy could really care less about football - she just does it to annoy daddy. Daddy still hasn't paid up for the bets he's lost in the past years - I'm owed several breakfasts! Once you're older you'll hear all about football season from daddy as I'm sure he'll try to convince you to join the ND team. </span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-83023505790963217862011-08-30T00:10:00.000-04:002011-08-30T00:10:57.259-04:00Bumbo Domination!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWb4_dnHR1ruiOrsTpIBO6vQU_Adb1ugMhnrZMzTsokr2l3KjzCPTqtSZ7aKfK4UQTib1ebFrfZ4bRm-OxMkpIqiRosxMBk1K0quGnVRFBN1gmcrqBtZAQZhDdf5bjRLu2FoY7GS97sY/s1600/Jude+-+12+Weeks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWb4_dnHR1ruiOrsTpIBO6vQU_Adb1ugMhnrZMzTsokr2l3KjzCPTqtSZ7aKfK4UQTib1ebFrfZ4bRm-OxMkpIqiRosxMBk1K0quGnVRFBN1gmcrqBtZAQZhDdf5bjRLu2FoY7GS97sY/s400/Jude+-+12+Weeks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This week, little Juniper, you sat in your Bumbo chair for the first time! You love sitting in it and nibbling on your giraffe. Mommy's beginning to think that you might be teething - although she's not feeling ready for that! You are talking and moving so much more now. You are <i><b>this</b></i> close to rolling over!</div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-7014438918551219022011-08-19T23:19:00.000-04:002011-08-19T23:19:24.316-04:00String bean baby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkvybyZrX_udEeikYx-Xqt-aAxh0uWwqOQW_DeoY9MaBxI1QZCtLn9rINgaovrSeCYSU7M02bmsaHRBbIo-u-2mN7-P7iY_5Imu4wqSPu2RT8h9ExMymnXWCWaPsOfL9XjkP7KFmTJbE/s1600/Jude+-+11+Weeks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkvybyZrX_udEeikYx-Xqt-aAxh0uWwqOQW_DeoY9MaBxI1QZCtLn9rINgaovrSeCYSU7M02bmsaHRBbIo-u-2mN7-P7iY_5Imu4wqSPu2RT8h9ExMymnXWCWaPsOfL9XjkP7KFmTJbE/s400/Jude+-+11+Weeks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11 weeks old. Little Jude, you are 24 inches long and almost 13 pounds. You certainly have your mother's height! I cannot get over how big you are getting. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past week you've really found your hands to play with. When you get really upset, you put your whole hand in your mouth and use it as a pacifier. Whenever I carry you around, you grab on to my shirt and pull it toward you. You've started cooing and giggling more and it melts my heart every time. We even have this little game that we play where you put your face against mine and let out a teeny tiny growl :) </span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-92085691184745638742011-08-08T22:05:00.000-04:002011-08-08T22:05:26.441-04:0010 Weeks<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soon, my little burrito, you will be 3 months old. 3 months old! I can't even grasp that thought. Soon 3 months, soon 6 months, soon you'll be a year old. Soon you'll be trying solid foods, soon you'll be scooting around the house. As excited as I am for the day that you can crawl around the house and explore things, as thrilled as I will be when you can finally express yourself, I'm a little heartbroken that you are growing so fast. A little piece of me wants you to remain my little bean forever :) </span></div><br />
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Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-78381450460458726232011-08-02T01:38:00.001-04:002011-08-02T01:41:04.418-04:00A Minute To Breathe<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things have been terribly hectic around here. So hectic, that I've fallen behind on Jude's weekly photo postings. Some days I am amazed that I can remember or find time to brush my teeth. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weeks 8 and 9 are a perfect example of how things have been going around here. Some days are good days, some days are grumpy days. But every day is a new, different, and exciting day for us.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Week 8's photo shoot went fine. Our little bean was nice and calm. </span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Week 9, however, did not go as well. You know it's bad when these are the best shots! :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AND, the final Harry Potter movie comes out! Of course, we won't be able to see it just yet :( Unless...Jude can make it through a drive-in viewing. Cross your fingers for us!</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm sad that this will be the last Harry Potter movie. Not as sad as I was when I finished the last book, but sad still. It's tough to accept that there won't be anymore books like it. I can't wait to introduce Jude to them when she's old enough. </span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-36107375677553488182011-07-11T23:16:00.001-04:002011-07-11T23:16:31.834-04:00I Heart Ohdeedoh<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ohdeedoh.com/">Ohdeedoh</a> recently featured Jude's nursery on their "My Room" posts. This makes me incredibly happy, given that Ohdeedoh is one of my favorite blogs to <strike>obsessively stalk for new updates</strike> read. </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can view the full post <a href="http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/my-room/my-room-jude-elisabeth-pinckney-mi--150479">here</a>. Just promise you won't tell me when you find spelling mistakes ;)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While you're at it, go check out <a href="http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/home-tours">the other beautiful nurseries</a> they post - I found so many inspirations for Jude's nursery there!</span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-19734731480271334752011-07-04T15:26:00.000-04:002011-07-04T15:26:23.447-04:00Happy 4th Of July!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Baby Jude's 1st Fourth of July! Weekly pictures are getting a wee bit more difficult to take - you'll notice more blurry appendages due to the wiggle worm. She's also not entirely thrilled with Ralph's fur anymore. </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dressing up Ralph as Uncle Sam was my husband's idea. We used dollar store construction paper to make his hat, facial hair, and bow tie. Here he is in all his glory:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.S. - Check out her awesome peacock hair!</span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-58827739158163419272011-06-30T01:29:00.000-04:002011-06-30T01:29:45.351-04:005 Weeks Old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytBCLW59fwxuNVWZs95xaOW34aPc5lfvHtPhtDt1U72ILBX3jB3w2UCOSovEXV_SD6Joifp5EHRpa_ZImUXUX_jMomfHVu9nPrkBojoRXNQb5t8hMEcyp5z2RWjx_27YAfZDGb9mJkpk/s1600/Jude+-+5+Weeks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="152" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytBCLW59fwxuNVWZs95xaOW34aPc5lfvHtPhtDt1U72ILBX3jB3w2UCOSovEXV_SD6Joifp5EHRpa_ZImUXUX_jMomfHVu9nPrkBojoRXNQb5t8hMEcyp5z2RWjx_27YAfZDGb9mJkpk/s400/Jude+-+5+Weeks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the mood is slightly less than cooperative :) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My sweet Jude, you are changing so quickly. When we practice tummy time, you keep your head up on your own and you can turn your head to follow my voice. You can even push off with your legs and move on your own! Your sweet little face is also changing - you are starting to look more and more like your father. Even though we're still working out our schedule and mommy has very little time to do much else, spending my days with you makes me happier than I have ever been. I love you my little Judiper.</span> </div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-16901929259549868872011-06-21T20:52:00.000-04:002011-06-21T20:52:29.682-04:00The 1st Day Of Summer<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And my baby is already 1 month old! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ralph dressed up for the occasion :) You can't see it in this picture, but he's rockin' a pretty awesome grass skirt!</span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-32884442360388684242011-06-16T01:06:00.000-04:002011-06-16T01:06:35.035-04:003 Weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwEDC9V00jjvu-Vfbc2ZdUK_H89X2CUij6qrXiyXHeT0AdDu5DFtyiokrroZQQi8kJ6gbHIKNNE_ZL6TwzmKqRBEeeLLb7JekTZE752ImlRlXJ5lFElH781FtlXb6bOfQDYXpjE3E-2E/s1600/Jude+-+3+Weeks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwEDC9V00jjvu-Vfbc2ZdUK_H89X2CUij6qrXiyXHeT0AdDu5DFtyiokrroZQQi8kJ6gbHIKNNE_ZL6TwzmKqRBEeeLLb7JekTZE752ImlRlXJ5lFElH781FtlXb6bOfQDYXpjE3E-2E/s400/Jude+-+3+Weeks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doing some tummy time. She really likes being on Ralph. This time she was chewing on his fur ;)</span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-85544923638391986662011-06-09T19:03:00.001-04:002011-06-09T19:05:12.645-04:00Jude - 2 Weeks<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's baby J's 2 week old picture. We decided to keep the little bean dressed this time, she's having a rough day :( Looks pretty similar to last week's shot (except for some nodding off) since she's so tiny and so limited right now. I'm sure eventually she'll start moving around some more and making funnier faces up there.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had planned to dress Ralph up as Number 2 (</span><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images-mediawiki-sites.thefullwiki.org/00/3/3/2/93982482763703256.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thefullwiki.org/Number_2_(Austin_Powers)&h=150&w=150&sz=8&tbnid=hE5SppzPcfo63M:&tbnh=102&tbnw=102&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnumber%2B2%2Baustin%2Bpowers%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=number+2+austin+powers&usg=__voMo9HU6CpO5SYttxzwQqhEOyEk=&sa=X&ei=6VDxTbGUGvSv0AG-rrC-BA&ved=0CCAQ9QEwAg"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">think Austin Powers</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) but the day got away from us. Poo. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-13008466297202622962011-06-03T13:45:00.001-04:002011-06-03T13:46:05.705-04:00My! How Time Flies!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Baby J is already more than a week old. Incredible. She's changing more and more every day. It's amazing to watch. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I'm sure it'll all fly by in a blur of happiness, I wanted to make sure we captured her growth spurts and changes. I was inspired by weekly and monthly photos from <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/photo-gallery-2/claras-weekly-photo-project/">Young House Love</a>, <a href="http://makingitlovely.com/eleanors-monthly-photo/">Making It Lovely</a>, and many others found on </span><a href="http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/artwork/monthbymonth-baby-photo-inspiration-139712"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ohdeedoh</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I knew we'd have to come up with our own way of capturing Baby J on a weekly basis. We decided to take her weekly pictures with Ralph, our over sized stuffed animal gorilla. Given his size, it's a great way to chart her growth. Plus, we can dress him up for holiday weeks (I'm already having visions of a giant Santa hat).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is Week 1. You can barely see the little bean!</span> </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once she grows a bit more, she'll be able to sit up and eventually sit with/in Ralph rather than on top of him. She did pretty well for her little photo shoot; I think she liked the feel of Ralph's fur :)</span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-27110561995577171652011-06-02T20:17:00.000-04:002011-06-02T20:17:18.204-04:00My Latest DIY Project<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jude Elisabeth. Born May 24th at 9:23pm.</span> </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have made me happier than words can ever explain. No matter how little sleep your father and I get the night before, I wake up every morning ecstatic to see your little face. I am blissfully happy.</span> </div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-38000663821531685162011-05-17T08:52:00.007-04:002011-05-17T09:44:05.376-04:00My Favorite Room In The House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-TYRWkO6W6xPnEnDAZ618nwmDtbHuRjcf-pnKn7ePC95uTAf2BCwi6KCjOBmjyuT-RzwOTpKnbjbEsrY-Zsu5auqjkVRVHEkbairBfY7lFA6xu5L7HY48Zrr7AyybfL0fUh7uueV78Y/s1600/Nursery+-+Crib+and+Door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="265" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-TYRWkO6W6xPnEnDAZ618nwmDtbHuRjcf-pnKn7ePC95uTAf2BCwi6KCjOBmjyuT-RzwOTpKnbjbEsrY-Zsu5auqjkVRVHEkbairBfY7lFA6xu5L7HY48Zrr7AyybfL0fUh7uueV78Y/s400/Nursery+-+Crib+and+Door.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Baby Z's nursery is finally done. So now she can show up whenever she pleases!</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">*You hear that Baby? You're officially 1 week overdue and your mom is terribly uncomfortable. Any day now would be swell!</span></em></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The nursery has become my favorite room in the house. Not just because of the fun colors and patterns, but because so much of it is handmade. Every piece in the nursery has a reason and a meaning and Chris, my mom, and I worked so hard to bring it all together. It's great to be able to look at a room and know how much love was put into it. I cannot wait to see Baby Z grow up and play in this bright and beautiful room! </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's crazy to think that a room that started out like this:</span><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Has been turned into this:</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is Baby Z's crib, our Christmas present from my mom. </span><a href="http://shop.uglydolls.com/products/category/322.0.1.1.11338.0.0.0.0"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Ugly Doll blanket</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is courtesy of our friends, the Smiths.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hung above the crib is one of the </span><a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-mobile.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DIY mobiles</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I made. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On the wall above the crib, we hung the <a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/04/better-late-than-never.html">colorful collage</a> that I made for Baby Z.</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To the left of the crib, a little mushroom stool hangs out. My mom got if for us at Meijer, scored on sale for only $15!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the corner of the room, we set up the reading nook. I made the wall decoration with </span><a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/02/reading-nook-improves.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">phonic cards and clothespins</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and the forward-facing bookshelves are spray painted <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40070185">spice racks from Ikea</a>.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dHE_0mrBxG_aiRHDaoNM7whHAvGz3fFAiruaS8otfjMIpzDJ3eV4ZlZ7UY_y7Nosh7OLk7IGSTXms-7D5j7thI8mt8e2v0vBzvxXAmKElt4G1mD2b1TdwqiuiviacFF86zOREubaZjo/s1600/Nursery-Update-2.jpg"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rocking chair</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is a $25 Salvation Army find that my mom painted white and re-upholstered with fabric that we chose from Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts. She used leftover fabric to add brown accents to the white roman blinds that we already had in the room. We were lucky to have a very sweet neighbor donate <em>tons</em> of books for Baby Z, and I stacked the extras behind the rocking chair in a brown bin that we received at the baby shower. The little guy on the chair is the biggest Ugly Doll we had. I got the brown footstool at Target on sale for $20 and it's currently hiding burping cloths and bibs. I figured it would be convenient to have those on both floors of the house, especially if I plan on feeding Baby Z on the rocking chair. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To the right of the reading nook is a little bookshelf area. The ABC poster was a gift from a friend and we bought the </span><a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20135300"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">white bookshelf at Ikea</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The bookshelf holds two more plush ugly dolls, some Ugly Doll figurines that used to be on my desk at work, a humidifier, and a frame that I painted at a pottery studio. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got the </span><a href="http://www.target.com/Circo-Monkey-Fabric-Drawer/dp/B00362A20M/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid5&keywords=circo%20fabric%20drawer&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-19&qid=1305559217&rh=&searchRank=target104545&id=Circo%20Monkey%20Fabric%20Drawer&node=1038576%7C1287991011&searchSize=30&searchPage=1&searchNodeID=1038576%7C1287991011&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bins for the bookshelf</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> at Target. Technically they are monkey bins, but I think that they look more like monster bins. Right now, we have Baby Z's rattle toys and stuffed animals in the bins. Later on, we'll probably establish a "once the bins overflow it's time to donate some toys" rule, to avoid a cluttered room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the right, below the larger window, we placed the changing table. The window has another piece of brown fabric that my mom added to the white curtains. The rug that we placed in the middle of the nursery was probably the biggest splurge, discussed during </span><a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/01/great-rug-debate.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Great Rug Debate</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> post.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The changing table is actually an </span><a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/05/dresser-that-started-it-all.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">old dresser that we repainted</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I bought a changing pad and cover and another brown bin for all of the changing supplies (can you tell I love bins yet?). The little knit doll was a gift from Chris' brother and his wife and we scored the </span><a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20055421"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">little lamp from Ikea </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for just $5! We figured it would come in handy for late night changes that would require a little less lighting. Best of all, it's plastic! So if the little one accidentally knocks it over by kicking, there's no need to worry about broken glass on the floor.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above the changing pad, we hung another </span><a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-mobile.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DIY mobile</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to keep Baby Z entertained while we change her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hung the rest of the Ugly Dolls on the wall to the right of the window, using different shaped shelves I </span><a href="http://www.target.com/Wall-Shelf-Set-of-4-White/dp/B004D1FR1O/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid5&keywords=shelves&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-7&qid=1305560205&rh=price%3A2500-4999%7Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%3AWhite&searchRank=target104545&id=Wall%20Shelf-Set%20of%204%20White&node=1038576%7C1287991011&searchSize=30&searchPage=1&searchNodeID=1038576%7C1287991011&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">found at Target</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. They all look like they are standing on their prize pedestals and it makes me smile :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last part of the nursery is the closet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really didn't like the closet doors so I decided to remove them and replace them with curtains. They were just too bulky and curtains were a cheaper and better option than purchasing new doors. I bought a rod and two sets of white curtains and my mom helped hem the ends and add more brown fabric detail. We used clip-on rings for the rod so that if she ever decided to hang from the curtains, the rod wouldn't come crashing down on her head - a little bit of advice I got from </span><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Young House Love</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And just to show you that I'm not hiding any massive messes in that closet, here's a glimpse of the inside once the curtain is pulled back.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On top, we have more bins for items like hats and blankets. I also put some of her other stuffed animals up there, until she is old enough to play with them. The tiny clothes that hang are separated by size with the help of these </span><a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/04/pretty-little-dividers.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">homemade closet dividers</span></a>. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the floor is a blue plastic bin I picked up from Target for only $5. I plan on using it as her laundry hamper. It's not your typical laundry hamper, but I wasn't willing to spend $20 or more on a laundry hamper and figured it would do the trick while her clothes were still itty bitty. Other items like her activity mat and her backpack (a gift from grandma) have their temporary residence on the floor. To the right of those, I have several plastic bins that I picked up on super sale at Target. The large bin is for the clothes that people have been kind enough to loan to us. The smaller bins are for the other clothes that she eventually grows out of. Having the bins in the closet will force me to stay on top of putting things away once she outgrows them and that way I can make sure I return things to people in a timely manner. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">One last thing: the little bird hanger that we put behind the door at "kiddo" level - a present from grandma from Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts. Once she's tall enough, she'll be able to hang her little things up there. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that's it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now we just patiently await her arrival!</span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-91434708738394800482011-05-15T19:05:00.000-04:002011-05-15T19:05:17.297-04:00DIY Mobile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpi9o2Zcj-3UStQNcGvw0SJBzYwjRVeutakMC8ASlTC5qOQEbCaodZR3VOLdzfbdqwULcuCzumyTDWntbOjIxu7-dKNVszNTfyY_l1GaJ3-ms6waJ1ZMTuqNqwdbqWIyfV05dX6rArxY/s1600/Nursery+-+Crib+Mobile+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpi9o2Zcj-3UStQNcGvw0SJBzYwjRVeutakMC8ASlTC5qOQEbCaodZR3VOLdzfbdqwULcuCzumyTDWntbOjIxu7-dKNVszNTfyY_l1GaJ3-ms6waJ1ZMTuqNqwdbqWIyfV05dX6rArxY/s400/Nursery+-+Crib+Mobile+2.jpg" width="265" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjhRicoP2RLVnbNqrxXSJo131jS98L7JxcRpPVbTAJaI4YVhqh0ipl7zYv4HXz5b9KDBH8RGuystt3DmrSAHA0Gq4wRKsJf5XKOmuooXjN1uw2iF20okNioMiwKHvfudmEXJx2IO0nC4/s1600/Nursery+-+Crib+Mobile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="265" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjhRicoP2RLVnbNqrxXSJo131jS98L7JxcRpPVbTAJaI4YVhqh0ipl7zYv4HXz5b9KDBH8RGuystt3DmrSAHA0Gq4wRKsJf5XKOmuooXjN1uw2iF20okNioMiwKHvfudmEXJx2IO0nC4/s400/Nursery+-+Crib+Mobile.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bear with me while I explain the reasoning behind the </span><a href="http://www.uglydolls.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ugly Doll nursery</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> we set up for our baby girl.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More than a year ago, my husband started traveling to NJ every week, Monday through Friday. It sucked. But every Friday when I picked him up from the airport, he always had a present for me :) He started getting me Ugly Dolls because he said they reminded him of me. Hopefully not in a "you're ugly like they are" kind of way but more of a "you're true to yourself" kind of way. Some weeks it was medium sized Ugly Dolls, other weeks it was the mini versions, the </span><a href="http://shop.uglydolls.com/products/category/Clip+On/322.0.1.1.102286.74609.0.0.0"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clip On kind</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. In the end, we ended up with 30+ of them. So when we found out about baby Z, the nursery theme was a no-brainer. I knew that I wanted to have the larger Ugly Dolls up on the walls, but I thought 20 or so mini ones would seem cluttered on the wall. So I decided to make mobiles with them - they were the perfect size!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are my instructions for the DIY mobile I made for baby Z's nursery. I used Ugly Dolls but you can pretty much use anything you can think of: mini stuffed animals, paper cutouts, felt flowers, etc. You'll need the following: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>-Yarn (I chose two different colors but you really only need 1 regular sized ball of yarn)</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>- 2 wood embroidery hoops (one smaller than the other)</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>- Scissors</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>- Glue gun</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>- Needle </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>- Embroidery floss to match (again, I used two different colors but you don't have to)</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>- Your choice of hanging objects</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">-Hook to attach mobile to ceiling</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You'll only be working with one part of the embroidery hoop; the part without the clasp. Attach one end of the yarn to the embroidery hoop with a knot. Very slowly, start wrapping the yarn around the embroidery hoop and continue to do this until the whole hoop is covered in yarn. Finish it off by tying a knot and use your needle to gently tuck the knot in between the yarn so that it is hidden. Do the same for the second embroidery hoop. It will look like this when you are done: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, use your embroidery floss to attach the two embroidery hoops together. I chose to put the small hoop on top, but you can really do it either way. Cut a piece of the floss that will give you a good distance between the two hoops and tie a knot at the end. Using your needle, thread the floss through the yarn on the hoop and pull it through until it attaches with the knot. Attach the same piece of floss to the other hoop pulling the floss until you are happy with the distance between the two hoops. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finish that one with a knot as well. You'll want to do this 3 more times spaced evenly around the hoops. At this point it becomes more of a guessing game. You'll have to hold one hoop up and play around with different floss lengths until the two hoops are attached at evenly spaced points. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Figure out the distance between your ceiling hook and the crib and cut 4 identical pieces of embroidery floss to match that distance. Using your needle, attach the 4 pieces of floss to the top hoop, evenly spaced. Once your mobile is done, you'll use these four pieces of floss attached together at one end to hang the mobile from the hook on the ceiling. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you're ready to attach the Ugly Dolls (or other hanging items). After threading your needle with a piece of embroidery floss, poke it through the top of the Ugly Doll. Then tie the Ugly Doll around the bottom hoop with a couple knots. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do the same for the other hanging items. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To make sure that none of the knots would ever come loose and cause the plush dolls to fall into the nursery and become a choking hazard, I used my glue gun to add a good amount of glue to every knot on the hoops. That way, each knot, thread, and doll was secured to the yarn hoop and wouldn't risk coming undone. It's not the prettiest option, but once the mobile hangs, you can't see the glue. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And there you have it! A DIY mobile! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ended up making two since I had so many little Ugly Dolls; one for her crib and one for the changing table. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully my instructions weren't too confusing. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments section!</span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-63474716571606884012011-05-11T07:37:00.001-04:002011-05-11T07:39:29.658-04:00The Dresser That Started It All<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the dresser that got the ball rolling. Before this dresser, the notion of upcycling was like a completely different language for us. Sure, I had read up on the subject, I'd seen many a blog posts about redoing pieces of furniture, but if it had a ding in it or looked slightly used, I didn't think it was possible for it to make a full transformation. But seeing <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2010/03/nursery-progress-refinishing-a-veneer-dresser/">Sherry and John succeed with their Chesterfield dresser</a> inspired us to reuse a piece of furniture and save some insane dough in the process (most dressers can run up to $300 or more, we spent less than on $100 on supplies). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll be honest: when we received this dresser, I thought all hope was lost. Half painted and half banged up, it seemed impossible to redo. It's really difficult to see a used piece of furniture and believe that it can be turned into something beautiful with work and time - I think it's an acquired talent. But, we had gotten the dresser for free courtesy of Chris' sister and after the success with our <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dHE_0mrBxG_aiRHDaoNM7whHAvGz3fFAiruaS8otfjMIpzDJ3eV4ZlZ7UY_y7Nosh7OLk7IGSTXms-7D5j7thI8mt8e2v0vBzvxXAmKElt4G1mD2b1TdwqiuiviacFF86zOREubaZjo/s1600/Nursery-Update-2.jpg">nursery rocking chair</a>, it was worth attempting. Who knew that this...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Could become this...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After some hard work and determination, the ugly duckling of a dresser was turned into a solid piece of furniture with beautiful curves that could double as a changing table. Needless to say, we're incredibly thrilled with the results and totally psyched to start on our next furniture upcycling project. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*By hard work and determination, I mean my pregnant butt had nothing to do with this project aside from watching it progress. The dresser transformation was courtesy of my husband and my incredibly helpful father-in-law.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those of you interested in attempting this on your own, here are the steps we took to redo the dresser:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, Chris removed all the drawers and marked the inside of each drawer. That way, once the dresser and drawers were painted and done, getting them back into their appropriate slots wouldn't be a huge challenge. Whatever work he did on the actual dresser, he also did on the outside of the dressers. Then he removed all the knobs and the handles. Our plan was to save even more money by avoiding the purchase of new knobs and simply spray painting the old knobs. Sanding started with 100 grit sandpaper to remove the paint and smooth out the roughest portions of the surfaces. The nasty painted surfaces like this:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Began to look like this:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who knew such nice wood would be under all that gross exterior? Luckily, my father-in-law let us use his orbital sander with an attached vacuum to make sanding quick and mess free. Hello lovely!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, Chris filled all the holes and dents using Carpenter's Wood Filler.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since some of the corners on the dresser were a little busted up, he also recreated some broken corners with the wood filler. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the wood filler dried, Chris sanded the whole thing again with 180 grit. This smoothed out the finish even more and helped to even out the filler. He couldn't use rougher grit on the filler because it would rip the filler right out of the holes, a medium grit like 150 or 180 is best. Several of the curved surfaces (like the top two drawers) were a challenge to sand with the machine so they were sanded by hand. He fashioned a couple of sanding blocks to match the curved surfaces, like using an old pill bottle and wrapping a piece of sand paper around it. The final sanding was done with 240 grit, a fine grit best for finishing the dresser and leaving it a smooth, glass-like surface. </span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once he was ready to paint the dresser (white, to match the rest of the nursery furniture), he fashioned a paint shield out of old cardboard pieces in order to protect the other things we had in the garage. The last thing we'd want is a burgundy Mazda speckled white. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He primed the surfaces and let it sit overnight to dry. To make things easier, he used my father-in-law's paint sprayer. Paint sprayers cover surfaces extremely well, so only one coat of primer was needed. In fact, Chris was so impressed with the paint sprayer that he went out and bought himself one! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then he painted the dresser and drawers with two coats of Behr Ultra Pure White, waiting overnight between coats. Everything was sealed with a coat of Polyurethane stain blocking sealant. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the knobs and handles were put back on the dressers, we were almost finished. I didn't love the look of the bare and speckled drawer insides and decided to paint them as well. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I painted the inside of each drawer with two coats of primer, waiting overnight between coats. Before doing this, I also made sure to mark the backs of the drawers since the paint would be covering Chris' original markings. Since I wasn't so keen on Baby Z's clothes touching the paint in the drawers, I sealed the inside of each drawer with Mod Podge, a water-based and non-toxic sealer and finish. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Easy peasy! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can say that because I didn't do much thanks to my "I'm pregnant" excuse...tee hee.</span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-27959635919464326892011-05-01T18:39:00.000-04:002011-05-01T18:39:11.102-04:00A Very Homemade Baby ShowerDo you remember <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichL3bHCQRVbief9DJbsydPF_7A1fJXESPgCTq1wtL-NW5Zk40xByIqIXlRewSJfy7Ovm8Yjya-V0u0IpLam1FrJCeBLsISk8bnqS60V_AQVSCvGfrOUhjlq1LrRaG79QnVVre4ZHfFDg/s1600/Sophie-Shower-Invites+-+Blocked+Out.jpg">these invitations</a> that I made a while back? They were for my sister's baby shower this past weekend. She and I are a month apart in our pregnancies. My mom and I planned the little shower together and I thought I'd share some pictures.<br />
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In case I went into labor early, my mom had all the finger foods prepared and frozen ahead of time. She's awesome like that. We set up the little finger food table in the kitchen.<br />
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I had a booklet of scrapbook paper called Margarita that I used to make most of the decorations myself. The scrapbook paper colors and the notion of spring kinda became the shower's "theme". I made little flags for the food using the scrapbook paper, glue, and toothpicks.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used some scrapbook paper to make little place card holders for each finger food, so people knew what each type of quiche and pita were. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then on the other side of the house, we set up the dessert table. Since I'm so close to my due date, I wasn't able to make a full fledged dessert table like I had hoped. Standing up to bake and prepare food is a lot harder when your swollen toes look like sausages :( But I did manage to make some spring cookies and red velvet cupcakes. I used more mini flags to decorate the cupcakes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't make the cheesecake - that was courtesy of GFS. And boy was it tasty!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We kept it simple and charming with the decorations. I decorated a few vases I had with scrapbook paper and ribbon and my mom cut some yellow flowers from her backyard so we could fill each room with bright dots of yellow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made two bunting garlands with the scrapbook paper and ribbon and I must say, I was very happy with how they turned out! I've been meaning to try bunting for a while now and I'll definitely have to do some more now that I see how cute they turn out. There's just something so cheerful about bunting! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had some paper lanterns left over from my sister's bridal shower so I placed those around the house for added pops of color. Always nice to have leftover decorations to use!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought the colors in the decorations, flowers, and food turned out nice together - it had a very "spring" feel to it. I liked that it felt more like a homemade baby shower than one that a major party store chain supplied (homemade parties are always so much better). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now...let's all encourage my little bean to come out soon! </div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-82544826131951186532011-04-14T20:53:00.000-04:002011-04-14T20:53:22.937-04:00Better Late Than Never<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The collage above Baby Z's crib has finally been hung. Please ignore how crappy the photos in this post are, I was battling sunset and a general I-don't-know-how-to-use-my-camera-ness. </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ix2W4keRJzPoCyR1B0HThI5mx__WnL5oqw5jREJm0WLjOzSUWONOoxKuvECFEVHD5iZbglFI5R2rU32h9jcRp_aUsdCSe0ifTMzbRmqAsco0-IIuGF9HNZzG8J1fstlVBybngHKm_yg/s1600/Nursery+Collage+-+Final+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ix2W4keRJzPoCyR1B0HThI5mx__WnL5oqw5jREJm0WLjOzSUWONOoxKuvECFEVHD5iZbglFI5R2rU32h9jcRp_aUsdCSe0ifTMzbRmqAsco0-IIuGF9HNZzG8J1fstlVBybngHKm_yg/s400/Nursery+Collage+-+Final+2.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seriously. It's been how long since I posted <a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/01/diy-nursery-wall-letters.html">the first DIY nursery art project</a>? At least it's made it up on the wall before Baby Z's birth. In all fairness, I wasn't <s>sure</s> capable of hanging each individual piece so I had to wait until I could wrangle the husband for the task. And with all the other "nesting" projects in motion, the collage was just placed on the side for a while. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Speaking of the husband, he has graciously pointed out that I've been calling it a "mural" when it is in fact a "collage". My bad. I didn't graduate from the University of Michigan with a degree in English for nothing folks! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since it's been so long, here is a little recap of the DIY art projects that came together to create the collage. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/01/diy-nursery-wall-letters.html">wall letters</a>:</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/02/diy-nursery-button-art.html">button art</a>:</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the <a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/03/diy-embroidery-hoop-art.html">embroidery hoop art</a>:</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All made (mostly) with things I had at home. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To start, we laid out the art and decided on grouping/placement. You can always adjust this later as necessary, it just helps to know what you are aiming for before attacking the hanging process. </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I traced each piece on paper and cut the shapes out. This is helpful for two reasons: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) You can tape the "pieces" to the wall and play around with the arrangement without the damage and permanence of hanging. Getting a visual for how things will be laid out is extremely helpful. I have my good friend Stefanie to thank for this. *Again, ignore the <i><b>terrible</b></i> photo. </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) You can put the nail directly through the paper and tear the paper away. This way you avoid the tedious job of measuring, guessing, marking the wall, etc. </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wasn't 100% sure that the colors and styles of the various art projects would work together once they were hung up on the wall. I was ready for it to be a total failure. I have to say though, for how cheap each project was and how quickly I put them together, I'm completely and totally pleased with the little wall collage Baby Z will soon be looking up at. </span></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-68080704978970605072011-04-13T17:01:00.000-04:002011-04-13T17:01:23.381-04:00Pretty Little Dividers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58j495Mwi8NHDBcWPTwGnFiih_uuZ-j4ajNCD-za0WhvMLDh2rgFIDee9tpjd5GQ26VrEjZZMiSNZJW0VyVlJQzF-RlpBD_QmYlxHoiuSTntA3pjmJAdkqtt5OvWJta-c4JZQiMnRV2Y/s1600/DIY+Closet+Dividers+-+Final+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58j495Mwi8NHDBcWPTwGnFiih_uuZ-j4ajNCD-za0WhvMLDh2rgFIDee9tpjd5GQ26VrEjZZMiSNZJW0VyVlJQzF-RlpBD_QmYlxHoiuSTntA3pjmJAdkqtt5OvWJta-c4JZQiMnRV2Y/s400/DIY+Closet+Dividers+-+Final+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Closet dividers: not 100% necessary but too adorable to pass up. Especially when they end up being so cheap to make. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are several ways to make your own closet dividers and many tutorials out there. My only problem was that I have this contraption in the nursery closet: </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The whole hanging contraption is attached to the wall in numerous spots. There may be a way to remove the hanging rod, but I wasn't brave enough to attempt it. Therefore, DIY closet dividers like <a href="http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/2009/11/21/diy-closet-dividers/">these</a> or <a href="http://blissfullydomestic.com/2009/baby-closet-dividers">these</a> were out of the question because there would be no way to place them around the rod. I wanted to make closet dividers like <a href="http://journeychic.com/2010/04/14/diy-closet-dividers/">these</a> but I couldn't find any ready-made dividers that were affordable and I didn't feel like ordering them online. So I took a quick trip to Joann's for inspiration and found these bad boys for $1 a pop:</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since these hearts were hung with twine it would be easy to just loop them around the curtain rod, avoiding any unnecessary damage/work. Once I got them home, it was a matter of removing the twine from each heart so that I could paint and Mod Podge them. </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I painted the sides of the wooden hearts with the green paint I had leftover from the <a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/01/diy-nursery-wall-letters.html">DIY nursery wall letters</a>. I chose to cover both sides of the wooden hearts with scrapbook paper. If you don't have enough scrapbook paper or would prefer to only cover one side, at this point you would paint one side of the wooden hearts as well. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the paint dried, I traced each heart on the back of the scrapbook paper. </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are using any wooden shapes, make sure you trace each shape separately on the scrapbook paper. When I was ready to glue the scrapbook paper to the wooden letters, I realized all the wooden hearts were different sizes. It was no big deal, all I had to do was trim the paper pieces down as I glued them, but knowing this beforehand would have saved me even more time. I used Mod Podge to glue the pieces of scrapbook paper to both sides of the wooden hearts. I was able to use the leftover scrapbook paper from the <a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/01/diy-nursery-wall-letters.html">nursery wall letters</a> project and save even more money. </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the sides were dry, I placed the # stickers on each wooden heart for the necessary size (0-3, 3-6, 6-12, 12-18, 18 & up). At one point I ran out of the necessary numbers so I had to cut some stickers and do some rearranging. So if you run out of numbers, don't get discouraged and immediately go out and buy more - try to cut and rearrange them first. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I put two coats of Mod Podge on both sides to make sure the scrapbook paper and stickers would not peel off. One coat probably would have sufficed but for some reason...2 coats always makes me feel better when it comes to Mod Podge (it's weird, I know).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Easy Peasy and Oh So Cute! Once everything dried, I looped the twine back through the wooden hearts and hung the hearts in the closet. </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total cost of the project? Just the $7 + tax I spent on the wooden hearts and the # stickers - heck ya!</span> </div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-6065115407902812712011-04-07T15:00:00.005-04:002011-04-07T15:22:46.493-04:00I've Bin Crazy<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nesting has officially taken over. As if I wasn't a neat freak already<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">, now I need to organize and reorganize <b><i>everything</i></b> in the house. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">This week I attacked the linen closet. A small feat, yes, but it has momentarily appeased my inner clean freak. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">This is what it looked like pre-organization session. It's looked like this since we've moved in - I've completely ignored the poor thing.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a trip to Target for clearance/sale bins and a trip to Joann for some medium sized tags, things looked <i><b>much</b></i> better. I took a few minutes to separate the linens into their appropriate bins and then labeled the tags and attached them with some leftover twine from <a href="http://compassionatecomfort.blogspot.com/2011/02/reading-nook-improves.html">this project</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now the husband doesn't have to wonder where everything goes and I don't have to spend the night giving him the stink eye. He says I've gone "bin crazy". Personally, nothing makes me happier than everything in its rightful place in a bin. I'd put everything in a bin if I could. And when Baby Z is old enough, she'll be able to read and learn where everything goes (yes, my child will be as neurotic as I am). I'm still pondering what I'll do with those robes in the upper left corner. They're so bulky and we never use them, maybe I'll be able to part with them eventually. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bins are the most expensive part of this project, but if you can snatch some on clearance or even find some at your local thrift store - even better. It's a quick organizational redo that everyone can feel good about. The best part is the reusable tags. They can be flipped over in case the contents of the bins ever change or completely replaced if need be (since I chose not to write anything on the actual bins). So when we no longer need "baby linens", I can change the contents and the labels. There's also still plenty of room at the bottom of the closet for additional bins (tee hee) or maybe a mini vac. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm on to obsess about the next organizational project :) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></div>Sweet Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226739185372514869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108654396059950827.post-85184180073954664952011-04-07T12:06:00.002-04:002011-04-07T12:08:01.332-04:00Persistence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every day I tell him to get out of our bedroom. </span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every day he finds a new way in. </span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He's even figured out how to pry certain doors open. </span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKV7AYxID1wQC3DHVo8Rh2XHykdBG2JuULvFrigOaJVy0tJceVL8C2PjKEPeYlra6ikuurCfuzPiC3krkDpGUncBluvO2dvELU0S_1jMm1AKRR4t_jY4X0ZHKys8VdWg6Uzn63fmNjEQ/s1600/Batman+In+Bed+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKV7AYxID1wQC3DHVo8Rh2XHykdBG2JuULvFrigOaJVy0tJceVL8C2PjKEPeYlra6ikuurCfuzPiC3krkDpGUncBluvO2dvELU0S_1jMm1AKRR4t_jY4X0ZHKys8VdWg6Uzn63fmNjEQ/s400/Batman+In+Bed+.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I tell him to get out, he gets ugly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And threatens to eat his appendages. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then he digs his head in the blankets as though that makes him invisible. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2S07FozWUWnKqnc4BFDKW6dkIuiIYiUiE8ualDKGLoQ6D6OR259DCWyy_nrsD27RvOPcVHvmjZ18ttRAX0hUjf5Lln2E1UfRK5TQXpXB-Abpt36EBepnEsElPozRd3WR4rwWKupmWJoM/s1600/Batman+In+Bed+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2S07FozWUWnKqnc4BFDKW6dkIuiIYiUiE8ualDKGLoQ6D6OR259DCWyy_nrsD27RvOPcVHvmjZ18ttRAX0hUjf5Lln2E1UfRK5TQXpXB-Abpt36EBepnEsElPozRd3WR4rwWKupmWJoM/s400/Batman+In+Bed+5.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Telling him to get out breaks my heart every time. Just look at that face.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVg1syAqnaKvI1kPK5qAD2LjiECvSbdL0D0ounVA5efQvfn15s5jzYj9YssV29cCDRQZdku_-ybToir24HdQtl29pdZR7b8swQgK5lfm3-FBiE2uofXPxSTGu7PK5NHOeeH4j2vwxpOAs/s1600/Batman+In+Bed+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVg1syAqnaKvI1kPK5qAD2LjiECvSbdL0D0ounVA5efQvfn15s5jzYj9YssV29cCDRQZdku_-ybToir24HdQtl29pdZR7b8swQgK5lfm3-FBiE2uofXPxSTGu7PK5NHOeeH4j2vwxpOAs/s400/Batman+In+Bed+2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And...then...he tries to ignore me and go back to the same spot. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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