Nursery Craft Project #1- COMPLETE

I made a fun keepsake frame for Harper's hospital hat. Harper's sweet Auntie Elaine gave this to Harper and he wore it all of the time. When I was sorting through his old stuff I couldn't part with it. I decided to buy a shadowbox frame from Michael's and make it a piece of art. The frame was less than $5. It was black so I decided to paint it white. I found a piece of scrapbook paper that matched his nursery decor perfectly. Then I tacked the hat down to the box. I added his full name, date of birth, and weight and I think it looks perfect. It is up on his wall right under his "little man" print. 

What do you guys think? It is a great sentimental piece for his nursery and it was super easy to make. 

Harper's Little Man Nursery!

I am a delinquent mama. We moved several months ago and I never posted photos of Harper's new nursery. We call this room his "little man room" because we decided to go more classic and less baby. He was already 6 months old when we moved so it didn't make sense to me to do another themed nursery. I wanted something that he could grow with. Harper's sweet Nana gave him a giant giraffe for Christmas and it is the perfect final touch for his room. I still have a few more crafty projects up my sleeve for fun decorative pieces that I want to put on his bookshelf but I think it is pretty much as close to finished as it will ever be. It could be years before I have time to do daily craft projects again!

• The crib is by Baby's Dream and it is the Legendary Safety-gate Crib is espresso.
• The wall decal is by Back-40-Life. It is a wonderful Etsy shop with lots of fun decorative decals. The family that owns the shop is actually local. They are from Greenville, SC! 
• The bedding is "Master Blue" by Hoohobbers. We love the pale green, blue, and beige combo. 
• And we have a sleep sheep on his crib. I recommend this for every expecting mother. Harper still loves it every night. It is a cuddly plush toy that provides soothing sounds to help your baby sleep. We got the travel version because we are always on the road.

• The glider is by a company called, "Four Seasons." The green fabric was a perfect match so I was thrilled! And it is a slipcover. So if Harper decides he hates green one day, I can just change the cover and not have to worry about buying a brand new chair!
• Our sweet friend, "MiMi" made the window treatments for Harper's room. It was such a gracious gift. Thank you, thank you, thank you Mimi! I had a hard time finding pre-made boy valances. All of the cute ones were so girly. These couldn't be more perfect. 
• And I found the cute little owls at West Elm. They reminded me of Jonathan Adler without the huge price tag! 

• I love the blue stripes on the one wall. We decided to do just one wall so it wasn't overwhelming. We used a metallic paint so it has a nice shine to it in the light!
• I found all of my artwork in the nursery on Etsy. It saved me HUNDREDS of dollars! Expecting mom's look here FIRST. Trust me. All of the Etsy artists custom do the colors to match your room perfectly. The "Little Man" print was found here. And the fox and owl print was found here.
• My mom bought the giant giraffe from Imagination Station in downtown Spartanburg. It is the perfect addition to the room and Harper LOVES it!
• I found my piggy bank and frames that are on the book shelf at TJ Maxx Home. They were CHEAP! I think the bank was $12.99 and the frames were all less than $8. 
• I bought the scripture that is above Harper's closet from Back-40-Life too! It was about $12.

• The changing table is the matching dresser from Baby's Dream. 
• I got a matching Hoohobbers hamper and had it monogrammed with "Clothes" & "Towels"
• Bird Ave. did his "Oh Baby" print. It is actually a little paler in real life. He matched the colors PERFECTLY for the nursery! Check him out here. All of his prints are adorable! 
• And the little animal watercolor illustrations were found here. I had them matted with a burlap and pale green matte.

• And this is the last little nook of Harper's room. It is actually right when you walk in his door. 
• I bought the white cube shelving system at Target.
• I bought the prints at this Etsy store! They CRACK me up!
• I bought the plastic container at Pottery Barn Kids outlet and the finger puppets inside at IKEA.
• The giraffe frame was hand painted by an incredible artist! 
• The lion toy on the shelf is made of cordorouy. I LOVE IT! And it is sooo soft. We bought it at Imagination Station too! 
• I found the airplane globe at TJ Maxx Home. 

I hope you all like Harper's room! It is my current favorite room in the house. Next up, the master bedroom!

Oh Baby I Love Your Way!

My sweet baby is growing up on me. He is all about standing up on his own and the doctor thinks he will be walking any time now. His favorite toy is his Leap Frog Learn and Groove musical table. He crawls right up to it, pulls himself up and plays on it for hours! And Mister Harper still loves his bath time. The only hard part is keeping the water in the bath tub. I bought the sweetest print off Etsy for his nursery. It says, "Oh Baby I Love Your Way." I am obsessed with it. Tomorrow I am going to post a photo of the print hanging in Harper's nursery and a special giveaway by the Etsy artist. Your not going to want to miss it!!! 

 

Nursery Update

We are still in the process of decorating Harper's new nursery. It is completely different from his last nautical nursery so it is taking a little longer than expected. This time around I decided to go a different route. I loved the nautical theme but I didn't love my Pottery Barn bedding. The bumper just didn't cut it. I found it flimsy and it never looked like it fit properly. Not to mention because it wasn't as sturdy, Harper figured out how to pull it down and chew on it. For all of you expecting mamas... I highly recommend a boxed bumper. They fit in the crib SOOO much better and it makes the whole bedding set look crisp and clean. This time around we went with Hoohobbers bedding in "Master Blue." I love, love, love it.

I decided to go with more soft and soothing colors. The powder blues, creams, tans, and celadon green look perfect together. Above the crib I put an awesome decal. I felt better about having a decal above the crib so I didn't have to worry about a picture frame falling into the crib. And I love adding a nice personal touch to the room. I was so excited to find these awesome decals at Baby Furniture Plus Kids. They are only $35 and are custom colors and design. They had several great "boy" designs which are hard to come by!

I had a really tough time with his new nursery chair. I am obsessed with Best Chairs. They are by far the most comfortable nursery chairs on the market. Expecting moms, you will want... actually NEED one of these chairs. In his nautical nursery we had the "Tryp" recliner glider and it was amazing. My old one was navy blue so it didn't go with Harper's new color scheme (yes it would have probably been much easier to just buy new bedding that had a similar color scheme... oops!) Erik and I wanted to get the same exact recliner glider in a green color to match. Then came the bad news.... the "celery" color I picked out was totally off. I tried to make it work but it just looked horrible. So I went back to the drawing boards. I debated between a neutral brown, burlap, linen, but none of them added enough color to his room. The baby store carries a new line of nursery chairs called "Four Seasons." These chairs are different because they are slip cover and down filled. Unfortunately they do not come in a recliner but they do have about 500 different fabrics to choose from! They had the exact green I was looking for. And they even had the exact cream color I wanted for the piping. They are a bit more expensive so buying the matching ottoman was a little out of our budget  but I decided to get the glider chair. They are custom made so I am patiently waiting for its arrival. Not having a chair in the nursery has been driving me crazy... I never realized how much and how often I use that thing! I can't wait to test it out his new glider. I really hope I like it as much as my last one. Mister Bear is sitting in the chair's space until it arrives.

I found some incredible prints for the nursery. Today I took three to Michael's to get them framed. They are supposed to be ready in two weeks. I also found a cute rug that matched the greens in the room perfectly. It is called a shaggy raggy rug. It is the softest thing ever! I love how it feels on my toes. So we are making great progress but there is still quite a few things left to do. Maybe the nursery will be complete by next month? Then I can start on the rest of the house!! But as all new moms know, the nursery is always going to be number one on the priority list.