It's a BOY!

Like I said earlier, I am on a baby kick. The only problem is, is I have most things I need for baby... But while living in Utah amongst the land of young families, I have seen one item I don"t have yet.
Lots of Mom's have a canopy that drapes over the car seat to help the baby sleep when in bright light. I love this idea. Every time I took Wyatt out of the car in his car seat he woke up. Or I was trying to drape a blanket over him.

Again, since we don't know gender ( I am guessing a boy). I went with a black and white print that I love!





I have a sneaking suspicion Wyatt is not going to like another baby in his seats...

So we don't know what we are having yet, but I have the itch to get things ready for baby. When Wyatt was a baby, we lived with the Decker's , and that little baby got so much love and attention. With all the attention, he never was sat down, and he hated it when he was. Well this time, I don't have that luxury. This baby is going to NEED to love a swing.
So I started looking for a swing... they are all SUPER UGLY and SUPER EXPENSIVE! So I found this hideous pink one on KSL and for $15.00, and with $10.00 in materials, it now matches my family room!

Before: (Go figure he likes them now!?)


After:

It has been awhile since I have posted. As always I am always working on projects. Lots of them! If I am not working on personal projects I am working for a lady that has me produce items. On an average week i will make 3-4 full nursery sets, including: Skirts, bumpers, diaper stacker, diaper bag, and pillows. Normally I have a few orders for custom art work, and mobiles to match the rooms. Anyways, I will show you some of the stuff I have been working on. I will start with the newest and work my way back words...

These were a product of necessity. I hate maternity pants! Well I cut up some old pants and an old tank top. A few minutes with a sewing machine, and ta-da! Comfortable maternity pants!



This was just some old fabric cut into squares . Then I hot glued the heck out of them!


Same principle I cut out a heart with the jigsaw, and hotglued fabric squares. Then I put it on top of a DI frame for $2!


This is the inside of the heart from the wreath.... My front entry table needed a festive decoration.


While Wyatt is young I need to take advantage of the fact that he has no choice in wearing ridiculous costumes. So for christmas I whipped up this little number. Love it!



Well, we were really excited to be hosting Christmas this year. We didn't have nearly enough beds though. So I decided, heck Wy will need a bigger bed someday. So I hit the Home Depot, came home with $50.00 in lumber and built this bed. All it needed was a few coats of paint and we were good to go! I ended up using the rest of the paint on my vanity!


Before: Found an old desk at D.I. for $15! It had potential so I snagged it.


After: A lot of sanding and a little paint. Turn a desk into a vanity. I just took and old mirror and painted it.



This was Wyatt's costume for Halloween. I loved the way it turned out, he was my little prince charming.


I was feeling ambitious and took on a few costumes this Halloween. I wish I had taken pictures of all of them. This was the Mad Hatters Hat, and featured below was Alice's dress. We also had a King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, as well as one of the playing cards!




Here are some of the Fall decorations I put together this year . I hit the D.I. and grabbed a whole assortment of vases. After cleaning them up I wrapped a cool textured linen and wrapped them with twine. I love the look, then I just added fall foliage! Super cheap!


This was an old D.I. frame, a grapevine wreath for $4.00, and leftover fall leaves from decorations!



My friend Melissa was over one afternoon, and she is an amazing stylist, as she was lowlighting my hair, I kept staring at the bare looking entry way. We discussed it, and she thought an entry way table would be cute. From there I had a vision! I went to Home Depot left with $19.00 in lumber and threw this beauty together! I used stain I got from Ikea from a previous project!


With the leftover wood from the entry table, I made a shelf for the bathroom, and used the extra molding to make a frame for the mirror! Love it!






This is an overview of my family room. It has been finished for a while but I love it. I always incorporate the festive decorations on the shelfs . It is an easy way to incorporate the different seasons. Oh and there are NOT windows behind those curtains. It was just a huge empty spot and I didn't have a ton of money for huge art pieces. So I found fabric I loved and suspended the panels between curtain rods on the top as well as the bottom.




This is an after thought to Wyatt's room. I loved the way his room had turned out but it seemed empty to me ... So I came up with this fun fort from the leftover fabric from his room. Just some PVC pipe for the frame and we were good to go!


This was a fun project, when we moved to our new place, we found out my younger brother Luke would be moving in with us! We had 3 days to turn and unfinshed basement, into a habitable living space. I found a carpet remnant for $50, and we took curtains and sewed rod pockets on either end of LOTS of sheets. It created a cool look, and covered the concrete and 2x4"s. After that I hung some lanterns from the ceiling that I got from IKEA for $1 a piece! For the headboard I bought a piece of "As Is" boards from IKEA for $2.99! I mounted it to 2x4"s and TA-DA headboard! I wish I had before shots, because it was BAD!

That is a risky guess.

Well today I was out running errands and a lady approached me and asked " When are you due ? ". I figured if I look pregnant enough, that someone would feel confident enough to ask, (Granted, some people are just stupid) I am far enough in to announce it! I am about 11 weeks in, and looking about 18 weeks! It looks like are two kiddos will be almost exactly two years apart. We are thrilled about it!



Told ya.

Wyatt's new room.

Well this past month has been hectic to say the least. My Mom came to visit for a few weeks, Luke moved in with us. Megan and Rob were able to stop by for a few days, along with Ben, (Brother-in-law). During that period we also moved from Herriman to Saratoga Springs, which means packing and unpacking, along with finishing a basement for Luke. We also celebrated Wyatt's first birthday... and I redecorated the whole house! Phew... Here are pictures from Wyatts new room!

I decided to go with a Nautical/ Airplane theme.



so all I needed to make was:

1.) Bedskirt in Crib and Twin Size
2.) Comforter in Crib and TWin Size
3.)Touched up the crib


4.) I turned a clock into a compass


5.) I painted a world map on a piece of fabric, and tied it off with ropes in the corners.


6.) I found these way cute airplane doorknobs, and used them on coat rack! I just used some extra fabric from the flags.



7.) His shelf looked so boring so I took some coordinating scarpbook paper and cut out his name. Then I simply mounted them on a black spray painted 2x8.


8.) I made flags out of fabric and strung it together on rope!


9.) My Aunt is Crazy talented, and wrote this awesome poem for Wy, Megan was awesome enough to have it vinyl cut for me!


10.) My favorite part! There was a very blank area on the floor, and Wyatts birthday coming up.... So I decided he needed an airplane... ONly about $15.00 in materials! I love it!

Staying Busy.

Compliments of my Iphone, and my sewing machine.


New curtains.


More curtains.


New romper, and hat.


Graphics on the romper.


New dresses.


Flip flops to accompany the dresses.


Back of the flip flops.




Another new romper and hat combo.


Safari romper.


He was not very happy, but here are his new pants, and matching hat.


New purse.


Yet another romper and hat.


Can you believe he didn't have a bath robe?!


This is another romper with a matching band, that I can put on his fedora.


I made a patch work bucket hat with this romper. Actually made it out of one of Andrew's old shirts.