So I love doing crafts and I have gotten the crafting bug lately. Especially since I already have most of the materials that I hoard, and just never get to it. Not to mention my dog is probably gonna give birth to her puppies tonight so I will be up to my eye-balls in little vizsla puppies and vizsla needs…. see http://idealvizsla.blogspot.com/ Then only a short month and a half after the puppies have gone to their new homes I too will be giving birth to- A BABY GIRL!!! Which I am beyond thrilled about.
Well since we only have 3 bedrooms and one belongs to Jeff, myself and the dogs, the second is Kalvin’s nursery, and the third is of course a guest bedroom. Well we don’t want to give up the luxury of having a nice room for our guests to stay and I figured Kalvin could share. He’s got to learn someday. So his very boy themed nursery needed a makeover. A more gender neutral makeover. So you will now see the manifestation of my labors the past few days. I figured I should get as much done now as I can since time will be lacking in the future. Proactive me….
Colors for the new nursery. Yellow, Gray, and White….
CRAFT 1 & 2 done simultaneously.
5 pieces of word that I kept from a gate we built for a client of jeff’s years ago, figured it could go to better use than going in the trash. I lightly spraypainted these bad boys with yellow Rustoleum spray paint.
Home Depot $3
I then chose three to use, for CRAFT 1.
Used painters tape (which I already had) and some scrapbooking letter stickers (which I already had). Taped off border and cute lyrics….
Then…
Sprayed exposed area grey (which I already had)
which resulted in this….
and looks lovely mounted to the nursery wall and only $3!
CRAFT 2…
I took 8 picture frames from the dollar store $8
spray painted them with Rustoleum’s SATIN heirloom white Home Depot $3 and very lightly sanded the edges for a rough look.
I don’t know how well you can see the affect on this frame
But I put 4 cute pictures of Kal. 1 by himself. 1 the entire familiy.1 with just daddy. 1 with just mommy. Then hot glued them to one of the 2 remaining yellow painted boards.
For the second painted board I just glued the empty frames, and will later enclose pictures of an adorable baby girl, same format.
and VOILA!
mounted on grey wall….
2 lovely individualized collages for $11 total
CRAFT 3….this I saw on pinterest!
I took 2 rectangular pieces of MDF (scraps from some ancient project) Painted them with the same heirloom white spray paint (which I already paid for)
I APOLOGIZE I can’t find the pictures of this on my camera, WILL ADD LATER….
Then used scrapbooking stickers, stencil and paint to put Kalvin’s name and birth information on. I obviously can’t complete baby girls yet considering I have no idea how much she’ll weigh, or when she’ll make her grand entrance….
but two plaques….for FREE.
CRAFT 4:
I used two frames that I upcycled from Kalvin’s previous nursery. Painted them the same heirloom white. Cut 2 pieces of scrapbook paper Yellow and Gray then cut out the Letters K and T (paper I already had) .
Great now everyone knows that baby girl’s name starts with a T.
Tied a gray ribbon to the frame and hung it up. 2 more decorations completely FREE.
CRAFT 5:
I upcycled another item from Kalvin’s previous nursery. a box shelf. I painted the inside gray and the front and outside yellow. Found a little porcelin owl at MICHAELS for 79cents sprayed it the same heirloom white and just let it perch…..
Total cost 79 cents….ain’t too shabby.
CRAFT 6: also saw the same basic idea on Pinterest… the striped quilt. I will be making 2 of these. Matching one’s from Kal and Baby T. Then I will replace existing crib bumper and crib skirt as well at make some accent pillows for rocker and changing table, and eventually curtains. but for now…..just the quilts.
I found a bunch of different yellow/grey fabrics at joann’s.
Totaling $40.00
I cut 8-4” strips 7-3” strips and 7-2” strips
Sewed them together in a pattern….
The sewed top piece to the quilt matting, and bottom piece is solid yellow.
Then I took some grey ribbon that I got on sale for $3 to edge the quilt.
So 2 quilts and future fabric projects $43.00
CRAFT 7:
Not really a craft, just lots of manual labor… I bought Grey paint and yellow paint about $30.00.
I painted all the walls Grey after LOTS of sanding to try to get rid of stripes that had be previously painted on the walls. Then used the yellow for a nice accent of chevron in the closet….
So a view of the nursery sooo far…
CRAFT 8:
Now this craft had nothing to do with the nursery…..
I had 4 pieces of wood that had been left by a dumpster from someone elses home improvement project back when we lived in the Condo, and I’ve been holding onto it ever since. 3 of the 4 pieces I stained (red mahogany which I already had from past projects) Then lightly spray painted and sanded the 4th piece with a blue spray paint (which I already had) Then painted the phrase “ Always kiss me Goodnight” with some cheap craft paint (that again I already had) So completely free but here is the finished product…
This is now hanging above our bed in the master bedroom….
Easy Smeasy and FREE!
CRAFT 9: Lanterns I got the idea from Pinterest but took some liberties….
So I found mason jars at the dollar store. 9 to be exact. $9 I filled them with décor rocks/stones that I had previously bought at the dollar store $2 for 2 bags. Then I put a tea light in each jar (which I already had) I bought a huge bag of these a long time ago for super cheap. Then I tied twine to each jar.
I then installed 9 hooks under our back patio. Hooks I bought in a pack at Home Depot for $4
Then I hung ‘em up.
Outdoor Rustic Lighting. $15
Well…The craftiness will continue so stay tuned for near future posts….
