Nursery Planning II

Just popping in today to share two things about the nursery. 

1)  I bought the fabrics for the nursery.  I've decided to take on the crib bedding myself (with some help of course!).  As I shared in the previous nursery post I am going to be using grey, aqua, and green for the room.  Here are the fabrics I've purchased:

The grey/green fabric will be used for the crib bumper and the aqua will be used for the skirt and the inside of the bumper.  I plan on adding aqua ties to the grey bumper (which hopefully will also have a white trim).  The aqua skirt will have a green ribbon or ric rac trim.  Depending on how the bedding goes I may consider making curtains as well.  But we'll see :)  Here are some links to bedding patterns that I've found online 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

2)  Over the weekend my baby sister and I started this project and then I finished it after she left.  Since you get so many baby clothes in the beginning (of all different sizes) I decided to make some size dividers to hang in the closet.  They turned out just adorable (if I say so myself!).  Check them out:

This project costs less than $10 and 2 hours to complete (including drying time).  We painted the top with a silver acrylic paint then glued the green paper on the bottom with rubber cement.  The ribbons are simply tied around the hangers and the numbers are just scrapbooking stickers.  I already had the paint, but I purchased the hangers (47 cents each), ribbon ($1/roll), paper (50 cents for 3 sheets) and the number stickers ($3).  I plan on painting the inside of the closet aqua - I think this will be a very cute addition!

Oscar Party 2011

My husband loves movies.  No, that's not true.  A more accurate definition would probably be that he is obsessed with film.  Directors, cinemotographers, and movie reviews are a pretty common discussion around the homestead.  So each year we like to throw an Oscar viewing party - except on years when Chris deems the nominees so bad that we have to boycott the awards entirely (see 2010 nominations).  This year the nominations were given the A-OK so we are setting out to once again host the event.

Yesterday I took on the painstaking process of putting together our invitations.  Normally I enjoy these sorts of projects, even do lots of planning and preparation.  This year, despite my best efforts, I wasn't able to come up with a design that I loved so at the last minute (after purchasing supplies even) I found myself surrounded my envelopes, paper, emobssing, powder, etc with still no concrete design.  5ish hours later they were finished (and I only had to make 8) and my back was killing me!  The worst part?  I accidentally sealed up the invites without including Chris's Film Blog card or taking photos of how they turned out...what I am able to share though is a teaser photo of the envelope. 

Disappointing, eh? 

I will say that we do have some good plans up our sleeve for the party though.  With the addition of a brand spankin' new TV courtesy of Chris's parents for Christmas we'll be viewing the awards on a MUCH bigger screen than normal.  Also returning will be our red carpet and ballot voting stations.  And so this post isn't ALL text here are some photos from our ballots booth in years past (so funny to see how the space has changed!):

Lastly make sure and check out Chris's film blog for current and old movie reviews.  2010 reviews are at the top of the page.

Nursery Inspiration & Baby News

I'll start with the baby news because I'm just that excited -

We're having a BOY!

YAY!

So now that we know what we're having (and we wrap up a couple of other projects around here) we can start on the nursery!  I have tossed around several different color schemes, originally thinking of yellow and grey.  As time wore on I still loved the idea of the grey but wasn't loving the yellow in fear that the room may seem too modern.  (Not sure why I was feeling that way about those colors, but I was).  A couple of months ago we were out and about and I spotted a line of clothes at Carters that are just TOO cute.  So last weekend we went out to start our registry and bought one of the little outfits.  That same day I had been out and about and found a scrapbook 'paper' on sale for 50 cents that I grabbed up.  It is actually a vinyl cutout of the alphabet in a fun, punchy aqua color.  For 50 cents I figured I could frame it up as an accent piece or not use it at all.  And here are those two items:

After looking at these items and some various paint chips taped to the wall we've decided to go with a light grey color on the bottom portion of the wall with an aqua at the top.  We plan on doing a tall chair rail (roughly 2 feet from the top of the ceiling) that will seperate the two colors.  As an accent we'll use a fun kelly green color.  Here is a photo including the paint chips:

I hope that it doesn't come across too babyish.  I plan on finding a dresser and painting it the green and also having bedding that includes all three colors.  Although at this point the bedding seems to be very elusive.  I'd LOVE to find bedding with some sort of star in it.  I don't want to go all out with stars, but I do think it could be a fun pattern accent.  I'm not sure why, but this has been my favorite bedding photo for a long time now (even before I started liking the stars):

I can't find any bedding that is even close to something I would consider and would LOVE to have it made (which is my hope) but at this point that also seems elusive as I can't locate any fabrics!  I found this crib sheet via Serena & Lily that may end up being used, but I do wish I could find a kelly green star print instead of the more lime color that is so popular.

And that's what all I'm thinking of right now for our little Mister's room.  If you see any bedding or fabric that fits what I'm looking for make sure and send it my way!

Nursery Ideas

Back when we were expecting my nephew to be born I did a blog about some nurseries that I found that I liked.  You can check that out here. 

Now that we're expecting our own small fry soon my head is filled with ideas about what to fill our baby's first room with.  While I've got some ideas that I'm for sure going to use I thought I'd share some photos of nurseries I've found that I really like.  I LOVE the all white nursery, sadly hubster doesn't feel the same.  (But to see photos of my all time favorite nursery be sure and check out Wren's nursery by Holly at Life in the Fun Lane.)  Here are some all white rooms that I adore...

You'll have to forgive me in advance, but I will for sure be posting more nursery inspirations in the future.  I'll also share some of the changes happening around Casa Weseloh as we arrange stuff for the big arrival.

Guest Room Update!

I am SO excited to share this project.  I've shared photos of our guest room before on the blog and mentioned that it is my favorite room - but this project has taken my love of this room to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL! 

For a long time I've dreamed of painting a ceiling a color.  This project was actually started when Sarah and I went to the Rehabitat ReStore and picked up some used chandeliers that we have plans to paint.  I wasn't sure if I would put the chandelier in the guest room or the nursery.  After talking it over with the husband we decided to put the chandelier in the nursery because we already had 2 flush mount ceiling fixtures (brand new) hanging around the house that we didn't have a place for.  Then a few days later as I was eyeing the ceiling in the guest room I realized that I had some left over paint from when we redid the basement that would be perfect as a ceiling color in the guest room.  It is a lighter, complementary aqua color. 

Although I've shared photos of the guest room before I always stregically cropped out the light fixture...or the lack of a light fixture...

And look at the after pictures...

Chris and I both really love the added color.  It really makes the light fixture (even though it is so simple) and the trim 'pop'.  I also love how it adds an additional layer to the room.

I also did another SUPER quick update to the room.  The dresser had been painted several years ago and updated with new hardware.  When I was in there examining the room the other day I realized that there was a little ridge detail on the 2nd drawer.  So I whipped out a black sharpie and filled it in.  It's not much, but it just adds even more character to the piece. 

I didn't think it would be possible for me to love this room anymore than I already did, but it has happened!