DIY Time!

Today was a quiet day.  I stayed up late last night working on a school-related project, so I napped this morning after they monitored me, had lunch, and then did some arts and crafts.  Like many other people, I am kind of addicted to Pinterest, and I have had a little bit of a do-it-yourself bug lately.  So I made sure to pack a bin of arts and crafts projects for the hospital that I would never otherwise have time for (as in...Harper would wake up or mess them up before I could finish :). 

I love decorating my girls' nurseries, and most of the projects I brought revolve around finishing the baby's space.  When I decorated Harper's room before she was born, I found some bedding I liked and went from there.  I had fun picking out paint colors, picture frames, and other accessories to go wtih it.  One great resource I found was my local scrapbook store, where I found a line of papers and accessories to coordinate with her bedding, and I used it to decoupage some picture frames and other small projects.  For fun, here are some pics I took of Harper's room before we moved her downstairs.

For this baby, I found some inspiration on Pinterest.  I found a great website that puts together "mood boards" for nurseries, including information on where to buy some of the items on Etsy or other sites.  Here is the mood board that is inspiring the new nursery.

Source: laybabylay.com

I decided to leave three of the walls brown, just like it was for Harper, and paint the teal wall a light yellow color that matches the bedding I picked out.  I have been having fun filling in the rest of the room with the modern safari theme, and I wanted some artwork for the walls.  So I bought some 8 x 10 canvases on sale at Michael's ($5 for 2) and some craft paint.  Then I found some animal silhouettes I liked (I just searched Google), printed them on photo paper at Sam's, and cut them out.

My plan was to have 4 different canvases with 4 different colors and animals, but I unfortunately didn't like how 2 of the colors turned out--too bright/neon to go with the room.  I will have to wait until I "break out" to buy new colors and finish those canvases, but I'm happy with the other two.  I traced the animals onto the painted canvases and then used white paint to fill them in.  It was a time-consuming process, but hey, I have time :) 

I will of course post pictures of them in the room later, once I get more of the details finished (and I'm home again)!  For now, I am enjoying having the opportunity to get to do some of this stuff, even if it is with an IV in my hand. 

Have a good week!