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From Baby to Big Boy

Dawn: Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:54 PM

It's official...the first little grandson is growing UP! Wasn't it just yesterday that I was welcoming that sweet little one (through teary eyes) into our chaotic world? He tickles us with his rendition of the English language. For example...he tends to put the sound "uh" in front of every word..."uh ball" and "uh hat"...ahhhh, the sweetest sounds! BUT...not at 6 in the morning when he's awake and ready to go!!! Good thing Nana D, Poppa T and Uncle B do not have to wake to this everyday...the occasional overnight visits are enough. =)

It WAS just yesterday that my daughter-in-love and I began working on his nursery. She carefully considered the colors and... blue and brown it was! Being frugal minded, she picked up some unfinished letters at Hobby Lobby to spell his name out on the wall. We also picked up some fabric to cover canvases as a backdrop for each letter.

But here we are...needing to transform the letters into a "big boy" look now that a baby brother is on the way. Do you know just how hard it is for me to paint over these sweet letters...just sinful! LOL Here are some last minute pics before the transformation began...

I am trying to remember that change is indeed good!

So now...the creativity begins!

Stay tuned...

Until then..."Thank You, Lord for this precious gift of life!"

Inspired,

Dawn

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A Bit of Whimsy...

Dawn: Posted on Friday, January 13, 2012 2:34 PM

It's funny...when it comes to decorating, when you begin to redecorate one room it ALWAYS leads to some changes in another room as well. That's true for me anyway!

Just a few weeks ago, my daughter-in-love requested my help with her nursery...she and my son will be welcoming baby #2 in May. Yes, excited!!! Nothing like holding a sweet baby boy in my arms once again =)

The room was initially a guest room when they first built their house. Now that their family is growing, it is needed as a nursery. So, we began saying goodbye to the furniture that was in there, which included a twin size bed.

The twin size bed was moved by my hubs and son to the room here at No. 9257 that is decorated for the grands. This is what the nursery here once looked like before the new bed arrived...

The room also doubles as my scrapbooking room, so I had many things to consider as I made this transition. The space needed to work for me AND the grands as well. Take a peek at the closet that is designed for storing my scrapbooking supplies...

I kept the baby bed like it was...it would still work for the newest little blessing arriving in the spring.

Because the bedding was custom made and still in perfect condition, I wanted to keep it and reuse it again to get my money's worth out of it...purchasing it was def a splurge item for me when I was originally designing this room for Caden's arrival and visits.

But I needed to coordinate the baby bed bedding and the twin size bedding. My desire was to make the room look a bit more "whimsical" and my inspiration for this new look came from some new curtains (which is actually a shower curtain that was cut in two and hemmed.) Don't panic yet! Yes, I know the curtains are a bit "loud"...but the room is about to be bursting with color!

I went with a black and white polka dot on the twin bed. It worked perfectly with the baby bedding and the new curtains that I found for the room.

This bedding was a $50 Wal-Mart find =)

Wow...I know!

You weren't expecting that were you? When I first painted it on the wall, I wasn't prepared for it either! That corner of the room was shouting loudly for some attention, and boy did it get it!

After adding some fun cheap plastic plates ($1.50 for 4 @ Wal-Mart), fabric place mats (1/2 price @ Kohl's) and decorative mirrors ($20 @ Wal-mart), I decided it def had the wow factor that I was going for :)

Caden's name fit perfectly on a tree branch...

how fun is that?

I ADORE personalizing a child's room.

Luckily...these initials will work for both grands...

Caden AND Colby =)

Here is a shot of the room now...

The teacher in me needed a basket of books in the room. =) BUT...This Nana D is anticipating this reading nook to function as time-out space here shortly! LOL

Before leaving, I wanted to share one of my fave pics...it's of Poppa T holding baby Caden. It was not a posed pic, I just happened to capture a sweet moment when he thought nobody was looking.

LOVE sweet moments like this!

The saying is true...

"A grandchild fills a hole in your heart that you never knew you had."

Talk about melting my heart!

And here is another ounce of truth painted on canvas...

Pure RFECTION!

Makes my heart leap with joy to see this on the wall.

~Thank you

*my sweet Lord* for Your abundant blessings!~

Now, I guess we better get going and let the grand kiddos sleep...shhhh!

Inspired,

Dawn

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Coming Soon...Colby Brysten!

Dawn: Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:58 PM

Here at No. 9257 we are preparing to welcome our 2nd grandson into this crazy world of ours. My daughter-in-love has been hard at work over at

No. 8030, already preparing the nursery for her new little one that should be arriving in May.

She picked out the bedding and once it arrived we were off to the store to pick out some coordinating fabric to cover a few canvases, make a window treatment, redo a lampshade and more...

Here is what the room looked like before...

The bed got a new home...at Nana D's house (those pics are in another post.) Caden is a big boy now, so he has graduated to this twin size bed when he comes to visit and spend the night with Nana D, Poppa T, and Uncle B.

Once the furniture was out, it was on to painting a bright and spunky green color on the walls...

Baby Colby's Daddy (my son) was not too impressed with the wall color initially. But the daughter-in-love and I were certain that it was perfect!

The bedding came in and it matched beautifully =)

Next on the "to do list" was to pick out a fabric to recover that large contemporary canvas that was made a couple of years ago.

We found an eye catching animal print at the fabric store and simply used a staple gun to attach it to the canvas.

We also bought some cute grosgrain ribbon and large buttons to adhere to the front of the newly covered canvas. Using a large canvas like this is a great way to use up some wall space. The fabric ran $15 a yard and unfortunately we didn't have any Joann's coupons this shopping trip. =( We purchased about 2 yards because we wanted enough to cover the canvas AND to make a window treatment.

Next, we were on to the lamp shade...we simply hot glued coordinating ribbon and ball fringe to the top of the shade. Super easy and cute!

(Idea borrowed from the Bestie.)

See this sweet little white picture frame? We added some colorful coordinating ribbon and buttons to it. Now it grabs your attention and says "look at me" when you take a look around at the room.

This little picture frame also screams out..."cuteness"! Will def be more adorable with a baby's pic in it!

(Thanks for the idea, Lisa R!)

And...here is the picture frame in the shelving unit,

along with some new canvas bins that coordinate so nicely with the room.

Along the side, we added some hooks for storing the little man's many hats.

(Notice the circle scrapbook "patches" on the side...yep, they are covering up some boogered up spots!)

Some more fun and inexpensive wall decor

We tried to reuse as much as possible and these letters and frames were borrowed from older brother,

Caden's room.

The letters got a fresh coat of paint along with the giraffe, which was originally black. We also added some patterned ribbon to each letter...just the right look now. The giraffe once had hooks on the feet, but those were removed and buttons added, along with a ribbon and button around the neck. The frames got coordinating mats to match the room's decor as well.

(No pics yet of baby Colby...coming soon!)

This next pic was posted on my "Oh Baby" board on Pinterest where it has been repinned almost 8000 times...crazy! I wish that I had pics of the step by step process to show how these were made, but unfortunatly...I wasn't blogging yet and only saw the need to take a "finished project" pic. :/ Sorry!

These letters were created with scrapbook paper Mod Podged over 3 canvas boards and minky fabric stapled on to the remaining 2 canvas boards. The letters are wooden letters purchased from Hobby Lobby for less than $2 each and adhered to the covered canvases with E6000 glue. We used coordinating ribbon to hang the letters from a curtain rod that we already had, but wasn't being used.

The cost of this project was minimal (under $100) since we reused canvas boards that were passed down from big brother's room. Aside from the fabric to recover the canvas boards and for the valance, the letters and ribbon were the biggest purchase for this room makeover.

Hope you enjoyed a sneak peek into baby Colby's nursery. It won't be long before we'll be enjoying a sweet bundle of joy in there!

Inspired,

Dawn

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