Chicken Wire Frame

I wanted to make a cute and inexpensive frame to hold baby bows.  So I came up with this idea for my niece's nursery.  I went to the DI and found this plastic frame.

I painted it Mint Gala by Valspar.  Since this frame is plastic it was so easy to distress.  I used a little bit of sandpaper and sanded away. 

I stapled chicken wire to the back of the frame.  I got my chicken wire at The Wood Connection, but you can buy it at any hardware store. 

I used one of my glitter clothes pins and clipped on a maternity picture of my sister, clipped on the flowers and that's it!

This is a perfect inexpensive gift for a baby shower  I hope you like it.  We love all of your pins, and if you read our blog we would love if you would follow along!

- Christy

Nursery

Yesterday my sister finally had her baby.  Her first daughter was born exactly on her due date at 9:16 AM.  Her second daughter came exactly on her due date at 9:19 AM. She keeps those babies cooking for 40 weeks exactly!

Here is a peak at her cute nursery.

Starting to paint

Paint color is Chocolate Froth by Behr

My brother in law made the crib (which also converts into a full size bed), and the changing table.

My sister's mother in law made the adorable bedding.

There is the Mint Armoire! 

Here is a sneak peak of the beautiful little girl.  I am so excited to be an aunt again!

Enjoy!

- Christy 

DIY Bird Picture

My older sister is having her second daughter any day now! Over the past couple of months we have been doing little projects to put in the nursery.  Well I mainly watch her and take some pictures while she makes them.

She found this cute idea of a DIY momma and baby bird on Pinterest.  Unfortunately when I tried to find the link for the original idea, it was no where to be found. If anyone knows the original source let me know! My sis thought it would be perfect for her nursery.  So we headed to Hobby lobby got some textured poster paper (I believe it was meant for watercolor paints),  bird stencil, and scrapbook paper.  She simply traced the birds in the blue scrapbook paper, then made wings with the colored paper. After she glued them on the poster paper she traced around the birds with a black sharpie and put it in a frame. So simple!

Enjoy!

-Christy

Armoire

A couple of years ago my very talented brother in law made this Armoire to use as their entertainment center in their family room.  Recently they decided to mount thier TV on the wall and use this armoire for their future baby girl!

  Like me, my sister is a big fan of anything Mint and Turqoise so of course the new nursery needed a splash of color. So her sweet and talented hubby redid it, and it looks amazing! They used Serendipity by Behr and then had it made into a laquer so he could spray it on for a smooth finish. He did a little distressing and here it is!

I can't wait to meet the sweet girl that this is for!

-Christy

Diaper Basket

My older sister Ashley is having her second daughter any day now! Over the past couple of months we have done some projects to put in the nursery. I mainly watch her, but I am there for support!

She used this basket with her first daughter to hold diapers. Her nursery is going to have turquoise accents so the bin needed a makeover.

 

 She found this great turqoise wethered wood paper at Hobby Lobby.

She traced all of the sides (We had to piece some paper together on the longest side).

 Add a little Mod Podge onto the Wood and stick the paper on. Wood Glue would also work great and cause less bubbling.

After the paper dried we added another layer of Mod Podge on top of the paper

Thats all!  You could also do the inside to make it look like a real wooden basket, but we got lazy and figured it would be covered up by lots of diapers!
 

What do you think?

Happy Friday.

- Christy