Tomorrow's mighty oak is just today's nut that holds its ground.

Friday, March 5, 2010

blog surfing jewel

Love this blog! She has great ideas!

home made play kitchen

burp cloths

maternity clothes

Changing pads

Diaper bags

Bibs

And more!!!

http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Grace space

Here are pictures of Grace's spaces and things so far...

Old painted wood mobile I found a long time ago.

I found this before my tubal reversal.

I'm using it as a decoration by her changing table.

Grace's changing table and my dresser.

You have to be creative when your room is the nursery too.

This was my dress when I was a baby.

I'm thinking of bringing Grace home from the hospital in this dress

I am so loving crochet baby clothes and blankets.

Here are Grace's sweaters.

I found all of these at thrift stores,

except the second one Julia gave me to use.

It was Maggie's I think.

Here are some of her clothes.

Thrift store finds.

The flower one in the middle is from a friend at church though...

I do have some new things.

Loy and I found this at the antique store.

It was only $4.50!!

I would love to dress Grace in old fashion clothes.

I think they are so cute.

The only problem is that they are so delicate.

Here is a close up of the detail on the antique jumper

We also found these adorable shoes the same day

And also these. These have open toes, how cute is that!!

Another vintage dress with dainty embroidery

Love the vintage clothes!

Cotton candy blanket

Grace's blankets so far...
Some Julia gave me, one is from Annika and the rest -

thrift stores of course!

These are a treasure I'm so glad I saved them.

These are original jellies.

These were Annika's when she was a baby.

Another fantastic find.

We knew we wanted a good comfortable rocking chair

so we came to the conclusion that the glider rocker

would probably be our biggest expense.

The cheap uncomfortable new glider rockers are around $200.00.

Well, I found this at Salvation Army for only $60.00!

It is much more sturdy than the new ones,

and it is in new condition and very comfortable!
God is so good and is constantly providing for us!

I'm very thankful for this chair He provided!

Look how it hugs your back! Look at the nice new full cushions!

The cushion in the middle at the top is like a pillow,

it fits right at the back of my neck.

It is so cozy. I'm sure I'll be falling asleep in this rocker allot!

I guess these would be my colors for her.

1930's reproduction fabrics.

Really I like all the pastel colors.

Candy shop, that's the theme or the method to my madness I guess.

I made this years ago just for practice when I first started quilting.

I was going to make a crib blanket out of it for Grace when I found it in my sewing stuff

but, I remembered that the muslin backing I used shrinks like the old shrinky dinks

so it has to be a decoration because it can never be washed.

The quilt hanging on the crib is the one I won at a sewing group I went to with my mom.

My mom and I both made one of the blocks in this quilt.

It's kind of big for a baby crib quilt. What you see is only half of it but it will work I think.

I got a soft bumper. Also the quilt folded in half in the crib.

I found these new pink fake silk curtains at Target. Rachael Ashwell's Shabby chic , my favorite!

I love them. We had to put something less see through than the lace ones I had before.

They still let in more light than I wanted but it is much better.

View from across the room

Close up of the soft bumper and one of the sheets I got.
I keep changing the sheet on the mattress every time

I find a new one I like even more then the last cute one I found!

I never thought her crib would end up mostly green. It all started with the green crib skirt. I got it at Goodwill for only $3.99 so it was what started the whole look. The skirt fabric matches the reproduction 1930's fabric so that's why I dug out my old sewing stuff and it all just kind of came together this way. After I had put this all together I found Target has pink rosebud sheets. The Rachel Ashwell shabby chic line which I LOVE so I splurged and got a white bumper pad, a white crib skirt, and the rose bud sheets. I'll take pictures of it when I get it put together. So now I have two looks for her crib and extra of each thing just in case she spits up or whatever else she might do and I have to wash one set.

I found this on ebay, I love it! I like old things much better than new!

I love the sweet angels and the baby blue and pink colors.

It is missing the music box which is a bummer but it still looks nice.

I also learned I can put text on my pictures so I played around with that.

Isn't she cute?

sweet

I love girlie things!

Hello

Here is the rose bud sheet

We are going to be in big trouble if Grace comes out Micah!!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Crib

Baby furniture is so expensive! I'm so glad the crib I like is the least expensive! This is the crib I'm getting today. (Lord willing) I am going to stop by the antique store to see if they have a 1960s crib first though. I prefer old stuff but I'm not sure how safe that would be.

This is a picture of the kind of crib I'm going to get. It's called a Jenny Lind crib

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Monday, January 4, 2010

Granddaughter

She's here........... I have a Granddaughter!

She weighed 6 lbs and 13 oz and was 20 inches long. They still have not decided on her name. It will most likely be Chloe or Clair. She is sooooo cute!