Baby Girl Nursery

Daughter and Son-in-law live in a small town house in Lawton, OK. It is 3 stories: enter to stairs, living room/kitchen and bedrooms/bathroom.

 That is the front door from the top of the stairs! It is treacherous.

This made creating a nursery difficult. On a positive note, there was a very large closet (8'x8') off of the bedroom. They decided this would make a great nursery.

When I arrived for the birth, I just prettied it up a little.

 On the back wall I hung a curtain from the ceiling. I did not have a sewing machine or my fabric, so I went to Walmart and bought 2 flat twin bed sheets for $12. I loosened the edge of the top to insert the curtain rod. Daughter's clothes and storage are behind the curtain.

 She bought the glider with her inheritance from my mother. It will always have special meaning.

 The theme is ladybugs. I made the ladybug quilt from scrapes. PawPaw had the ladybug bear made.

 I bought this quilt and accessories from a friend. On this shelf we put Daughter's collection of bears and larger sized clothes. There is a small table in the corner for a lamp, nightlight, and noise machine.

This is really cute. It projects nursery rhyme characters on the ceiling.

Right outside the nursery/closet is this dresser that belonged to PawPaw's mother. It makes a perfect changing table.

 I also rearranged the furniture on the main level. I used ideas from Nate Berkus and divided the long area into 2 zones. There is now a conversation area and an eating area. It is all baby area.

I put this bookcase in the corner so that there was storage behind. That is where they keep the Pack-n-Play.

We did not work real hard on decorating because they will probably not be in Lawton more than 6 months. Daughter did not want to put a lot of stuff on the walls.

I hope that this arrangement will work well for them until they move.


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A Round Tuit
Masterpiece Monday
Amaze Me Monday
Craftomaniac Monday
A Little Birdie Told Me

New Granddaughter

Our daughter was due to deliver our first grand-daughter on 11-11-11 by C-section because the baby was breach. I had been scheduled for a month to fly to Lawton, OK on Friday, November 4, so that I could spend a week with daughter before she delivered. Late Thursday, husband scheduled to fly up Nov. 10 and back Nov. 11. Five minutes after the flight was scheduled, Army son-in-law called to tell us daughter had developed severe preeclampsia-or "toxemia of pregnancy" and they would deliver the baby the next morning.

Needless to say, we were on the road within the hour. It took us 8 hours and we were at the Reynolds Army Community Hospital when daughter returned to the room. Our grand daughter was perfect. We know this because that's what the doctor said. She was 7 lbs. 5 oz. and 19 in long, born on 11-4-11.

 We were all just a little excited.

Son-in-law really was excited. He just doesn't like to smile for photos.

Paw Paw had to leave Sunday but I stayed to help out. Daughter did not get to go home until Tuesday. I had a great time playing with grand daughter and taking care of the new family.

 I brought a little zipper bow that she wore home from the hospital.

 Then I moved it to this little hat.

I also had to make some things of the baby. I did not have my tools or my sewing machine. I did bring some yarn and embroidery thread. I bought some onsies and started to work.

 She had the purple skirt. I just added the "Diva".

 I crocheted this little sweater.

 At Salvation Army we bought a sweater that I used for the leg warmers and the bow.

 We bought some pants that I used for the ruffle on this outfit and to make another skirt. I did did not get a picture of that.

Paw Paw came and picked me up Thursday. We left Friday and stopped in Dallas to visit friends. We got home about 2 am Saturday. I am very tired and I really enjoyed my bed.

I will tell more about the trip later.







Links:
A Round Tuit
Masterpiece Monday
Amaze Me Monday
Craftomaniac Monday
A Little Birdie Told Me

YouTube Video

This week I created a video to go with my jewelry "system".

 

After my party last week, I decided that this system might need some explanation to go with it. So I came home, made a Power Point presentation, added sound, saved it as a video and then put it on youtube.com. I am so proud of myself. I hope you enjoy.

Remember you can find the jewelry at

The Funky Monkey

607 South Friendswood Drive #27,

Friendswood, TX 77546-4562
(281) 996-5007

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