Nursery Update

It has been busy for the Owens the past couple of weeks - AAU bball tourny for my husband's 6th grade team & I worked a couple 50+ hour weeks. However, I still found some time to do some crafting & Craigslist browsing for nursery furniture. My plan is to create Jori's nursery with as many home-made things as possible to save some cash but also because I just love having reasons to make things. The first two projects I took on were an adorable little owl pillow [not an owl themed nursery] & a banner to hang over our little girlfriend's crib [that we don't have yet].

I found my inspiration for the owl pillow from a Pinterest. I've never made a pillow before, or even put together anything out of felt, but it didn't seem too complex so I just 'winged it' & am super happy with the results!

I started with the face - eyes first, then layered under it to get the right portions. I lightly drew out the shape I wanted with pencil on the felt & eyeballed it the rest of the way while cutting. 

Next I used the size of the head to cut a proportionate body shape & top head feathery thing [I really have no clue what that is for on real owls... extra feathers? it just looks cute.] 

Before sewing the owl to green fabric, I hand sewed the individual pieces of the owl together to add a little dimension to it. After all the pieces were together, I sewed around the outside of the owl to the green fabric square.

This is the back of the pillow, & the main colors of her nursery :]

The other project I've completed [& so far my favorite] is our Jori girl's name banner. I made a banner that says "Mr. & Mrs. Owens" for our head table at the wedding & it now hangs above our bed. How perfect that our tiny girlfriend will have one too above her crib :]

I cut the banner triangles & letters from fabric I purchased from Hobby Lobby with their wonderful 40% off coupon. The letters are the same fabric as the back of the owl pillow. 

I sewed the banners to a string of twine [with the extra light green triangles, same as the green fabric on the front of the owl pillow & some cute mini ones between each flag]

I just can't wait for her crib to be under the banner [sure would love it if it was gifted off our registry!] & to have our sleeping girl cuddled up & cute in her bed.

Another area we've started to set up is her book/reading area. I bought a bright pink trunk my freshman year of college & my husband really couldn't think of an appropriate place for it to sit in our grown-up apartment pre-baby. Now I can pass on this cutie trunk to our little girl & encourage her to be a baby genius :]

I picked up the metal bird book ends at a garage sale for $2 a couple summers ago - they even made an appearance at our wedding. The trunk sits on the floor between two, 10 foot windows, & are considering putting mini shelves above the trunk, between the windows, for more books. 

& lastly, here is the beauty of a Craigslist treasure we purchased a couple weeks ago. We originally wanted a simple dresser that would double as a changing station because these things are expen$ive - we found this glorious changing station/dresser/shelving unit for $130 & it's basically new. There is one tiny scratch. Bonus: The top piece comes off for when we want it to look more like a dresser & not the place we used to wipe her butt :] I cannot wait to put little baskets multiple shapes & sizes up top & possibly put different/fun knobs on the drawers.

& that's the nursery so far :] Current projects include a heart garland that is basically done, just needs a home for hanging, a little wall decor with some letters & fabric-filled cross-stitching rings, & curtains. 

Looking Ahead:

-25 week appointment update

-Small eating habit changes that make a big difference