maggie claire's {almost} finished nursery

I'm 38 weeks today and I am officially {almost} done with maggie's nursery! It has been pretty much done for about 3 or 4 weeks now, but today I finished hanging everything on the walls. The only thing that is not complete is 2 paintings that are going in her room. I'm starting those this weekend, and they should be finished by the end of the week! I'm super excited about her name canvas going over her crib, let's just say there is going to be pink & white zebra involved! :)

Here is a tour of her room in pictures:

The other painting I'm working on is going to go above the shelf with the black picture frame on it. It's probably going to be a Bible verse or a cute saying... I haven't decided yet.

When I'm in her room, I always get so hot because there is no ceiling fan, and the window in her room is huge! Well, this week I bought a little oscillating fan that is on the bookshelf, and black out curtains that keep the heat out! Those two things have done wonders in the room! :)

This is her closet & hairbow holder, I know, she has way too many hairbows already! hehe :) I can't help myself but keep making hairbows for all of her adorable outfits!

The fuchsia bins are great for storage, and my mom got me some cute flowers to put on them!

Her carseat, bobby pillow and diaper bag all packed by the door ready to go to the hospital!

I am just in love with this carseat, and of course I had to get a pink headrest to go in it for her! Don't you just love the hounds tooth?!?!

I put these little wall decal polka dots above her changing table along with the famous ribbon chandelier that I've been working on! I love how the ribbon chandelier turned out!

Here is an upclose of the chandelier!

Here is a better picture of her hairbow holder and crib. That is the lovely canvas that I haven't painted yet! :)

This little cubby shelf is awesome! My mom got it for me at the consignment sale that we went to last week! It was still in the box and hadn't even been put together! I put her little tutu and ballerina outfit hanging for display! The blocks have her name in them, and that pinkalicious book is just awesome! :)

Oh, and don't worry this girl already has a crazy shoe collection! This isn't even all of them!

Also, she has an outfit for every day of her life for the 1st 2 years it seems like! These are all clothes newborn through 2t. :) I am using the liberty of london bins from target for diaper/clothes/toy storage.

Her changing table all filled up and ready to go!

orange sherbet for baby girl

Here it is!

I decided to go with a light orange for Maggie Claire's room! I absolutely love it! Here are some pictures of the room so far, I have a lot more things planned for the room, so this is just the beginning! {the paint in the pictures does look darker than in real life.}

I love the crib on this wall, but not sure where I'll put the mirrors and other furniture.

The changing table! My mom ordered the baskets for it, and they were too big by less than 1cm. My mom also got the changing pad off my registry and picked up this cover because it was on clearance. I registered for a few more colors too! My stepdad is going to adjust the shelves so the bins will fit.

When my mom came to paint the room, she brought this lampshade off of my registry along with the bins and changing pad. My mom really is the greatest, did I mention she pretty much painted the entire room by herself?!?! Thanks for helping your preggo daughter out! :)

The most difficult decision I'm having about the rest of her room is what kind of chair to get. All of these gliders and ottomans available is A LOT to choose from, and I'm kind of stuck... I need some suggestions!!!

Her closet is so exciting to me, probably because it's a little project that I can't wait to get finished! I just need some more bins to finishing fill up the shelves to organize her clothes/belongings. I think I might get some solid color ones to go with the floral prints, what do you think??? Maybe a dark fuchsia??

I'm also glad that I'm able to keep a lot of my bow making/craft supplies in the bottom of her closet, along with our printer ready to go and all of our office supplies! Maggie's closet is multi-functional! :)

I still want to make a ribbon chandelier as a mobile for MC, I think it will be a cute added touch to the room, and many more artsy projects I have that I'll be sure to let you know all about! {I still am drooling over the PB pink zebra rug too!}

that's all for now... Happy Friday everyone and have a great weekend!

fun filled weekend & cute yummy treats!

This week has been kinda crazy, but filled with a lot of good things! It was my first full week in my new posotion at the school, I am in the preschool area in the 2 year old classroom. My boss was concerned for be being outside so much with the bigger kids while pregnant this summer, so she moved me inside to the preschool, which is still an adjustment for me! It's been great though! I work with three other ladies, and they are too sweet and fun to be around, and I think this summer will just fly by! {I can't believe that we are already to the end of June!}

On Friday, Mike and I bought a new bookshelf for our living room to hold all of our books & scrapbooks that were all on the shelves in Maggie's room. Her room is finally junk free!

Here's our new bookshelf, and it's so full, it's crazy how many books we have!

We also put together her crib & we got the crib bedding in the mail that my Papa Joy & Mema Pat got for us! I absolutely love it! It's very bright and colorful!

Here's the crib and changing table! {the lighting is awful in the room right now, but they are both white}. Of course, I'll be rearranging the furniture in there, but for right now, this is what the room looks like. I'm still deciding on a color to paint the walls. I'm thinking pink of course, but I also would love an orange sherbert color... What do you guys think??

This is the desk & shelves that are becoming her closet. We hung up a rod to hang all her clothes. I'm planning on getting matching baskets to go on the shelves to put a lot of her things in. Right now, it obviously just has some random things on the shelves that I was getting out of the way, and the books stacked on the side are all for sale on half.com. Instead of throwing it all away, I was hoping to sell some of the books that we don't need anymore! {Already sold three of them!}
When we were in Atlanta, I picked up this double mirror set from IKEA. It was only $14.99 and they are great mirrors!! How cute are they?!?! I think having mirrors in children's rooms are a necessity, little miss Maggie Claire, will need to see how beautiful God created her!!!Over at Bakerella, in honor of Toy Story 3 coming out this weekend, she made these adorable Mr. Potato Head & Hamm cake pops! I think they are so cute! If you haven't heard of Bakerella, you need to check out her yummy treats. I would love to try and make these, but I feel like I would screw them up! I might give it a try one day!
Mike and I went & saw Toy Story 3 on Saturday after church, and oh yes, it was great! I love all of the toy story movies, and they are by far my #1 choice of pixar movies!

Today, I had to call into work, I really hate doing that, but I am feeling pretty awful. I have felt really good this entire pregnancy, and this weekend I woke up with a gunky sore throat, and some sort of stomach bug that doesn't feel good. Today, I will be resting & hopefully feeling better by tonight. I really don't want to miss our small group! :)

Happy Monday everyone!

nursery ideas

I have been googling one nursery idea after another the past couple of days, and oh boy, I do love what I see, except those dollar signs! I'm sticking with the liberty of london nursery crib bedding from target. Right now it says it is out of stock and will be available for shipment in 2 to 4 weeks, so I'm just being patient. I found an inspirational collage over at project nursery, which I am loving that site!

In the picture is maggie claire's bedding that she will be sleeping in, a lovely chandelier lamp from pottery barn teen, the adorable zebra pink rug {you guys know that I'm in love with zebra}, and pretty crystal lamp from pier 1. The pottery barn mirrored dresser is a little too fancy for me, but I love how she did this collage!
The PB chandelier is way out of our budget to get for maggie's room, so instead I will either make a really cute ribbon chandelier {photo below via inspire co.} or try and find a used chandelier and spice it up a little bit to look similar to the PB chandelier . I know, you readers will all say that this ribbon chandelier is the way to go and totally fits me because of my hairbow making self, so I will have to test it out and see how I like it!

I do really like this pink chandelier that I found on kaboodle.com.

The main thing that I am on the hunt for right now is a white dresser, or one that I can paint white, and that will double as a changing table. I have found a couple on craigslist that I really like for only $35-$50, but I'm waiting to hear back on the dimensions. I would like it to be around 35 inches high, because that seems to be a good fit for a changing table, but I don't want to be too picky or anything! hehe. I love the one in this picture below {photo via project nursery}. I'm hoping to find something similar to this! Wish me luck!