Nursery Finished... Almost!

We have finished the nursery, finally! Well except for the mobile that I am procrastinating making. But it's complete enough to share nonetheless. We've loved creating our dream nursery for Carolyn Jo! We were fortunate to receive many of the items you see as gifts or find a really great deal. And I've even surprised myself with the amount of color I've let enter this room. So happy with how everything turned out!

Painted curtains in action! The yellow glider and ottoman were a Craigslist find and complete steal!  Not to mention it's the most comfortable chair ever. Hence why the nursery has already become our gathering spot!

 My favorite little sign above the closet, and so true!

Beautiful window pane transformed by my sister's sweet best friend and her mother! Can't wait to put Carolyn Jo's monthly pictures in the panes. And the perfect dresser made by my talented daddy! IN LOVE with it (more on this later)!!!

Carolyn Jo's crib

 

Her bookshelf is already full! We really lucked out that this built in was already here.

 

You can take away his room but not his window! His favorite spot in the house as the guard dog.

 Love these sweet monogrammed gifts!

 Seth gave me the canvas on the left on Valentine's Day when we found out we were having a girl! Fabulous Mother Teresa quote about life. And another friend of my sister's made the cute 'You are my sunshine' canvas on the right!

Her closet. Thank goodness for all this great storage! Pink is quickly taking over our house. And we wouldn't have it any other way!

The year of babies and WEDDINGS!

I love any excuse to celebrate but it doesn't get much better than celebrating the marriage of a fabulous young couple! I've recently been able to travel to Nashville and do just that!

 

Kalee and Tim had the most beautiful and sentimental wedding ceremony and reception in Brentwood! Couldn't be more excited for them! Liz, another sorority sister, baked the cakes for the wedding as her gift to the bride and groom! Delicious!!!

 I got to help a little too! Kalee asked me to make the programs and the Quaker Marriage Certificate for all the guests to sign! Love this idea and a great keepsake to frame in your home.

 I also got to attend a shower for this cute bride-to-be! Her wedding is quickly approaching and I cannot wait to be part of her big day!

 Picture with the bride-to-be!

Tons of great gifts, which will come in handy in her new house! I'm telling you, this is the craziest (and best) year yet!

You heard right... painted curtains!

I had this vision in mind for the nursery curtains. I wanted pink and white thick horizontal stripes. I could not find them anywhere in the perfect color so I planned to make them one way or another. My first thought was sewing the stripes. But seeing as how I can't really sew a straight line, I kept looking. Then while flipping through BHG one day I found them! Exactly what I was looking for. The solution -- painted curtains. Not to mention a step by step tutorial (find it here). After gathering up the supplies, I was ready to tackle them.  

Measuring and taping off the lines really was the hardest part. I think the entire project took about 3 hours! 

 So excited to get these up! Just what the room needed!

Did I forget to mention it cost less than $40 for the pair? What a steal! 

I might just have to go show this picture to the paint man. He was shocked to hear that I was painting curtains and even discouraged me from purchasing the paint! Can you believe it? More pics of the nursery to come soon! 

More shower fun!

With Carolyn Jo's arrival just 44 days away (if she's on time that is and yes we have a countdown), we've been busy preparing! Our friends and family have been a tremendous help and showered us with tons of amazing gifts. We had a baby shower recently in Lawrenceburg. We don't get to get back to middle TN as much as we like so it was especially great to see everyone! Thanks to the amazing hostesses and everyone that attended.

 

We are definitely stocked up on diapers for a little while, if only we could find a place to store them (so not complaining)!

You've heard of diaper cakes, now there are washcloth flowers, lollipops and onesie cupcakes :)

Handmade gifts are the best! Ann is so talented and made the most precious little rocking horse dress for Carolyn Jo!

Love sweet Caroline! So many fabulous little girls at the showers... much to look forward to!

My mommas

Sister and one of the fabulous hostesses! She's so crafty, one more reason I love her!

We also had a Knoxville Safari shower. So much fun! And let's just say I can't think of another thing that this baby girl needs! 

Lion cake that I forgot to take a picture of before we started chowing down on his mane!

More diapers

Literally everything was safari themed!

Does it get any cuter? Olivia Kate cheesin'

With my sisters and amazing hostesses! I have a thing or two to learn from them!

Hostess with the mostess and chef extraordinaire! 

Now that we're all set with necessities, clothes, toys, diapers and more clothes, bring on baby Carolyn Jo! 

Burlap Signs

I have a new favorite craft project! I recently bought something like this for a gift for a friend on etsy. She actually registered for it! Who even knew you could register on etsy.com? Love it! Anyway, I was trying to think of a gift for some dear friends of mine hosting a baby shower for us and couldn't get the burlap sign out of my head. You know where this is going!

So.... here is out final product! Love how they turned out! I found the tutorial on pinterest somewhere and modified it with different designs!