So, since our Virginia house was a rental I didn't get to paint in Bo's nursery, but despite that, I think I made it as cozy as possible. I didn't love this house, but it's where we took Bo home after we left the hospital. We made a lot of precious memories in this house. I thought I'd take some pictures before I packed it all away. 

Like I say, in an ideal world, there'd by some sort of mural above her bed. And I never felt that hanging things above her bed was safe. I couldn't think of one thing to stick up there that would allow be to sleep through the night without worry. The clouds are one of my favorite projects ever. I took used bottles (water, shampoo, etc...) and glued the stuffing from old pillows to them with spray adhesive. I had fuzz glued to my fingers for days, but it was worth it. 

The moon is a favorite of mine too. I went to Staples (an hour away...why is EVERYTHING always an hour away??) and gave them a USB with a moon photo. They enlarged it and printed one of those black and white engineering copies for me. It was cheap. Like under $5.00 cheap. 

I had one of those round side table tops lying around (that come with the cheap screw on legs) and I decoupaged the print onto the wood.

I love how it turned out. 

These sweet curtains were made by the girls' Granny for Charley's nursery. They are holding up well.

Lots of hours were spent in this secondhand rocking chair. I love rocking my baby. 

This elephant side table is one of my best thrift store finds ever. I was painted with muted blues and pinks and I spray painted it white. I LOVE it. 

We read A LOT of books. A lot. 

I do a lot of things wrong as a mother but reading is one of those things I do right. 

I feel good about that. 

I made the tassel-y garland for Bo's first birthday.

I found the buffet at an antique store. It's the perfect height for a changing table.

The birds above the window and rocker was a Charley/Mama project. 

It's amazing what all you can do with a stick.

Despite the lack of paint and clouds on the ceiling, I loved the warmth of the room in all it's homemade simplicity. 

I'll cherish the sweet memories of rocking my baby here.  

This present was for a girl, who was turning 5. Her mother is a former teacher, whom I know always makes learning fun for her kids.  

So, I bought this belt.

And I cut it up and turned it into earrings.

Then I remembered I had another belt,

purchased for $1.50 at a Georgia yard sale. 

It came with no buckle,

SO

I introduced the the cut up belt to the Georgia yard sale belt. 

:About a month back, Buckwheat and I had a very special birthday girl to celebrate and I had the perfect gift idea in my bookmarked files. 

I won't post a tutorial since Emily over at Saltwater Kids has already done that. 

If you would like to try this yourself, I encourage you to go check out her tutorial. 

 

 

This was our little accessory bag. It looks very ragamuffin because I used an old knitted scarf that I purposefully put into the dryer so that it would felt. In the end, I decided it was a too shabby, but my fabric supply was limited so used it anyway. 

It was my first drawstring bag. The next will be better. 

 

Our bag contained a couple of different types of clips and suction cups with hooks for attaching the fort to mirrors and glass doors. 

We put everything in a basket. We added a rope and a flashlight, though I felt a little nervous about giving a child a rope for her birthday.

Fair warning: If you are giving this fort kit to a child less than 7 years of age, expect to get involved with the assembly. The fort kit has already made it back to our living quarters once and I had the pleasure and testing it out. It worked beautifully.