pom poms

from the etsy shop PartyPoms

i love pom poms. i had them at our wedding and now i want to use them in our baby girl's nursery. i think i will do something like this right above her crib...in lieu of the traditional mobile. i think it's very feminine!

here is a link to a martha stewart tutorial on creating tissue paper pom poms (i used this tutorial to make the pom poms for my wedding and it worked out well!)

http://www.marthastewart.com/how-to/tissue-paper-pom-poms-how-to?backto=true#slide_0

thinking october...

is this not the cutest halloween costume you've ever seen?

well, i think it is. i guess i just have something with animal costumes...i absolutely love them!

i think it'd be so cute for mr. max this october...but, if not for him, definitely for some baby in the future!

and it works, girl or boy...because this cute little monkey is a girl...

from katie did

more nursery ideas

ever since i saw this nursery, i was in love!

it kinda goes along with the color scheme i have been thinking of...but i just love it. especially the bright, bright yellow!

it is my dream nursery, i think.

i love this idea. i was thinking of using frames to put fabric in but these hoops are neat too. i love the circular look. maybe even a combination of circles and squares would be neat.

how could your baby not be happy in this cheery crib?!? :)all pictures from megan at me and wee

thanks for the inspiration!

baby room

although i don't know what i am having yet (finding out august 10th!!), i am dreaming of what i would do for a nursery if we had a girl...

of course, if we have a boy, i will just continue to use the bedding we already have for our son...but, it'd be fun to have a girl because i could change things up!

our third bedroom gets the hot afternoon sun, so it heats up really badly. i bought some curtains at ikea the other day (on sale for $14.99 - but incredibly heavy, and good quality!) to help keep the room cooler. they are a light red, almost pink-red, color. so...i thought, if we had a baby girl, those curtains would obviously already be in her room, so here are some ideas i am stirring around in order to tie those curtains in with a nursery...

maybe a bumper made out of this beautiful amy butler tree peony in ivory fabric...

and maybe some accents with this amy butler lotus wallflower in mustard fabric...

and of course, i would need to put lots more pink in the room...so maybe some wall hangings done with some other coordinating fabrics...

what do you think of a light red, pink, and mustard color scheme? not typical...but, i think it would work! do you?

baby doll

are these not the cutest dolls ever? when i have a baby girl some day, i am going to make one of these!! found here but not sure where she got the pattern, or if she made it up. i'll have to ask!

making the switch to cloth

bumGenius 3.0 all in one cloth diaper (one size)

i have been doing research over the past few days (almost 24/7!) and have decided to switch my baby to cloth diapers. it's more economical (in the long run), healthier for my baby, better for the environment, and let's face it...super cute!

here is a list of very valuable websites that have helped me (and will continue to help me) in this process of switching from disposables to cloth. i am amazed at the resources that are out there! thank you to ALL of the websites, seriously.

if you are somewhat interested or curious about cloth diapers, i highly recommend checking out the websites i am listing. i am listing them for me personally, so i can remember where to find all of this information, but if it helps someone who's curious, that's an added bonus.

information on cloth diapers
http://www.realdiaperassociation.org/diaperfacts.php *this solidified my desire to use cloth
http://www.jilliansdrawers.com/newtocloth
http://clothdiapers.blogspot.com/
http://www.cottontails-diapers.com/pages/verses.php
http://www.mumsthewurd.com/2008/11/are-you-a-bumgenius/

sewing cloth diapers
http://www.diaperjungle.com/sewing-cloth-diapers.html
http://www.diapersewing.com/measurements.htm
http://www.diapersewing.com/prices.htm
http://www.diapersewing.com/fitted_with_velcro.htm
http://www.diapersewing.com/quick_dry_aio.htm
http://www.diapersewing.com/prefold_to_fitted.htm
http://diapersewing.wordpress.com/
http://fernandfaerie.com/sewing_fitteds.html *this is the diaper i am going to sew
http://diaperfabric.com/very-baby-diaper-tutorials/
http://fernandfaerie.com/frugaldiapering.html

sewing wet bags
http://www.polliwogged.com/detail/five-ways-to-make-your-own-wet-bag/
http://doityourselfec.blogspot.com/2008/01/making-wet-bag.html
http://etsylabs.blogspot.com/2007/05/long-overdue-fusing-plastic-bag.html
http://www.amitymama.com/vb/sew-along/226517-sewalong-zippered-wet-bag.html

fabric shops
http://www.sewzannesfabrics.com/
http://www.celticclothswholesale.com/
http://www.verybaby.com/
http://www.diapercuts.com/

cloth diaper products i am thinking of using
http://www.jilliansdrawers.com/products/clothdiapers/gentlyused/gentlyusedbumgeniusonesizeclothdiaper
http://www.purelynurtured.com/item_277/Wonder-Wraps-One-size-Diaper-Covers.php
http://www.babyearth.com/bumgenius-diaper-sprayer.html

taking care of cloth diapers
http://www.bumgenius.com/help.php
http://www.jilliansdrawers.com/newtocloth/washingcloth

diaper deals and announcements
http://www.diaperpin.com/forum09/announcements.asp

pacifier clip tutorial

i have really needed one of these for my son but they have always been pretty girly in the stores so i've never bought one. it would have come in VERY handy on the streets of new york city as he was chucking his binky out the stroller.

i definitely want to use this tutorial to make a pacifier clip for my next baby, since mine's now a little old to be clipping his binky on (he'd probably just tear the clip off anyway!)...

baby's first book

i found this baby's first book idea awhile ago and can't get it out of my head so i needed to make sure i post it so i can remember the idea.

i have been tossing around ways to make an ABC book for my baby. my sisters have made ABC books that use most of the names of family members plus familiar objects and i have really loved how they turned out. what i love about this particular book is the format...i think i'll kind of combine the two ideas and hopefully end up with something cute and functional.

see more here.

DIY babylegs

guess which picture is real babylegs and which one is homemade babylegs??

i really like babylegs because they're so cute & functional, but i've got to be honest...i am too cheap (and too poor) to buy my son a pair for $12.00. well...i found a solution! a DIY tutorial on how to make them from a pair of adult socks...so, all you have to do is spend money on the socks and then take the time to make them. a fellow blogger, isly, has tried them out and they look great!

now, for the tutorial...click here!

(picture #1: homemade babylegs (link), picture #2: real babylegs (link))

my dream nursery

i am in love with this nursery, done by re:place. i would love to have such a quiet, serene place for my baby and me! check out the link to see more pictures of the beautiful room. the bird silhouettes on the wall can be found here. they are pricey ($30 for two bird silhouettes...yikes!) but if you had the money, i think it'd be worth it. otherwise, they probably wouldn't be too hard to make yourself using some scrapbook paper, fabric, or wall paper.