I wanted to put shelves in both kids’ rooms so I could put fun things on them. I have yet to buy more but I already like the way they turned out.
Nathaniel’s shelves have a print by Kal Barteski, a drawing by gingerwinks, a few stuffed animals, David’s first pair of shoes, and a lot of books.
David’s shelves have two photos of him that I love, the letter D, a favorite book, some more stuffed animals, and a small pring by Kal. There’s more coming here, but I already love it.
and here’s a sneak into Nathaniel’s closet. His clothes are color-coded where orange and pink are 0-3 months and green and blue are 3-6 months. I know it’s a bit obsessive but it makes it easier for me to find stuff. Also the boxes on top are sorted by year for one, two, three and newborn (stuff he’s already grown out of).
This is inspired by a wonderful etsy shop item. Ever since I saw this, I wanted to make one for Nathaniel’s room. Mine is far inferior to hers but it’s handmade by me. And I love going in Nathaniel’s room and seeing it every day.
Doesn’t it look sweet?
As we move into our new home, I had some projects I wanted to try out. This is me documenting some of them.
The first one is creating a new scrap space.
When I unpacked all my scrapbooking stuff, here’s how the living room looked:
And then little by little, I put stuff away, so my table ended up like this:
isn’t that much nicer? and here’s everything else:
All those black buckets store a LOT of stuff. And here’s a peek inside the drawers:
Tim Holtz stuff.
More Tim Holtz stuff.
Paint. All of the drawers are organized by categories that make sense to me. I’ve been using them for ten days now and so far the system is working great.
And here is the wall I look at when I work. A wreath from Pottery Barn, a sign I bought from a yard sale, and a beautiful painting by Kelly Rae Roberts. The other wall has a beautiful bird drawing from this etsy shop (which you can see in the “after” photo.)
So far, I’m loving this space to bits. Very functional and very tidy.
Since yesterday was about Nathaniel’s project, today’s for David’s room. I bought these planets last Christmas and they finally made it to the new house. We plan to hang them this week and that makes us done for everything we’ve alredy done.
We started today on a really bad note since nathaniel really struggled last night and neither of us slept much. David was kind enough to play in his room as I took a nap while Nathaniel slept this morning. But somehow I threw out my back in the process and it’s hurting like crazy. Tomorrow is a really long day for me so I am hoping that it will be better by then (even though it’s likely that it won’t be.)
I also started Nathaniel’s book today finally and I think I really like the system I came up with. Let’s see how it looks when it comes together.
One of my new neighbors made cookies for us last week which was so nice so I made her this little thank you card.
This is with A Million Memories July Kit.
It’s for Nathaniel’s baby book. Week 9. Journaling talks about how I am wondering if his eyes will turn brown or stay blue.
This is with A Million Memories July Kit.
It’s for Nathaniel’s baby book. Week 8. It talks about how I couldn’t believe how much Nathaniel looks like me until I saw this photo.
This is with A Million Memories July Kit.
It’s for Nathaniel’s baby book. Week 4. It says: And finally here we are, a family of four. Thank you for completing us. We love you. Palo Alto, CA. May 25, 2009.
Two movies from the last weeks of our life. First, David jumping in the pool in swim class.
And then Nathaniel and his new-found fist.
Here’s a sneak of a project I worked on yesterday, all day. It turned out quite cute, if I say so myself. I didn’t think I could do it, I am not so good at doing home projects but this one was fun to do.
We started the morning quietly. Nathaniel played on his chair.
And David finished the Star Wars movie he’d started yesterday.
And then both boys took naps while I did some art.
Look at that finger…
When he woke up and nursed, he was all smiley and happy.
All in all, a great Sunday here.
This question was: “How can i be kinder to myself…?”
I need to love myelf more. Be kinder to myself and allow myself to make mistakes without judging myself so much.
I covered the background in red ink, stamped the little hearts with embossing stamp, embossed with clear powder, stamped the tree, cut it out, tied a small baker’s twine, and a little bling (of course), a few letters and I was done. It’s hard to see the little hearts but in person it looks neat.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
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