DIY Nursery Art

I'm back to blogging after taking a break to spend time with our sweet baby girl.  Her nursery is my favorite room in the house, so I'm looking forward to posting about it.

I made both pieces of art using PicMonkey.  I dragged a plain white background into the program and then used their fonts and shapes.  Then all I had to do was print it out right from the computer.

For the one on the right, I drew the flowers with a black sharpie and used watercolor paints to fill in some of it.

I spray painted two dollar store document frames to put them in, so it only cost me $2.00 altogether.

 

The "Rise and Shine" print is available below for download.

Gender Reveal Party

As previously mentioned, David and I are eagerly expecting the arrival of our new baby.  Last month we had a gender reveal party with my family to find out if we are having a boy or girl.

We told the ultrasound technician up front that we didn't want her to use pronouns or tell us the gender when she saw "the" shot.  She had us look away when she came to that part of the anatomy scan, then stepped out of the room and called my mom with the news.  As we were finishing the rest of the appointment, my mom was on the other side of town filling a white lantern with pink or blue confetti.

Once we got home and our guests arrived, David and I stood under the lantern and each pulled one of the two strings attached to the bottom.  The flap of paper holding the confetti in came loose, spilling down a lovely shade of pink paper.

It's been a little over a month since we found out we're having a baby girl and we're still finding pink confetti all over the house, but it was very much worth it and gives me something to smile about as I vacuum the house.

Announcement

So I've been MIA for the past five months...but for good reason.  We found out in January that we're expecting our first child this fall.  Blogging was put on hold due to morning sickness, celebrating, and just general excitement, but I plan on eventually posting all the projects (including several nursery ones!) that have been accomplished since my last update.