Thursday, September 2, 2010

Crafty

So, truthfully it was my mom who I conned into being crafty, but I was a very good supervisor. heh. I bought a cradle on craigslist for super cheap and have been looking everywhere for a cute bumper for it. You'd think with all the baby stuff around, I could find one I liked. Well I finally did, and of course, like my to-die-for wallpaper, it was $80. For a piece of foam and some fabric!?! Not to mention our little lady will only be in it four months max. So I started searching the blog world for a tutorial to make one. A little, well, A LOT of help from the mamacita and ta-da a totally cute cradle ready for my baby. (which is good because her room is still a little bit in shambles.)


I was then inspired to be a little crafty on my own and while looking through tutorials found one to make nursing covers. I had looked at these covers online and they're kind of expensive, not to mention they didn't really have fabric options I liked, so I decided to make some! And this time I can take full credit!




This last craft project I started as soon as I found out I was having a little girl and was a little intimidated by the world of accessories. Honestly I was hoping for a boy I could put in a t-shirt, jeans and chucks and call it a day. Don't worry, I have pink chucks for my lady. But the hair bows and the shoes and the dresses, it took me a while to warm up to the idea of it all. I'm excited now, but here are the first of the hair things I made. Amateur, yes, but I'm getting better.


6 comments:

Jessica said...

I love the pink with the white button. And boy, you sure have a lot of nursing covers now...cute...impressive... but a lot of them! Do you intend to have a baby that spits up or something?

Kirsi said...

i better get on it. i have some hair stuff for ya but im not done yet! i need more time! haha

Lennie-leigh said...

The cradle turned out SO cute - nice choice! And you're right about the brown zebra print - I love it!

Marissa said...

jessica, I intend to only do laundry twice a week. :) I'm sure that's just a dream. Actually, the pink was clearance fabric I was testing out the tutorial with, the blue one I gave as a gift, and the zebra, well, it was super cute. I'm sure it's a little loud and defeats the purpose of discreetly nursing but I don't really care.

Rochelle said...

so cute! you are doing great mamma! I have seen really cute holders for those bows. Have you?

Ginnie Kimball said...

I want to make bows with you. Next time you decide to do it let me know.