Nursery

We decided not to start actually putting the nursery together until I was 20 weeks along. Once that time passed we both jumped into action! Hubby did an amazing job of adding boxes and a chair rail to the walls among all of the other many tasks that I set out for him. He calls this the Pinterest nursery because he thinks it's so perfect you'd see it as inspiration on Pinterest. Just a few more finishing touches to go.

My vision and his physical abilities made this happen. With many of the items made by us it turned out exactly like I wanted! A ton of hard work, but I am so proud :)

Crib Bedding

In addition to the bed skirt and quilt I added in a quilted pillow. Of course for safety the pillow and quilt won't actually be in the bed when the baby is using it, but she can use it later.

Car Seat Cover

I wanted a car seat cover that was a little heavier for winter when I would be switching from breathable muslin blanket, but not as heavy as some of the minky covers I was seeing for sale. I chose two coordinating printed flannel fabrics and got to work.

We bought the Peg Perego Primo Viaggio car seat which is likely the largest car seat known to man. It's also supposed to be the safest. I had to do some modifications to my cover after it was made to keep it from dragging the ground and getting dirty when in use. 

Wood Table

I knew I wanted a table for the nursery, but I couldn't seem to find one that I really liked. Thank goodness hubby is such a skilled craftsman!

I couldn't have come up with anything that was more perfect for this room.

Name Sign

I purchased a cutout of Emersyn's name to go on the wall of her nursery and her dad had a much cooler idea. I had no idea he was so crafty, but he's amazing!

Next up, get this guy a scroll saw so he can make these things from scratch!

Changing Pad Covers

You know I could have just bought changing pad covers, but who would have ever thought of that?! Truly I am too OCD to have changing pad covers that only kind of matched the crib bedding so I had to make my own. I used a combination of printed cotton and plain flannel for these. They turned out really nicely and fit great.

I made three of these in varying coordinating fabrics.

Baby Blankets

Several weeks in a row I went kind of crazy making various baby blankets in different fabrics, designs, and patterns.


First project, self binding yellow dotted minky with floral flannel:

Second project, simple double sided heart minky:

Third project, self binding girl with fox flannel and black dotted minky:

Fourth project, tied pink floral fleece:

Fifth project, simple doll flannel with black dotted minky:

Safe to say baby girl is going to have her choice of favorite blankey.

Crib Skirt

This is one of the most involved pieces I've ever done. I love how it turned out, but I'll never ever ever do it again!

I thought about using the same fabrics that I used for the quilt, but decided to go with some different coordinating fabrics. 

E is for Emersyn

We are naming our baby girl Emersyn! We loved the name Emi, but wanted to give her a full name to go with the nickname we really loved. I plan to add this "E" to my wall collage in the nursery.

Painted Jars

I'm not sure where I came up with all the ideas for the nursery, but this one is from Pinterest. I want to do some shelves with knick knacks and thought these painted jars would be a simple way to tie in my color scheme.