Enlarged Ego, Party of 1.

There are a bunch of you out there who are far too kind. After blogging about the projects I've done for the nursery, and posting a couple on the boards, many of you gave me the sweetest of compliments. You told me that I should sell those things on etsy, because you would so buy them.

Well, it went to my head. I pushed it aside at first, but I kept thinking, maybe it's worth a try? I finally decided to look into it on etsy and see what actually goes into being a seller there, and not just a buyer.

Turns out, it's quite simple. So with not much to lose, I started my shop. So far all that I have listed are the ones I have done for my own nursery, which won't actually be sold. They are just to give you an idea of what you would be getting. But I am selling the closet dividers and the blocks, and either can be customized to however you would like them. For a refresher, here are pictures of both.

I already have one order in, and I'm working on custom blocks for Samuel's nursery. I will definitely show them off here in the blog once they are done, but other than showing what else I make I promise this will be the last time I will promote my shop. A link to the shop will remain in the sidebar, but there will be no more whoring it out via blog posts. Pinky swear.

And whenever I make anything new for my own nursery I will continue to show you how I make them. I'm not going to stop sharing the knowledge, I just now have an avenue out there for people to get these things if they don't want to try making them on their own.

So check out the shop, if you are interested, and let me know what you think. I welcome any feedback you have, so lay it on me :-)

Eggplant (week 4).

28 Weeks! And the final week of the eggplant. BabyCam can now open and close its eyes!


I am a total slob this week, oops.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Find out tomorrow at my 28 week appointment.
Maternity Clothes: Oh yes.
Stretch Marks: A few on each hip, and all over my boobs.
Sleep: I've been a lot more tired lately. I think it's a combination of being further along, and being incredibly busy!
Movement: I've got a crazy active little baby in there :-D
Food Cravings/Aversions: Nothing new, the usual chocolate, chocolate/mint.
Gender: Still thinking girl.
Belly Button In or Out: It's still pretty flat, but by touch I can feel it starting to stick out. Nothing noticable through a shirt though.
What I Miss: Being able to bend over.
What I am Looking Forward To: Hearing the heartbeat tomorrow :-)
Best Moment This Week: My BFF's wedding. I was a little nervous for it, but it was an absolutely amazing day, and I am so incredibly happy for her and her new husband.

Our love fern, one year(ish) later.

Last year we did a lot of work to the outside of the house, including painting, planting shrubs, flowers and grass, and most importantly, planting our love fern. That's right, we call our Japanese Maple our love fern. Because we love that tree, and who doesn't love a How to Lose a Guy reference?

(what, lots of people? oh well, I do love that movie so)

Here is the picture from when we planted it, about a year ago this past weekend:

And here it stands today!

So the grass didn't grow in perfectly, and our shrubs are in some serious need of trimming. But would you check out that tree! I'm so proud of us for not only not killing it, but for taking good enough care of it to have it pretty much double in size.

Now on to the side yard. Those ugly steps next to the rock pile? They are going to hell, where they belong. Hopefully sometime in June I will have some pictures showing you what we have done there.

Nursery Update - Refinished Glider.

Back when we had that rainy weekend and I made the monkey blocks, I sent J off to my dad's shop to refinish the glider. Here is the before picture:

It was super easy - we took off all of the cushions and he lightly sanded it. It didn't need to be sanded down all the way because we were staining it so much darker than what it started as. Just enough sanding to make the new stain/finish coat stick. Here is the after picture:

I think I'm going to stick with the cushions as is rather than trying to cover them. You can tell it's in a different part of the room now - I rearranged all of the furniture in there too. I finally have settled on a layout though, so that is good! Now we just need to get the crib in there.

Anyway, I'll be taking that curtain down from the closet. We were planning on putting real closet doors on, but we've decided that a curtain system will still work best. So I am going to get a nice rod and hang it above the closet, then use the panels from one window for in front of the closet.

The windows will lose the panels and will get either roller shades or roman shades. Not sure which ones yet. I'm also hoping to get the new rug soon. Oh and remember the lamp in the picture? There are two of those and I think I am going to get these shades for them. As we make more progress I'll post more pictures :-)

Eggplant (week 3).

27 Weeks! HOLY CRAP I'm in the third trimester! ::faints::

This week babyCam is sleeping and waking at regular intervals, and often gets the hiccups.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I'll find out again next week.
Maternity Clothes: Oh yes.
Stretch Marks: All over the bewbies. And my unique little belly button piercing connector.
Sleep: Meh, except for last night when I slept from 8-10:30 (when J woke me up to go to bed) and then from 11-6:30! It was glorious.
Movement: All the time, and I absolutely love it.
Food Cravings/Aversions: Chocolate mint oreos have become a staple in our house.
Gender: Still thinking girl.
Belly Button In or Out: Still weird. It's pretty flattened out, but what used to be my belly button is starting to dent out a bit. But not further than my stomach. It's really hard to describe.
What I Miss: Smaller boobs.
What I am Looking Forward To: BFF's wedding this weekend! Although at the same time, I am looking forward to it being over.
Best Moment This Week: J and I taught babyCam a trick this week. We got it to move away from a flashlight! It was super fun hahaha.

Monkey Blocks.

We had a rainy weekend here in Mass, so I decided to get crafty. I was inspired by a fellow July Momma who shared with us some Dr. Suess blocks she purchased from Etsy. I decided to make my own with some of the sock monkey papers I previously purchased. This project was very easy to do!

I started with wooden blocks. These are 2" blocks, which was the largest they had at Michael's.

I placed the blocks on the different papers and used an exacto to cut out squares.

Then I used mod podge to glue the squares onto the blocks.

I then sanded the edges down, both to give the blocks a more vintage look and to soften the sharp edges.

Finally I applied a finish coat of mod podge over each block.

Voila!

I love these blocks, and just have to decide where I will put them in the nursery. I think they'll go on the shelf above the changing table, but that doesn't exist right now so I can't do that quite yet. Rest assured I will have pictures of them in the room once it is finally done. ;-)

25 Week Food Pictures

I almost forgot to show these off - taken last week of course, but here are some of our latest food pictures.