Nursery Art

I finished a small 4-piece project for the nursery last night.  It wasn't much but I think it turned out cute.  

First I made some prints on picnik. I've shown 2 of them before back when I posted about the babies' names.  Here are the jpegs of the prints.

I had Sam's Online Photo Center print them, and they were mailed to my house this week.  After they came in, I paid a visit to Hobby Lobby (where frames are always 50% off) to find white semi-ornate frames.

When I got home from work yesterday, I wiped the frames off, cleaned the glass, and put all the prints in them.  I laid them out on the nursery floor in the same arrangement that I want use on the wall.  I plan to hang them on the wall to the right of the window, above where the rocker/recliner will sit.  

I am ready to get everything hung and in place, but we are still waiting on the dressers, nightstand, bedding, and rocker/recliner.

Nursery Projects

I completed a project for the nursery last night, and I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out.  

[My apologies...all pictures below are poor iPhone quality pics]

I bought the framed mirrors [on sale] from Kirkland's and ordered vinyl monograms of the babies' initials from Posh Designs by Marilyn. Putting sticky vinyl lettering on a mirror is no easy task by the way. Being a perfectionist, it drove me nuts. After trying to apply the lettering slowly and carefully, there were still little air bubbles and the letters are not completely centered on the mirrors. But, if you don't critique them too hard, they look fine. The mirrors will be hanging on the wall behind each crib, so I doubt the imperfections will be that noticeable.  

We also completed a nursery project last weekend, we got the curtains hung. I first saw the curtains on the Pottery Barn Kids website for 40% off. They were out of stock online, so I went into the store and they had them in stock and they honored the online price. We aren't painting the nursery, we are leaving it tan/neutral because it's a boy and a girl. These curtains are a white fabric with tan chenille polka dots and go great with the existing color. They are made really well, the fabric is nice and thick and they have blackout lining.

I don't believe I've ever posted a pic of the cribs before. Assembling the cribs was our first nursery project, which we did with the help of my parents a while back. Because we are having twins, I wanted cribs with low profiles rather than being large and over sized like most of them on the market are these days. The nursery is plenty big, but two cribs take up a lot of space!  I've always loved the traditional Jenny Lind style, so that's what we went with, in the cherry finish. I also had a Jenny Lind style crib when I was baby.  :)