this past week...

...I worked on recovering a bassinet I bought about a year ago at a garage sale. It took me a lot longer than I thought, so I apologize for the lack of posts last week.

I originally bought the bassinet because it was in such good condition and thought it would be a good mobile and functional baby center for this little baby on the way. Unfortunately after I washed it it seemed to be in worse condition than when I bought it. The terry cloth material that lined the inside of it got all 'pilly' and over time the whole style of it bugged me more and more. Eventually I decided to be brave and attempt to recover it. Here are the results (I can't believe I pulled it off and love it):


I got the pattern for the birds in the mobile here.

In other baby getting ready news I received this blanket in the mail this week:

I bought it here on etsy. I love it too, even more than I thought I would.

My next couple of projects in the works include:

• binkie clips
• burp rags
• booties
• bibs
• quiet books

...oh and clean house, make some freezer meals, and pack my hospital bag.

We'll see what I can get to before this baby comes... maybe I better start by packing my hospital bag;)

homemade onesies

One of the etsy inspired crafts I wanted to attempt before the baby came was to make these:
{Can be found and purchased here.}

and some of these:

{Can be found and purchased here.}

I had attempted to make things like this before with some success, but found it to be time consuming and I definitely could have improved on my first attempts. These are some gifts I made for two of my sisters who had babies within the last year:

Like I said, they worked and were cute enough, but could have been improved upon (sorry sisters... I still thought they were pretty cute).

Anyway, then I remembered that I had t-shirt transfer printer paper in my stash of stuff and wondered what my results might be if I were to try to create some t-shirts and onesies via that route. It was certainly a lot easier and I loved the results:

It was addicting too. I find myself thinking of all sorts I want to do with t-shirts and onesies for my little guys now. So until I can afford a YUDU, or have time to make cute appliqued stuff, t-shirt transfer printer paper will be my answer for designing fast cute clothes for my little kiddos!

baby due any day

As I've mentioned a couple times before, I'm pregnant, very pregnant these days. I am due at the end of September and am excited, nervous, scared, anxious, can't wait, can't believe it, have a bunch I want to do, and am not sure how/if I am going to do it all.

So today, as I debated on whether to head into my little crafting bungalow and get some of the stuff made for my little bambino or look at etsy for some 'inspiration' (as well as see if I wanted to just go ahead and buy some handmade stuff rather than try to make all that I wanted to make), I stumbled across these adorable waterproof diapers from Olive Jane's etsy shop.

Seriously, how cute is her stuff?!

I love the peas and carrots set so much, they almost make me wish I were having twins.

Then I saw that I could enter a giveaway here and have a chance at actually winning one... even better! You can enter to win too here: utahetsy.blogspot.com/

Hopefully soon I will have some of my own creations to share with you... or maybe I will just show off some more cute stuff I want from etsy. Ha!