Ssometimes I wish this whole nesting bit wasn’t such an innate motherly thing, at least for me. I am the mother hen of all hens right now. Kind of driving me nuts because there are so many creative things I want to do and get messy making and bloggity blog–instead you find me cleaning out closets and drawers. But it was a miracle over the weekend because I made something and finished it. Hallelujah!

We started getting the nursery ready that Lola and baby will share. Yeah, better late than never. The room was painted Ralph Lauren Sun Washed Blue color but it’s there’s a fresh coat of white. The theme of the room will be airy, graphic, with pops of bright color so it will work for a boy and a girl.
I made these coat rack hooks inspired by Danielle Thompsons Eames Coat Rack DIY.

I gathered the wood balls at Joanns. They already had holes in each one so that made it easy. First I spray painted the bottom with colors I had on hand. Next, I placed each one on a wood skewers and painted each one then poked into grass to dry. Last, I attached them to the hooks. I found the coat racks at Home Depot but they are made for a grid shelf. I didn’t realize this until I got home so instead of glueing the balls on I am going to check out a couple more places today to see if I find something better, since these racks were tricky to hang with nails. Until then, I was impatient and couldn’t help but display something in the blank canvas of a room. Also inspired by Oh Happy Day’s kids hooks with the Disneyland hats and masks.

I was texting a friend today and joked how I am an emotional wreck. Seriously I will cry at anything and this is coming from someone who is already a softie.
But I just wanted to say thanks for all of you for reading this blog. Sometimes I am sad because there’s so many things I want to make and share here. Or things I want to do to inspire all of you but I just haven’t lately. Instead I find myself nesting & nesting or resting & resting. Which is pretty normal since I have less than 3 weeks now until this baby is in my arms.
But I do share what I can.
I share a part of who I am.
I share pieces of life and our love.
I share them hoping they will inspire you in some way.
So thanks! (group hug)

Evidence of nesting going on up in here!

Need to finish up my vacation album I started a couple days ago. My instax polaroid photos seem to often get me excited about scrapbooking and putting our memories in a mini book. Also getting messy with splashes of Mister Huey. Going to finish it up during nap time today.
See some of my recent scrapbooking projects and videos at Two Peas!

Sitting on the computer and pinning my heart away is my new hobby. Photography, scrapbooking, pretending to know how to cook & pinning. But I stepped out of my comfort zone yesterday and decided to actually make something I pinned.
It’s based on this print you can buy that’s a really cool herringbone pattern. I saw someone explaining how to make it so I gave it a go. Little did I know in the end, it would be one big fat craft-FAIL.
Actually, this morning I didn’t think it was as bad, but don’t you hate when something doesn’t turn out like you envisioned? I should find a funky frame for it and see how that looks.

STEP 1: I had this old painting I thrifted in my garage. I updated the colors a bit with paint I had on hand.

STEP 2: Start taping. This took freaking forever. After a while I thought, sheesh 50 bucks for the real deal doesn’t sound so bad. Next, paint the whole thing white. Last, peel off the tape.

I was so excited when I started peeling off the tape because it was looking pretty cool. But once I peeled off all the tape I realized that I had it backwards of what I wanted white and what I wanted to show through from the painting. So I didn’t like it. I should have taken a picture at this stage but I was so bugged so I just started taping again and leaving big chunks of white everywhere. Making a messy chevron/herringbone pattern.
 

I don’t know… what do you think? Fail or win?
I think I need a frame or may it could be cool to layer things in front of or even actually on it. I could tape or stick a bunch of instagrams or Instax on it? That could work.

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Collin was nice when I was bugged last night, “Your art is the prettiest art of all the art.” heehee

While I caught the flu bug Collin caught the home-remodel bug. He helped me paint the entire hallway after hammering in the boards for the stripes, tiled the bathroom floor, painted the bathroom vanity and painted 3 doors all on Friday and Saturday. When he gets in that mode I just stand back in awe.

After deciding it could be fun to paint stripes it was just figuring out where and how. The hallway between my office and the girls’ room and a bathroom seemed like the perfect spot. After all, it would be pretty difficult to look worse than it already did. I took a before picture but  just imagine a tan painted hall of death because that’s what it looked like. Excited because now it’s such a happy hallway.

I think it might have been Collin’s lack of faith in my taping skills for painting the stripes so he decided to cut 6″ boards instead. Which was a brilliant idea! It took a couple hours once he got all the materials and the stripes look awesome! We added a yellow door to the right for a pop of color. We’ve painted the door a couple times to get a nice yellow. The first one wasn’t mustardy enough. Last we added a wire and clips from Ikea and a mix of pictures, polaroids, kid’s art and prints.

Hey, while you’re here I need your opinion. Should I do another of these hanging wires? I bought two but wasn’t sure if one was enough. Plus, it’ll might be low for curious kiddos to snatch things off.

Start by painting the wall white. Then measure out the wall according to how many stripes you want. We used 6″ x 1″ boards and they were 6″ apart. We started from the bottom and worked our way to the top.  We used about 4 finish nails to nail in each of the boards. Next, caulk the nail holes and the edges of the boards. Caulk is what you use to smooth over the nail holes and the edges of the boards so they look flush to the wall. Then we painted the inside of the boards white. Last, we only painted the very front of the boards grey. We used a foam roller and used a baby wipe to wipe off any grey that seaped to the white before it dried.

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” Roald Dahl

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