Nursery Preparations

For each of our kids I've tried to personalize their nursery. They each get their own space and I'm pretty meticulous about picking it out. I have this commitment to making sure that they each come into this world surrounded by a room filled with love and many homemade things that they'll appreciate, I hope, years down the road.

This time wasn't any different. I took to picking out baby ninja's nursery decor at about 25 weeks and have been working to slowly get it ready for her arrival. And, true to nesting form, as I typically do, I've bitten off a bit more than I can chew.  This time it was an afghan, a curtain, a quit and a bunting banner. So far, we have the curtain and afghan ready to go, and I've started the quilt. This time I hope to finish it long before her second birthday (which for the record, is when I finished Owen's -- I started his before he was born too!).

Here's the progress so far. We're finding our way to making it a happy place.
I especially lover her birdie mobile and the mirror that I'm sure, once she's big enough, she'll admire herself in.

 We're still working on table top stuff- eventually I'm sure there will be a video monitor on this dresser and a small lap to go below her ABC print (which I scounted on minted.com until I have a big enough coupon to get it cheap).

 Here's the ruffle valance I made. It uses the same fabric as her bedding (which I had made and ordered, I'm not that crazy to take on bedding too).

 Eventually she'll have a bunting over her crib with her name on, but since we aren't sharing her name just yet I'm not putting it up.

And here's the Etsy birdie mobile I love so much and her mirror. Across the room is her changing table and rocker, but I haven't worked much on that side yet, so more updates with all the pictures when its finally finished.