I made that!

   When we found out we were expecting a baby one of the things I was most excited about (other than the baby part) was creating a nursery. After we finally figured out where we were going to live (thanks to my sister:)!) and got moved in, we started to prepare the room. We didn't know if we were going to have a boy or a girl so I wanted to make sure that we had a room that was gender neutral...but could be "boyed" or "girled" up. We choose a cool light teal colour and decided on all white furniture. Although PJ is now almost half a year old (what?!) we still haven't completed the room. There are some last finishing touches that need to be completed, they are:
- curtains (my mom is going to help me with this!)
- ABC wall decorations (hopefully my dad is going to help me with this!)
- some other wall art 
- paint all the door knobs for the furniture the same color as the wall (hopefully my sister still has our knobs she can help me with this!)
   Really, its not a very long list and mostly is just fun "finishing touches". These are the things that I am starting to really enjoy. Since we have been married we have only rented...and although we are in another rental my sister has been kind enough to let us bring our own 'personal' touch to our home...it really does feel like home (more so than any of the other places we have lived so far)! These finishing touches are an exciting part of making PJ's room feel like a homey and comfortable part of our home! 
   This past month I decided it was time that I tackled the only item on my list that didn't involve one of my family member's involvement - wall art. I knew that I wanted some sort of framed something (pretty definite aren't I?) for the wall behind my glider (love my glider!), so I went on pinterest and started looking for some ideas. A lot of the things I pinned brought me to Etsy stores where people were selling their nursery designs for $20+! I looked at all of these options and thought, "I can do that!". And that's what I decided to do. I went to our local Bibles For Mission Thrift store and bought some old frames for a total of $7. Then I went to the fabric store and chose a couple of pieces of fabric that I liked and that I thought would match my wall color and white furniture. Finally I sat down at my computer, took an hour or so, and designed some different 'posters'. I also printed off a free downloadable bible verse poster from this blog: The Flourishing Abode (such a talented woman and an interesting blog!). I printed my designs and the one I downloaded at Staples, bought some supplies at Home Depot (paint brushes and trim white paint), and went home to craft! Now, if you were to ask anyone who knew me...they would tell you that I am not the most creative person around...so, I was quite nervous but I thought that I really had nothing to lose and perhaps some money saved and a decorated nursery to gain!
   Here's me attempting to take pictures of the process:

The picture frames before the transformation - I forgot to take a picture of them before I took them apart but one was a picture of a thatched cottage and the other an old fashioned bouquet of flowers. Both nice pictures....but not for PJ's nursery. By the way...notice my flowers? They are pretty and Spring-like!

Then I painted the frames. That's my hand painting...I think I have good form:).

We used my sister's old pizza box to protect the table from my paint...it mostly worked but our table now has some white paint splatters. Oops!

All painted! I think they already look better :D

One of the fabrics I used as backing for my poster. First I ironed it out to remove the creases . 

Then I covered the original picture's backing.

All covered!

Next I placed the text poster on top (this is the download from The Flourishing Abode) and put it all together into the frames!

This is the other picture/poster that I made - I forgot to take pictures of the process (oops!) 

The completed product! I think that they are pretty good. They will look great in PJ's room and I did it for a fraction of the cost of buying and having them shipped from Etsy! 

   I had a lot of fun doing this craft, so much fun in fact, that I have designed a couple more posters and went out to buy some more frames from BFM. I think having three or four in a sort of frame collage on her bedroom wall will look great! Who knows? Maybe I'll become a creative crafty momma yet!