Boo Wreath

Halloween is one of my favorite Holidays and I LOVE to decorate for it, and now that I have a home to decorate I feel like this is going to be the best Halloween, thus far. 

Anyhow,

How I made my Boo Wreath:

Materials:

1. Halloween fabric 1.25 yds {Hobby Lobby} 

2. Foam wreath {Hobby Lobby}

3. BOO letters {JoAnns}

4. Black and Orange craft pain {JoAnns}

5. Paint Brushes

6. Hot Glue Gun

Next,

Paint the wreath black and the letters orange, with the letters I painted them twice and added purple glitter to them.

While the paint dries

Cut your fabric into strips, I cut mine about 1in wide and around 13ins long. This really depends on how thick your wreath is. 

Now,

Tie the fabric around the wreath, make sure to double knot.

Hot glue the letters together and then glue the letters onto the wreath. 

Happy Halloween!

Second Trimester done!

Second Trimester is done, onward to the third and FINAL trimester!

I have to say that the 2nd trimester truly is the "Honeymoon" stage. I had more energy to do things around the house and work. Although I did gain much more weigh and have had swollen feet and lower back pain, but I wouldn't change it for the world. 

2nd trimester our little one has grown so much! We found out that we are having a girl, and she is now so much more active then she was before. We've been gradually working on her room with paint, decor, and new furniture.    

My worries about my 3rd trimester- not getting everything done that I want to be done, will I be a good Mom? Child care.... argh

Excitement- finally being able to hold my baby girl in my hands and for her to finally meet her Daddy. 

{Cheers} to 3rd Trimester!

ABC-123 Part 3

Getting there! Only a {few} more to go. :-D

(Yes I know "O" is missing!) 

More about Maybelline's room.

I'm making a list and checking it twice.

It's never TOO early to start thinking about what you are going to buy/make for your love ones for Christmas. 

This year I'm going to be making majority of our Christmas gifts and I've never been so excited about it. I have to admit that I've gotten most of my ideas (ok all) from my new favorite website Pinterest. 

I've been looking up different and creative gifts for all-  the nieces and nephew, Parents, In-laws, and of course friends. 

Now I'm not going to give away all of my ideas but here are some for the kiddos. 

Bathtub Soap Crayons

Homemade Chalk

230 degrees/15 minutes

Heart shaped Crayons

I have many more ideas that I'm going to keep to myself until the time has come to share. :-) Hope you enjoyed! 

ABC-123 Part 2

So getting the letters done didn't take as long as I thought they would, finished them within a few days. 

Finished A-H

Sneak peak of the curtains. :)

If you want to read more about Maybelline's Nursery:

http://blackbirdsinging4you.blogspot.com/2011/08/abc-123.html

http://blackbirdsinging4you.blogspot.com/2011/06/felps-nursery.html

ABC-123

The date is getting closer for Maybelline to be here with us and I keep adding on projects to do for her nursery.

I've been looking at Baby Magazines lately to get the DL on some baby tricks, coupons, decor, etc. 

I came along a nursery that I thought was adorable, they used different sizes/fonts of wood letters to make an alphabet on their baby boy's wall. Here I was planning on just making Maybelline's name with the letters, but after seeing this wonderful idea I've changed my mind. I went to JoAnn's yesterday and picked up some letters, they are a little on the pricey side so I only got A-H (for now). :0)  

I will paint some of the letters, cover some with scrapbooking paper, gems, flowers, etc. I'm so excited to get started on this project!

Curtains for Maybe's room are finished, we just need to paint the walls and get them hung up, pictures will be asap. 

A special thank you to Maybelline's Grandma Felps and Great Grandma for making her the curtains. 

Getting Back on Track- Relearning how to knit

As silly as it might sound I've forgotten how to knit....

I had a co-worker about 6 years ago teach me how to knit a scarf, and I LOVED it. Knitting is so relaxing that I had to have knitted like 6 scarves in a matter of a month. (I might be exaggerating) 

So here's a new goal....... yes here I go again with my goals... have I completed any of my goals this year... 

Well, I guess I have completed 1 so far... Baby Maybelline. That was a fun one to complete and it's not even fully complete yet... I still have another 3 months to go until her due date.

ANYWAYS, I would like to relearn how to knit and also how to make baby blankets and baby hats. Being that my little night owl is going to be born at the end of fall, she's going to need super cute hats and blankets. I have some pretty amazing friends that know how to do all the above, so I've asked for their help. But here's some ideas of what I would like to do. 

 I mean really, a Berry Hat is a must in a little girls closet!

And something very cute and simple

I know it will take me a while to get to this point, but a girl can dream right?

So cute and colorful!