~HapPy HaLLowEeN~

Hope everyone has a terrific Halloween!

Hot Air Balloon Lanterns

I thought having some hanging hot air balloons in Sophie's room would be fun.

Something cute for her to stare at :0)

I found these cute balloons but they were a little pricey and small.

I started to think up how I could make some myself and came

up with the idea to use paper or nylon chinese lanterns.

Then I thought, it'd be cool if they actually lit up too and doubled as night lights!

I ordered a few light kits and some lanterns in different shapes,

I already had some small round lanterns in my closet.

.The green one came colored already, and I remembered to take a pic

 right after I had painted on the blue stripes, hehe.

All I did was paint them up with acrylic paints.

Painting on the nylon lanterns was a lot easier than the paper lanterns btw.

I then used dimensional paint to add some fun details, 

and a thin sharpie to draw on the "netting".

Finding baskets was hard, lol -I finally found some at Hobby Lobby in San

Antonio while we were on vacation! They were a blonde colored wood so 

I just painted them a darker shade.

After the lanterns were nice and dry I just poked some 

string through them and tied the baskets on. Hanging them from Sophie's 

chandelier made this process a lot easier!

Here it is all tied up :0)

I hot glued on some "sand bags" made

up of scrap fabric and a little poly fil and some little flags. 

Those were made quickly and simply with

paper and markers...that's all there was too it! 

This was a really fun project. They still don't have the light 

kits attached but I hung them up anyway just to enjoy their

cuteness :0). Sophie seems to like them too!

Here they are in their new home..

Now here's some cute pics of Sophie to enjoy :0)

:0)

One Month Old!!

We can't believe it's been a month already!

Sophie is really a Joy, she doesn't cry much and is

pretty patient with us except when she is hungry, lol!

Here are some pictures to enjoy :0)

 

Introducing: Sophia Joy!

Our sweet baby was born on

September 14, 2010

@ 6:52 pm

6 lbs 4 oz. - 19 inches long

This is what she first looked like;

our little chipmunk, lol:

Here's how she's looking now :0)

She gets more and more beautiful every single day!

With Grandpa

Here she is with Daddy..

Just chillin ..I loves those little feet poking out!

We are so blessed and thankful to the Lord for blessing us with our 

beautiful daughter. 

We are also looking forward to someday having more sleep! haha

~The Cutest Chairs!

In this post I talked about how in love I am with french

style kids furniture.

A lot of them are really  expensive so I found a pair these chairs:

I REALLY  wasn't digging the fabric...but the price was alright,

so I bought the pair -and some outdoor fabric:

After reupholstering these bigger chairs, these little baby

chairs were a breeze!

So now here is the finished product!

 

I'm really LOVING them now!

No hint left of that shiny pink fabric, woohoo!

They go great in Sophie's room and I hope she'll enjoy them 

someday as much as I do now!

~Dresser/Changing table~

Here's a look at the dresser/changing table we

designed and built for our little cutie.

I didn't want to make a changing table. We wanted the piece

of furniture to be able to grow with her, so we built a tray for

the changing pad. Once she is out of diapers -the dresser will still be 

a dresser and I will have a nice tray to use around the house!

These are the three dresser designs that I loved:

So, we took what we loved and designed our version:

Here are some pics of the process.

We used heavy duty, soft close drawer slides so that 

she won't be able to smash her fingers in the drawers as easily. They can also

support quite a bit of weight -in case we have a  monkey on our hands, lol.

Here are the drawer fronts..

At this point I primed, painted and glazed it while the cherry top 

was being finished.

Then, voila! (lol) finished dresser!

We also got another thing done and marked off the list.

-Made a  frame for the Ballooning over Paris print.

I really love this print, I could just stare at it all day long. It still

isn't hung because not all of the pieces for the room are done, but we 

are a lot closer!!