I’ve just about finished everything I need to make for Caleb’s room. So far, the list of things I have made has been a crib bumper, crib skirt, curtains, two baby blankets and a pillow. And get this, I’m still not finished. I plan on wrapping a lamp shade in fabric and possibly making a changing pad cover depending on how depleted my fabric supplies are. I’m not one to plan ahead and get everything I need in one fell swoop so I have been taking daily trips to the local fabric store down the street. Let’s just say the nice ladies down there know me very well.

Since I’ve paced myself well, I just have to wait impatiently for Andy and I to get our lazy butts in that room and clean it out. Furniture would also be nice. These are things that will probably get done around September/October. I honestly don’t think I can wait that long to see what everything looks like.  I’m half ecstatic to see the finished product and half terrified I messed up on the measurements. I literally keep myself up at night bouncing between visualizing a beautiful baby boy’s nursery and sitting on the floor surrounded by crooked skirts, bumpers and curtains tearing my hair out.

In the mean time, My sis-in-law (who is an amazing artist) and I have bartered our talents out to each other. She’s painting some letters to go over Caleb’s crib and I’m making a quilt for her daughter. I picked out the fabric today and am really excited with how everything looks. Here’s a sneak peek:

That’s all you’re gonna get until it’s done and sent. I don’t want any particular sister-in-law to have the surprise ruined for her.

Can you believe this disaster area will eventually be our child’s room?

Yeah…. Me niether. As of right now, we have an old mac, iron/ironing table, extra desk, golf clubs, 8 foot foldaway table, sewing machine and a plethora of accessories, two lamps, about 10 yards of fabric, office chair that belongs in the office, guitar, camera accessories, and a fake tree.

This would make a great “I spy” game. Can anyone find the blanket basket?

Don’t ask me where we’re going to put all this stuff. Surely not in the closet, it’s even worse. Hopefully in a few months I’ll be able to post beautiful sweet nursery pictures that could be straight from a Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Until then, I’ll have to deal with the “black hole”.

Oh yeah, I’ve also changed my mind on the color scheme (big surprise there).  The crib bumper is already finished and I’m beginning the skirt and curtain. I’ll post some of the projects I’ve completed once I finish a few.

It’s started. I am officially entering the “nesting” phase.

I’ve already made a crib quilt for Caleb’s room. It looks kind of blurry in this pic, but click on it and it’ll look way better.

It took me a record time of three days to complete. I’m planning on using the colors in the quilt for the nursery. If i’m feeling ambitious enough, I’m going to make curtains and a crib bumper to go along with it. The walls will be a light blue and I’m thinking dark cherry furniture. It’s kind of hard to picture now, but I’m pretty confident It’ll look fabulous when finished.

Other little projects I’ll work on when I will be more “ahem” with child will be to wrap some of those wooden letters in fabric and hang them up. We also have these shadow boxes that are cherry colored. I’m thinking of displaying little artifacts from when Andy and I were little in them.

I may be getting a wee bit ahead of myself, but I have a whole month left of summer vacation and usually have plenty of free time during school. And making an entire quilt in three days has gotten me quite motivated.