I can be crafty (sometimes)!!!!!!

I wish I was more like my Grandma or friend Amy, but sometimes I get lucky with my ideas :) I made Ava's name out of carboard block letters from Michaels. Ava actually picked out the "Amy Butler" scrapbook paper! I cut out pieces of each paper and kind of made them fit like a puzzle using Mod Podge (when I asked the Michaels associate where the "Hodge Podge" was, she kindly corrected me! LOL) After 3-4 coats and letting it dry, I put a different small embellishment on each letter to give it a little pop or dimension. It's hard to see due to the glare, but the 'V' has rick rack with rhinestones across it. Then I hot-glued the ribbon on the back and bought vinatge crystal drawer pulls to hang them on and.................... PRESTO!

The bedspread I made about 5 years ago, but am JUST NOW letting her use it! It's a patchwork quilt made out of ALL her baby clothes and crib bedding! From the tiny hat they put on her after birth, to her first holiday outfits, bibs, etc. With the help of my friend, Renae, we made different size square templates out of cardboard and proceeded to cut up all of her baby clothes! I borrowed a sewing machine, learned how to sew a straight line and randomly sewed squares together to form long rows. After sewing the long rows together, I took it to a quilt shop and had them quilt the top to a plain (hot pink) queen sized sheet for the back! Then they binded it with a cute fabric I picked out for the edges! I LOVE IT and so does she! I felt a little guilty about cutting up perfectly good baby clothes, but I couldn't part with them and I knew I wasn't going to open up bins every few years to look at them, so now we get to see them every day! I didn't do the same for Ethan, but did keep a few of my VERY favorites!

The pics on Ava's wall are a few of my Mom's AWESOME flower photographs! I don't really love the white frames on the white wall, so I may paint the frames pink to match the pink accent wall in her room!

In our room, we don't have a headboard, so I bought this grille to act as one (kinda) I like the look though!

The small green table by the front door was my vision, but not my work. I had it made! hee hee

In Ethan's room we just painted an accent wall in blue! We painted the whole house when we moved in, but by the time we got to the bedrooms, we were OVER IT so we just did accent walls :)