Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Nursery Photos!

I know, it's about time, right? Here's Emmaline's nursery:




The best part? It cost us hardly anything. The wall color is Robin's Nest Blue from Benjamin Moore.  We rent from my parents, and they agreed to buy all the paint in exchange for our labor (quite a deal, right?!).

Here's the cost break-down:

  • Changing table - Wal-mart for $150.  
  • Curtains and mobile - Pottery Barn (bought with a gift card)
  • Glider - gift from my mom
  • Crib - free from friends 
  • I didn't get to snap a picture with the crib bumper (we had to pull it out once Emma started standing up in her crib!) but you can see it folded up next to her glider.  It's also Pottery Barn, originally $100, I got it on sale for $30. 
  • Pillow on the glider - $5 from Target.
Total, including bumper: $185

Anything not listed was given to us by friends!

Friday, September 10, 2010

New favorite

My sister, Jen, and I went to Georgetown, DC yesterday.  It was so beautiful outside, we just had to do something fun! So we jumped in the car and drove to Georgetown.  We parked on 30th Street by the Canal, then walked all up and down M Street.  We had lunch in a cute French Cafe, and went to several shops, then parked over by the Potomac, grabbed our blanket and lounged in the grass for a while. The highlight of the trip, though, was stopping in this store:


I LOVE this store! I had just found there website earlier this week, and was so excited to get to see all the things I loved in person.  There's just something about being able to touch a book or photo album or piece of wrapping paper that is so much nicer than seeing it online! My buy of the day was a piece of wrapping paper (think more like parchment paper than wrapping paper) with the alphabet printed on it, along with pictures of something starting with each letter, then what the picture is in French (eg. B, picture of a baguette, then the word "baguette"). It's adorable, and I'm going to frame it and hang it in the nursery. 

Speaking of the nursery, pictures are still coming.  I usually use Bran's camera, which connects right to my computer, but I used mine to take those pictures and I don't have the right camera chord, so I've got to use my mom's card reader.  It's complicated, but the long and short of it is that someday soon there will be photos of Emma's nursery here! 

Have a lovely weekend - we'll be spending ours with family at Defender's Day at Fort McHenry!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Face lift

My blog isn't the only thing getting a face lift around here - stay tuned for photos of our {finished} nursery!

Friday, August 27, 2010

Zara Kids Lookbook

Joyce Zick sent Emmaline a few items from a brand called Zara, and they quickly became some of my favorites for her to wear.  They were well made, soft, and adorable - all things you look for in baby clothes! I looked further into them and found that they no longer sell their baby line (sad!) but have ADORABLE little girl clothes (and lovely boys, mens, and womens clothes, too).

Seriously Cute. Look at the shoes!
Check them out here!