The Night Sky

Don’t be selfish . . .


 

The nursery is sort of cute. Mostly it is designed for sleep and with the idea that it should be gender neutral so that we don’t have to re-decorate for every child. The thing that took the most time was the ceiling.

To start, I painted it a very deep blue/grey. We researched and purchased a toy planetarium to project the constellations onto the ceiling and mark them with a pencil.

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Then I bought emergency glow int he dark tape and cut circles of different sizes out.

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Then we just stuck them up.

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The result is truly lovely. When rocking my little one to sleep I feel like we are out under the stars. It helps to remind me to thank God and give Him the glory every night.

Don’t be selfish . . .

Stuffed Animals to Stuffing.

Don’t be selfish . . .

P1210029I have seen where other bloggers have purchased bean bag covers from Bed Bath and Beyond or The Pottery Barn for a reasonable price and used them to store their kids stuffed animals. But I am CHEEP!

My daughter is a social little critter. This results in all her toys being drug out into the great room. I have been trying different methods of attractively storing her toys but few have worked out, or been durable enough to last.

I have A LOT of scrap fabric. She has a lot of stuffed animals. They went together nicely… and so far the solution has worked.

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Buy a long zipper. Mine is 24 inches. Gather your scrape material and lay it out in a way that you can get an idea for how big your bag will be. My scrapes were not enough to make the size bag I wanted so I added in simple muslin.

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Sew the shape you want. I wanted a cube because sphere bean bags are too common.  Sew the zipper in along one of the seams.

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Next stuff all those cute little critters in it.

*WARNING* Remove child before closing :)

Don’t be selfish . . .