baby boy's nursery: the reveal

Way back before I knew my little baby would be a boy, I shared my mood board for what I'd like to do for a baby boy nursery.

And here is a room picture tour of how it translated into real life:

   

More on the striped curtains here.

More on the vintage bicycle art here.

More on the glass display cabinet here.

More on the airplane mobile and collage wall here.

More on closet dividers here.

Details about collecting the items for his room here.

Josh and I are so thrilled with the space we've created for our little boy. It was truly our way of loving on him before he gets here. Now all we need is a baby for the room!

10 days!

Shared at: Thrifty Decor Chick, DIY Showoff


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honeysuckle finds giveaway!!

I don't know what it is about celebrating 100, but I love to do it! Maybe it goes back to celebrating the 100th day of school in elementary school - did you guys do that? Anyways, I had planned to host a giveaway when my facebook page reached 100 likes last week, but when my friend Kate asked me if I wanted to participate in her giveaway week, I thought it would be way more fun to join the party in a big celebration of giveaways! Kate's blog is such a great read - she is such a phenomenal writer with a fun sense of humor. I tell her that I know her blog is good because I read it even when there are no pictures. Be sure to add her to your blog reader!

So today is the day! Head on over to Kate's blog and join in the fun! 

I'm giving away a $25 gift certificate which honestly can buy you almost anything in my shop. So if you've had your eye on something, here's your chance to snag it for free!
There's also some other pretty great stuff you could win and the giveaway is only open today so hop to it!

Facebook fans get an extra entry - good luck!!

map art + vintage maps for sale!

I recently came upon a large lot of vintage maps. Fortunate when you're doing doing a nursery that nods towards a travel theme. So I decided to make some map art.

This image was my original {p}inspiration:

I wanted to put a saying over my map and paint it and just have little bits of map showing through.

I printed and cut out my letters and arranged them on the map. But once I saw how the black looked on the map, I decided I wanted a bolder look for my map art.

So instead of using spray adhesive so I could peel the letters off after painting, I decided to glue them in place.

I made this piece to be the center of the collage wall in the nursery.

The mobile fits perfectly with the collage wall.

I added some other travel related pieces to the collage.

A Virginia cross-stitched piece that I found at a yard sale.

A shadow box with a vintage book that was gifted to Grady by my friend Vanessa, an old model airplane propellor, and plane tickets from when I went to visit Josh when we were dating.

A Helen Keller quote I designed and printed out, a wooden plaque of vintage cars, and a sweet Virginia embroidery map made for Grady by my friend Katie.

A unique art piece gifted to Grady by my friend Kerry, and a vintage car wall hanging from the same estate sale that I got the airplane for the mobile.

Non-travel related pieces:

A favorite photo from our maternity pictures and a brass 3 stencil signifying our new family number.

A vintage card of a little boy with a turtle and a dog that looks like our Baxter.

A poem from an old children's book titled Mr. Nobody, that talks about who makes all the messes in the house - perfect for a little boy.

I had so much fun collecting all these pieces - putting collages together is one of my favorite things to do!

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As I said, I have a large lot of vintage (1950-60's) maps and I'm putting them up for sale!

They're perfect for map art projects or just for framing a place that's special to you!

$5 each (discounting pricing for purchasing 2 or more)
You can check out the list of available maps and make a purchase in my etsy shop.

Here are some diy map art projects that I'm loving:

Cover a cardboard letter with a map.

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Use maps as picture mats.

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Use a map to decoupage a chair.

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Use them to line drawers, 

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cover coffee tables,

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or add interest to a dresser.

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Full nursery reveal and a Honeysuckle Finds giveaway coming later this week! Get excited!

Shared at: Young House Love, Bower Power

nursery: airplane & clouds mobile

I recently made my little boy a mobile. I bought a small metal airplane at an estate sale for $1 and the idea was born. I would make him an airplane and cloud mobile!

I got out some cream felt and freehanded a cloud shape, folded the felt and cut it out so that I could have two matching pieces. I did this three times.

  

Then I took two matching pieces and sewed them together leaving an opening just big enough to shove some stuffing inside.

 

I stuffed them and sewed them closed.

Then I strung fishing wire through each of the clouds.

The airplane already had holes in it for hanging, so I strung fishing wire through that as well.

We decided to hang the mobile over the changing table instead of the crib because we didn't want it to compete with the inspiration piece.

Josh was the only who actually hung the plane and he decided it looked best flying at an angle.

This will be Grady's view from the changing table.

I hope he loves it!