I don't know why I keep blogging about this because it just documents how crazy I am, but there doesn't seem to be much else to blog these days.
So, the last two posts have been about my baby cribbing dilemma. And now it continues. Hopefully with a conclusion this time.
Last summer I bought a crib set at a yard sale. This was when we were going through foster care training and I thought in case we got a baby girl, it would be nice to have something on hand. Well, we ended up never doing foster care, but I still have the set. Of course, I don't want to use it now. I'll be putting that one for sale whenever I get around to it.
Then you remember the previous posts: found some I liked, then decided to make my own. Bought fabric to make my own, decided it was going to be too expensive and too stressful finding fabrics, not to mention the sewing, so I returned the fabric and decided to just buy one instead. Bought an entirely different one from the classifieds, brought it home, decided it needed more green to tone the pink down a bit. So I bought some green fabric and started sewing ruffles on the bedskirt and the top of the bumpers, and started adding new ties to the bumpers. I got about half way done, and ran out of fabric and steam. Plus I wasn't liking how it was looking. I was thinking it was looking too Strawberry Shortcake/circus-y. Now I don't know if I should finish it to sell it, or to take off what I've done (I'll still have to replace all the ties to make them match) to sell it. ???? I hate having to buy more fabric to finish it, and I hate selling something that I've inexpertly sewn for enough to make my money back that I've put into it. What would you do?
Here's the before:
Here's after what I did:
NOW! I have decided to give up on finding a bed set I like that isn't too girly so I am now doing all white bedding (which is amazingly hard to find. I'm going to be be mixing and matching items I like instead of buying a set) and doing all the decorating accents in the room white (changing table, curtains, etc.). I am going to get my color from painting the room a cool grayish purple (still on a quest to find the perfect shade). And I'll probably throw some other colors in with some decorative accents like pillows, etc.
I've found a lot of cool ideas that hopefully I can copy and make myself. SO....HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE FINAL PLAN. NO, IT IS THE FINAL PLAN. WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT! Because if not, I'm sure Jeff will move out. Or send me to the loony bin. That's about where I feel like I belong anyway.
The room will definitely be a work in progress as we get the funds to do what I want...a piece here, a piece there. Hopefully I can at least get the room painted before the arrival of "Fetus" (our name for her now, since we don't like to tell our chosen name until the grand arrival.)
Is it crazy to get so worked up over a baby's room when the only person who is probably REALLY going to care at all is me?
On another note, here is another sewing challenge I took on by myself, and I'm quite pleased with the results.
This is a hand me down bassinet (pics are just of the top part) that was given to me by a neighbor It had a big Noah's Ark ruffle around it, but I took it off before I took the picture.
Then I added this ruffle skirt thing to hide the Noah's Ark theme. It was a lot harder than it looks...trust me. So I'm pretty proud of it.
We went to the pumpkin patch tonight as kind of a last minute idea. It was sprinkling rain and getting dark fast, so I felt rushed and didn't have good lighting to get any good pictures...these are the best we got. I feel a little jipped on the pictures, but we had fun anyway. When we came home we made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.
(Ignore the blur :( Of course you are anyway, looking at that adorable face!) 
Hudson has been the greatest grasshopper exterminator ever this summer!
Starting the morning with a "K is for Kindergarten" pancake with sprinkles.
Luckily he cooperated with some cute pictures in the morning....
Hudson is having fun in kindergarten and likes his teacher! We've been walking to and from school which is nice to be able to get all of out of the house and get a little fresh air.
Finley watching the game from the sidelines. Ok, not watching the game. Just playing with the grass.
Finley Afton Walker
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(Notice the purple painted walls. Hooray for not being scared of color!)
It's kind of a bad picture of the valance. But here's a closeup of the cute flowers I put on the corner:
I also made this car seat canopy. It's my second one because, yes, I changed my mind about the first one. Don't judge me. :)
I'm so happy it's all done and I'm pretty sure Jeff is ready to have his "sane" wife back and a house without thread and fabric scraps all over and a dinner table without a sewing machine as a permanent fixture back, too.
Then I added this ruffle skirt thing to hide the Noah's Ark theme. It was a lot harder than it looks...trust me. So I'm pretty proud of it.
So ignore the previous post. I found this line from Pottery Barn and although it's beyond our budget x 3, I thought, hey, I could make it and make it even cuter x 3 (with my mom's spectacular sewing skills of course, because, let's face it, I have none). I love the mix and match of patterns and the non-overboard pink but still girly look. That's more like it. (I like the top picture better as it shows a little more color thrown in, although it's not the crib bedding).
