As of yesterday Hendrik has a new cousin! It's so exciting!! By the end of the summer, he will have 4 first cousins within a year of his age! That is so fun. But it's sad because they range in distance from 400 to 8300 miles away. I am seeing some exciting road trips in our future. Or, you know, maybe we could start a sibling commune where everyone is required to live in the same compound. Hmm. The wheels are turning.
And... the nursery is finished. We're finally ready to have a baby! I'm so happy with how it turned out. A nursery is a perfect place to exercise my interior design style-- primary colors and lots of artifacts on the walls. It took much longer to finish than I thought it would, but I love how every little detail tells a story.
The mobile, a gift from my sweet parents, who love music. It has buttons for Bach and Beethoven and Mozart-- for all your Baroque, classical, & romantic listening pleasure! I got the elephant picture at a little baby boutique in Chicago when I got to go up and see Kelly there. I made the three paintings... I copied the designs from some Wee Gallery cards (I'm not selling them, so no worries)-- have I mentioned I love green and blue together? |
Lanterns! From my trip to Beijing almost six years ago, and Chinatown in DC last summer. A tea towel from New Zealand my awesome sister-in-law gave us for Christmas. I added a border and some dowel rods, and voila! Beautiful wall hanging. |
Turns out origami is one craft it's possible to do while nursing. This mobile has 10 kusudama, each made from 6 sheets of paper. I got the empty mobile on Amazon thinking I would hang pictures from it. But this idea seemed so much more fun. |
Dirk helped me make these shelves. We used the pattern for ten-dollar ledges, but we used fancy trim instead of plain wood on the front. I like seeing the fronts of the books. And there are other stories too-- the quilt from African fabrics, the craigslist changing table, the homemade bedskirt and curtains... I'm excited to tell Hendrik all of these stories someday! |