Emilie Ana's {Vintage Inspired} Nursery

 So beginning Forever ago I began putting this nursery together. I am glad to say that I am finally done! I really love anything Vintage and Antique so this the theme I went with for my last babies nursery. There are so many small heirlooms in here too...its so very romantic.  Girly, pink-cream-gray-dash of red, and all things frilly, lace and ruffle! 

Here it is...

I am in love with how it turned out.

My sweet cousin made these yarn pom poms..she used them to wrap this darling blanket she made...I recycled them and added them to this lamp!

Some old vintage books. The "Easy Steps in Sewing for big and little girls" is actually an antique...100 years old this year. It is quite the little enchanting book....I started reading it to my 5 yr old daughter, and both her and I were captured by its magic!

I used the burlap mermaid table runner for her dresser...

Pom Poms! I love how these turned out! 

The little dress was her LDS Blessing dress and headband.  I framed some "Ugly Duckling" silhouettes that my aunt custom made for me years ago. The tiny baby picture is and old one my Grandma had hanging up in her house in Denmark for years. She gifted it to me last year...it is a picture of Yours Truly ;-)

I found a place for the {E} button picture...Love it!

"Friends"

Also the Duvet Cover they are sitting on I made, to match the banner above her crib.

I reused this bumper from my first daughter. Added lace to the top to give it a new feel.

Painted antiqued and distressed shelf

The tiny Danish Little Mermaid vase was given to me on the day we arrived to Denmark in 1986. Again a gift from my Danish Grandma "Farmor".

My all time favorite flower "Hydrangea"....dried from this summers garden.

Antique Tapestry from an old Salt Lake City Victorian Avenues home. My mother rescued it from a sweet families garage...They were happy to let it go to someone who would display it...I LOVE IT! 

My old Danish Antique tin doll....and a new tiny pair of crocheted booties...for our Emmie Girl.

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Im back! {and a holiday Peppermint Plate }

So I am looking at my last blog post...dated June of 2012....ummm...yeah....It has been a while!

TOO long in fact! But I have GOOD reason...

This is my reason....

SHE....

our

Emilie Ana

girl....

Can you see how I cant possibly get away from the Cuteness of this little thing to get my Craft on?! Lol. Things have been crazy busy in our house since the day she was born. She came on the day that my oldest started Kindergarten! Yes indeed, I let my husband take her to school while I was in labor. He made it back quickly enough to be there for the birth. And to add to the stress my in-laws left to Africa that week to be away for 18 months serving an LDS Mission. They were in the Mission Training Center just 2 hours away preparing to leave 3 days after E was born. And they were able to drive home to be there for the birth too, and quickly get back to their MTC obligations. We were so blessed to have them meet our sweet baby before they left!

Well, she is now 4 months old, I am feeling much better, we are into a routine AND the holidays are over, so now I can SNEAK away for just a few...and BLOG. I haven't been all idle though in these past 6 months or so. I just haven't had time to document everything. So I might have some "past" posts to reveal in the next few posts.

Here is one of them, this SUPER cool Peppermint plate that I saw on a cake display on line. I found the instructions here... on this blog Dukes & Dutchesses.  Whipped up a batch of Peppermint fudge..and voila! Its seriously so cool, and my kids LOVED to help me unwrap and place all the candies in the dish before placing it in the oven.  We kept it out all December. It was so easy...This is going to be a holiday tradition! 

So here goes to a New Year of blogging....thanks for sticking around!!

oxoxox

Cat

Button Nursery Wall Art {the beginning of a Vintage inspired Nursery}

I am expecting a baby girl this Early September! And I am SO very excited to start on her nursery decor. Its one of those things that keeps me busy and not thinking about how uncomfortable I am at the moment! lol

But I have to say it has been a challenge having 2 other little ones run around me, so hopefully I will get everything done in the next 12 weeks! 

My oldest daughter's room was pinks, reds and greens {with Vintage Cicily Mary Barker Fairies}  so this time around I wanted something different. This time I want to try and make a Vintage Inspired Nursery, in Creams, whites, Champagne Pink and a touch of Red....with a touch of Danish Fairy Tales.

I am still on the hunt for the perfect fabric for the Champagne Pink {with no luck}, so I will keep searching until I do. 

Here is my first project completed for our Sweet baby {E}. I bought this frame at the $1 store. Than added some rustic linen type fabric to the back. {I removed the glass}. Than with my glue gun in hand and a million of white & cream buttons i started gluing away....... 

Here is the end result....

 I even found an old antique pearl earring that I have had for YEARS {and I mean years...like when I was a little girl, this beauty used to sit in my jewelry box, all alone missing the other one}. I have always been a "collector" of things old;-)

 The cool thing about his is that I can always add new buttons to it, if I come across any i like. 

 This shelf was one that I had in the nursery already {I moved my little boy in with his big sister}...kept all of his nursery furniture for the next baby. 

 Twas origionally cherry....I painted and distressed it....I LOVE how it turned out!

Here is the BEFORE

Well stay tuned for my other nursery projects. I FINALLY can begin on them, now that I have both of my kiddies birthday parties out of the way:-)

Wish me good luck...this is my FIRST pregnancy that will last ALL SUMMER LONG! lol

I seriously give thanks in all of my prayers that I have AC! ;-)

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Tea Party Hats DIY

So I promised to show how I made these sweet little party hats for my girls party. They were super easy to make! I found the actual tutorial on this blog:

http://jonesdesigncompany.com/tutorial/party-hat-tutorial/

 than I switched it up a bit. 

Heres How I made it:

I first used JonesDesignCo's template...

on some scrapbooking paper. Stapled it together....

Than I 

I used crunched crepe paper.....for the bottoms...

 Hot glued it on....be careful....its HOT! ouch {I burned my fingers a few times}

 Than for the last bit, I cut some bakers twine {red and white striped} and taped it on the inside of the hats....Easy Peasy!

The End;-)

A Littlest Petshop Tea Party {my sweet daughter turns 5}

So when your daughter asks for a Littlest Petshop Teaparty, and there is NOTHING that you can buy premade for such an event, my creative wheels started turning and turning for months and months! lol. She is currently obsessed with these cute little figurines, so it was fun for me to try and find a way that I could incorporate them into a teaparty theme. We do not have a backyard, so we "borrowed" my Grandmothers for the special event. My inspiration for this party came from The Sweetest Occation blog;
http://www.thesweetestoccasion.com/2010/05/pink-blue-strawberry-birthday-party-themes/. Simply fell in love with the Robin Eggs blue, pink and Red colors. Not to mention how sweet the Strawberries are!! I am sweet on Strawberries.....;-)
I pasted and edited using Photoshop to make all the Petshop details.   {I will try and see if I can make some downloads for those of you who might want to use them too.}

It was a challenge to not have swollen feet by the time we were all done celebrating {being 6 1/2 months pregnant and all}. But the birthday was a success, and our Red Headed Beauty loved every minute of it!! 

So here you go! 

Enjoy:-)

The Invitation...

My Great Grandma V's Patio with added homemade Pom Poms for decor

The Tea Party

Jigglers, Cheese and Grapes, Blueberries and rasberries...YUM
{homemade Party Hats...tutorial to come}

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Her Littlest Petshop Cake
{Strawberry flavored cake}
&
{Pink Lemonade Cupcakes}

Two LPS's....she named them Lady- buggy and Cottencandy

Fondant strawberry flowers, leaves and Strawberries

We made Turkey and Cheese Sandwiches as well as PB & J's. 

And my Sweet Birthday girl....
WE LOVE THIS GIRL TO PIECES!

Vintage Train Party {my baby boy is 2}!

Yes, FINALLY a REAL POST! haha! I know, its been a while....{I feel like I am repeating myself}, but now things are moving along in my household. And I am feeling good. My first big task of the year was to plan my boys 2'nd birthday party. I still had to keep it simple, because of the fact of me being 5 months pregnant at the time. So we invited just the birthday boys Grandparents and one little cousin. {They are only 11 days apart}. My boy is completely obsessed with ANYTHING with wheels....and Trains have been his latest pastime. He can sit for ever building and running his little Ikea train set. And so a train party was quite appropriate for his special day....
He had a great day, and it ended up being a success. I didnt spend too much time on setting up a background, so please enjoy pictures of my apartment:-)
Here are pix....enjoy!

My custom Made Invite....i luv me some Photoshop! Best buck I ever spent!

The spread: chocolate cake, black cherry cream soda, Blimpie Sandwiches, chips & "curly apples".

This little fancy machine was given to my by my mother in law. SUPER cool! It peels, cuts and cores your apples for you. It was a hit! 

I used newpapers & cream burlap for the tablecloth.

Our party favors: conductor hats, scarfs, candy and kazoos. {I tried to find train whistles, with no luck...so kazoos it was!}

Thank yOu Blimpie Sub Shop! For keeping it simple for me! :-) 

The Cake. Chocolate chip cake with Butter cream frosting. And a homemade fondant Locomotive.  Took A LOT of black food coloring to get this color! :-)

I realize first now, after posting these pix, that I forgot the cowcatcher! lol....
ahhh gotta love Pregnancy Brain! lol

This was such a fun cake to make!

I made this cake topper from newspaper, and my cricket machine. Super simple and EASY PEASY!

Our Sweet Birthday Boy!
He LOVED the party, and all its Trains...especially his cake:-)


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