Doll's bed and Girl's rooms

So I've been up to loads of things in the meantime, first off, our beloved Dolls have a bed to sleep in! Yay dolls! <3

I made it from an Ikea nightstand; Just drew a nice shape on one side and decided on how high it should be on the other side, then used my electric saw to cut and there you have it...



very little effort, very nice look. I'm still undecided on whether or not I should give it a colour or a stain, but I quite like the wood-look as it is also.

I made a matras to go on top of it so baby could sleep nicely. Next on the to-do list is to make some proper bedding. Preferably in the same style as my girl's bedsheets.



Talking about bedsheets... don't you just love how bedding can make all the difference in the world to a room? It can brighten up a room, or make it more romantic and girly, just by changing the style of the sheets. I love it!
I made my girl these sheets, they were made from an old double sized undersheet from our bed. Used thoroughly (and washed properly ofcourse), but the usage makes the sheets really really soft and comfy.
The fabric used comes from http://www.vanmarieke.nl and was a gift by my boyfriend. I finished it by using pink fabric on the sides to give it a little bit extra.



Fabric detail:



And on her bed. It looks so cute and it's her favourite :D which makes me smile ofcourse everytime she asks for it.


I've been searching for a certain 'style' in both my babygirls' rooms and at the moment, I'm quite happy with the results. Let me show you their rooms!











That's my big girl's room. The flowers by her bedhead are now in blue and pink, she also has a cute nightlamp since last week. I'm happy with her room, it feels cosy.

I'll show you my other's girls room what it was like when it was a nursery, but it has changed already haha so I'll snap some new pictures soon!





















I don't think I'll ever get tired of decorating <3

It's been quite a while

Since my last time blogging... My new career has taken up so much time, not leaving me much room for the updates. But also, computers have been dying on me like crazy! I don't know how I do it but I´ve managed to go thru three laptops in the past few months. Now my father-in-law has borrowed me his eee-pc, I'm still adjusting to the tiny typepad and tiny well everything...

However, a lot has happened in the mean time! I'll be making a few posts to keep things separated, as a new years resolution I thought it'd be nice to blog some more, don't know if I'll be able to do so though.

Oh yes! And food waste fridays... oh my... I have been wasting so much stuff, and I've been feeling so guilty about it then... I really should get more of a structure in our eating habbits, but we're not really the structured type of family I guess. I am planning on being more strict with that too though.

In the meanwhile, look at this! Isn't it cute? It's a felt-embroidered picture-album.

Quicky update

I'm crazy busy. Midwifery school has started and I'm swamped by everything that needs to be done. Hope I'll be able to tick off at least some things of my to-do list for the upcycling project that's coming up this monday...
I'll have to finish at least some things so hopefully I'll find the time. Have been surfing thru pinterest and I'm loaded with inspiration though, suddenly every item in my closet is yearning for upcyclement.

Tutorial: How to fold a flat bottom paper bag.

In order to make giftbags for my daughter's birthday I folded flat bottomed paper bags. It's very easy to do and you can make such cute bags this way.
Here's how to do it:

1.)




First, you pick cute wrapping paper, a page from a book, a newspaper, anything goes! Anything that works for you; then cut rectangles out of it, one bag requires two rectangles.
The size depends on what you want with it, mine were slightly larger than a4 size.

2.)



Put the two rectangles together, wrong sides together, then fold the sides upwards and inwards. Glue, paste or tape the sides together.

3.)







Fold upwards again and fold inwards. Making nice sharp creases.
Repeat for the other side.

4.)


Fold the bottom upwards as pictured above.

5.)


Fold open and box it. This should go automatically once you place the flap upright, open it and gently push it down. You will see two triangles forming in the corners.

6.)


fold the sides inwards covering the triangles and flattening the box.

7.)


fold the far ends inwards, overlapping each other and closing the box. Glue, or tape this closed.

8.)


et voila, your very own DIY paper bag.

Curious?

I'm collecting bits and pieces to use during the "14 days of upcycling" I wrote about.
So far, this is what I have, along with an old bedsheet of our double-bed and some other things. Come and check back the 12th to see what I'll do with these during the project.

Birthday girl

So finally, it was time for her birthday bash.
We've had a blast, it was so much fun seeing everybody and talking to everybody, the kids were playing with each other and there was plenty of cake to eat from!

The weather was nasty, but it reminded me of 2 years ago 25th of august when she was born. In the delivery room I needed a focal point and found one in the ticking of the rain on the sunroof. So I quite like the sound of rain in august. It makes a good memory.

Anyways, enough with the reminiscing.
Pictures!

There was cake, made by my darling neighbour; my daughter's favourite book!







We had give-away giftbags to hand out to the other kids as a thank you for coming.







And ofcourse we had a very happy birthday-girl who was thrilled with all the gifts she received for her playkitchen. The shopping trolley she received from her aunt was an instant success!





We've enjoyed watching our little sunshine being the centre of attention so much. I'm still floating.

Recykleren // Upcycling

At Boomie's I read about upcycling, or Recykleren as she calls it. Very clever that word, it's a contraction of recycle and the Dutch word for clothes (kleren).
Anyways, since I have loads and loads of old t-shirts, pants, curtains, you name it, sitting around here, I'm very eager to participate.

She has organised an event "14 days of upcycling" which will start on September 12th. Giveaways, contests, inspiration. It sounds promissing and I'm very curious!

I already have a few things on my mind that I want to try and make then, including some newborn gifts. Hopefully it'll all turn out like the way I've pictured it in my head.

Do come and join!