Shoes

In the next few days I will have some new photos to share of our recent projects around the house. Our bathroom is nearly finished as Kenton is putting up the medicine cabinet he made today. I made a mobile to hang over the baby crib out of embroidery hoops and we spray painted a pair of lamp bases and put new shades on them and put them in our living room. I'm also working on a baby quilt from my newest sewing book, Sewing in a Straight Line, which I love! 

In the meantime, Wren continues to do her own thing. I wish they made Clarks Wallabee shoes for toddlers, although I would be nervous of Wren rolling her ankle every 5 seconds in them. I have a pair as well and they are the comfiest! 

Okay actually I stand corrected. On their website they do have Wallabee boots for boys. But they could be just as cute on a little girl I'm sure. They do have a pretty cute desert boot as well for girls though!

We are slowly trying to finish Wren's new big girl room on top of everything else. I finally found dark purple spray paint for the mirror and headboard in her room. Finding varied colors (other than primary colors) in spray paint is actually a challenge. Luckily Michael's sells a fairly ok selection of overpriced cans of spray paint. I have a million ideas of little things I want to do for each of the girl's rooms, and not enough time- or time without Wren there getting her little hands into everything. I feel like I have been nesting ever since we found out another little Sweetie was on the way!

But decorating is fun and basically never ending and being challenged to do things on a budget and hand made is the best part. For sure there are days I just want to go and buy that really expensive thing I love from Anthropologie for example, but there is nothing more disappointing that knowing you spent way too much on something you probably could have done yourself. This is where Kenton's disgust for buying Ikea furniture become a little more clear to me! (By the way, how cool is that Anthro chandelier? But do you see what I'm saying about how someone could totally make that for way less than the price of a used car?)

Anyway, check back later for photos of the finished bathroom. Maybe even a before & after pic!