DIY Baby Mobile

About a month or two ago, ok maybe several months ago I found myself drooling over all of these fabulous mobiles that were hand made on Etsy, (seriously look at them! They are adorable!) and after weighing my options I decided that the prices were really out of my price range. The ones I was truly in love with were nearly $100+. I KNEW if I asked Paul for something that costs that much money that was just a decoration, he'd give me the side eye and once I did ask him and he did just that. So, I knew that wasn't going down. I looked and looked on Pinterest and finally found a few different things I liked but also kept in mind what I saw on Etsy that caught my eye and just kinda winged it. Here is a little run down of what I did...



SUPPLIES
- Felt fabric & Chevron fabric (I had leftover from this project)
- Thread, String & Ribbon
- Wooden Craft Ring
- Key Ring
- Poly-Fil
- Sharp scissors
- Buttons, Beads, etc (optional)
- Sewing Machine (& person who sews because I don't! haha)

I first searched Google images for an elephant stencil and found one, then I had it printed and went to work. I cut out all of my little elephants & the ears, then a week or so went by and I headed to my parents house for my mom's help. I seriously couldn't have done this project without my mom, since she's the talent that sews!



Once I had my elephants and ears ready to go, my mom and I hatched a plan and went to work. She sewed all of the elephants together and I stuffed them with the Poly-Fil, then as time went on we decided we'd add a couple more details. Changed up the style for each elephant by adding buttons on the ears and the way she sewed them. They turned out so fantastic!



And a close up shot... (the dark gray ones are my favorite!)



After that it was a days work and I went home and worked on the craft ring, I wrapped yellow ribbon all around it, attaching parts of it with my hot glue gun so it would stay in place, I continued wrapping the ribbon around it until it was completely covered. I also wrapped the key ring for the top layer with gray string. After all of that was done, I headed back to my mom's house to put everything together. Here is the final result...



Didn't it turn out great? I'm so happy with it! My mom and I couldn't stop looking at it when it was all finished. We really just trusted each other when it came to trying things and testing things out that worked for us... or really me, since it's for my little one. I'm so thankful that my mom was willing to take the time and help. Thanks mom! You rule!

I can't wait to hang it up in Baby L's room and add all of the other goodies to her room. We head to IKEA next Wednesday for furniture and goodies! I can't wait!

Progress!

Is there anything better than progress? At the end of my last post I mentioned that we had started on the nursery. Well, I can finally report that the building of the room is completely finished. I have some molding to touch up paint at this point, to be done when Gracie goes in for her nap. But otherwise? Finished! In the next couple of weeks we'll be buying all of the furniture and decor for the room. I also started on the mobile I mentioned I'd be attempting to make and the good news is, so far so good! The next step on that is to sew and stuff the felt elephants and then to hang it. But all in due time! First up, I thought I'd share some of the before pictures of the room as in how it looked when we started the renovations.

As mentioned here, this room was originally supposed to be transformed into a half bathroom/half laundry. But long story short, we got screwed by the guy who was supposed to do it so it sat this way for years. I knew in the back of my head I'd want it to be a nursery if baby came before a bathroom and now that it's finished, it's exactly how I imagined it. My dad & I did such a great job on it! Anywho, here we go...

(right mouse click view image for larger views)

This is the far side of the room. As mentioned here the room is very tiny. The walls were so ugly and dirty and just ugh. Pipes exposed. Not cool, man!

This is the opposite side of the room, of the images you see above. The washer/dryer area. Another ugly eye sore.

This is the window wall. After we started to frame out the wall & then add in the insulation. Because the room is so small it's kinda hard to share exact to scale images.

Same wall, you get the idea. Adding sheet rock. Goodbye yucky walls!

After we got the walls up it was time to spackle the seems and make everything look smooth! And this second image is of the frame (sorta) that we built for the washer/dryer to go into. So you wouldn't see it anymore!

After we added the sheet rock to the frame around the washer/dryer. We didn't get a full shot. Epic fail. And the door that covers it all up! Looks like a closet.

And lastly, this is the floor we put in. I'm so happy with it!

I'm not going to share complete after pictures until I have all of the furniture in and decor on the walls. Only a couple more weeks and I promise as soon as I'm done I'll make a post! Stay turned. Oh and pssst, new layout! :)