Attempts at craftiness

I have been having fun making some things for Ivy. The thing is, I don't really make things, I mostly buy things that other people make. My whole life I've gone through crafty "spurts," such as teaching myself to knit a few years ago, and the one Chad teases me the most about--mosaics. Yeah, that one was short-lived, but lasted long enough that I invested in tile nippers, glue, and lots of old ceramic plates from goodwill. Anyway, here is a little peek into the fabric I've chosen for Ivy's bedding which my much, much more talented friend Emily is sewing for her. I pulled out my sewing machine the other day and made a minkie blanket. Above that is a bow holder. Yes, an entire holder for bows. Apparently that is the kind of thing you need when you have a girl that isn't on your radar when you have a boy. I saw something similar to this at one of the many baby showers I attend. I bought an open-back frame at hobby lobby and a few different rolls of ribbon, cut a piece of foam board to fit inside the frame, and used a lot of packing tape and hot glue to attach it all. Then I bought some alligator clips and glued some grosgrain ribbon to those and made some little flower hair clips to test the sturdiness of my new bow holder. 

I am hoping that we can move Ezra into our guest room (which will be his room) soon, but we have to wait until our master bathroom is done with being remodeled because right now everything from our closet has taken over the guest room and we are sleeping in there most nights because of all the dust. The plan is to move him to a regular bed with plenty of time before Ivy gets here so we don't need to convert the crib or buy a second crib. Funny how with my first pregnancy, 4 months felt like FOREVER before the baby got here, and now I feel like we are SO CLOSE to her being here...this pregnancy is going by really fast. Anyway, I will be excited when we can move Ezra so I can start transforming his little boy nursery into one for a sweet little girl.