Cobalt for the Holidays

Cobalt for the Holidays by lynn-vogel featuring a silver bracelet bangle

cross stitch baby doll pillow

I've completed my first ever cross stitch! Now I just have to sew it into a pillow for baby Calin.  Calin is the name of the baby doll we gave to our little girl when she came to the hospital to meet her new little brother.  

I'm well on my way to completing this Christmas present project.  The next step is to make this into a pillow and make the coordinating quilt with this fabric I bought from a garden of roses.  

If you remember from a previous post this is all for the cutest little baby doll cradle I picked up at an antique center.  I just have to keep myself focused on this project.  Now that I finished this cross stitch I have so many other ideas.   

pinterest playroom

With the pending arrival of our second baby I'm feeling the need to give our little girl a sweet play space.  First things first, the room needs a fresh coat of paint! So far the first step is my stumbling block since I have leftover paint that I'll be using but, somehow, not one single paint brush or roller cover.  Here are some of the projects I'll be working on:

 Reading Nook via pinterest

 Book Shelves via pinterest

Mobile via pinterest

Sensory Boards via pinterest

Cross Stitch Wall Art Pattern via scribd

Sounds like a lot to get done in the maybe four to five weeks before the baby arrives.  I better go get those brushes and roller covers! Fear not, I have started some of these projects.

christmas already

I recently took a trip to the Little Falls Antique Center with my mother and sister.  I found this doll cradle and immediately thought my little girl needs this for her baby, doll of course, not her soon to be little brother. So here's my plan, before Christmas of course:  make a doll quilt out of the sweetest fabric I bought from agardenofroses on etsy, cross stitch a little pillow of my own design and of course find a new, all her own babydoll.  Plenty of time right!  We'll see if little brother cooperates.