Nesting sum-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

It all started with my bags for diapers. I made them as gifts to friends having babies. I hoped I would get use for one of my bags one day. And now it seems I finally will.

I´ve read that people often spend a lot of money on baby stuff. And yes, I see that there´s a whole world out there filled with thing you HAVE to have for your kid. Or, businesses try to make you believe that. Well, we have been smart. And lucky. We have bought some used things, we have inherit stuff and we have borrowed clothes from family. So I thought I would share my nesting with you. Maybe you can get some ideas, so you can save both money and the environment? And make some personal babystuff for your little Mini. 

When I first dared to start nesting I made some duvet covers for Mini, from old retro ones.

I sew a mat for changing diapers when out of the house.

I developed my bag for diapers to a bag for dirty clothes, using peaces from an old shower curtain inside.  

I`ve also made lots of different bags for all kind of stuff. And baskets. Like for toys, diapers, plaids... whatever. Some in fabric, some from an old shower curtain. What a success! I need more of that cool shower curtain. 

I bought an old nursing pillow and sew a new cover for it. 

Luckily I got a nursing table with two legs from a friend. I then had two new legs made for it by a friend of our family. Then I painted the nursing table black.

I sew some new fabric for our old family bassinet, used by family  borne the last 47 years. Quite a job making it, but it looks nice. And we can have it for generations. I hope. I assume my future grandchildren will like black and white. So retro cool. 

We´ll also use our family´s 47 years old sleeping bag with lamb wool for winter. I plan to sew a new one for summer. 

Family have lend us clothes. And baby chairs. I love the thought of my things being used for generations. It´s cosy. We are lucky. 

We´ll use a Stokke bed from my sister, which my nephews have been sleeping in. 

An old dresser has moved into the room, and I covered the bottom of the drawers with nice wrapping paper before Minis´clothes moved in. 

I moved my wall sticker drops (which I cut myself in foil from Panduro)from our hallway and on to the closets´doors.

Finally I made a personal cloud. It can be used as a pillow, toy or as a mobile. 

I planned a mobile from christmas decorations for ages. Then I put it together and hung it from chopsticks.

I´ve also redecorated some white baby clothes using potato stamp and textile paint.

Furthermore I don´t like those big bags hanging from the prams, so I wished for a sack for Christmas. And we got it. So now our Fjallreven sack will be our diaper bag.

We have bought some things too, like mats for the nursing table and our bathroom sink. Some bedding. And a pram. I wanted a new one. It´s my first. And I wanted a good looking one, which can handle the rough winter up here. So much to choose from! We landed on Brio Happy Duo. I like that its all black. Quite slim and classic. 

The aim is not to use too many products on Mini, so we´ll go for a baby oil without parabens and other shit like that. For now we have bought products from TomTomBaby and Anglamarks babyoil. I used TomTomMamas products on my belly and feet, they are lovely. I will try reusable diapers for Mini which I got from Grønn Hverdag. But I´m not fanatic. I´ll just try. We´ll use Svanemerkede paper diapers if we don´t like washing diapers all the time. 

Now we´ll just have to wait for Mini to come so we can start using it all. And just get along with life. I`m so excited. It feels so crazy. I hope it will all be fine this time.  

Sooo childish

All my childish interior stuff are coming out of their hiding spots, from closets and shut doors. I´ve gone through different interior periods in my life. Now these childish things finally will get the honor they deserve. I´ve had periods where  I stitched towels and nice fabrics to canvas. But didn´t quite like having them around all the time. Now they´re hung on walls. It feel like the right time for it. I also read once that it´s good feng shui or karma to add some childish stuff around in your interior if you want to get pregnant. So that the child will feel welcome and want to grow in your belly. Maybe that´s what have happened here? Hm. You can also see my first nesting project on the bed. I made a big, old (one of my favorite retro fabrics) bed sheet smaller so that Mini can have it. 
One of my first DIY projects I guess was a big canvas with textile from Marimekko, which I have changed the fabric on lots of times. Now I had to find a place for the big dotted one, it´s been in our hall on the floor for a year maybe. And all of a sudden it hit me- behind the bed! Yes. And then, all out of nothing- we had a headboard for our guest bed. I felt so smart. And glad my head still works. 

It´s up!

I´ve been working on this mobile for months. In my head. I made the cubes for christmas and hung them in our window. Now I finally got to hang them in our bathroom as planned. I found this on Pinterest and used it for inspiration when making a base from chopsticks. I used invisible thread for hanging since I don´t know if it´s a boy or a girl. I bought the cubes from Snug and the mountain and box are printed from Minieco. Offcourse I have folded them myself. And that combined with see- through thread, trying to get the mobile stable, isn´t a pregnant woman´s friend. But now it´s up. Together with our new bag for laundry which I made from an old shower curtain. We needed to do some rearrangements in our bathroom for Mini. Now I hope he/she will come soon. I have no more things to make, move around or do. I´m bored. Almost going crazy. Moving postcards from one wall to another. Changing lamps. Lol. Luckily I do have yoga. 

Cloud

Check! This has been on my list for so long. Now it´s done. Inspired by a lot of blogs and pinterest I now have made my own, very organic-looking strange cloud. Two different sides, stuffed with what was inside an old pillow. Then I added some weather using left-over ribbons I always save for later. I hope Mini will like it too.