Creative side coming back out! Crib mobile I am making for Baby Girl!

I want to thank my sister over at The Adventures of Shaw for bringing my creative juices back to life. Kelley has created her own blog where she is sewing, designing a baby room, and just plain creative. I have decided to demonstrate my ideas of upcoming projects for my Baby Girl due in November. My sister and I are both pregnant at the same time, also the first time together, and due two months apart. Kelley is going the wait and see route for the baby gender where I found out that I am finally having my baby GIRL!!! After having three boys we are very blessed to have our girl. No Name yet!

Onto my crib mobile that I am making for Baby Girl. I found the tutorial on the blog For the love of polka dots where it details step by step how to make a ribbon mobile to hang above the crib for baby! See the picture below!

I am excited to take on this challenge and I will document my progress with pictures for an upcoming post! Stay Tuned!

The beginning to my creative side!!!

Erin's Attic

I want to thank my High School friend Erin Podell Bankston for showing me how to let my creative juices flow!!! She takes furniture and refurbishes them. I had two end tables that were my Grandmother's and I loved them but they didn't go along with my living room motif. So I contacted Erin and asked her what are my options? I wanted to keep the style the same because they are a precious memory from my childhood growing up on the Shore. Erin looked at the pieces and decided she could help! She took the legs and added new spindles, sanded the entire table, and painted them a dark chocolate. I collect tiles of the Kokopelli that my mother buys from Arizona. My husband and I have always wanted to create a back splash with the tiles but haven't done that project yet because we want to upgrade our house one day. So, I asked Erin if she could incorporate my tiles into the new design of the tables, and she did! Below are the pre- refurbished tables and then the New tables! Check them out! I would love to hear your thoughts, ideas, or comments! Also please check out Erin's Attic for all of her projects she has worked on!
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