Rain Rain Go Away…

I’m at home with my little pumpkins today- another cold & R A I N Y day! I’m not one to claim boredom, but seriously wishing we could get outside. My kids do so much better after an hour of fresh air!

On another note, have you noticed the cute rain and cloud trend in children’s decor/accessories? Raindrop decals & plush cloud pillows somehow make rainy days a bit more cheerful, NO?

1. raindrop house mobile
2. Rain & Cloud Tote Bag
3. rain drops rubber stamp
4. rain cloud wall art – 7 inch embroidery hoop
5. wooden cloud + 3 wooden rain drops
6. colorful raindrops 8″x10″ print
7. cat in the rain blanket
8. charcoal & white clouds fitted crib sheet
9. raindrop pants

Does anyone else have a pinterest board for rainy days? Here is MINE.

Holiday Gift Guide Sneak Peek + a Big Giveaway!

Hi there! I’m Lauren from A Lovely Lark and I’m guest posting for Shari while she’s on her road trip. I thought it would be fun to share one of my gift guides here on Spearmint Baby with all of you today. I’ll be posting one or two gift guides each day up until Thanksgiving over on my blog, A Lovely Lark. Here’s an exclusive sneak peek of one that I’ll be posting later today for the babes:

 

Mini Piccolini’s DIY Personalized Stroller Bunting

Our new Little Baby L is such an awake and aware little boy. When he’s not sleeping he always seems to be intently focused on something or smiling and laughing and trying to get our attention and he’s especially into his mobile at home.

During our long walk the other day, Louis was quite awake for awhile and I felt bad that he was just staring into the roof of the black sun shade. So I decided to make him something to look at. We ended up with a personalized stroller bunting – little flags with his name.

As I’ve said before, I’m obsessed with bunting right now. So I got some felt scraps, ribbon and fabric glue out and made some bunting for the stroller. Here’s how it turned out!

For more fun DIYs, click here.

Click here to visit Mini Piccolini - all the best stuff for Moms, Babies, Kids & Families!

Origami Crane Mobile for Nursery

Today I wanted to show you a craft project I finished recently. When my daughter and I went to a mall the other day, they were giving out these paper origami cranes. They gave us three pretty cranes in pink and red; it was too cute to throw them out. I decided to enjoy them a bit longer by making them into a mobile for my daughter’s nursery. Although I did not make these cranes, it is easy to find many different origami tutorials online (Youtube is great for that), and you can follow this instruction for cranes. There is a custom to bring a mobile made out of 1000 paper cranes for someone who is sick or is hospitalized, to wish them to be well and for a long life. The crane is good luck here in Japan.

 

After that, I simply hung the cranes with a thread, and added another thread in order to hang the mobile from the ceiling.

~ Chie  {find me elsewhere: blog, shop, facebook, etsy, twitter}

Mini Toadstools

These are darling Christmas ornaments, but wouldn’t they also be cute to make into a nursery mobile? Via Fairyfold

Nursery Idea Board: Follow the Arrow

clockwise from top left: leather triangle mobile, DIY cloud roller shade, chevron crib sheets, industrial arrows, bear print, crib, pouf, lamp, rug, chair, dresser

Wouldn’t this be such a fun room for a little guy? The to-die-for leather mobile was the inspiration for the board. If I had a little boy, triangles + arrows would be on my list for sure!

P.S. I’d really appreciate a comment (aka vote) on my ideabook for Houzz.com – thank so much!!!

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For Your Wee Ones: Bear with Me

 Clockwise from top left: paper puppet, mobile, zipper pouch, plate, wooden box, card, portrait print, plushie, badge, teepee print 

 clockwise from top left: one, two, three, four, five, six

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For Your Wee Ones: Light as a Feather

 

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For Your Wee Ones: Little Lionheart

Clockwise from top left: lion doll, booties, mobile, rattles, pink plush, wallpaper cutout, rattle, white ceramic figurine, neon and gold figurine

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Hearts & Lace: Mama & Baby

Mama: one, two

Baby: one, two

Lace & Ribbon Chandelier

Did you create a DIY mobile for your little one’s nursery? What kind of materials did you use? I love creative DIY ideas- some of the most beautiful are really the most simple. This one by Andrea Dozier was made by tying ribbon and lace to an embroidery hoop. Find the instructions @ andreadozier.com.

One Print, Three Rooms Part III

Alright all of you lovers of traditional spaces – here’s one just for you! You’ve seen both a modern space and vintage-inspired space based on this group of prints from COSAS MINIMAS by Blanca Gomez on Etsy:

Here is the final space – it’s got a traditional vibe with stripes, plaids, and wood tones. The orangey-red pouf is back as well to round out the series:

Sources:

Crib – Pottery Barn Kids
Pouf – cb2
Mobile – Bits of String n Things on Etsy
Rug – Dash & Albert
Lamp – Crate & Barrel
Crib Bedding – Pottery Barn Kids
Hedgehog Plushie – Sara Carr on Etsy
Letter - Anthropologie

So that wraps up this series! Anyone have an idea for a theme for the next one? I’m open to ideas!

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One Print, Three Rooms Part II

On Monday I kicked off my second One Print, Three Rooms series with a very modern space inspired by this group of colorful prints from COSAS MINIMAS by Blanca Gomez on Etsy:

For the second space in the series I went for a more vintage vibe. The orangey-red pouf has made a second appearance, but warmer, earthier tones are replacing the graphic black and whites of the previous room.

Sources:

Curtain Fabric – Hawthorne Threads
Blocks – Oeuf
Vintage Chalkboard and Game Case – i love you more on Etsy
Crib Sheets – Jon Robshaw
Crib – Cymax Stores
Airplane Mobile – J. AUSTIN Ryan on Etsy
Rug – West Elm
Lamp – cb2
Pouf – cb2

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One Print, Three Rooms

Let’s hear it for the boys! After my first One Print, Three Rooms series (which was decidedly girly) I promised to create a series for the little guys. We’ll kick it off today with a modern space inspired by this adorable group of prints from COSAS MINIMAS by Blanca Gomez on Etsy:

The colorful nature and graphic shapes in this print made me instantly lean in the direction of a modern children’s space, but I’ll mix it up in a few days and go with a more traditional and maybe a more vintage-inspired space as well.

Sources:

Rug – West Elm
Bumper Fabric – Kiitos Marimekko
Skirt Fabric – Kiitos Marimekko
Yellow Pillow – cb2
Knitted Pouf – cb2
Triangles Pillow – little studio
Crib – KALON
Light – IKEA
Mobile – Lil’ Sprout Creations on Etsy

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a mobile idea…

An inexpensive mobile idea… hanging 20-30 flying origami birds from the ceiling. Cute or scary?
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vintage

Yarn Ball Mobile

i’ve always loved this yarn ball mobile project & spotted this similar project on Make and Takes last month. this would be such an inexpensive and fun mobile to make for baby!

it is sooo easy- all you need is yarn, balloons, & Elmer’s glue!

remember this nursery?

more pics here

well, you can now purchase replicas of the mobile and blanket at Screamy Mimi

Hot Air Balloon Mobile DIY

i love Lyzz’s simple DIY tutorial for this adorable mobile! mix and match printed and solid scrapbook paper and the possibilities are endless. (i am definitely trying this one!)

DIY Mobile Idea

i saw these hanging yarn balls on tumblr – super cute idea to match the colors of your nursery! i was thinking that you could wrap the warn around those styrofoam balls they sell at Michaels or Joanne Fabrics? any other ideas?

DIY Mobile Idea

i was looking for some ideas of what you could do with painted driftwood/sticks (like the ones here)…

and i found this amazing photo of a mobile:

isn’t this an awesome (and CHEAP) DIY idea? i bet baby would love to look up at this! from Maggie Makes

Nursery Garlands

some wall art inspiration {PRETTY!} this neck of the woods

nursery decor ideas…

3 ideas for the nursery:
hanging garland, paper butterflies, and alphabet flashcards as wall art!




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Featured DIY – twigs and fabric mobile

a really fun mobile idea that you can customize with fabric scraps that match your nursery! from annamariahorner.blogspot.com

owl mobile hung!

here is a peak at the new owl mobile. my son will be rooming in our master bedroom closet! fortunately our house has 5 closets in the master so we have converted the large one into another nursery. we are currently house hunting for a home with more than 3 bedrooms…and hoping to move in the next year.

rain cloud mobile

the Little Diva mobile

so so beautiful! from frazierandwing.com.
this looks like a pretty simple DIY project: branch from a birch tree, decorative string or ribbon, various cut out shapes, and some marabou fluff/feathers!

Featured DIY – Balloon Mobile

an adorable handmade mobile by roadsideprojects.blogspot.com.

Bamboo Nursery Mobiles

these pretty mobiles are laser-cut from sustainably harvested bamboo…so earth friendly! i think i like the tree friends best. which is your fav?

Petit Collage Bamboo Mobile – Jungle Friends
Petit Collage Bamboo Mobile – Bird Trio

Petit Collage Bamboo Mobile – Owl Family

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Petit Collage Bamboo Mobile – Tree Friends

Featured DIY – butterfly mobile

an adorable butterfly mobile by Courtney. stop by her Etsy store for more.
“I used cardstock and I cut them out by hand. I just searched for a butterfly pattern on the internet and then made a stencil.
I found the rings at Hobby Lobby and then just used what I would call fishing line to string each butterfly from the rings. After each butterfly was attached I tied a knot after it to keep it from moving. I think it would look really neat if you used stars as well.”

Featured DIY – Summer Tweets Bird Mobile

such a gorgeous mobile…and you can actually create one yourself! i read over the tutorial and it is surprisingly do-able for even us less crafty women! visit The Red Thread for the step by step.

Featured Baby Shower – Modern, Coed

i love how they made these simple, colorful mobiles for the shower! learn how to make them, plus many more details about this shower at marthastewart.com.

2 mobile ideas

by Atelier Charivari Decoration Enfants

maggie & sparrow

Maggie & Sparrow makes the most beautiful quilts and accessories for children. i just love this custom order quilt and elephant mobile!



visit maggieandsparrow.blogspot.com for more beautiful things.

Featured DIY – Ladybug Mobile

thanks to Stephanie for sharing her adorable DIY mobile!


“…I used clear jewelery making string, beads and wood lady bug cut outs. I just painted the lady bugs tied them on the end of the string or used large beads and tied them on the end and then added beads to all the stings. I used two different size embrodiery rings (only using the inside ring – not the tension ring) and covered them with ribbon. Once I had all the my strings together I tied them to either the small ring or the large ring and then once that was done tied that all together.
I hope that makes sense!!! I got all the stuff I needed at Micheals and Jo Ann Fabrics.”

the view from my daughter’s crib!

adorable birdie mobiles

so cute! from Emilie Friday.

Holland Fabric House

Holland Fabric House sells some of the most beautiful handmade nursery/bedroom accessories that I have seen. they have a collection of mobiles, garlands, hangers, dolls, bunnies, and pillows in gorgeous fabrics. you can also buy products at the Etsy Store. here is a sample: ENJOY!

Featured DIY – Polish Paper Chandelier

i found this Polish paper chandelier DIY project on one of my favorite blogs, wrenhandmade.typepad.com. what a great idea for the nursery!

here is the inspiration chandelier:

and here is Laura’s chandelier:

thank you Laura for letting me post this project- your chandelier is so beautiful! learn more at wrenhandmade.typepad.com. and be sure to stop by wrenhandmade.com and lauranormandin.com

The Butter Flying mobiles and garlands

The Butter Flying makes some of the most beautiful mobiles and garlands that i have ever seen. visit leptitpapillon.blogspot.com to see more and The Butter Flying to purchase. here are some of my favorites:

butterfly mobile

love love love this blog, BUGS AND FISHES BY LUPIN. she makes all kinds of colourful crafting supplies, and sells them online. This butterfly mobile is so cute for the nursery! click here for directions how to make it!

You can find Lupin stores on Etsy, DaWanda, and Folksy.

modern mobiles – Frazier & Wing

A cool, modern mobile for baby. By Frazier & Wing

Etsy True Love!

One of my most favorite things ever on Etsy ))) The Fairy Tale Bird cage is so absolutely gorgeous for your little girl’s nursery. By Nest Pretty Things.

Bird Mobile

Check out this amesome bird mobile from Spool Sewing. There is a pattern on their website so you can create your own!

Origami Mobiles

Add some color to the nursery with one of these Origami Mobiles from etsy seller The Lorax.

$7.99 mobile ideas from Ikea!

Ikea is on of my favorite places to find great deals for baby. Here are 2 mobiles I just love:

inspiration from almost sunday

You can find it at the etsy store almostsunday.com

Here are a few pictures of the butterfly mobile in my daughter’s nursery: