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meow 
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 7:54pm |
for you child/ren's room? Aimee's post made me wonder what other creative things people have made just for their child.
I made these canvases for Ellas room, and transformed some ugly cheap drawers from an op shop into a cute set of girly drawers.
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 8:03pm |
That is so cool meow!! 
We were really lucky when I was pregnant b/c I was teaching a girl whose dad is the owner/editor of a DIY magazine and he did up our babies room for us so he could use it in the mag. I still did a couple of things tho... I brought some cool bright material of butterflies and cut them out individually then bluetacked them onto the wall 'flying' towards brennas name I made out of individual wooden letters.
I'll try and take a photo tomorrow and post it cause she's gone to bed for the night and don't want to wake her by turning the light on 
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 8:11pm |
Come on Andie.... 
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 8:24pm |
I'll take some more photos tomorrow when Hannah is awake, but I've also made some memory boards, repainted her drawers (twice now!) am in the process of sewing up her cot duvet cover.
Non babyroom related stuff, I am always fiddling around making things - I make all my own cards/invitations, decorate photo frames, have just made my sister a concertina photo book thingy, pumice sticks for the garden, and my husband and I together have designed and made our bedside tables and entertainment unit. I wish I could make money out of some of it tho. I am also in the process of redecorating the house (done two rooms so far) so am painting canvases etc and making things for each of the rooms - have HEAPS of cool ideas, but not enough time...
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 8:25pm |
These are what I made a couple of weekends ago...
Photo ain't the best of them but it's night time and I'm lazy
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 8:25pm |
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What is the colour of Ellas walls? Looks very similar to what I'm painting our place.
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 8:40pm |
Those are cool Stacey, did you paint them freehand?
Aimee, you sound similar to me, I'm always making things too, from baking to gifts - used to make all gifts by hand, def not enough time now! I'm making kids clothes for a craft fair in a few weeks - but now Ella has chickenpox I don't know if I'll finish  she can't go to creche, so no time during the day.
Her walls are boring white, the same colour as all the other rooms lol.. wish I could paint them, but we rent.
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 8:44pm |
Take a look at these, Fabric on canvas they look really effective and easy to make. I'm going to do it when I've finished my sewing.
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 9:00pm |
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I painted the drawers, bookcase and beside tables for both children. Addisons are pink with butterflies (there is a photo on here somewhere) and kobes are blue with cars on them. and i also did thier names in little canvas, one wee square canvas per letter if that makes sense. Oh and we made toy boxes for them, proper ones with padding etc... so they can use them for seats aswell
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 9:08pm |
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Nothing coz I am completely uncoordinated - I can write tho - so you'd think my girls would have the best memory books ever but....
This is a great thread tho, coz in a couple of months we are going to do a focus on baby/toddler/preschooler rooms and will be looking for ideas and pics of some of your creative efforts!
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 9:18pm |
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Stacey those are awesome!!
Kat, I had looked at those on TM not so long ago. Finding the 'right' pattern fabric is the hard part for me. Something with not too small a pattern I think is best. And they are sooo simple.
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 9:25pm |
Stacey those pics are awesome i LOVE them 
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 9:36pm |
We have just done up both of the kids rooms. Andrew's is a train theme with Thomas the Tank engine curtains and the walls are blue at the top for sky and then has green mountains of different sizes. His wardrobe door has been painted black (blackboard paint) as a tunnel and has cobblestones (sp?) around it. I'll try and remember to take some pics. He also has a train hanger that has his bags (yes bags he now has 3) on it. - Emma if you want some pics for the thing you are doing I can get them to you to show a boys room.
Joshua has a plain room with blue at the top and dark blue and while strips down the bottom. In the middle is a sports boarder (yet to go up as we finally got it today).
My mum is a sewer so she makes things for me and made Andrew a quilt for his first birthday, she is going to do the same for Joshua. It has their birthday imbroided on one side and the other side has their 1st birthday on it.
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 10:08pm |
The door to Erin's room:
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 10:14pm |
 mummy_becks wrote:
Emma if you want some pics for the thing you are doing I can get them to you to show a boys room |
Yes please! Will email you closer to the time!
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 10:24pm |
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Right i so need to do canvas paintings for ellas room hehe
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 10:34pm |
i've done jack's room up in a space rocket theme and charli has butterflies and fairies.
i buy all their decorational stuff cos i have no arty gene in me at all!! i bought one of those fabric covered canvas off TM and have been trying to find where she got the fabric from as it's got to be alot cheaper to do it yourself.. 
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Posted: 07 March 2007 at 6:23am |
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wow you gals are so clever...the rooms and paintings are awesome. Iknow sarahbeth also did some cool farmyard paintings for her nursery...
I am hopeless - Emma and i are a right pair!!! I am not creative like that in the slightest...but i have shopped well!!! LOL
Great rooms...cant wait to see more of your creativity
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Posted: 07 March 2007 at 6:53am |
wow, they're all so great! it makes me feel like an uncreative lazy blob 
but i'm sure that even though mikey may not grow up with an appreciation for fine art he'll be very musical, the poor boy simply can't get away from me singing or playing the piano. i guess we all have our areas.
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Posted: 07 March 2007 at 7:25am |
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Yup mine were done freehand. Took a whole bunch of concentration as I am not at all an arty person. So I was quite proud with how they turned out even if there are imperfections etc on them hehe
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