Great for Nursey!

Hi Guys,

If any of you are into DIY Nursery, I've found this great person on trademe who does wooden cutouts in heaps of shapes and styles that you can paint and mount.

I've ordered things he doesn't have listed like Flowers that are nearly a meter tall and butterflies with dragon files that I will be painting and sticking to the doors of large white cupboards. Great way to brighten up a baby's room and it's cheap!!!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=378319

I'll post some pics once i've done it to see if it looks ok.

I made these animal pics but I think they look a bit spack so i'll have to rethink them.

Those pics are great!

Just don't look up close LOL!!

Anyone else doing the DIY thing? I'll throw a coat of paint on anything I can get my hands on lol. DH thinks I go overboard and that a baby wont know the difference. How could a little girl not have a room full of colour?

Love to hear what everyone else is doing! It's a bit of a novelty seeing it's our first and I love having an excuse to decorate :)

im in the process of DIY as well. doing the nursery at the moment cos miss T can sleep in there until the baby is born then i have to do up her room for sleeps which doubles as the kids lounge. im really jealous of anyone that can draw too :( im having a nightmare

Wow that's great!! Your pics are gorgeously colourful - and I love the butterflies. I've been doing a few DIY things - like making curtains (with Mum's help, lol), quilts, painting canvases... it's amazing what creativity is brought to the surface all because a baby is on the way, lol.

These were the first canvases I painted for bubs:


Here's baby's quilt... my first time ever at attempting something like this, so just as well you can't see it life-size to critique it


Here's my most recent sewing project - a playmat with ribbons to attach toys so you can take them places without losing them (hopefully!)


And here's a pic of part of the nursery - spot the theme with the green bee fabric! (DH is in the family honey business you see...)


Sorry... hope that's not too many pics!!!

What gorgeous things you guys are making! I'd love to be able to paint/draw too but things just don't look like what they're supposed to be when I try lol. I do enjoy crafty things though, I will probably do some things for baby's room - might get some big wooden letters spelling out the name and paint/decorate them. Am going to make some curtains too. I'm lucky to have a Mum who does lots of quilting and a friend who is just getting into it, so Mum is making a bassinet quilt, wall hanging AND floor play mat thingee and my friend is making a cot quilt

Ooh just had a look at that guy's listings on trade me, they are cool! I might get some of those and attempt to decorate them too! I guess I could just paint things one colour, shouldn't be able to stuff that up too badly lol

What cool canvas's kebakat. Love the train
kmarie you have been so busy, can't believe that was your first attempt for your first time, fantastic. I wouldn't know where to start.
Danaj just looked on Trademe at the guys listing so many to choose from.
Can't wait to clear out our spare room and get creating

Wow so jealous they are such neat rooms and designs.

I wish my bub was having her own room.

The only home made thing I am doing is a cross stitch birth sampler, its really colourful, but its kinda on hold because of uni dang it, and I only have just over 3 months to do it ekkk.

With me having a year off next year I might try do some little canvas paintings.

*Lurker*

well done to all you ladies for the stunning decorations for your nurseries i so hope to do that eventually. I am sure your bubs will enjoy them.

Very nice! I made Jack a set of 3 paintings modelled off his beach themed curtains and put his name on it. pretty simple and cheap which was the main thing lol

Dagster - do you know where the cross stitch sampler pattern is from? I want one so I can make them and sell them on TM but I'm not going to pay $35 for one off TM and spotlight etc here don't sell them. Hmm.