Nursery Inspiration

When I began planning baby R's nursery, there were a few things I knew right off the bat: I did not want to paint the walls, I wanted a calm feel, I did not want a particular theme (jungle, owls, etc), and I loved the color aqua (for either a girl or a boy).  So based on that criteria, I began my search for nursery inspiration...

For those of you who do not know, I love Pinterest and use it as a jumping off point for so many of my projects, Baby R's nursery was no exception.  There are endless nursery ideas to be found on Pinterest. Below are just a few of my finds that really inspired me.

       

 I fell in love with this nursery the moment I saw it. I find it so calming with the neutral grey; yet fun with the pops aqua throughout the space. 

Here is the same feel again

 

To see all of the ideas I found visit my Nursery Pinterest Board!

 

I decided to go with a similar feel for Baby R's nursery, but using the taupe color of our walls in place of the grey shown in the examples. I also wanted to add another accent color in the mix, and finally decided to go with a pink to make the room more "girly". Now the hunt was on for the right bedding!  Here are a few of my favorites that I found (and more pictures of beautiful nurseries!):

               

Which one do you like the best?   I'm going to keep you in suspense and reveal my pick when I post the pictures of Baby R's finished nursery!

 

Blue vs Pink: Our Gender Reveal

From the moment we found out we were expecting, I began counting down the days until we could find out whether we were going to have a bouncing boy or a giggling girl.  I absolutely LOVED the idea of a gender reveal party and sharing such a special moment with our closest family and friends.

Well... after months of waiting, and perusing Pinterest frequently for party ideas, the time came to find out!  I had such a blast getting everything ready for the party.  We decided to go with the classic blue or pink theme for the party, and kicked off this theme with the invitations:

Gender Reveal Invite by Decorable Designs

and kept it going with all of the decorations:

 

even outside:

Don't forget the food!

The votes were in and almost everyone (including myself) was positive it was going to be a boy!

Team Blue vs Team Pink!

You can find the invitation, decorations and games in my Esty shop HERE!

Finally the time had come, and 

IT'S A......

 

GIRL!!!

Not only was I so excited to find out we were going to have a beautiful baby girl,  but this also meant I could begin the planning (and lots of list making): name choices, nursery colors/theme, clothes and so much more!  

What's the cutest gender reveal party idea you have seen? Did you have one? or Would you? I’d love to hear…

Back at it, with lots to share!

This year has been an amazingly wonderful and busy one for me! I have not had much free time between my full time job as a director and teacher at a wonderful preschool, being a mother to a growing and always busy baby girl, launching and promoting my Decorable Designs nursery art line, and completing several (very fun) DIY projects for E's nursery and playroom. There have been so many exciting things I have stumbled across throughout the year, and I am so excited to share them with everyone!

First, I will start with the biggest and most amazing change in my family's life: our sweet baby girl! She brings our lives so much fulfillment, and is the reason & inspiration for so many of the fun things I will share with you.

Meet our precious and very silly miss E!

E is the reason for Decorable Designs' new line of nursery art prints.  I had so much fun designing the prints in her room, I just ran with it. My nursery art prints are now some of my favorite items in my shop!  I will share more about my prints soon, but (since I know you are just so antsy to see them) you can view a sneak peek of my prints here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DecorableDesigns?section_id=13454729