Oh Sweet Pea: April 2012

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Enchanted Forest

What child wouldn't want to nod off to sleep in an Enchanted Forest filled with talking animal friends and mysteries to recover in the waking hours.

Wonderful finds to create your own Enchanted Forest for your little one.

Amenity Nursery- Wood $40- 356

http://www.designpublic.com/shop/amenity/7798

Amenity Nursery Bedding $40-356

http://www.designpublic.com/shop/amenity/13197

Amentiy Nursery Bedding $40-356

http://www.designpublic.com/shop/amenity/7808

Amenity Nursery Bedding $40-356

http://www.designpublic.com/shop/amenity/13177

Fox Chevron Nursery Artwork $18 Etsy Shop Wallfry

http://www.etsy.com/listing/78809307/fox-chevron-nursery-artwork-print-8x10

Bright Eyed, Bushy Tailed Crib Bedding $167 Land of Nod

http://www.landofnod.com/baby-crib-bedding/kids-bedding/bright-eyed-bushy-tailed-crib-bedding/f9960

Little Forest Creatures $95 Etsy Shop Drops of Color

http://www.etsy.com/listing/81457016/baby-crib-mobile-baby-mobile-nursery

Night Owl Bamboo Wall Clock $110 Etsy Shop Graphicspaceswood

http://www.etsy.com/listing/77905831/night-owl-bamboo-wall-clock

Fox Print $14 Etsy Shop GalerieAnals

http://www.etsy.com/shop/GalerieAnais

The Wishing Tree Bed Set by The Little Acorn $439

http://www.thelittleacorn.com/products-page/nursery-bed-sets/the-wishing-tree-bedset

Owl Shaped Pillow by The Little Acorn $79

http://www.thelittleacorn.com/products-page/collections/owl-shaped-pillow

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Rainbow Delight

What's you favorite color?

If you are like me, it changes day to day, because lets face why must we choose just one.

Rainbow is my favorite color.

But what is my point to all of this?? Well have you noticed that baby items seem to come in only 3 colors these days, blue, yellow, and pink.

These three colors great if you know the sex of the baby, but for a Baby Hope Chest not so helpful.

It may take a little more effort and time on your part but locating that elusive rainbow is possible.

Here are some of my more recent finds.

Color Swatch Knob in Rainbow from Anthropologie $2.95 (Clearance item)

Especially for Baby Teething Beads from Babies"R"US $2.99

Six Soft-Tip Infant Spoons by Munchkin $4.99

Six Multi Forks & Spoons by Munchkin $4.99

Rainbow Wish-list / Inspiring ideas

Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Stack & Roll Cups $11.99

Lamaze Play & Grow Jacques the Peacock Take Along Toy $16.99

Building Blocks Sevilla by Haba $69.99

Rainbow quilt ideas of crib bedding.

What a FUN idea for a baby-shower or baby's first birthday.

Fifi Chairs by Society Social $189

Rainbow Cloud mobile

Rainbow Puzzle Blocks

Fabric Wall Decal Confetti by Petit Collage $60

Fabric Wall Decal Pennants by Petit Collage $60

Create your own piece of wall art will the use of buttons and a glue gun.

Simple Baby Blanket

I decided to share with you my favorite method of making snugly baby blankets.

Supplies Needed: 2 yards of fabric ( 1 yard for front and 1 yard for the backing), 1 yard of batting, 2 packages of double bias tape, and according sewing thread thread.

Step 1: Pre-wash all fabric and steam and press.

Step 2: Trim fabric

Step 3: Lay backing fabric facing down on a smooth surface, lay batting on top of fabric and smooth out, and then lay top fabric facing outwards on top.

Step 4: Pin together the sandwich of fabric and batting together.

Step 5: Quilt/sew together the layers of the blanket.

I use the strips on the backing to as guide to help sew in a straight line.

As you can see the stitching appears on the font of the blanket with a neat clean appearance.

Step 6: Arrange bias tape to cover over all raw edges of the blanket, and pin/clip in place. I normally secure the bias tape on one unfolded side, and then refolding the tape to hide the stitching.

I prefer starting at the edge of the blanket when I secure the the binding tape.

To hide the overlapping/end. I sew on top of the beginning portion of the binding.

I folded back the binding to original position when it came of the package.

Step 7: Sew bias tape/binding on to the blanket, and your finished!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Bumper Alerts

If you walk down any aisle of the baby department in stores you will cute crib bedding sets with a super cute crib bumper pads.

Crib bumper pads sound like such a great thing right? Keep little arms and legs from getting trapped in the railings. But not so according to American Academy of Pediatric, Canada Health, Consumer Product Safety Commission, First Candle/National SIDS Alliance, and the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development all urge parents to toss those bumper pads to protect babies from suffocation. Crib bumper pads have been a leading cause of SIDS since the Put Baby Back to Bed campaign.

This information isn't hot off the press so why are companies still including bumper pads in their Crib sets? Well like most things it the all mighty power of the dollar, parents want that decorative piece to tie together their theme nursery for the newly expected bundle of joy.

But Skip-Hop, a company selling baby related products has made a bold movement forward, beginning this year the company has created a new line of crib sets they sell called Complete Sheet bumper-free crib bedding. Rather than having the bold decorative design on a bumper they have sew a bold patterns on the sides of the fitted sheet to product the same look as with a crib bumper.

www.Skiphop.com

What else can a caregiver do to prevent SIDS? In 2008 a study on wither the use of fans reduce the risk of SIDS in infants, the researchers concluded that sleeping with a fan lowers SIDS risk by more than 70%.

But let's take a look back at the Complete Sheet by Skip Hop, and see the design of the sheets. Because let's be honest the selection provide is cute but very limited and not to everyone's taste. For those who are more incline to be crafty it's good to know the design is pretty simple to mimic at home with a pattern and a sewing machine.

Basically your looking at cutting out the flat portion of the sheet with the smaller print fabric, and with the bolder piece of fabric attaching it to the flat sheet with binding and processing as normal from there.

I have yet to find a gender neutral print design that I love to create this project myself, but once I do I will post a tutorial on the process.

For some super cute children's fabric check out my favorite sites www.superbuzzy.com and www.Fabric.com

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Starting a Baby Hope Chest

As unorthodox as this maybe I have began a few months back creating a hope chest for my someday in the future sweet-pea.

Thinking I should start somewhere I went out hunting for a Toy Chest that would be gender neutral and blend in with my current decor. After weeks of searching the web for toy chest I came across "I'm Just a Toy Box" in Espresso finish from Land of Nod.