Making a Mobile

This mobile, from the Hingmade Etsy Store, is SO cute (as are all of her other items), but I am super cheap, and $100 for something my baby could get nightmares from (I haven't met the baby yet, who knows what she'll like!) is just way too much for me to pay.

  

So... I am going to make one myself!  We got this rocker chair for the baby (thanks Mom and Dad), that I absolutely love and I am going to be using that for my inspiration. 

The basic supplies I gathered were felt, ribbon, fiberfill, a couple dowels, glue and some wooden balls.  I also found a music button to put in, it plays Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - so cute!!

I free-hand cut out all of the animals/characters from the felt, making sure to make a front and a back side to the character. 

All my little guys done and ready to be sewn and stuffed!

And finally (with a little help from hubby) the finished product (disclaimer, these are not the best pictures, but I think you get the idea):

Hand Painted Onesies

I have had onesie ideas in the works since I found out I was pregnant, and so today I decided to try out making my own hand painted onesies.  I followed the steps on Lavender's Blue Blog and they were pretty easy!  Don't get me wrong, they take some time and planning - you need to work on stencils of some sort and also prewash your onesies.

Supplies I used:

In Process:

Finished Products:

I'll admit I need a bit more work on some things, like making sure my freezer paper edges are FULLY ironed down, but I would say for a first shot I did pretty well!  Also I am happy to say that all designs are my own creations/drawings and shouldn't be copied. :)

Now I'm not sure if we're having a boy or a girl, so these are as gender neutral as I could make them... but I plan on adding them to my Etsy store (I swear it's coming, working on my sellers permit now!), so gender doesn't really matter too much!