Her room is quite small, only about 3m x 3m once the built in robe was installed. The room was created on a relatively small budget. The cot and change table are on loan from my best friend, the majority of the items in the room have been hand made by me, or have been gifts given to Jacinta. Ive tried to incorporate all my ideas with out the room feeling cluttered. I wanted a modern'ish', unclutterd yet cosy room, that was filled with love, history and memories, I was also mindful that it wont be too long until she will move from a cot to a bed. I think that most of the things in her room will grow with her in the years to come.
This is the view from the doorway. The gorgeous pink childrens sofa was from Kmart and was a gift from us for her first Christmas. The built in robes were made in the simplest profile available, and match the wall colour. I didnt want them to be a feature of the room. The tree mural is "love tree girl' from the hip infant and was a 1st birthday gift from Grandma & Grandpa.
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I wanted some sort of mobile in the room. I loved this one, but wanted to personalise it for her room. I used the shape of the birds from the wardrobe mural
to make these fabric birdies, and mounted the branch to the wall with 3M velcro mounting strips. The butterflys were hand cut from Michael Miller fabric paper and hung with invisible thread.
These frames are from Ikea. The top one has a strip of scrapbooking patterned paper down the centre, and metal butterfly is from a necklace I picked up second hand for $2. The middle frame has a hand cut felt initial and a piece of the gorgeous fabric that features in the cot quilt. The bottom frame has a vintage transfer of a deer in it. I picked a couple of sheets of these up secondhand - they are the same range that my mum used on our dolls cradles and wardrobes when we were babies.
Most of the toys are packed away (or laying around the house somewhere!) but there is a small basket of toys and some favourite books in the corner of her room.
The gorgeous fabric doll was a gift from Auntie Mandy, Uncle John, Jason and Rhiannon when Jazz was born - its her first dolly, so will always be a bit special.
The large fabric butterfly is from Tiger Tribe and was also from the Hip Infant. It was a 1st birthday gift from the boys. The smaller butterfly and the little one on the frame are handmade and were purchased as a Christmas gift at the local Christmas markets.
This collection of frames is a bit of an eclectic mix. I made the alphabet frame from patterned paper, fabric paper and a mix of chipboard letters which I painted all black. I really like the effect of combining the different fonts. The large picture on the left is by Belle & Boo and was a free download from the feed your soul project, as were the two top centre prints. The little bird mirror was bought from a favourite local gift shop one day when Craig took Jazz & I out for lunch. Above the mirror is a page taken from a little golden book that was mine as a child, a favourite photo and a couple of other artworks that I made complete the group. My plan is that this will be a changing display. I invivion that as she grows older it will display favoutrite things and her handmade artworks.
The centre fabric for this quilt was sourced from the US. It is a print from a Pottery Barn kids range called Penelope. Unfortunately it is not available in Australia, and it is also a discontinued range. From the first time I saw it on etsy, I just knew that I had to have it for Jacintas room. After weeks of searching on etsy and ebay, I finally found the most lovely seller that previously had some listed. Although she didnt have any left, she went out of her way to track some down for me and get it sent over. (Thanks so much McKinley, I really appreciate it...and now you finally get to see the results, took long enough didnt it LOL) 
This set of prints were also made by me. THe little girl in the centre was based on a print from etsy that i loved. Unfortunately I saved it to a favourite folder, but have no idea who the origianl artist was. They are pen drawings whch were then coloured using water colour pencils. The birds above are chipboard covered in one of the quilt fabrics, and the heart garland is chipboard covered in some excess pieces from the mural on the wardrobe.
So there it is! A girly pink bedroom for my little princess. I love it, and more importantly she loves it. She loves all the birdies and loves blowing the butterflys to make them flutter, she went to sleep cuddled up under her new quilt, sucking her dummy, her little pink blankie held securely up near her face. Ahhhhhhhhhh I love this little girl so much!!!!
The centre fabric for this quilt was sourced from the US. It is a print from a Pottery Barn kids range called Penelope. Unfortunately it is not available in Australia, and it is also a discontinued range. From the first time I saw it on etsy, I just knew that I had to have it for Jacintas room. After weeks of searching on etsy and ebay, I finally found the most lovely seller that previously had some listed. Although she didnt have any left, she went out of her way to track some down for me and get it sent over. (Thanks so much McKinley, I really appreciate it...and now you finally get to see the results, took long enough didnt it LOL) 
All of our cloth nappies and accessories are stored under the change table. I must confess that the top is usually covered in a pile of clothes and nappies waiting to be sorted, folded and put away. I prefer to change her on the floor anyway!
This set of prints were also made by me. THe little girl in the centre was based on a print from etsy that i loved. Unfortunately I saved it to a favourite folder, but have no idea who the origianl artist was. They are pen drawings whch were then coloured using water colour pencils. The birds above are chipboard covered in one of the quilt fabrics, and the heart garland is chipboard covered in some excess pieces from the mural on the wardrobe.
So there it is! A girly pink bedroom for my little princess. I love it, and more importantly she loves it. She loves all the birdies and loves blowing the butterflys to make them flutter, she went to sleep cuddled up under her new quilt, sucking her dummy, her little pink blankie held securely up near her face. Ahhhhhhhhhh I love this little girl so much!!!!
Last week you spent your first ever night away from Mummy, in fact it was four nights. I went away with Sabine to celebrate her 40th birthday, and you and the boys stayed home with Daddy. I had people to take care of you each day while he worked and everyone said you were such a good girl. It was lovely to have a break, but it was also great to come home to your gorgeous smiling face. I didnt get in until midnight, and when I went in to check on you, you were standing up in your cot. The way your face lit up when you saw me just melted my heart. I love you so much sweetie!
You have a facsination with shoes and hats. You are always getting our shoes out and trying to put them on, I spend the whole day putting away odd shoes from around the house!
Most of them are imitating what Mummy or Isaac are doing. You have such fun pretending to be a dog, zooming around like an aeroplane, being cranky the crane and putting the toys in the box, playing chasey, peek a boo and hide and seek. You love playing tickling games together. If you really want to annoy him, you just go up and grab handfuls of his hair and wont let go - he gets really upset, it must hurt him a lot....unfortunately you think its rather funny and it does the job of getting his attention very effectively. We may have a little work to do on your social interactions. Isaac starts pre entry kindy next term - you are really going to miss him. 
You had your second haircut this month. You probably had about an inch off the back. Im going to start to grow it longer now that its thickened up and the sides are gettng some length to them. ( I dont always take my camera to the hairdresser - Isaac still loves taking photos and its a great way to keep him amused while we are there - he snapped this shot of you getting your hair cut.) 
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you and Isaac thought they were very very funny, especially when they were nearly blowing you over!
- now I just have to bind it...I had planned on binding it in the same pink as the backing fabric, but after seeing how pretty the quilting pattern on the back looks, I think I might use the other patterned fabric I originally got to be in the quilt. 
That way it will look prettier on the reverse side too!
she kept wanting to cuddle them...
...soooooo cute.
- he still loves it and will often curl up on it watching TV or playing his DS. 
She was very proud of herself though - she was stomping in yet another icy cold puddle (with her bare little feet) she had discovered up there when I took this picture! 
He looked through and drew a picture of one that he liked as a pattern. He cut it out from felt and I showed him how to hand sew - he did a great job, and sat stitching for about 45 min. I had to help a couple of times and it was tough going in a few places - we put a bit of glue on the pieces to hold them while he stitched - BAD idea...mental note to self - not easy to stitch through glue!!!!
He only had the stripe and the eye patch to go when he asked if he could try sewing the stripe with the machine - he did a great job with this too - after straight stitching the stripe, he then zig zagged it as well, and then managed to zig zag around the eye patch too.
While the machine was out he stitched around the outside, stuffed him, and closed him up - he started hand stitching around the outside and is going to finish that at school today. 
All up it only took him about 2 hours to get this far - pretty good effort I think. Im really glad he is going to hand stitch around the outside as well - there is something really appealing to me about the way kids stitch - its not easy to relpicate the look of the stitching of a child - its so careful, yet random - very cute! Oh and he still plans on making the puzzle as well!
The winner as voted by the public at each centre (you can vote in person at St Agnes Centro, or on line starting from next Thursday) wins a camera, and the overall winner, which I believe has already been choosen by the judges but isnt announced until the end of the competition, wins $10,000. Im so glad this photo was choosen, its one of my all time favourite photos of the older boys, and for the public to vote it is enlarged and mounted for display, at the end you get to keep it!!!
and then stitched it all together...
