Lil O's Room

I've been meaning to post pics of Lil O's room for quite some time. I even had a post typed out, however, it didn't save! 

I wanted his room to transition easily from baby - toddler- and up. To me, that means nothing too cartoonish. Also, we wanted a nautical theme - sail boats, anchors, buoys, and fish.  

Here is a room that Sarah Richardson from HGTV did that I fell in love with. My most favorite part of the room is the wallpapered ceiling. I LOVE the way it looks. I haven't papered the ceiling yet, but I haven't ruled it out. 

My MIL painted the room a soft blue and then the hubby and I painted horizontal stripes on one wall for a fun accent. 

I found "pinspiration" of alphabet art that I loved on Pinterest. It's such a neat idea, and you can really make it to suite your color scheme and/or theme. Most of the work will come from finding letters in different fonts. Some of the letters I painted; others I found scrapbook paper, tissue paper and fabric to Mod Podge to to the letters.

 

The southern girl in me wanted a monogram, but wanted to make it fun and not so obvious. Here is what I came up with for his initials OWS. 

Octopus for O,

an anchor for the W

and, a rope in the shape of an S. 

These are done on canvas drop cloth. I sketched out the designs and used paints that I had on hand. The frames are from Ikea with an opening that is about 12"x12". 

Also from Ikea, we bought a dresser to act as double duty for a changing station and storage. We picked the grayish brown because it reminded us of drift wood - sticking to the nautical theme. 

HomeGoods and Marshall's are great places to find treasures for decorating. 

This was my MIL's find from HomeGoods. It helps to keep the toys rounded up! 

I loved the pattern on this lamp shade I found from HomeGoods. It goes great with the overall scheme. 

This piece I found at Marshall's. Yes it has a sail boat on it, but I just love the quote. 

This sail boat we found in a cute shop called, The Preppy Redneck, in St. Michael's, MD.  It is handmade from driftwood.  Fabric was used for the sails. I thought it was a great piece and loved supporting a local artist. 

My MIL gave us some buoys that she had used in my brother-in-law's childhood bedroom. I freshened them up with some paint, and they were ready to be hung up. Just another little nautical element. 

A sweet friend of mine found this at a shop in Charlotte, NC called Shower Me  with Love. This store has the sweetest baby things!  I love the patterns, colors, and of course the nautical theme. 

Lil O's room is probably my favorite room in our home. It feels complete and finished. We will be transitioning him soon to a big boy bed and we will be attempting to make his bed, so once that project is started I will post pics and maybe tutorials. 

Until then...

xoxo 

Amelia

Personal Stationary for Kiddos!

To say that I love stationary is an understatement. I'm not sure what makes me love it so much. Maybe its having pretty paper that has my own name, initials or monogram displayed beautifully, or all the fun ways you can design it to really make it personal.

 I decided to start making my own stationary when my little turned one. I wanted him to have cute Thank You cards to send out after the party. 

Since then, I've given personalized stationary as birthday gifts to a couple of friends. They loved it! Hopefully, I will get some repeat customers! :)

The stationary is a way to tie in the party theme or add a little more personality! Either way its a super cute way to send your thanks and love!

If you would like some of your own stationary - even a folded card style - let me know. I would be happy to work with you to create something personally yours!

XoXo,

Amelia