Welcome Karis Brielle!

Karis Brielle was born on Sunday, October 14 at 2:26pm.

She weighed 7lbs. 15oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long.

We are so thankful for our precious baby girl!

 Our family of 4!!!

Karis' Room Decor

We are getting so excited and counting down the days until our baby girl is born!  We're down to less than a week, and we've finally got the room completely done and ready for her. We are scheduled for my C-section next Tuesday unless she decides to come early...which I would be completely fine with!  I am SO ready!  

I painted the canvas for her room and 

made the pinwheel mobile to go above her crib.

Above the changing table, I hung a cluster of frames and such.  I found this chalkboard at a garage sale and painted the edges, hung it from a cute pink ribbon and put a couple felt rosettes on the edge that I made.  It will be a fun thing to write on with fun messages, verses and events for Karis.  I also hung a frame that I took the glass out of, covered the backing in fabric and hot glued a clip onto the center, so I can clip up pictures.  Right now, our one pic of our little one is from her ultrasound.  Oh, how I can't wait to hang up a "real" picture of her!

 Karis at 20 weeks!

 

October __, 2012...when will it be?!

Above the dresser in her room, I got this great frame from IKEA and spray painted it pink. I covered the backing in light blue fabric and created this letter "K" out of foam board.  I covered the "K" in scrapbook paper and painted the edges to match the frame.

I found this free "You are my Sunshine" printable online.  

I cannot remember where it came from, but I love it!  

I printed it and got it matted to fit my frame.  

Teddy Bear bank and wood frame that I got 

at Michael's and painted pink...ready for her picture!

I found this raw wood circle plaque at Michael's and painted it red.  I saw these great felt flower tutorials for headbands...and made a couple for Karis...but then I decided to super-size it and make a felt flower to place on the plaque.  Once I finished the flower, I hot glued it onto the plaque and voila!  Ready to hang!

By the window, we have our rocker and a small side table and lamp.  Above it is 2 frames - the turquoise one from Hobby Lobby and the orange frame I made.  My amazing friend, Lyndsay, made a bow and headband holder for Karis' room.  It is amazing and fits in perfectly to her room.

Lots of handmade bows and headbands for Karis!  

I can't wait!  Girl stuff is so fun!

 Layered plaque/frame

 We're ready for you, Karis!  Come on, baby girl!

I'm Sewing! DIY Burp Cloth Tutorial

So, I got a sewing machine on Black Friday TWO YEARS ago...and guess what, it FINALLY came out of the box.  I always seem to have projects going on with other crafty stuff, so pulling out and learning the sewing machine was just on the bottom of the list.  I had wanted to learn to sew for quite some time, but it honestly seemed kind of daunting because I have NO knowledge of how to thread a machine or anything!

Luckily, I have an amazing friend who came over and taught me to sew.  Our first project was making burp cloths with cute girly fabric, so I can wipe away the spit up in style...ha!  The night before she came over, I got out some scrap fabric determined to sew a straight line.

Woohoo!  Such a hilarious accomplishment, but hey...I was proud!

We started out with the basic 6-ply tri-fold burp cloths (cloth diapers) from Babies R Us.  I cut out a rectangle of fabric a little larger than the center panel...makes it easier to sew if it's not sewn directly over the center double-thick part.  Fold over the edges 1/4" and iron and pin down.

We sewed a super tight zig-zag stitch down each edge, 

and it turned out great!

After completing the burp cloths, I decided to try my hand at a baby hat with the tutorial from Make It and Love It.  It's a great tutorial...but stretchy knit is hard to work with!  I had an old shirt that I cut the hat from.  Around the top turned out kind of wonky, but I can't wait to try it on our baby girl when she comes!  It should stretch out just fine and be super cute on her!