Framing a Rug

One of the alphabets we got for the nursery is this beautiful hieroglyphic rug from our friends Scott and Erika.  The only problem... I have no idea how to hang a rug.

Internetz to the rescue!

After reading a few different posts about options, I decided on the following process:

Step 1: Velcro the fringe
I bought some sticky velcro and stuck it to the back of the top of the rug fringe. (I also read about options of sewing this top section, but velcro seemed the easiest and least likely to end up with me in tears or the rug in tatters.)

Step 2: Pin the Rug
I also got a shadow box, which came with backing and pins.  I would note, I also stuck the sticky side of the velcro tape to the backing of the shadow box as well.

Step 3: Frame
When the shadow box was all assembled, only moments later, I was quite pleased with the results.

And that is the very last thing we needed to do in the nursery.  (Cough cough, hint hint, baby.)

Nursery Tour: Part 3 (The Alphabets)

This is the final installment of the Nursery Tour: The Alphabets!

Jake and I agreed pretty quickly that we wanted to do alphabets as a theme in the nursery.  It just sorta fits Jake and I thought it was an awesome idea!

The first alphabet we got was a Hebrew Alphabet from Jake's parents.  They had actually picked this up for us when they were in Israel way before we got pregnant. We were pretty excited!

(The ABCs above are from my baby shower and my friend Gretchen who used them on a really cool diaper cake)

Next, my parents gave us these Greek Alphabet blocks, which I think are so cool!

The third alphabet we got was this hieroglypic alphabet from our friends Scott and Erika (still need to figure out how to hang this one)

And the fourth alphabet was an English alphabet also from my mom.  This is the sampler I crossstitched in the 8th grade. Mom had been saving it all these years to frame for a future nursery.  It turned out pretty incredible.  It also makes up for all the screaming and crying over how long this thing took way back when.

With that being said, I am soooo excited to meet this little guy and show him his room! :)  Officially the due date is July 4th.

The Nursery Tour: Part 2 (The Colors)

Before I was pregnant, I always knew I wanted a yellow or green nursery.  Don't get me wrong, pink and blue are fantastic! But I feel like a neutral nursery is sooo beautiful, and allows for re-use with future children!

I ended up finding this gorgeous crib set at Target.

Then, my sister Katie helped me coordinate the cubes.... (Kids have SOOOO much stuff, you hafta get cubes! Or a thousand drawers!)

And then I found the changing pad cover at Buy Buy Baby.  Ahh... beautifully coordinated. :)

Up Next: The Alphabets

The Nursery Tour: Part 1 (The Furniture)

So here it is, folks. The long awaited nursery tour.

I couldn't really get a good picture of the whole room (bad angles) so I've decided to break it up into a series of auto-posting posts. So come back tomorrow for the next installment!

Firstly of all, this is the recliner.

When we got to the nursery, I knew a regular old rocking chair was not going to cut it.  We needed a recliner.  A comfy, I can sleep in it, Jake can work from it, recliner.  And so we began scouring Craigslist.  After having slept many a night in this chair, as the pregnancy gets more and more uncomfortable, I can say, this was a good purchase!

Then there's the crib, of course.  This was a hand-me-down from our dear friends Amy, Fletcher and Jayne.  So aside from being a beautiful color and a great financial help, it's also a reminder of them, since they just moved away (and we miss them already!)

The changing table was an interesting adventure.  I found the one I wanted at Target, but my Target didn't carry it. (They did have a floor model though, for some reason.)  Jake, sweetly, called around the next day for me and was told that a nearby Target had it, but it was on sale so they couldn't hold it.  He immediately drove over and picked it up... and ended up getting it for 1/3 of the original cost!!  I was so excited!

The cubes and the bookcase were a big thing too.  Katie my sister helped pick out the cubes, and Jake and I picked out the bookcase.  I originally thought I was going to have a mismatched nursery, because I didn't think I could coordinate all the pieces, but it really came together nicely!

Up next: The Colors!