Peek of the Week - July 8, 2011

What's Peek of the Week, you ask? It's our Friday feature and it's all about you! I want to hear (and share with my readers) what wowed you this week. It could be a cool finished project, a work in progress, a personal accomplishment, a cute kid moment, or something that surprised you.

If we could peek into your week - what would you want to show us?

Each week I'll share my own Peek of the Week to get the ball rolling, and invite you to link to your blog post about your Peek of the Week. I know y'all are up to cool stuff - we wanna see it!

I'll start:
Here is the completed project I sneak peeked yesterday. It's project 472 of the baby preparation nest-travaganza in which I am currently engaged.

Disclaimer: Lil's Sis's room is actually a closet - very small, and no window - so the photos aren't great. But you'll get the idea.


I present...Lil' Sis's Wall of Whimsy!:
Eli put on the little leaves at the bottom. I love that he added his own special touches to her space.


I tried to give you the full 360 experience. In fact, I attempted to make a panoramic shot of the whole thing - couldn't be done in such a small space. Alas.

When you enter the room on your left it is morning with trees and birds and dragonflies. Continue around the room and the clouds lead you to a trail of stars onto the next wall where Lil' Sis is perched on the moon fishing for a star. Pretty sweet.

I love decals. I took on a similar project for Eli's nursery in paint. It took forever, wasn't as crisp looking, and I worried what the fumes were doing to him in my belly. Decals are so forgiving. If you don't like a feature of something you've cut out, just try again. I got a lot of good inspiration from etsy (especially the girl on the moon - if you like it you could snag one here), but I made them all myself out of solid colored sheets of vinyl wall decal. Mama loves.

So, what have you been up to? Let's see your peek!
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Departure

Boogielicious and I have been working on a different kind of project lately. We've taken a decal departure. I've ventured this way a few times before (like here, and here, and here). Except for owl decals, which can be purchased in my etsy shop, these projects are usually reserved for friends who make a special request, as is the case in this instance.
So I ordered up some vinyl decal paper (love the stuff)...
and went to work.
I love it when I have to pull out all different tools and dust off my exact-0 knives.

And here they are! Eight sassy butterflies for a sweet little gal's room.

That one there...she's my favorite.


And arrrrgh, pirate decals for the little bro.
All this has got me planning for lil' sis's room. It's a reeeeeally small room, a hybrid dressing room/closet just outside our bedroom. It kinda screams nursery, but it'll need some work to really make it sing. All this decalling has me swimming in fun ideas to spruce up her room. At present I'm thinking of making an elaborate picture window out of decals and putting a beautiful meadow and all kinds of whimsical stuff outside of it. Then I can make elegant little drapes for it.

What fun!

Last Decal Post...for now...

I'm done decal-ing for now...

Here are my last two efforts:

Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto?I think I love the robots the best. They're like owls...impossible to mess up.

And Tree-Tastic Town



So sweet.

Next post...sewing!

Meeeeeoooow for kitty decals!

The decal mania is a little intense around here. But I'm in the home stretch, because there are things that need a-sewing!

Jacks...check.

Now...sassy cats!





A set of these sassy cats are going to two very sassy gals. This is the birthday card for one.

Sweet, no?

Happily Home Sliced?

I've been up to something a little different lately. It was a special request from our dear dear friends Natalie and Debra. They recently welcomed sweet Lucas into the world and have made him the. most. beautiful. nursery. ever.

Debra is a keen designer and their house is always beautiful and warm, but when I walked into Lucas' room - I wanted to live there. Move over baby. This is my crib.

(I should have scanned these to do them justice. But I'm lazy).

So they asked me to make some wall decals to go on his blank azul colored wall. We talked about it for a while, and inspired by the decor in Snooze (a breakfast joint in Denver - go there, the food is unreal!), I got excited about doing jacks. They were totally into it - and here's what I cooked up:



Here they are sloppily taped up on my boring white wall. Pretty fun! I know Debra will place them just perfectly and I can't wait to see how they spruce up Lucas' super fly room!

Congratulations Mamas and welcome sweet Lucas to a beautiful loving family!