Category: baby
A Bow Tie Onesie for Your Little Man
3) Trace the outline of your bow tie with your paint and brush or paint pen.
I used a paint pen, so I had to dot it on to really fill it in. I will definitely use fabric paint and a brush in the future as it goes on much smoother.
Discovery
We have been outside as much as possible because the temps have been in the 60-75 range. I am happiest when outside, and my son is the same. He recently discovered the wonders of grass. Touching it, ripping it out, trying to eat it, a world of possibilities.
Babywise Works for Us.
A Vintage Highchair Makeover with Tutorial
The poor chair was all kinds of ugly, and Jed though there was no hope. As eternal optimists, Betsy and I saw lots of potential. I took the ugly duckling home and it sat in the garage for a while until we had time to get the project completed.
The tray has already been sanded in the above pic. It was originally the same color as the back below. Ick.
The tan seat and seat back had to go, immediately. My mama and I went to visit City Craft, a great Dallas fabric store. I wanted to find some oil cloth to recover the chair so that it would be durable and easily cleaned. City Craft has a great selection, and had a sale going on. I choose an oil cloth design in black and white that looks like Mexican papel picado decorated with birds, flowers, and calaveras (happy dancing skulls a la El Dia de Los Muertos).
We removed the cushions and Jed sanded the ugly bronze paint off of the seat, tray, and back. The legs and arms were already in pretty good shape.
I removed the vinyl covers off of the seat and back, and then laid them out on my oil cloth.
Meanwhile, Jed painted the tray, seat, and back with a lovely light turquoise. He had to do 3 coats to get it to look right.
To recover the seats, I had to carefully stuff the oil cloth behind and under the seat and the back. Then we hammered the seat and back in. This was the trickiest part of the whole project. I got a little frustrated, but persevered so that we could have this lovely creation.
I love the black and white, the papel picado design, the paint color, everything. I’m a little obsessed with it, quite frankly.
I love using vintage pieces because they are often so much higher quality than plastic crap from Target. We love Target and have our share of plastic baby stuff, but are happy when we can have something a little more stylish and sturdy to go with the rest of our house.
If you’ve made it this far, thanks for putting up with the insane amount of pictures in this post. Like I said, I’m obsessed.
Baby Laughter is Magical
If you need a laugh today, enjoy this video of Fisher laughing like crazy at our dog Jackson. He did this for about ten minutes before I started filming. What was Jackson doing that was so funny? Most of the time he was just laying in his bed. I wish I could be so easily entertained.
New Year Blessings
May your 2012 be filled with joy, love, laughter, and family.
On the Move
I guess it is time to baby proof. He is 7 months old today and scooting backwards all over the place. I’m sure he will get the forward motion figured out soon and then we will really be in trouble.
Austin, TX with a Baby
Fisher at Five Months
He is so curious and aware of his surroundings. He tries to touch and grab everything, then stick it in his mouth. We’ve had a few messes caused by curious little fingers.