Mobiles

This Monday's Made It Monday project is delayed due to a baby with a fever and an exhausted Mom.  I am so close to being done with my project....so excited.

Sean and I made a list of things we need to get done before the new baby arrives.  o.ver.whelmed.  Of course, I am only interested in the pretty things and not in the more practical things.  I have been looking at mobiles.

I know there are all these expensive motorized mobiles that play music and flash lights.  Something about those feels unnecessary to me.  Maybe they are magic and my life would be better if I had one but I am probably not going to get one.  For B I got a cute dinosaur mobile made of stuffed felt dinosaurs from Etsy.  It's toast at this point because once B could stand and reach it...well, the dinosaurs became separated from the mobile.

Here are few cute mobiles on Etsy.

I like all the colors and varying shapes of this mobile.

I think this is a wall hanging more than a mobile to hang above the crib but I love it.  It is so stinking cute.

 Something about this mobile is absolutely sweet.  The colors, the shape of the elephants and the fabric used on the ears.

I love the shape of these owls.  You'll see an owl mobile at the bottom which I think is sweet but I am a little tired of that owl shape.  These owls look kind of sly.  

I like the silhouette idea of this one but I wish it had color!

 Cute little owls with lots of color.  Adorable.

I might attempt to make a mobile...add it to the list.  I have come across a few DIY mobiles that would be fun to try.  Now to just find those projects I came across.  I wish I could make adorable felt critters.  Maybe one day.

Too hip for cartoons

When we moved into our house the walls in Brady's room were bare for far too long and I began to feel guilty. But I couldn't figure out what would be appropriate for a kid/baby but not extremely childish. Whether Brady is actually as cool and mature as I think is questionable, sure. But I know he doesn't look twice at cartoons. He is my first child so excuse me if this is normal for a kid his age. Anyway, his walls... Photography? Too serious. Cartoon-ish animals? No. His name spelled out? Pass. Something inspired by my love for graffiti? YES!

I do like the block letters spelling kids names...I just have a hard time doing something that I see repeatedly in magazines and online. I decided I would just do the letter B a few times and paint them myself. I love graffiti paint drips. I was originally going to use the pre-cut wooden letters from any craft store but I couldn't find a...font?....I liked. Also, I figured I could find a way to do it cheaper than that. I found a simple font that I liked and printed a giant B and a smaller B. I traced them onto foamboard and cut them out. Using different shades of blue spray paint and an ivory I finished my paint-drip Bs.

You will see they hang next to a painting of what appears to be drawn animals! An alligator on a skateboard?! Awesome. Plus, the edgy element of graffiti inspired B's next to it balances it out.

Note: The B in the top right corner of the first picture is a wooden B from a previous project. It is for Brady's door.

Note: I took this pic for my Mom right after I hung them...so they aren't straight yet!

How have you decorated your kid's walls?