- DID I MENTION? -

Did I mention how awesomely generous our friends and family have been to our little honey? I was sitting in our wee bubs room today and looking around at so many of her sweet things. Though she is not even born she already has a shelf load of cool toys and a wardrobe full of cute clothes, but more importantly there is a stack load of great people that can't wait to meet her and love her! It really warms my heart and I can't thank all our friends and family so much for being so wonderful and caring. We appreciate you all so much.  We love you guys.

- NESTING -

Well, I've finally finished work and with 3 weeks to go before my estimated due date (EDD), nesting is in full swing!

I've got this sudden urge to clean and organise. For goodness sake, I even cleaned and vacuumed the car the other day… I hate cleaning cars!

Amongst the rapid frenzy of housework, I've also been enjoying making and crafting things. It's something I've always loved to do, but never had the time, and now it's rearing it's creative head. I'm fully embracing this rare (and somewhat limited) opportunity to get crafty with this years christmas wrapping and create cute little toys for bubba.

My latest creation is a little deer softie in the shades of bubs room. I call her Daisy Doe. It was so much fun creating this little creature and I'm really happy to add her to our wee girls ever growing collection of soft and furry friends.

I'm also stoked to say I have purchased all the family's christmas presents… 4 weeks early! This has given me time to creatively wrap each gift with handmade personalised tags, christmas silhouette cutouts and finished off with 'so-hot-right-now' bakers twine. I'm going for the 'crafty' theme this year and I'm quiet happy with the result.

- THE BABY ROOM PART II -

So a few weeks ago I summoned my hubby to put together this wardrobe fitout for our little girl. As we don't have much space for further stand-alone drawers and cupboards, I wanted to ensure the double wardrobe would accommodate everything we needed in an organised and manageable way. I knew I wanted to use a combination of baskets and shelves as I love the way they can be easily moved around and changed as our needs do. It's also very exciting to have this wardrobe done in time to put all the cute new stuff we got from friend and family for our baby party. Thanks guys!

- THE BABY ROOM -

I'm so excited to share our baby's room so far. It's been a work-in-progress for a while, having started kitting it out about 4 months ago! I wanted to start early so I could bargain hunt and have time to create the perfect environment for our precious bundle. The first purchase was the cot which I managed to score second hand, in mint condition, off TradeMe for $250 (innerspring mattress included). The following additions were the bucket chair which I had recovered in fabric from Spotlight, followed by a cute cube draw unit and new moses basket and stand… all great scores from TradeMe!

Starting so early meant we didn't know the gender of our baby, but I had decided I wanted the basis of the room to be neutral anyway, with a touch of gender-specific colour once we knew. After we found out we were expecting a little princess I added dusky pink to the mix.

I've had a heap of fun creating unique pieces for bubba's room. I handmade the birdie mobile which comprises of beach wood from our nearby bay, while owly and the bunting flag cushion are also handmade originals. Note the 3-piece framed art I created with a carousel pony in the middle! The room is a tad sparse at the moment - but that will change as I continue to make and find new treasures, not to mention all the necessities that will no doubt infiltrate the room shortly!