BELLY UPDATE . . . .

  I'm 33wks already!!! Where did the time go??

I can't believe in just over 6wks my due date will be upon us, maybe not a baby, or maybe I would have already had it {heres hoping!!} Tho I do have to say that I have been sleeping A LOT better which is great!!

I have nearly finished the curtains too!!! So hopefully later today I will be able to put up a pic of the finished product.

Until then, keep smiling . . .

Tash :o)

My Newly 'Organised' Sewing Space!

At 3am the other morning I was wide awake {thanks to the little human growing inside me} so decided to get up and check out some of my favourite blogs {and Pinterest} and I found the The Organised Housewife Blog and her 

'20 days to Organise and Clean your Home Challenge'.  

I don't think I will be quite doing the 20 day challenge, but I did got very inspired to sort my sewing area and drawers!!

You can see both AVE and Hungry Designs Facebook pages here. {you will love them!}
 and Ikea here. 

THE DRAWERS:

I started with a selection of Handy Trays, Containers and Zip Lock Bags.

Set of 3 stackable containers $5, Purple and White Handy Trays $3 Set
 all from The Reject Shop

Here is the Before and After shots.

Top Drawer. . . . . 

Middle Drawer. . . . . 

This container was such a good find. {and it was just the right size to fit into the drawer.} 

I was able to get all my things sorted into each of the three trays.

1. Zips, Ribbon, Velcro and Twine.
2. Cord, Embroidery Tread and Elastic.
3. Bias Binding.

Bottom Drawer. . . . .

There are A LOT of unfinished projects in this drawer that I need to add to my 'To Do' list . . . . . 

Tash :o)

We have a veggie garden!

For a while I have wanted a Veggie Garden, but because my husband works away it didn't really seam worth the effort of tending to the growing process for half of it to go to waste. However now that we are only 8wks away from our new addition joining us it seams like as good a time as any to get it started,  Plus I want to make my own baby food. 

This is the space that we are using. It is down the side of our garage and gets nearly all day sun! {which I read that veggie gardens need at least 6hrs of sun a day.}

So we headed off to Masters {LOVE LOVE LOVE} and got the wood that we needed and got to work. . . . 

We ended up getting this decking board as they were out of stock of garden bed sleepers that I wanted, and this was untreated and according to the guy was better than the sleepers "food safe" wise. 

It was 12.7cm wide x 2.5cm thick. {not very suitable if you have a HUGE garden box, but ours is only 2.4 x .5ish, and is bulging a little from all the soil.} 

We went for 3 lengths high, and 2.4m in length.

My handy man pre-drilled and screwed it all together . . . . . {I supervised!}

This is it at the half way point.

And once it was all screwed together, and introduced to it's new home!!

We then rigged up this nifty watering system . . . . .  . {it is also watering all our hanging baskets} 

Next was the hard job of deciding what soil to use, we went to our local Soils R Us and picked the vegetable and garden mix {or something like that}  . . . . . . .

And our garden box comes to life . . . . 

Then it was off to Masters again to pick some plant, I went a little crazy and got a few to many but I gave some away today.

I picked, Corn, Lebanese Cucumber, Broccoli, Mixed lettuce, Carrots, Red Capsicum and Cherry Tomatoes. {oh and a strawberry plant ~ in the big black pot, pictured in the last photo}

We added some sprinkler fittings to the watering system. . . . . . . . .

And last of all, added some homemade compost to the top.

I will take some up date photo's as the plants grow. 

{Which I hope they do, I don't have much of a green finger and this is my first attempt of a veggie garden. . . . . keep your fingers crossed for me!}

Tash :o)

{UPDATE} DIY NURSERY

With going on holiday to SUNNY Queensland {which was awesome}

and having uni assignments to do {Today is my last class tho . . .YAY!}, there has been a bit of a stand still with the Nursery DIY.

However here is a little update of a few new touches to the room.

We have a change mat on the dressing table, it is a little big, but will only be on there until the baby is rolling and then I will just use it on the floor. {Im thinking of making a  funky cover for it too, maybe in that cool Michael Miller laminated fabric so that it is still wipeable!!}

We have some shelves above the dressing table/change mat so that we can put wipes, creams etc up there, 

{Or maybe just fun things}.  

Shelves are from Masters. 

We have some baskets . . . .  .

Also Masters

 How funky is this fabric from Ikea, and a bargain at only $9.95 / metre!!

Awesome for I SPY and learning ha!

{So I got 3m! Probably 2m more than I needed but oh well, I LOVE IT!}

I have decided to cover the chair with it and then add a bright cushion. Then as the years go on {if we still have the chair}, we could slowly colour it in.

{I will keep you posted on the covering of the chair, will probably not happen till after exams.}

And here is me working on the curtains, giving them a 'TASH TOUCH' . . . . 

They are going to look great, but I sometimes get half way through a project and ask myself WHY!! 

{this one is a bit tedious!! But as I said, will look AWESOME in the end!}

Until next time . . .  . Keep Smiling.

Tash :o)

DIY NURSERY Part 3

FURNITURE . . . . . . . 

Here is the hutch.. . . 

Here are the newly painted hutch.  It doesn't really look to much different as it was just a new coat of white paint, but I did add this wooden shelf.

I wanted the furniture to all link in with the birch rocker in some way, otherwise the rocker would have been the only thing not white.

My new wooden toys from FB business Wooden It Be Lovely. I have more of the range,
 but they are still packed away.

Here is the dressing table . . . . 

I wanted it to be white, but couldn't decide what to do with the drawers. I might still cover them in fabric, but will wait until I know if it is a boy or girl. 

We were going to change the drawer hands as my husband hated them, but we had a look and they were all longer, therefore would need different screw holes, and once we I sanded the fronts they blended in quite nicely. 

We did a little work on it as the drawers don't have runners and moved around heaps when you pulled them out.

The hated handles! I don't mind them as they are a bit vintage.

Taking off the handles.

 Making the new draw runner thingies . . .

The finish drawers {maybe just for now. . . you will have to wait and see.}

We have a cot . . . . . .

It needs a few little touch ups, but was only $60 including mattress, which was WAY better than the $500+ I would have spent on a new one.

Until Part 4 . . . . . . .  

(We are off on a family holiday next week so will be once we get back.)

Tash :o)

Part 4 is ready . . . . . . .HERE!

DIY NURSERY Part 2

WE HAVE GREEN WALLS!!

The room is painted!! In the end I went for, Security for the darker and Security Half for the lighter green, by Dulux.  I went for one shade lighter with the darker green than was first planned {in the colour samples in DIY NURSERY Part 1, which you can see HERE!}

 Im totally in love with it and can't wait to add more colour once I know the baby's sex.

Here are the before and after shots!

Once the whole room was painted and dry, We striped one of the walls, 

HOW TO STRIPE A WALL. 

{One Spotty Dog Style}

First we measured {Yes with my sewing tape measure} the size of the stripes. I did this to the length of the roller so that I could do one clean roll, which was 12.5cm.

We then added a low tack tape, pushing down the edge that was going to come into contact with the paint only to ensure that we would have the least amount of paint peeling off with the tape. {The taping was definitely the hardest part!}

Then I rolled the paint into the taped areas.

{Tip: Pull the tape off while your paint is still wet. I did have a couple of touch ups to do, but nothing major.} 

Here is the finished striped wall:

 Until Part 3 . . . . . . . . .

Tash :0)

PS: If you missed Part 1, you can see it HERE