Project Nursery: Maya's room

The Dolldine Designs family has welcomed our newest addition!  We are so in love with our new bundle of joy and it has been the greatest blessing!  After a cesarian delivery, I'm happy to announce that our family is adjusting and doing well.  After posting our nursery inspiration, we got several requests on Maya's nursery and I'm doing the big reveal today.  We settled on pink and gray because pink is my favorite color and gray is lovely's.  It was a true labor of love and we put in lots of DIY work for our little love bug.  The crib and changing table were gently used and purchased from a close friend (thanks, Renato) and we painted the changing table with Martha Stewart's metallic paint and added hardware.  I made the butterfly mobile with white cardstock since I was inspired by the Pottery Barn mobile which was no longer available. 

I sewed the bedskirt, curtains and made some pillows to match as well.  I also wrapped the lamps with fabric and trimmed it with pink grosgrain ribbon.  The crib bumper was purchased at Babies'R us from the collection Lambs and Ivy.  The glider is one of my favorites in the room.  Maya and I spend countless hours cuddling and nursing here.  It's very special for me!

We wrapped canvas boards with the same fabric as the lamps and I hand cut the pink flowers.  It reminds me of one of my favorite flowers, a plumeria. And because I wanted to get everything done, I painted her growth chart on a plank of wood and tied the same pink ribbon at the top.

I really liked this print from Pizzazzerie.com.  It was a Valentine printable and had the same colors we had in mind for her room so we framed it.  Behind the door is where her diaper bag is hanging.  

I love Maya's closet.  Lovely made the configuration and we bought storage bins to put extra blankets, towels and other things for her.  Her clothes are all so adorable.  Thanks to our sweet family and friends for her wonderful wardrobe!  I saw many ideas online for closet dividers and thought about purchasing some, but for $10 a 3-pack, I figured I make my own that matched.

Here's a closeup of some of the details...

Thanks for stopping by and checking out Maya's new haven and a place she calls home.  We will definitely be spending lots of time here with our little love bug!  Another big thank you to Fuerte Photography for capturing our maternity session, which we have framed throughout Maya's room and her newborn session which you can see both on our Facebook page.    

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Nursery Inspiration: Pink and Gray

We've been hard at work preparing our baby girl's nursery. We decided with the colors of pink and gray because pink is my favorite color and gray is lovely's. I made an inspiration board so I can get him on the same page and it worked! ;) Can't wait to show you when it's all done... it's so exciting!    

Sources: paint swatches, crib, bumper, glider, print, lamp  

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Pretty in Pink Baby Shower

We're having a girl!!!  Yes, we're expecting in March and we're just thrilled!  We did a gender reveal cake back in November and it was so much fun to have our close friends and family with us.  I can clearly remember my thoughts and emotions seeing the PINK cake!  My heart was pounding and I was so overjoyed!

  

This past weekend, I felt the same emotions when my mom and best gal friends threw me a pretty in pink baby shower.  Everything was perfect and looked fabulous!  They are so amazing and everything they did was so beautiful!   

 My mom made these ribbon chandeliers that hung above the tables.  The simplicity of it is beautiful!   

I loved this banner!  It's now in the baby room and we cant wait to use it for our maternity session.   

The tablescape was beautiful!  Fit for the wonderful ladies in my life, each guest received a bath and body works spray with a strawberry flavored whoopie pie.  They also got a "Wishes for Baby" card that I adored reading after the shower.  I put them in baby's scrapbook so she can read them one day too.    

Everything coordinated so beautiful!  Thanks again, Jo!  She did an amazing job with all the banners and even coordinated the look for the diaper game!  She's one crafty gal I tell ya and her work is awesome!  And thanks to Des for her master of ceremonies skill! =)   

Our hearts just melted when we saw the diaper cake and ballerina slippers!  They were so adorably cute, we were just in awwww!  It really hit us and this picture says it all! LOVE it!

The dessert spread was incredibly good, including the guava cake my mom ordered!  It was perfection!  All the food was delicious too!  I had a little more than a tasting to everything there! 

The little girls even had their own table and favors!  

I'm just the happiest mommy-to-be in the planet!  Thanks so much to my wonderful mom and my besties for all they have done!  Everything was beautiful and we're so grateful for it all!  We couldn't feel anymore love and blessed!  

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Christening/Baptism Invitations

My godson was recently baptized so I was honored to design invitations to celebrate his christening. His mama took the adorable photo of Baby Marcus sleeping and he just looks so precious! My lovely and I stood alongside Marcus' parents to be welcomed as a child of god.

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Chocolate Covered Pretzel Favors

We made yummy chocolate covered pretzels as favors for the baby shower and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them and they were gone so fast. We even had to hide some away. I think there's just something about salty and sweet that's really good. And surprisingly, they're so easy to make. Here's the instructions on how to create these for yourself:
1. Take plain pretzel sticks (we bought ours at a dollar store), chocolate candy melts (which you can buy here or at your local craft store) and a fairly deep bowl. 2. Melt the chocolate in a bowl by putting it in the microwave for about 20 seconds. Mix it up and if it's not completely melted, stick it back into the microwave for another 20 seconds. Keep doing this until it's smooth and runny. 3. Dip the pretzels into the chocolate and coat 3/4 of the way. While doing this, make sure you get a good layer on the pretzel.
4. Then take your topping (it can be sprinkles, chocolate shavings, mini m&m's, coconut, whatever) and sprinkle them onto the chocolate. Make sure you do this before the chocolate dries so that it will stick.
5. Place in a pan for the chocolate to dry completely and you're done!
6. To complete the favor, we bought pretzel stick bags at Michaels and stuck 1 pretzel inside each of the bags. We then tied it with ribbon and printed the tags on circle labels. They turned out so pretty! Now wasn't that easy? Try them out!

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Baby Shower Recap

Thanks to the lovely ladies Kris and Kat, who helped make this possible. The shower was a ton of fun and Mommy is just about ready to give birth soon! I wish I took better photos, but pictured is the cake I made using the same design I created for the paper goods, the cute baby face I want to pinch. We also made diaper cakes as centerpieces for the tables that doubled as Mommy's gift and lastly the chocolate covered pretzel favors. They were a hit and so easy to make. I'll post a tutorial soon.

Congratulations again to Mommy and Daddy to be! They are anxiously waiting for Baby Marcus to arrive and so are we!

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oOooh Baby...

We're hosting a baby shower for a girlfriend and this is a little teaser of what's to come. This is the logo I designed for the shower. Simple, yet such a cute baby face... I want to pinch him!

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Rubber Ducky you're the one

Isn't she the cutest? One of my past brides is hosting a baby shower for her girlfriend and her only request was NO PINK! Easy enough after I found out she was having a rubber ducky themed shower. The bubbles were accented with glitter and her eyes were accentuated!

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