Pinterest Party Planning

Tonight, my sister, cousins and I had a Pinterest Party. I've been working on giving two old lamps of my parents a makeover but I took a break from that to work on what I'm calling my nursery gallery and reading walls. Here's what I've been thinking...

Gallery Wall

The gallery wall is definitely still a major work in progress. It started out as much more but then for some reason seems to have dwindled to almost nothing. This is what I do know.

1. Painted Hangers - I came across the best find a few years ago at Construction Junction when I found an entire bin of Baby Gap hangers after a local Gap store closed. My only regret is that I didn't purchase more than one. I had intended to paint them for a friend's baby but never got around to it...lucky me! My plan is to paint these and write the baby's first and middle name on them.

2. Giraffe Canvas Print - The picture below is an example of what I am envisioning for the giraffe print. I haven't decided if I'm going to use wood or canvas and if I'm going to paint the giraffes or use fabric or scrapbook paper. Thoughts? The example is painted on wood but the other examples I looked at have been a variety of the options.

(Photo Credit: Make It & Love It)

3. Gift Bag Frame - We got so many cute gift bags at the shower that I really hate to shove them in my gift bag collection to reuse. I saw on Pinterest that an easy DIY for a nursery is to frame gift bags. I'm not sure if I want to use my floating frame for just one or make a collage.

(Photo Credit: Serenity Now)

Note: It's funny that the picture I saw for the framed gift bag is the one that the previous blogger used as inspiration for the giraffe print.

4. Chalkboard Quote: There was a chalkboard at my shower for when people signed the guest book that I'm going to reuse for the gallery wall. My sister is working on writing a quote on that for me.

5. Tie: When I was cleaning out the office (now nursery), I found one of my grandpa's ties that I have had since he died. It's an awesome tennis tie, which means a lot to me since we played tennis together. I'm going to hang this on the gallery wall as well.

Reading Wall

The reading wall is what I'm putting above cube shelf that has some of Baby Lane's books and toys. This is my inspiration but my shelves are much shorter, so I have room to add book inspired artwork. My favorite!

I should add that my cube shelf is dark wood to match the crib and one not two shelves. It has six cubes.

(Photo Credit: Pinterest (Link to Blog Blocked)

1. Framed Book Pages/Covers: My original plan was to frame pages from mine and Dennis' favorite children's books but that proved harder than I expected because I didn't want to spend a lot to cut the book apart. I went to Half Price to see what I could find. I ended with The Kissing Hand and Guess How Much I Love You. I also found an ABC book from Williamsburg, which was a great find since we both love it there and hopefully Baby Lane will go there soon.

2. Oh the Places You'll Go Print: I found this in the Dollar Bins at Target. I wanted this as one of the frames but the book was so expensive and couldn't bear to cut it up for that price, so this was a perfect find!

3. READ Letters: I have four different letter styles to paint and hang above the shelves.

Alright, that's my Pinterest Party update and nursery reveal for today. Wait for pictures of finished items later on!