Pregnant mom with too much energy . . .

With a new baby coming soon, it's been time to move Aiva to a "big girl room." So with my new-found energy of my second trimester (which is fading fast as I'm now 30 weeks), I set to work planning and preparing the room. I painted her walls, refinished old furniture, sewed a quilt, bought some fun things at garage sales, dug up old treasures, and crafted a lot. Fun, fun, fun! I have LOVED it all! It has been so fun to find cheap ways to decorate a room. It's still not finished, but it's coming together, and I wanted to share some photos of the semi-finished product, and some of the fun crafts and projects I've been working on, as well as some of the garage-sale finds that I'm most proud of. I've been going for a vintage, girly feel. Enjoy!

First off, the furniture I found at a garage sale. The dresser and matching night-stand for $50. Ugly as sin, but in my head I had big, beautiful plans for fixing that. My sweet Mike parked outside for a week while I took over the garage with sanding, priming and painting.

The headboard. Found at a furniture consignment shop online. $45. We haven't got the frame set up yet, as Aiva is still falling out of bed occasionally. But, sweet success, at least she's sleeping in it!

My pride and joy. Mirror found at a garage sale for $3. That's right, folks, $3!!! A good coat of spray-paint, and it looks fit for a princess!



Another thing I'm very proud of. Red straw hat found at the DI for $1. I bought the feathers and flowers and made this fun dress-up hat. Total cost was $6. I have 3 other hats I also got at the DI, waiting to be prettied up. Gotta love a fancy dress-up hat.

The dresser: finished product! I still want to replace a few of the knobs with some fun, funky ones, but for now, I love it! The set of books on the top are old Reader's Digest books with every old fairy tale and classic story you can imagine (Huck Finn, Oliver Twist, Jungle Book, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, etc.). I got the set at a garage sale for 50 cents each! It's hard to tell from the photo, but the walls are a very, very light pink.

That's all the pics I have for now, although there's several other things I've added since I took these photos. Maybe I'll have to do an update when I'm closer to done. Anyway, hope you liked it! I love it, and so does Aiva! She calls it her "pink room." :)