Baby Projects…
So for those that don’t know, I am currently in my 3rd trimester, a mere 3 weeks away from my due date (it CANNOT come soon enough) and although my doctor has told me to take it easy and rest as much as possible, that can’t possibly include not crafting. Right? On second thought, don’t answer that. So I’ve spent these days in bed stocking up on inventory, but I’ve also been really loving creating some fun projects for Baby Lomeli #3.
Handmade Felt Stuffies in progress
We’ve had this Greco Pack and Play that we’ve used for Baby #1 and #2 that we keep in the living room and hanging over it were these three little stuffed stars. (Just a tad generic, if you ask me.) Well, after setting up our pack and play in the living room during my nesting frenzy, we realized that one star was missing. Naturally, my husband goes, “Well you can just make something to hang, right?”
“Oh sure, because it’s so easy.” I thought sarcastically to myself. But the thing is, you can’t plant an idea like that in a crafter’s head because now I HAD to make them. So I tinkered away on the Cricut, looked for some simple design cut outs that I could make my own, and
after settling on the designs and sewing and stuffing two of the three little safari animal stuffies, I’m in love with them. These are definitely a cuter option to keep our little man occupied than simple green stars. I’ll be happy to share the design details as well as a picture of the final results once they’re done!
Planets for Baby Lomeli #3’s baby mobile
As I said, I’ve been creating PROJECTS (plural) for the coming little man, but this one was MANDATORY. I’ve made the baby mobiles for my other two kiddos myself during every pregnancy. It’s been my labor of love every time, and it’s so incredibly satisfying finishing a project and knowing that I made this for this little human I’ve been cooking for the last nine months. This time around, I was a little stumped on what his theme should be. Baby #1 got a very sweet, girly and colorful elephant themed baby mobile that was inspired by our honeymoon in Thailand (best vacation of our lives btw). Baby #2 got a felt stuffed dinosaur themed baby mobile, because Jurassic Park is the greatest movie of all time and I’ve been obsessed with it since my own childhood and my goal was to get my own kid just as obsessed. Mission accomplished, of course. But for Baby #3, this one had to be unique and just as vibrant and fun as the other two. So when my husband suggested I make an astronaut themed mobile, I thought, “I can definitely have some fun with that idea!”
This time around, I’ve played with adding beading to the characters to add some interest, and I think I’ve created a problem because now I want to bead ALL my future creations. Don’t give a crafter with ADHD a new hobby because we WILL hyper-fixate on it.
Again, I’ll be posting my final results once hubs has hung it for me (because ya girl is afraid of heights and can’t get on a ladder without getting sweaty palms), but I think this is another winner.
In other news, if anyone has any ideas on how to induce labor at 37 weeks, give me all the tips because little man has been giving me ALL the trouble!