Weekend Crafting, er... Nesting..

So Rich's kids were not with us this weekend, so what did I do while Rich was out all day saturday, and since my plans with a college buddy never happened? I crafted! and what a crafting Saturday it was..

I made a Mobile for Osiris. I had seen this photo hanging mobile a while ago and while I didn't think of it at the time, when I was looking online for mobiles that were not super busy and didn't attach to the crib, a light bulb went off.. I can use that photo mobile! Originally I was going to fold origami cranes in different colors.. But then I remembered folding all 1000 that Rich and I folded for the wedding and my fingers started to hurt.. So I searched on line for tiny stuffed animals, a la Beanie Babies.. No luck. they were all to big. then it hit me, Finger puppets! Perfect! Off to Amazon I clicked.. I searched and after about three pages I found some that were cute and had arms and little feet.. I didn't want your typical head only puppets.. I felt that was a little grotesque for a baby to see.   Of course after I thought of all this, and was patting myself on the back for coming up with such an origional idea I Googled Finger Puppet Mobile and found several others that were made by Crafty Mama's like my self.. But hey you know what they say, great minds think alike. So here is is.. It look longer to untangle the mobile it self than to put it together.. I think from opening the box to done it took maybe 5 minutes, and the results?? Well I love it! It's simple, It will sway in the breeze, and the little animals are just adorable.. 

In addition to the mobile, I also worked on the paintings for Osiris' room.. I decided to do 6 8x10 canvas paintings each having one letter of his name with a cooresponding animal on it.. I found the animals on shutterstock.. and used a Tracer Jr to copy it onto the canvas.. I'd like to think I could have drawn them by hand, but I'm only really good at drawing things realisticly and this saved me alot of aggravation..

I still have some to do on the paintings, I need to do some outlining in black to make the litle animals POP but other than that, I am very pleased with how they are turning out.. I guess Osiris' room will have an animal theme..I'm loving it so far.. I have to find some 8x10 frames in bright colors to frame the canvas so that I can hang them up.. Or maybe come up with something other option but I dont know what that will be yet.. Stay tuned for the finished product in a few weeks.. or days.. lol I only have 9 weeks to go so I guess I better get cracking. lol!

Sorry for the picture heavy post, but I didnt feel it needed to be two posts.. Hope you had a crafty weekend too!