With your first child you buy all of the baby things. You scour Pintrest, reading every "must have" list and looking at magazine perfect dream nurseries you want for your baby. I remember with my first I bought the complete bedding set, it included sheets, quilt, curtains, a rug, one of those funny hanging diaper holders (that no one uses) and all sorts of stuff. I also dished out money for anything I could possibly need and honestly ended up not needing half of it!
Second time around I wanted my sons nursery to be unique and filled with things I actually needed and things that would get used along with son cute pieces I couldn't resist. I also extra challenged myself and said I wanted to make as much of the nursery things as I could. Crazy with a 6 year old to get to and from school and dealing with morning/all day sickness.
Most of our nursery furniture came from Craigslist. It was a bit of a challenge finding wood stains that matched but we got there in the end.
Next came the theme, I know it sounds lame but I wanted a Pintrest style nursery on the cheap. My husband is a big game nerd and although I don't play many games (kids keep you busy) I always enjoyed watching the games being played. Together we decided on a Legend of Zelda themed nursery for our little man and I hopped back on Pintrest to look for more ideas.
Things I sewed for the Nursery
Fitted crib sheets In all actuality the bedding sets you buy are filled with things you don't need. I decided that rather then buy a set I would make exactly what I needed. Fitted sheets. Plain and simple. You need at least two but I really recommend three. The great thing about making them yourself is that you can find whatever fabric you desire, your options are limitless! I found one great Zelda fabric on Ebay and bought it up. I then found a second Zelda fabric I loved at Joann's along with a simple green fabric with a triangle design.
I looked over a few tutorials on Pintrest and got to work! with a little trial and error I completed three fitted crib sheets in a day! They are super cute and unique and totally make his nursery theme!
Changing pad cover
Along with his sheets I also made a changing pad cover out of the green fabric. Its a simple concept and I didn't follow a pattern. I took the idea of a pillow case (one of the ones that slightly overlap in the back) and sewed the largest button hole my sewing machine would do to create the openings for the straps to pull through.
Boppy Pillow and covers
I had some leftover squares from my corners of the fitted sheets so I sat around trying to figure out a way to use them. On my list of maybe useful things I didn't have with my first child was a Boppy Pillow. Man, are these pillows pricey! So why not try sewing one instead of buying one. I followed a pintrest pattern but then changed the cover details. You make the pillow and then you sew different covers for it (which makes sense with how often little babies spit up or leak their diapers) So I made a pillow and sorta followed the instructions. I didn't like how my tutorial for the covers didn't have a zipper so, once again, with a little trial and error and a phone call to my sewing genius mom I ended up with a boppy pillow and two zipper closing covers, cotton on one side and minki on the other.
Things I crochet for the Nursery
Fairy Mobile
This is one of those things that I didn't have with my first kid and its really not important but I couldn't help myself, I had an idea and I just wanted to do it. It turned out amazing and was well used until my little man started sitting up and pulling himself up in his crib.
I used a dollar tree twig wreath, I have been looking for them since but the dollar trees around here don't seem to carry them anymore :( I then had to crochet up some fairies! There obviously needed to be a cute blue one and the other two where mentioned by my husband. I also crochet really long leafy vines to wrap around the wreath and hang the mobile from. I used a free patterns on Ravelry for both.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/navi-the-fairy
I used a beautiful blue yarn for Navi. Then I made a yellow fairy and a red-ish purple fairy with a hand spun yarn I had on hand. The wings I crochet with an eye catching white yarn with a shimmery thread in it. My fairies turned out super amazing and my daughter asked for one so I made her a little pink one she could keep all to herself.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/little-leaves-4
These took some time and guesstimation on the length I needed but it came together wonderfully. I made three strands then wrapped them around my wreath with a little to hang down with the fairies and a lot on top to string up my mobile with.
Giant Cucco
So for those few of you that don't know a cucco is just the word they use in Zelda for a chicken. This one was a challenge! The free pattern I found is for a rather small chicken but I wanted a big one to sit on the recliner in the nursery. I think I worked up this chicken three times with different yarn and hook sizes before finding the right one.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/golden-chicken-amigurumi
I used three different balls of yarn at the same time, two yarns where just your regular red heart brand white and the last yarn was this neat yarn with little tiny white loops throughout it. I thought it would give my chicken a slightly feathery look and I LOVE how it turned out. I used an N hook and for the body and the wings but dropped a hook size and used two yarn threads on the chickens beak, comb, and wattle.
Newborn Link hat, shield and sword
I wanted to do a cute little newborn photo shoot with this baby like I had with my first but I have learned a few things over the years and taking pictures was one of them so I figured I would take make his props and take his pictures when it was easiest for me.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/newborn-elf-hat-with-braided-tassel
Lets start with the little hat. I went with a pattern and followed it all the way through but it turned out rather small so I would suggest maybe upping the hook size with this pattern and then skipping the braided bit on the end of the hat.
The sword... oh man the sword. Well guys, I started out following a pattern and then I started changing things as I went and when your in the moment doing it you don't write this stuff down so sadly I can not remember what I changed or how I ended up with this cute little sword. I will link to the pattern I started following and I'm hoping in the future to come back and work a pattern for the sword I ended up with.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/sword
The shield is a pattern in progress, I made the pattern up and did actually write it down. So I need to work up my written pattern again and then get it onto the computer so you all can make little shields too. Bare with me guys, I'll get there.
I love this nursery! with a few well picked pieces of art and a lot of creativity it came together so beautifully. We have moved since having our baby and sadly our sticker wall quote didn't make it, but thats ok. I have three long large canvases I would like to paint the quote on one of these days when I get the time.
Etsy
Thanks for taking a look and head on over to my Etsy shop and take a look at what is made and ready to ship. If you see something you like here then let me know and I'll see what I can do about recreating it.
www.etsy.com/shop/LyssaLousCustomCraft
Need some more inspiration? Then check out my facebook page where everything I have ever crochet has been pictured. Don't see exactly what you were looking for? Let me know and we can make it happen. Lets get creative!
www.facebook.com/LyssaLousCustomCraft
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