I am neck deep in old baby items that I’m getting ready to consign. Â No crafting, no decorating, just cleaning and tagging baby toys for me this week. Â No fun! Â No worries though because I have the most creative friends who don’t blog (yet). Â Today I’m highlighting a dear friend and fellow school counselor (Tip: Elementary school counselors are typically incredibly resourceful and creative people. Â If your child has one, be sure to tap his/her resources and don’t forget him/her on all those teacher appreciation weeks!). Â Julie is mommy to two little cuties aged 2 1/2 and 6 months. Â She recently made over both her boys’ rooms and is allowing me to highlight some of her clever ideas! Â
As a birthday gift, Julie made a hair bow-holder for one of her girlfriends that incorporated hanging ribbons for the bows. Â She wanted to make something similar for her boy’s room but wasn’t sure what to do with the ribbons. Â Brilliant! Â She hot-glued mini binder clips to the ribbons to hold all of Luke’s artwork. Â (You might remember that I recently “borrowed” this idea for Asher’s message center.) Â The letters were mod-podged with scrapbook paper and the little sailboats are simply made from pieces of the coordinating paper. Â Love it!
Julie saw these vintage airplane prints in a Pottery Barn Kids catalog and fell in love with them, but wasn’t so enamored with the price. Â Can’t we all relate? Â She cleverly used her trusty scrapbook paper and made her own vintage airplanes for FREE! Â
And how about this idea. Â Julie took a plain shelf and personalized it by painting letters and adding embellishments to the sides. Â So cute!
In her nursery, Julie has a Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star theme.  Tip: Something I love about both of her boys’ rooms is that they are not too “themey”.  You don’t strictly see all-things-celestial in her nursery which adds more character and gives a more organic feel.  For the wall decor, Julie made stars, covered them with fabric and added a sweet button to the center.  Above the crib, she once again used her scrapbook paper and constructed these adorable elephants.
Julie saw these vintage airplane prints in a Pottery Barn Kids catalog and fell in love with them, but wasn’t so enamored with the price. Â Can’t we all relate? Â She cleverly used her trusty scrapbook paper and made her own vintage airplanes for FREE! Â 
And how about this idea. Â Julie took a plain shelf and personalized it by painting letters and adding embellishments to the sides. Â So cute!
In her nursery, Julie has a Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star theme.  Tip: Something I love about both of her boys’ rooms is that they are not too “themey”.  You don’t strictly see all-things-celestial in her nursery which adds more character and gives a more organic feel.  For the wall decor, Julie made stars, covered them with fabric and added a sweet button to the center.  Above the crib, she once again used her scrapbook paper and constructed these adorable elephants.
Let’s get a closer look at one of those cuties.
Star cut-outs were painted and glued to a plain white shelf and little dragonflies were constructed (how Jules?) and hung on the wall to add some whimsy. Â
And, not only can this girl decorate she can bake too! Â Julie was inspired by some of my recent marshmallow fondant experiments and was witness to the construction of the recent octopus cake. Â She thought to herself, “I bet I can do that.” Â And she did! Â Beautifully! Â This is her first time using fondant. Â
Jules, I love you and thank you for the inspiration.  I hope others will view your creations and be equally inspired to think, “Hmmmm…I can do that.”  It’s what it’s all about my friends!  It’s in part why I blog. Yes, you can do that.  Now go create something beautiful. (But first please give Julie some “comment love”.  She so deserves it!)
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How funny! I just found out I'm expecting – and a lady at church sensed it was a boy lol. (Who knows. We'll find out eventually!) Thanks for the sweet post.
Hi ya! I'm stopping by from Decor Mama's. I just have to tell you that I love the ideas you showcased in this post. My sister is soon to have a baby boy (the first boy in our family!) and I'm helping her do his nursery on a small budget. Got some great ideas! Thanks!!
This may give me the courage to play with fondant. Great ideas I'm going to use once I have a house- or a room for the boys!
That is some adorable baby art! I am so happy to see that we don't need to spend the money on Pottery Barn Kids! 🙂
Carrie
Beth – thanks for featuring me and my creations. You flatter me, really! BTW – those little fireflies…I made them from that thick, foamy cardboard and just drew and decorated w/ colored pencil. Oh, and a little glow in the dark paint for the tails, so they light up little Jackson's room at night.
Love ya!!!
See – this is what I love about your blog – it is making everyone want to have a go at some of the stuff that you have been doing! This stuff makes me wish that I had some little boys to design for!
I love that idea for displaying artwork!! Really cute idea for making your own letters too – buying them can be so expensive!
I LOVE that she used the binder clips to hang art! Brilliant!