Since we moved (yes, again) I've been slowly working on Mason's room. He will actually have a cute, coordinated, fun nursery one of these days very soon. One of my projects was to make a mobile inspired by the circles in his Target Dwell Studio crib bedding.
As you can imagine, this involved cutting out a lot of circles. I mean a lot. This project took a while but I think the outcome was totally worth it. First I selected paper colors that matched the colors of the bedding, then I traced (and traced... and traced...) about 200-1 1/2" circles.
The circles are strung on fishing line suspended from a 12" embroidery loop which I painted brown (the accent color from the walls.) You could probably use a sewing machine to connect the circles but our new house is small and I'm noisy enough on my own, without the machine. I used tape to attach the circles to the fishing line and was able to work on it while sitting in the living room watching TV with Tage in the evenings.
There ended up being 19 strings with anywhere from 8 to 13 circles attached. The photo above is Mason's view of the mobile. The finished mobile was hung on Saturday and Mason found it highly entertaining! Of course that meant he wasn't interested in going to sleep either...
Hopefully the nursery will be complete by Wednesday and I can share the rest!
ADORABLE. But you REALLY need to invest in a 1 1/2 inch circle punch.
ReplyDeleteYou're not kidding. My goal was to do this project on the CHEAP though, with stuff I already had. It cost me $1 (for the embroidery loop which I found at a thrift store)... so I thought that was pretty good!
ReplyDeleteAmazing! Makes me feel pretty silly for spending $50 on a mobile. Before any future purchases I'm going to call you (or Heather) and ask if I can do it myself.
ReplyDeleteThat is AWESOME! I might have to do this for Claire's nursery (even though she is almost 11 months old) It would go perfectly in her room, since it is brown & pink polka dots! I don't know if I have the patience to make one!
ReplyDeletebrilliant!!! I totally would have let you use my circle punch.
ReplyDeleteLove this! I am almost done transforming Mason's baby room into a big boy room. :) No headboard yet, but I'll have to post pictures soon. :)
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