Painting Party

There are many things about being pregnant and preparing for a baby that feel overwhelming. For me, one of those things was trying to figure out how to "decorate" the nursery. As you all know, Dave and I are not people who have strong opinions about such things which translates to indifference when it comes to decision making time.

After much looking around and searching, I decided we would do our own thing. The result...the room will stay that same color as the rest of the house, my sweet mom has made a beautiful bumper (all white blocks of different textured materials) and is working on the bed skirt, and to adorn the walls and bring in some color, original art work by various members of Joshua's family.

Dave's parents were here a few weekends ago and his mom painted wooden initials for his room. Then last weekend, my mom, sisters, aunt and grandmother had a painting party Friday night and painted canvases to hang on the wall. The rules for the party were: 1) paint whatever you want on the canvas; 2) it doesn't need to be perfect; 3) no stressing over what your finished product looks like.

Of course all the paintings turn out wonderfully. We have several more canvases to be painted by the boys in the family at a later date. Once they are all done, we will hang them up around Joshua's room. It really was a fun project and I am excited to decorate the room with things made especially for Joshua by people who love him.

Here are pictures of the process and the finished products.

Dave's mom working on the initials:


The finished product:


Aunt Glo and Aunt B painting:


The painters hard at work:


Finished products: