The Giraffe Obsession: aka Kirk's Nursery

I posted pictures of my baby's nursery on Facebook eons ago, so this is a repeat for some of you, but I wanted to take a moment here to brag about my awesome crafting skills :) Teehee. In all seriousness I love to do crafts projects of all kinds. For several years I authored a monthly crafts-for-kids column for StepMom Magazine. Recently with pregnancy and a baby I haven't had as much time for crafts, much to my sadness, and I had to quit participating in the magazine. I miss it so much!

But to remind myself of the cool things I used to have time to do, here are some pictures of the things I made for Kirk. To begin I should explain why we chose the giraffe theme. Our infertility specialist had this poster hanging in his waiting room, and I instantly fell in love:

I love this so much! I knew immediately that if we were to be so lucky to get pregnant I wanted this as the centerpiece of the nursery. My mom, the quilting expert, made this gorgeous baby quilt:

Beautiful, isn't it? The picture really doesn't do it justice. You need to see it up close to really appreciate all the wonderful details. She's so talented!

And finally, I made all the rest of what you see here. I'm particularly proud of the slipcovers for the glider, because they were Not Easy. But I think they look so cute and I love the end result!

Of course there are tons of other giraffe decorations, and Kirk has no shortage of giraffe toys, clothes, blankets, and loveys. Bill often says that he is going to grow up to be either completely obsessed with giraffes (like I suddenly am!) or totally terrified of them. :)

Funny story about the wall letters: our name choices were either Kirk Michael (after our dads) or Ruby Geneva (after our grandmothers). I made the letters the day I found out for sure he was a boy. We waited another week to tell anyone else the gender and I tortured my mom by sending her a picture of the R. Heehee!