Fingerprints...

If anyone needed evidence of how I've been spending spare time lately...they could get all the information they need from my fingers! Some are blue from the crib and dresser knobs, some have a hint of pink hanging behind, many of my knuckles have antiquing medium on them from reglazing the baby's dresser yesterday, and today they are dry and tired from doing lots of this:
Kasey found this old crib bumper at her neighbor's garage sale for $2. Perfect!
Rather than fashion a NEW bumper and spend fat cash on foam and batting, we simply recovered the old one!

Who are "WE"?
Meet Hillary. (cue harp music and angel wings)
Gal Pal/Seamstress Extraordinaire.
Really. She is so very talented. AND she comes with this machine...
SO much cooler than my machine, which is simple enough to use, but i generally end up needing to repent after each use because I use so many potty words and throw a whole lotta hate out there into the universe in my frustration with it.

Hillary's machine is like a sewing machine...but it's more like K.I.T.T. -the talking car from Night Rider.
Really. You can't screw up. The sewing machine has like a mind of it's own and won't let you. It will even tell you to "stop sewing" if you are about to do something dumb like break your needle. Hillary...you are far better looking than David Hasslehoff, and I'm guessing you have less chest hair as well. I'm thinking you need to name your awesome sewing machine, "KITT", because together, you are that cool.

There's no WAY that I could have accomplished this much (or had it turn out so professional looking!) without your help and expertise today! I learned SO much. Thank you Hillary!
whoa! Move over America's Next Top Model...we have a hottie up in here!

The blanket is still a work in progress. The pins are marking where the squares will be quilted (no yarn ties for THIS baby's crib couture!) and then we'll finish out the edges in the light blue. I plan to monogram a big chocolaty brown initial inside the lone blue square after Big Willy arrives and he actually has a name. The back is dark brown (twin sheets $3! whoopee!) Photos are just not doing justice. It is pretty adorable.

Here's the quilt so far...
AND...the completely finished bumper and recently painted crib (used to be white, peeling, and ghetto looking)...
I just LOVE those orange dots! They're right out of a Dr. Seuss book or something! I think the baby will love having such an interesting pattern to look at as he drifts peacefully off to sleep each night (hahaha...it hasn't been THAT long since I had a newborn!)
Thanks to Target.com we have a brown polka dot crib sheet (which is not as easy to find as one might think) Kasey was able to hunt this one down for me online (after I'd given up searching no thanks to google and my inability to successfully online shop). It ironically is called "blue dots"...not brown, or white dots, which is what it has. But what a perfect match! I might need to order another one...it's so cute, I'm never going to want to put a plain white sheet on there!

There...don't you just want to have a baby so you can put him in that super-dooper cute bed?!
I'm SO happy with how everything is turning out! More fun pictures to come. I cut out the skirt for the changing table tonight, and have a crib skirt in the works, as well!