Over the last few weeks I've been focusing my attention on room details, mainly wall decor, hence today's post featuring some of my favorite new Etsy stops, which I stumbled upon on one of my many treasure hunts dot com.
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I posted about this a couple weeks ago, before it arrived in the mail and I framed it, but wanted to post it again. For those with friends, expecting twin girls, this would make such a lovely gift. So tasteful and warm and loving - it makes me feel happy just looking at it:
$16 via The Little Chickadee
After purchasing the twin print I combed Etsy for "happy animal art" and found this incredible shop - all prints are hand-painted one-of-a-kind on recycled pages & newspapers. I put several prints in my cart before deciding on the deer, to match the deer curtains, and the elephant... to match nothing.
$10, via Coco de Paris
(also) $10, via Coco de Paris
I bought frames and mats at Aaron Brothers (one cent sale!) and put them together myself. The framed prints ended up costing a total of twenty-eight dollars each. Total score for original artwork. All of her stuff is amazing, btw. I dare you not to fall in love with these prints. Not to mention the fact that she included an EXTRA print (free of charge! for no reason other than kindness!) that I LOVE and is currently hanging above my desk in my office:
On her website, she writes:
"My world is a fantasy,
to create my prints I use a blender:
I put inside my own original artwork,
some vintage ephemera,
some illusion,
some reality,
some past,
some future,
a lot of imagination,
I switch on the blender and you know what comes out of it?
Coco de Paris!"
to create my prints I use a blender:
I put inside my own original artwork,
some vintage ephemera,
some illusion,
some reality,
some past,
some future,
a lot of imagination,
I switch on the blender and you know what comes out of it?
Coco de Paris!"
How sweet is that?
After hanging both pieces on either side of the french doors (sorry about the poor photo quality, took the above shot with my cell), I feared the elephant might be lonely up in its frame with no elephant friends. So? I went back to Anthropologie this week (surprise!) and bought "Elliot" an "Ellie":
I also bought the Gazelle. Because, I had to. Because a room for twins requires some symmetry, I think. And the gazelle, I thought would look really lovely between the canvas and deer on balloons:
I painted the "I love you" canvas (with acrylics + stencils)
Yes, gazelles are different than deer but they can hang out harmoniously and look over the babies as a team. Plus, I kind of love that the room is becoming a confused mish-mosh of animals + music & literary references. (The records with the babies' names arrived from Ebay and are mounted above the changing table.) The elephant looks like she's smiling:
Several of you asked about dresser knobs, so I'm going to list the ones that are still available for purchase (several were sale-bin purchases and are unavailable online!)
Brilliant Blossom - $10, Anthropologie
Calico owl (everyone's favorite knob) $12 - Anthropologie
....especially Fable's.
The rug was a hand-me-down from one of my besties, Bethany, who was like, "that Ikea rug you want? I have one in my garage!" It's also available here for $49 at Ikea.
The nursery is getting SO close, you guys! Can't wait to share the bumpers + blankets my mom's been working on these last few weeks. (Spoiler Alert: they're beyond gorgeous.)
In the meantime, have a great weekend!
GGC
*Nursery in Progress, Chapter Three is here.
