Mallory's Room

As of this morning, I can now finally say that I am done with Mallory's room. The thing that had me hung up on completing it was what I was going to do about the mobile above her crib. I've never been a fan of the overpriced ones that usually coordinate with the bedding set you order that clip on to the side of the crib, so from the very beginning I told myself that I would make one myself. I set out to search for ideas and came up with quite a few. Only problem was that most of the ones that I really liked were not going to be easy to create. Now it's not like I was looking for the easiest creation out there - because I enjoy creative challenges - I just didn't want to poor a bunch of time and money into something if I wasn't sure it would turn out to be what I wanted. My favorite was an idea that I got from Pottery Barn Kids; the Butterfly Chandelier that was an outrageous $80. Not only would I never pay that much money for a mobile, Mallory's theme is not butterflies so it wouldn't have matched anyway. But in looking at it, it really looked like something I could make for much less and then I would be able to choose the colors and design I wanted.


So about a month ago when my mom came down for a girl's weekend we went over to Michaels to get the supplies. When I got about half way done putting the items on my list in the cart, I paused and started thinking realistically - this was going to be a much more time-consuming project than I thought. Knowing that I was going to be extremely busy with events at work until I left for maternity leave, I decided it wasn't worth stressing myself out over a mobile. So I put everything back and went with my second choice - tissue paper pom poms from good ol' Martha Stewart. And though mine look slightly different than Martha's, I'm still pleased with the results.

Every time I go upstairs and pass by Mallory's room, it makes me smile. I can't wait to share it with her; even though I know that she'll have no concept of its design. Seeing as I'll be spending a lot of my time in there for the first few months, it might as well be a place that we can both enjoy!