LOVE your child’s room walls with a little Poster candy from Made By Girl. Jennifer Ramos‘ LOVE Candy collection of posters in tangerine, grapefruit, mint, lemon, watermelon, and cotton candy couldn’t be any sweeter.

Learn your ABC’s and your name. No wonder why Jen’s ABC KIDS is her most popular poster. One can personalize it with their child’s name, “Love” or “Amor” and even customize color. A wonderful addition to any nursery!

And just a bonus if you are from, like or named Brooklyn. All hip posters and fabulous card collection are made by one cool girl!

Tags: Personalized, Wall Art

Welcome to Fall, October and most importantly Breast Cancer Awareness month. The next time you shop, “Think Pink!” A great number of boutiques and online retailers are donating a portion of their proceeds this month to support the cause. We thought we would highlight a few special items so when buying a little something for the wee one, you too are contributing to the fight!

The Moses Basket - A handy tool for a precious newborn. We think it also makes an impressive shower gift to fill with goodies. Once baby grows, it’s a terrific basket to store stuffed animals and baby dolls.

Project Nursery of course endorses Project Pink. How could we not? Add to your bathroom’s decor with a little pink rub-a-dub-dub in the tub!

Support breast cancer awareness in a surprisingly sweet way with this innovative baking set sold for $14.99 at Target!

Registering for a Jogger? Look to the Schwinn Hope Single Jogging Stroller in support of Breast Cancer Awareness.

Go beyond decorating your kids ceiling with stars, Stand Up To Cancer and buy a star within our universe’s constellation for $1.

And we can’t forget a little something for Mom! Enjoy Bobbi Brown’s exclusive, limited-edition set featuring Pink Quartz Glitter Lip Gloss and Tulle Lip Color.

Tags: Bassinet, Bath, Gifts, Pink

Congratulations to NANETTE of “Say It, Don’t Spray It” for winning our Share Forum Giveaway valued at $1000! Nanette is due in just 17 days and this could send her into early labor!

Thank you all for your participation. We were delighted with the number of entries and 100 new forum members! Please stay tuned for more wonderful Project Nursery giveaways and prizes.

We look forward to continuing our conversations with you in our Share Forum!

Tags: Winners

It’s so fun to know that Project Nursery is being enjoyed by people from around the globe. A reader from Amsterdam recently sent us a really supportive email (so nice, thanks!) and introduced us to a local baby bedding company called Kikebu. Kikebu’s style is simple, fresh and original. Their philosophy is to make life easier for parent and baby through products that are practical, elegant and attractive. They say, “Babies deserve to be loved and surrounded by happiness, that is why we design, produce and select  the best and most attractive products, trying to create a happy, cozy world around them.”

Besides the bright and cheerful crib sets I really like the hooded towels. Its tough to find a great hooded towel that’s not too cutesy or adorned with animal ears. Also check out the changing mats. The cool modern prints are a fun change from the typical ugly black nylon ones that come with most baby bags.

Tags: Bedding, Gear

I used to take great pride in my business cards from back in my “working” days. They were something special - Double thick, textured, two-toned, embossed with copper foil and card stock like a brick on the spectrum of paper lbs. While my old career path is currently on hold and the cards are now used for a game of “52 card pick up” with my toddler, I have learned to channel my love of stationary into ordering special occasion and note cards. And there’s nothing more special or stunning than letterpress…

Debra Saba, owner and creative director at Luxe Expressions recently introduced me to her lovely line of letterpress. She also took the time to answer some questions I thought our readers may like to know:

Why is letterpress more expensive and is it worth it? Yes, Letterpress is special and because of the nature (each piece is pressed one by one by hand and by color to get the ink indention), they are on the higher price point than for Offset printing. However, we offer both print methods here at Luxe Expressions.  We do love Letterpress though. You can say the simplest things and it looks fabulous inked into soft cotton papers. Any baby design can be done in Letterpress or Offset and one can add embellishments with bows and other items to make them truly unique.

What is it like working with Luxe Expressions “Couture”? We are a couture design studio and our online pieces are used for inspiration but we find that for our baby clients, most people just want to change colors, names (of course), fonts, etc. For all things baby, we design baby shower invites, baby coasters, baby thank you cards, mommy calling cards, birth announcements, and family holiday cards. Luxe Expressions has endless possibilities for you to welcome the little one with style! Ask our design team how you can customize one of the collections you’ve seen on our site or work with them to custom-design a piece especially for you. Reach us by calling 770.424-6192 or email us at hello@luxeexpressions.com.  We will work up a quote, send an invoice, and begin the design process.  We will guide Project Nursery readers through the entire process.

Good News! Luxe Expressions is currently offering Project Nursery readers Baby Announcements and Baby Thank You Cards at 30% off for 1 or 2 ink colors through December 25^th.  In addition, our readers will receive 20% off family holiday cards in 1 or 2 ink colors. Designs must be in letterpress to qualify for the discount.  Offset printing is also available upon request.   Please use code LUXE4PN when contacting Luxe Expressions to apply the savings.

Tags: Announcements, Discounts, Letterpress, Stationary

Lately, the vinyl wall decal has been given a bad rap. I recently read some design blogs where readers expressed how they are totally over trend. Maybe it’s because they don’t have kids? Project Nursery believes you can’t beat the convenience and ease of removal it provides for your child’s room or rental home. There are so many wonderful vinyl wall decal creators and companies out there. I feel like I am discovering a new one almost daily which makes the selection process incredibly difficult. The tree is a super gender-neutral design for any nursery or big kid room. Here’s a little tree decal round up and I am asking for you be the judge. Do you like them? Which one do you like best?

1. notNeutral: Season at Design Public
2. DaliDecals: Lots of Circles Tree
3. Badass Custom Decals: Swirly Tree
4. Vinyl Wall Art: Tree Decal
5. Studio JK: Perfect Tree
6. Badass Custom Decals: Tall Tree Waving in the Wind
7. Curly Cue Wall Decals: Tree & Birdies
8. DaliDecals: Giant tree with falling leaves
9. Elephannie: Funky Tree Decal
10. DaliDecals: Tree with leaves blowing in the wind
11. Sodeco: Aspen Twins
12. Hutch Me: Set of Modern Trees

PS: Our Share Forum Giveaway ends October 1st 11:59pm pst. Don’t forget to enter to win!

Tags: Decals, Tree

Congrats to blogging friends Tiny Decor for launching their entirely eco-friendly boutique this month! Tiny Decor promotes “naturally modern” nurseries and they do so with great style and fresh designs. What better way to kick off your eco-friendly nursery or playroom with inspiration boards from their Nursery Design Guide created by owner and designer, Jackie Hernandez.  The beauty of the boards goes beyond it’s modern design…All of the items featured maybe purchased directly from Tiny Decor for one stop shop convenience!

Tags: Baby Nurseries, Eco-Friendly, Furniture, Playroom, Toddler Rooms

We were delighted to introduce you to Nicole Worth and family a few months back. You made it known that you were just as delighted to view their son’s incredible modern nursery. And like us, you thought, “Hmmm? Do I dare copy this look? Is it really difficult?” So without further adieu, Nicole shares with us her mural making secrets and you don’t have to be a graphic designer after all…

Melisa at Project Nursery asked me to write a how-to on creating our alphabet mural for a nursery, and I am happy to oblige!  Being that my husband and I went to art school during the days when hand-lettering was a class, we decided to create a mural that not only reflected our son’s crib bedding but also let us take a step back-in-time and put our hand-lettering skills to the test.  Although we built our mural using alphabet letters, any design can be created to get the same effect.

Here’s how we did it:

We started the process by figuring out which colors worked best for our design.  Knowing we wanted to use a color that went with the Dwell Studio Bedding we chose, we decided on blue.  Using BEHR paint from Home Depot, we chose three shades of blue:  the base color- which covered all the walls- is Cumberland Fog and the other two colors-Little Dipper and Silver Strand-are a lighter hue and a darker hue of this same blue shade.

After painting our wall with the base color we started creating the design for our mural.  Being graphic designers, we decided to use Adobe Illustrator to layout our design. Knowing we were going to use two different color values, we designed the mural to have an overlapping effect for interest and depth.

Once completed, we then printed out the design and used this printout as the stencil for the wall.  Using a projector in the room, we projected the printout on the wall and proceeded to outline the design very lightly with a colored pencil.  Luckily enough my husband has an amazingly steady hand so he was able to handle all the large straight lines without a straight-edge.

Once the design was transferred to the wall, the real fun begins.  Using varying size paintbrushes, the design was then outlined in paint. Since we used two different shades, the light color was put down first so that the dark could overlap it.  After the light shade was all outlined, we used a small paint roller to fill in the color.  Waiting till the light color was dry, we then proceeded to outline and fill in the remaining letters with our darker color.

All in all it’s a simple procedure used in creating the mural.  A steady hand with a paint brush was the hardest trick, but the design can truly be translated into anything you want!

Nicole is kind enough to answer any questions and can be contact directly at nicole{at}formcode{dot}com. Stay tuned for more information on the official launch of FormBaby toward the end of this year.  FormBaby will offer one-of-a-kind wall art and designs especially for baby which answers our second most popular question, “Where can I get that monkey wall art?”

Thank you to Nicole and her beautiful family. We look forward to seeing more of your great designs!

Tags: Alphabet, Blue, DIY, Murals, Paint

Hi Friends, Subscribers and Guests,

Just a friendly reminder that we are hosting our biggest giveaway yet ($1,000 value)! There’s just one week left and we hope you tell your family, friends, loved ones and anyone else with child! Visit our generous sponsors and comment back on the original post for an entry. For additional entry opportunities (x5!), ask a question or answer one on our new Share Forum. The conversations have been lots of fun and we couldn’t be more thrilled - Thank you, thank you!

We look forward to hearing from you and to bringing you more “Inspiring Kid Design!”

XO,

Melisa & Pam

Tags: Giveaways

We were so pleased that Elizabeth Brantely, former TV and film production designer and all around dynamo mom, shared her daughter Trixie’s nursery with us. The nursery has a vintage elegance which makes sense considering its inspiration came from a place rich in history: family heirlooms. Many of the elements in the nursery are items from Elizabeth’s great-grandparents. Elizabeth and her husband Steve had a tall order when they set out to remodel the room designated to be the nursery in their 1916 bungalow. After the initial floor work and painting (a color called “Pinkish”) was complete, Elizabeth’s vision was a room centered around three important pieces: a painted chest of drawers, a set of vintage cabbage rose curtains and a rescued iron chandelier. These pieces had sentimental meaning to Brantley and it was important for her to be able to reuse things she loved rather than purchase everything new.

The nursery was a labor of love for the couple and they quickly became dedicated to creating a sweet and cozy (but not too frilly) place for their daughter to also love. Great-grandma’s rose curtains were hung in place of a sliding closet door and Simply Shabby Chic curtains were added to the windows. Instead of a glider, Elizabeth chose to use a mission rocking chair with a handmade needlepoint pillow. The crib linens are a variety of prints by Amy Coe.

The art is where this nursery really gets personal. Did we mention that Elizabeth has her own online shop, Kistner Supply, which features a new product line, Mother Stork’s Baby Art? Two of these prints hang over Trixie’s crib along with her mother’s baby quilt. In addition, Elizabeth hung framed silhouettes of she and her husband as children and shadow boxes which display bonnets from three generations of Brantely women. So smart! Also, don’t miss Kistner Supply’s Cashmere Chime Balls. They are just adorable! A big thank you goes out to Elizabeth for sharing Trixie’s beautiful and sweet nursery filled with wonderful family history. And if you want to read more about Elizabeth, Steve and Trixie’s lovely home, check out the entire home tour on our friend Cookie’s blog.

Tags: Baby Nurseries, Lighting, Vintage, Wall Art