craftgrrl | Alex's room. Post 2 of 3 (Reply)

This is for all of you ladies that wanted to see what my daughter's butterfly room looked like. I still have to suspend butterflies from her ceiling coming from the window. First is the

I bought small feather butterfles from a dollar store. They came 2-3 in a pack depending on size. They have a long piece of thin wire on the backs of them. I threaded this through the slats in the closet door and bent the wire back and forth to make a weighted hook for the butterfly to stay in place. The butterflies are very light so I did not need to add any extra weight for support. That project was very easy.

Next is the

. I bought purple cotton fabric and sheer purple butterfly ribbon to make them. Everyone does it different. They are basic tab top curtians. They have an four inch doubled over hem at the top and bottom and a two inch doubled over hem at the sides. The width of the tabs is 4 inches. I forget the length. I made the tabs in a tube fashion and then ironed them flat so the seam was on the back. When folded over to make the tabs the seam on the inside. Before attaching the tabs to the curtian I cut pieces of the butterfly ribbon the same length as the tabs and top stiched them into place. The curtian rod is a bronze finsh with leaf finials the hold backs are matching with the rod with larger leafs. The small table and chairs that you see in front are from target. They are white with a rich plum uphostery. Very french garden which is the point of her room.

Next are the simple decorations. The

is from JCPenny's. The posts unscrew as well as the finials. My mom bought this crib for us as well as the butterfly finials and the butterfly dresser knobs. There are also heart ones for both the crib and dresser. They match the butterfly and heart bedding that my mom purchased also. The crib is convertable into a day bed when she gets a bit older. I do plan on making her a can can bed skirt fully fluffed with sparkle tulle in lots of shades. The

is mine from when I was a child. It has a short removeable railing trim at top for a changing table. The curves in the railing match wonderful to the curves of the bed, table, chairs and tox box. The dresser still has some of the brass knob on it. I have yet to change over all of the knobs to the heart butterfly set. Above the dresser I hung these

that I bought from an import store that is local to Richmond, VA. They are handpainted from Mexico. There is

high up above the toy box and in between the door and the crib. There are Amy brown fairies hanging from 4 of the peg hooks. I picked these up from an antiques and gifts shop during a shopping trip. I have a few more but haven't found a great home for them in this room. These are the season fairies (Winter, Fall, Summer, and Spring- in that order left to right). The large frog and small frog were bought from the same import store as the metal butterflies. The blue fairy is from Hallmark and it a Christmas tree topper. The shelf was bought from a national discount store. The

in the floor I made by just squaring off fabric the same as the folded once width of a uncut piece of fabric.

Okay that's if for my creativity on her room for now. She's only 1 so, she's got a long life for me to help her decorate.

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