Aunt Bear

I should tell you now that I am an aunt.  I have a precious niece who just turned three - Lily Brae.

Amazing photo of Lily by Kayla Bradford Photography

AND I have a second niece, but she is still in the oven. :)  Margo Elizabeth is expected to arrive in early October.  Of course, I don't have any pictures of her, yet.  BUT stick around and you will see some in the future.

While Lily was on the way, we all discussed what she might call us as she was growing up.  Somebody threw out the idea of calling me Aunt Bear.  Dad calls me Bear all the time (short for Claire Bear...not because I resemble a bear in any way.  At least, I hope I don't).  Aunt Bear seemed to stick.  Every member of my family has always called me Aunt Bear while Lily is around.  So, she does, indeed, call me Bear.  My FAVORITE thing is that she often refers to me as HER Bear. - "Will you give this to my Bear?" - I just eat it up.

SO...while Sarah was pregnant, we all collaborated on how we could make Lily's room the best baby room ever.  Color schemes were chosen, fabric stores were searched, creative artwork was dreamed up.

One of my favorite projects for Lily's room was creating some wall art out of 

these old cabinet doors from a piece of furniture that was re-purposed.  I was 

told that we wanted something displaying Lily's name, and something with birds.

*Excuse the not-so-great picture quality*

Name art, from an old cabinet door.

Red and yellow, black and white...

I was pretty happy with how they turned out.  Another project I was involved in was making Lily's bedding.  It was the first baby bedding I had ever made, and I must say, it's a bit addictive.  Mommies are always wanting original stuff for their nurseries, and you will be seeing more "baby" work from me very soon.  This is where it all started.  My sister Leanne and I actually worked on this bedding together.  I loved having a partner.  It always makes the process SO much faster.  We were very proud of the finished product.  Again, this is not the best picture ever, but you get the idea.

Love the colors and patterns Sarah picked out.

We also made some curtains, but I don't seem to have any decent pictures of them.  However, now you can see the beginning of my obsession with making things for baby rooms.  I just finished a project that I have not had a chance to take pictures of yet, and am starting up a whole new set.  So, you have some things to look forward to!

My duties as an aunt never seem to end, and I love every second of it!  I can't wait to meet Margo and brag about her as much as I do about Lily.