All about Lillian

I am obsessed with my little girl. I miss her when I'm away from her. Every decision I make I think about her. It's true what parents say about the kind of love you have when you have your own baby. It's unconditional and so overwhelming sometimes. I never knew I could love someone so much until Lillian came into my life. I am just so happy that I am her mommy... forever. I wonder how it'll be like when we give her a sibling! 

Anyways, here are photos of Lillian from this weekend. 

I literally had to buy more storage because I take too many photos!

Goodnight. 

DIY boho teepee

Lately I've been more inspired than ever to finish decorating Lillian's room. Now that her changing table is put away, there's more space. 

I've been eyeing this floral land of nod teepee for quite sometime now but couldn't justify paying for it. 

Therefore I did the next best thing, went to my local Home Depot and fabric outlet and voila - done!

Lillian's loves it and we use it as her new changing area, play house and reading nook. I even made DIY throw pillows for the inside!

What you need:

4 6ft wooden dowels cut to size from Home Depot- $12

5 yards of canvas fabric- $30

4 plastic table leg ends- $6 from Home Depot

I used my old red cloth belt to tie all the poles together and an old white drawstring for the ties in the front. 

1. Tie the top of all the wooden dowels and stretch out each leg until it is your desired size teepee. 

2. Measure the bottom of one leg to the other. All spaces between each leg should be the same for consistency. 

3. Measure out length, height and width of one triangle side and cut fabric to measurements. Cut 4 triangles total. Make sure to utilize as much fabric as possible. 

4. With extra long pieces of fabric, cut 4 rectangles measuring the length of one side of each triangle and about 5-8 inches in width depending on the dowel width size you bought. 

5. Fold the rectangle piece in half nice side out and sew the two ends together. 

6. Sandwich the sewn end of the rectangle in between two triangle ends with the nice side of the triangles facing inwards and sew all 3 piece together. 

7. Repeat for all pieces. 

8. For the last triangle before you sew it onto the rest, measure out the middle and cut an opening from the bottom to midway. This will be the opening of the teepee. Next fold the frayed edges inward and sew it in. 

9. Compete the teepee by sewing the final triangle in. 

10. Slide each leg of the teepee skeleton into each rectangle opening. Then fan out your teepee and re-tie the wooden poles together. 

11. Slip on the table ends to each leg of the teepee and voila!!!

Lillian loves this play teepee and we have been using it every night to read books before bed... and yes it's big enough for both her and I to snuggle and read together. 

Also, with my left over fabric I put it in an ikea frame for decor as well & will hang it somewhere in the room. I love this print!