Shadowboxes and scrapbooks are excellent ways to hang on to those little items, photos and knick-knacks that we hold so dear. This kitschy, simple tutorial that I spied over at Giddy Giddy is all of those things wrapped up in one… plus it doubles as fantastic wall art!

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I'm a recent follower and avid reader of Holly Neufeld's craft-tacular family blog, {creat*loves}, and when I saw this DIY Baby Mobile tutorial go up I immediately contacted her about letting us borrow it to share it with you awesome folks!

This tutorial is actually ultra simple and uses just a few inexpensive crafting supplies that you may already have laying around: felt, buttons, embroidery hoops, yarn, needle and thread. And don't stop at flowers… think of spaceship shapes, circles and triangles, bugs and birds, monsters, jungle animals. There are just SO MANY possibilities!

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One of my favorite features on OBM is the "pimp my kids room" posts — I'm a big into interior design and kids rooms are some of the coolest decorating spaces.

That's why, when I saw these cool chalkboard wall stickers, I immediately thought they'd be a a fun addition to a child's room.

Apply these over-sized wall stickers to any clean, dry surface; then write on 'em with ordinary chalk. And then a damp cloth wipes it all away for another day.

A+R has a bunch of cool designs in various animal shapes…

And I got curious, so I took my search elsewheres and found a lot of other great chalkboard wall decals to fit all different types of kids…

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With some compromise and some creativity you can make even the biggest "night and day" differences between two kids sharing a space feel celebrated.

I have two stepdaughters. They don't live with us full time. And this summer they drove me absolutely INSANE. They fought all summer due to lack of personal space & feeling like people view them as a solid unit as opposed to individuals. They're in that place, developmentally, where they REALLY need to have their own individual identity. And in my fit of insanity I decided we could give that to them. Here's how we managed to turn one room into two decided separate spaces for two decided separate young women…

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Found this bad boy over at Greenwala. Apparently a proud grandpa upcycled his old Vespa into this amazing gift for his grandson, Diego. (Love that name, it's my first child's name… and by "first child," I mean my cat. A cat who's "grandpa" will never make him anything this cool.)

For more photos and info check out the original post here: Snappy Vespa Scooter Recycled Into Child's Rocking Horse.

Ariel's post last week about turning her closet into a nursery got me thinking…How else can you creatively use the space you have when you have kids?

My husband and I currently live in a small 3 bedroom house, and we hope to have at least three children. Who we'll have to cram into one room.

The solution for us is going to lie in the liberal use of bunk beds and, as it turns out, that means way more fun anyway! Check out these cool (and totally copy-able, if you've got skills like that) bunk bed designs:

I mean yeah, this shuttle bunk bed design is awesome, but with just a bit of tweaking it could easily become an Imperial Shuttle. Star Wars bedroom, anyone?

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