Years ago when I was in college I purchased a crystal chandelier at Urban Outfitters on sale for about $10. I took it to each new location I moved to until in our new house it was neatly tucked away with no where to be placed...that is until I found out we were having a girl! I immediately thought that it would make the most wonderful mobile after seeing sweet Ashley's crystal mobile tutorial on God Bless Our Nest.
I decided the only embellishment that my existing chandelier needed was a ruffle of coordination fabric to tie it in with the rest of the room. I cut a long 30 inch by 2 inch length of fabric and then created a basting stitch down the middle of the fabric. Once the stitch was completed I simply pulled on one of the treads and created a ruffle which I later went back and evened out the ruffle. Once the ruffle was complete, I hot glued it directly onto the top of my chandelier.
This was right after I adhered the ruffle to the base with hot glue
The mobile hanging up
Once it was hung I didn't feel as though it was delicate enough for the space. The picture doesn't really show this but it block quite a bit of the painting we have hanging over the crib so I decided to head in a different direction and searched Pinterest for inspiration, which is where I found the following images.
I decided to create a mobile from a silver branch I had laying around in our garage as well as some coordinating scrapbook paper.
Here is the final product-
Which one do you like better?
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I decided to create a mobile from a silver branch I had laying around in our garage as well as some coordinating scrapbook paper.
Here is the final product-
Which one do you like better?
Thank so much for stopping by!
XO,
Bailey
