Is Spring finally here?

After getting myself updated on Facebook I realized there has been an excessive amount of Spring posts. Friends and family have been posting their first Spring sprouts. Is Spring finally here?

The weekend @CasaR has been spendt inside….with wind and local showers, playing outside was not an option.

- has Spring arrived where you live?

Pimp my Expedit, part two

A few days ago I posted about pimping up BabyS’ Expedit shelving unit. Coming across the post today, I realized I had forgotten a “small” detail…about the knobs I used for the Expedit door inserts. The knobs that come with the doors are small and simple.

picture of the Expedit knobs, “borrowed” from IKEA

As I felt these were a little boring and too small for children fingers, I went online looking for options. I wound up buying from this Ebayer…crystal-like knobs

 
“crystal knobs”, picture borrowed from ebay

And the result was a more girly Expedit…super cute!

- did you just use the parts that came with your Expedit purchase? or have you done some pimping?

Another hat by TweedyBird

Have you seen the Norwegian Olympic beanie? If not, here is a Norwegian article about the popular accessory (with crocheting pattern suggestion).

The Norwegian Olympic beanie has been all the craze here in Norway lately. The supplier has been sold out of the yarns used for weeks. Well Tjorven posted in their blog, why not knit a similar beanie in angora? and since I just happened to have the yarn the recommended using for this pattern (bought at there clearance sale in February), I thought I would give it a try. An inspired beanie…

Being so sleepy these days, the beanie did take me two (!) evenings to complete. But very happy with the result though…

a turquoise angora beanie for me

The yarn used here was Angora Fino by BC garn. In the color AG04. The yarn can be bought @Tjorven.

- have you knitted the Norwegian Olympic beanie?

Pimp my Expedit

Ages ago BabyS got a 5x5 Expedit shelving unit for her room. As she has gotten a few books that are taller than the 33x33cm cubes allowed, I wound up changing up the layout of the unit.

Normally a 5x5 unit looks like this:

picture borrowed from  www.ikea.no

To get the a cube bigger than the standard 33x33cm I choose to leave out one of the shelving plates in the corner cubes (top right corner). I put in a CD insert in the doubled up corner (unfortunately, this insert is no longer available from IKEA). The corner now looks like this:

I also bough a decal for measuring BabyS as she grows bigger, that I have attached to the side of the shelving unit. As you can see in the picture The decal is bought online, but can’t remember form where…I think it was from Tinydeal though…Here if you want one.

Enough from me tonight…

- Have you made any changes to your IKEA Expedit? Feel free to share

Updated free stuff

With a new baby coming along in June this year I thought I would take the liberty and get me some free stuff. Using my trust blog and a previous post, I thought I would save some time. But my list/post of free baby stuff is obviously alittle dated (being over 2 years old – or “lightyears in www-time”). So I thought I would put together an updated list – for myself and for you.

If you are intrested, you can find my previous post here.

Sorry to my international readers, shipping/pick-up is in Norway only.

This time I’m getting these:

• Rimi barnepakke
• Vitus apotek babypakke Babybaby
• Apotek1 babypakke Babybox
• Libero startboks (you need to register for the Libero club, but in return you get a starter package, @6months  you get an Up&Go starter package and @12months a birthday package)
• Goboken welcome package
• MAM pacifier (sign up is through Facebook, so you need a FB account) Available to recipients in Sweden and Denmark in addition to Sweden!
• Weleda Baby – this one is new to me so not sure what exactly a membership in “Weleda Baby” will result in.

And these I for some reason don’t need ...

• Svangerskapsboken 2013 (I picked up my copy at the clinic where I had a sonogram done. BTW can recommend Majorstuaklinikken the staff there take great care of you)
• Babyshop Sangenic nappy disposal system (you have to register in a Babyshop store as website registration is no longer available, or you can register via Facebook)
• Barnas Hus Angel Care nappy disposal system – though after trying both Babyshop and Barnas Hus I prefere the Babyshop one: not so big and bulky thus stands more sturdy on the floor – and when you run out of the refill thingies, just use a garbage bag)
• Babyglede, just because I’m cheap and don’t want to pay 129NOK i S&H
• Bambino baby spoon (sign up is through Facebook, so you need a FB account)
• Nestle samples (sign up is through Facebook, so you need a FB account) These are samples for babys 6 months +, so no rush in ordering this one yet.
• Sylvanian family. (you need to join the fanclub) I remember these from my childhood, not sure how babyfriendly these are though.
• Lifeline Care Gravid – a 5 day sample of a complete vitamin supplement, dedicated to the first trimester of a pregnancy - just a little too late for me.

No longer available

• BAM trial package
• Life baby package (I never got this one, but as this one consists of alternative brands I hope they bring this one back)

Think that is it from me for this time. Now off to send this blog link to a few pregnant friends

Have a wonderful Wednesday!