Creativity at it’s best

“Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains,  a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil.” - Bernard Mannes Burach

As most of my loyal readers know…I am gearing up for the biggest job of my life…I am having my first child in 5 weeks! I have dreamt of this time my entire life (what little girl doesn’t dream of the big wedding, the dress and being a mom) and am so excited. We have waited a long time for this amazing moment…my husband and I have been together for over 10 years and married 8 years. We have put our career first, travelled, bought fancy cars, eaten out every night-the list goes on and on. And, now it’s time to put one little human being first in our lives. 

So, when putting all the plans in place I have been extremely motivated that everything be perfect!  I set up the photographer, registered, signed up for classes, picked out the name, did my work paperwork…in the first 3 months!  I am ready!!!  (Except the nursery furniture that was ordered months ago finally arrived after being back-ordered.  No worries-it goes up this weekend).

So, when deciding on the nursery…my husband and I decided to be creative.  We both are generally creative people-we have to be working in media-and thought long and hard what our little boy’s room should be like.  Well, as all my loyal readers also know…we love dogs.  And, we want to teach our child the importance of all life and how to treat God’s greatest creatures-animals!

We decided on a dog park theme and hired a very talented muralist (Dan) to paint it.  I collected pictures of family dogs from the past, current friends dogs and of course our two furry children.  I explained the theme and the feel I wanted-soft, water-color’ish and warm.  I wanted every stroke to have meaning.  Even the willow tree is adopted from our first home together-we had our engagment pictures taken under it and it holds many memories of our early years of marriage. I want to be able to share stories about all the animals that will live in the nursery with Baby Balbo-so he will understand how important these precious creatures are in all our lives.  They all have a special meaning and teach a lesson.

And, so Dan went to work-logging about 100 hours in 3 weeks.  The transformation of our once office to a room filled with creativity and love was amazing.  Every night I would go in and check out the progress-it might only be a few additions of color or shading-but it made an amazing difference. 

Creativity began in my husband’s and my minds but grew in Dan’s imagination.  The end result is a beautiful, serene and safe environment for our little baby boy to come home to and learn from.

Did I add we are hoping he will be a veterinarian??  Just kidding!  Enjoy the pictures and get creative today!

Also, you will notice the above picture of Fozzie and Sophie has a sign next to it that reads “blank Dog Park.”  We have covered up the name-we are keeping our baby boy’s name a surprise until he enters the world.  And, below is a picture of Dan the Muralist…the upmost creative individual I have ever met!

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