I knew the decision to have children would change my life. The 1st time it really started to impact me was, believe it or not, selecting furniture for our first baby’s nursery. The whole house was decked out with pretty furniture, clean modern lines and edgy artworks, where did a colorful play house fit into that? I was anxious to give my baby a normal adolescence, but could I do it without giving up the look of my place?

Of course I knew that metal sculptures probably would not be the best nursery accessory, especially by the point this little one was up and running. So I turned to some more conventional ways of decoration. I found a brilliant carpenter who was a year away from retirement and made his final days a great challenge! From a toy box with complicated woodcarving to lovable carvings lining the cot, I fit attractive detail in where ever I could.

During my first trip to the local baby store, I was let down. I had been expecting a huge range, more than I could see in a day. Unfortunately I was in a tiny town and we were fortunate to have only 2 baby stores. So I started searching the web and before long I found precisely what I was after. From inspiring 2nd hand pieces that just needed a coat of French polish to be functional to fashionable toys in bronzes, it was all out there on the internet.

Nearly nine months in I had acquired pretty much everything, from cloth nappies (and on a last thought disposable nappies) to all the many standard baby accessories. The baby shower endowed me with a huge variety of meticulous and lovingly picked gifts, from boutique crayons and gift certificates for bassinets to disposable nappies. But the best gift of all was a baby sculpture kit from my sister in law, a kit I could not wait to use.

After a problem free birth, I brought my adorable daughter home for the 1st time. Right before her first bath at home, my husband and I made some of the best baby sculptures I have ever seen. Her tiny feet and hands all fit on the same bit of clay! Then we had to break out a canvas and our newly acquired body paints for another initiation rite, bum prints!

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