We were standing in the nursery & I had the fishing net from the "Ahoy! It's a Boy!" baby shower in my hand. I was pondering what to do with it. I had thought about linking it from the ceiling to the Nautical Baby Mobile or maybe to a shelf or something...but then my husband's creative genius took over. He said "Why don't you just hang the net up on the wall & put her hairbows on it?" Uhh...whoa. My response of course was, "That's a great idea. Should I double the net over? Should I put it horizontal or vertical? Where on the wall should I put it? Should I put anything else on the net?" His response, "I'm done here. That's all I got." Haha. That's kinda how he is with projects. He will throw out a random, yet great idea & then poof...he's gone. So then I was on my own, but it gave me a chance to think out a DIY that I didn't even know I was going to be thinking out. So here is what I did.
I doubled the net over & pinned it into the wall using flat push pins.
I then added in an anchor & a letter P. The anchor came from Hobby Lobby & I painted it navy with the same paint I used for the Nautical Mobile. The pink P came off of the diaper cake that my sweet friend at work made for me.
I attached the P to the anchor using the clear string that I used to make Peyton's mobile (and Addy's too). I then nailed the anchor to the wall on top of the net.
I had some ceramic white fish that I found on sale at Kirklands and I couldn't find anything to do with them. I decided to attach them to the sides of the net.
I had a shell garland that I had used as decoration across the food table at the "Ahoy! It's a Boy!" baby shower I had thrown for my friend last Spring. It was starting to come apart some from being stored, so I cut off the starfish, sand dollars & shells. I used two of the starfish on the net & the other shells around the rest of the nursery as decorations.
Then all that was left was to attach the bows...
I really love how this turned out & I have to give mad props to the hubby Steve who was the mastermind behind it all. A little teamwork for ya. ; )
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