Mara's Big Girl Room

Hans came over and helped us by putting up Mara's new wall paper. The stripes are only on the wall behind Mara's bed, and the other three walls are pink on top, green on bottom.

We started out with a quilt from Cade's grandmother (possibly made by his great-grandmother), but I took it off the bed once I saw signs of wear in the fabrics. Now, she has an afghan made by his great-grandmother. It's pink and green, but the colors don't really go. We're still considering what to do for bedding, but I hate to not use the nice heirloom blanket, either.

We put three shelves back up to hold some of the nice toys and pictures. The big Raggedy Ann doll was a gift to me from my mother, handmade by a co-worker. The small Raggedy Ann doll is an antique from Cade's grandmother.

Here's Mara with her own mini Ikonostasi. We have a big family one down stairs. This one has our family's very first icon of the Theotokos, a gift from John and Tiffany; a gift to Mara from Father Dimitri of a guardian angel with a girl; an icon of St. Anna with the Theotokos, from Kh. Michelle; and an icon of the Nativity, which Mara received at her baptism. There are also four small icons I purchased for Mara when she began preschool: Archangels Gabriel and Michael, two of the Theotokos (in red and blue), and one of another saint I do not remember, but I think is St. Dimitri. There's also a plain old picture of a nativity and a cross Mara painted at my mother's church.
This is the wall opposite Mara's bed. We bought the two smaller flower pictures first, then got the blue butterfly and green dragonfly from Peir 1 Kids, later. I also bought the butterfly hooks from Peir 1 Kids. We put it all together and I'm very please with how it came together. On the first hook is an icon of the Theotokos mounted on a small stone, and on the last hook is Mara's baptismal cross, which I only allow her to wear on Sundays.

The room is supposed to be a pink and green fairy theme, but so far, it boasts more butterflys than fairies. When I finally find some fairy elements to bring in, I think I'll call it a fairy garden room.