A while back I told you guys that we had ordered a wall decal for our nursery. For the past month it’s been sitting in its tube staring at me, waiting for me to do something with it. The whole point of a decal is that is supposed to be quick and easy to do right? For some reason it scared me.
Sarah and I had planned to do it last weekend, but after looking at the instructions we enlisted Casey to help us at least get started.
Good thing we solicited some extra help – it was a little more involved than I had originally anticipated!
We started with the tree trunk base…
While Sarah cut decal pieces apart and served as official photographer.
The trunk goes up. Decal excitement begins!
Indy was a little nervous about the whole process. He isn’t quite sure what to make of the nursery just yet.
But apparently he did not find it to be as exciting as I did.
Matching the delicate branches up to the tree base was the hardest part. Ten million points to Casey for doing this flawlessly.
Sarah and I watched and cheered from the nursery floor.
Once the tree base was finished, little birdies were placed. Ladies, I tell ya. Nothing melts a heart more than watching your husband put birdie decals on the wall for his unborn baby boy. Seriously, nothing.
While dad applied birds, mom cut out leaves.
But we called it a day because it was late and we were all hungry. Very good progress for day one!
A few days later, Sarah and I picked up where Casey left off. He took care of the trees and birds, so we took charge of the leaves.
It looks like it would be as simple as sticking on a sticker, but it didn’t quite work that way. There were multiple layers that needed to be peeled away, and a mini squeegee was involved. Fun stuff.
Sarah and I spent waaaaay too much time deciding on letter placement, making sure we didn’t accidentally spell something weird.
While we worked, we also danced and sang to a totally awesome 90s boy band Pandora playlist. I assure you, two people have never had this much fun applying a wall decal.
The big brothers supervised. (Ugly car accident scar, boooo.)
And with the final placement of a flying bird in the corner…
It was DONE! Doesn’t it look adorable? I am so proud. Twenty points to the first person who can spot the secret message in the trees… There are two intentional hidden words (and a few unintentional ones – whoops!).
We are one step closer to finishing our nursery, and with every project I get more and more excited! You can see our other easy dresser drawer project over on Babble.
Now we just need the glider to arrive so that we can finally put the room together! Thirteen weeks to go, and I have a feeling they are going to go quickly…
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It looks wonderful Emily! Great job to the three of you My inner 16 year old thinks rocking out to NSync sounds like a party :D
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Huey and Indy!!
The decal looks great! I have a decal too…putting it up was definitely not as easy as I thought it was going to be.
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Emily Malone Reply:
July 18th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
Twenty points!! I tried to keep it subtle but still have fun with it. :)
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Eve Reply:
July 18th, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Aw man, I thought I had one pegged with ‘windy’. Love the dog names!
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Love the wall decal and *NSync!
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The decal looks fab.
I love the teeny tiny clothes hanging up in the wardrobe too!
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Hahaha I found “nerdy” and “swine” :p I love it!
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Love your tree decal!! I wish mine filled up the wall more, like your’s does, but still love it nonetheless :)
Did you get the Dutailer glider, too? I keep going up and sitting in mine. So ridiculously comfy :)
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Emily Malone Reply:
July 18th, 2011 at 7:28 pm
I did! Looks like the same one from your nursery post. :) I want mine to get here soooon, but I think it’s going to take quite a bit longer…
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Aww, love that the big brothers Huey and Indy are in there! Great job!
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Huey and Indy! Awesome! They should love the room now since they’re represented! :~)
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i see bat and nerd!
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Mama Pea Reply:
July 18th, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Those are the only two I saw too!
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QUERY is in there too!
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Emily Malone Reply:
July 18th, 2011 at 7:42 pm
JQUERY! Total accident – we spotted it afterwards. :)
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It looks wonderful! I cheated and saw what Katie Jo said so I didn’t figure it out :) If you stretch, you can find “run” and “love” too
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Huey & Indy!
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too cute! :)
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I spot Indy and Huey!! Too cute, I absolutely love it :)
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Before all the leaves were put up, I was wondering if you seriously put up a tree just for Twitter birds. :P
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Emily Malone Reply:
July 18th, 2011 at 7:42 pm
Haha they do look like Twitter birds!! Definitely not the intention though. :)
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Jessi @ Quirky Cookery Reply:
July 18th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Hehe, yeah, after the rest of it was put together, I didn’t even notice them as such. But the first one? Oh yeah, definitely Twitter connections, lol.
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I see Indy and Huey! So cute!! :)
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Super cute. I cheated and looked in the comments for the words!
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too cute, love it!
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You also have thunder!
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Emily Malone Reply:
July 18th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Omg I hadn’t seen that one! It’s like a word search! Love it.
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Looks great! You guys did a great job!
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The decal is SO precious! It looks really lovely and you’re absolutely glowing. Congrats on the impending arrival!
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This is beautiful, and so adorable! :)
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Win doc
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So adorable! I love the pupps names in there. I’m sure you’ll be finding words all the time for a while! ;)
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Bath math swine windy winery find
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I see Indy and Huey in there!
Looks great, love the decal :)
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I spotted Indy right away and now I see Huey too. Great job! Do you have textured or flat walls? Cause ours are textured and I held off on decals because I wasn’t sure it would stick properly.
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Gah! That has to be one of the cutest things I have ever seen! Great job!! :)
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I couldn’t stop the words myself but I peeked in the comments. :)
I love the shirt you are wearing in the last picture (and in some of the ones before it). SO cute!!! It kind of matches the room, too.
I’ve really enjoyed following your pregnancy. It makes me know what to expect more know when I found out I was going to become an aunt (so excited).
I know you will both be great parents! :D Can’t wait for Baby C to arrive.
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Audrey Reply:
July 18th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
I meant “*spot* the words”…not *stop*
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Love it! It looks great!
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INDY + HUEY!!!!!!!
Oh darn, I wasn’t the first!
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That is so cute! It’s bigger than I thought it was going to be. How much was that? I wonder if that saves you a lot of money versus buying and framing some art pieces. It’s definitely different and beautifully unique.
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It looks so good, I love it!
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This is beautiful and unique, I love it! You guys did a wonderful job. At first I thought the hidden word was Cody!
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I see “INDY”…
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…and there’s HUEY…
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…and of course, “QUERY”, your no-longer secret third dog…
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Hi there, new reader here! I came across your blog after seeing retweets and #FF on twitter :)
I’m also pregnant and a runner, so I love following your progress! And that wall decal is super cute. My husband and I have been thinking of doing some kind of trees theme in the nursery, too.
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I love it! I love how you put the dogs names on there!! My initals are also on there… BAT :)
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The room looks great!!! I can’t get over it. :)
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Aww :) I love how you incorporated the dogs’ names into the tree. It makes something so simple so personal! Looks great!
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I see “Huey” and “Indy” in there!
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That looks awesome and the hidden words are fun! I think “query” and “nerd” were subconscious ones! Did you buy on Etsy? I don’t remember. The letters and numbers theme is super awesome.
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I see puppy names!! I tried to find a baby boy name, but failed. It looks great though!
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Um. I will come babysit every day. First of all, that wall decal is adorable ( you have good taste ) and you listen to 90′s boy bands. You are going to have one amazing child.
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Wow I didn’t realize they were so in-depth. I wanted to do a wall decal in my kitchen but I have yet to find something I love. The nursery is coming out adorable!
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Love the decal! So cute you put Indy and Huey in there. I also found “find” and “finder”.
I’m wearing those same shorts right now :)
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Indy and Huey! Saw them right away :-) Love that you hid their names in the tree. The whole thing looks fantastic!
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The first word I saw was “bat”. Love the decal — you might could use it as a personality test of sorts. Whichever word you see first describes your personality? No? ha!
It looks so good! Good choice on the Pandora station! ;)
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I see the word BATH in there too. It looks great.
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Too too adorable!
I love rocking out to boy bands. It keeps me young. :-)
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Nice Decal. i see the words BAT and NERD!
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I see Nerd and Bat! Something tells me those are the unintentional ones!
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This is one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen in a nursery!
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Huey & Indy! Super cute!
(I intentionally didn’t look at the comments so I could figure it out by myself!)
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Nicely done! I love that you included your other two babies in the decal. ;)
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Really cute decal! It went on really smoothly!
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Love your decal. Is it sad that I could totally see that in my own room? (No, we have no nursery, or even kids on the way. Ooops.)
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I had so much fun. I found 11 words. Great, fantastic idea putting Indy and Huey’s names on the tree. I was wondering if the baby’s name would be on the tree also. Are you naming him Ren!
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i see math!
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love it! it looks so great. :)
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I see “windy” and “thunder”! Cute decal. :)
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Definitely found, emily – casey – huey – indy – malone. I’m guessing baby’s name is in there too! Such a cute decal. Good thing you don’t have textured walls!
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Looks amazing!!
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Y’all did a great job with the wall decal. It’s so cute :)
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Score one for your extended family – Huey and Indy…sent by El, Baby Garnish Boy’s Great Aunt!!!!
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So beautiful, i love the birds and the colours and the leaves, at first i thought you were starting to spell out baby boys name :)
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Hmm….C for cody?!
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I spy Indy and Huey in there! So cute!
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I found “find” and “red”…I love the wall decal! I’m on the hunt for ones for my apartment. there are so many great ones
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Ahh it looks so cute! And love Indy and Huey sneaked in there! Although I can see LOADS now I’m looking! haha! It’s keeping me thoroughly entertained! :D Well done you two for getting it up so perfectly! That must have took some serious patience! :)
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Bonus points to all of you – this looks amazing. Although I looked and looked for the messages without avail (at least no odd ones leap out!).
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BEAUTIFUL car accident scar that shows how strong, resilient, and totally awesome you are.
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I’m LOVING the decal! It looks so great! I cant wait to see the finished nursery!
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Very cute! I love it!
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I see MATH NERD! :)
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It looks fantastic!! :)
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I see Indy, Huey, Diner, Red, Wind, Bat, Pod, Query, Fine, and Finer
What great fun. You, Sarah, and Casey did a wonderful job :)
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Nerdy! Looks great Emily, Casey and Sarah!
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I love that you included the pooches’ names! I also see Cody…hmmmm….:)
I also love the little outfit with the bunny tail hanging in the closet. Too cute!
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I spot “Indy” and “Huey” :)
I love how the decal is super cute without being too baby-ish.
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I spotted Indy right away.
Very cute! Great idea.
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So cute! Can’t wait to see the finished product! Baby C (!!!) is a lucky little boy!
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I could only find Indy (I’ve never been very good at that haha) but what a cute way to incorporate your dogs in the nursery! And that decal is awesome because it will be age approperiate for a long time.
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This is just about the most adorable thing of all time! So exciting :)
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Awe, it looks adorable! Great job guys :)
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Wow that looks amazing, cant wait to see what your little boy looks like! No doubt he will be adorable!
Do you have any other great ice cream recipes? thanks
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WOW!! That looks so good! Can’t wait to see the whole room put together! :)
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Love the decal and love your beautiful glow…we have a few different decals too…putting the nursery together is so much fun!
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Love the decals! So awesome!
PS I have a Jessica Simpson “With You” playlist on Pandora! *NSync came on yesterday! :D
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It’s totally like a word search, but a cute one!
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I see “soy”
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Kate @ NaturaStride Reply:
July 19th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Looks amazing!! And hard work! Well worth the effort. Loving the progress.
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Cute decal! Love that you incorporated the pups names ;-) And I thought “math” and “nerd” was very funny! Also spotted ‘hund’ which is german for dog. Haha, I just spent far too much time on this…
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this looks sooooooooooo cute and I love the pictures of the whole process :)
it´s very sweet you spelled the dog´s names. also, I spotted “Hund”, bc I am German :D fits so well!
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I see Huey and Indy!
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I want one of these in my room! So adorable.
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It looks amazing!
Quick question, I know I should probably know, but who is Sarah?
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Huey & Indy. I love that decal. It is gorgeous!! Great job!
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Emily! That looks awesome :) So sweet. You and Casey are going to be amazing parents! Stay well.
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Oh! You guys must have had so much fun putting this together, it looks beautiful!!
Heidi xo
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I see Cody :)
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Is it possible that the baby’s name is also there ;)?
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The tree looks awesome! I really want to add a wall decal in my living room but I’m scared I’ll mess it up lol :).
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The decal is so nice, I want to do it too when, well, the time comes ;) It is so lovely and so “you” and I like that you put the pups’ names on it!
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So beautiful; I can’t wait to get one for myself when the time comes. Looks like a lot of fun when you have company, too. =)
Ah, cheated on the words, but found “Friendly” and “Friends” if you jump between the F and R a little. =)
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So cute, I love you included the pups names in the tree! Yall have way more patience than me, I probably would have given up trying to get that thing on the wall!
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LOVE YOUR BLOG! I am 9 weeks pregnant & have used your BLOG as an inspiration to do my own :)
I love the tree decal? Where did you order it from & how much?
Thanks!
Heather
Canal Winchester, Ohio
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hi this is amazing can i ask where u got the tree wall art decal from this is exactly what ive been looking for!!
many thanks
Jodie
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