Leona Lane

THE LITTLE THINGS / / NO. 62

These little cactus babies are rocking my world right now! I've decided every girl needs a little bit of hot pink in her life - even me.

Years ago, (before Pinterest was a craze) I saw this photo of a kitchen windowsill lined with Harney & Sons tea tins growing different herbs. The perfect windowsill garden! So I was over-the-moon thrilled when my friend Hannah handed me a couple of empties recently. And that peppermint one - perfect color right?!

So I decided it was time to get some new plant babies and make myself a little cactus garden! I love how sculptural cacti are. They have always fascinated me a bit - ever since my dad had a little cactus garden when I was a kid. All the different shapes, the spines, the brilliant colors...

All you need to make your own is some containers with drainage holes, cactus/succulent potting mix and some cacti! I punched holes in the bottom of the tins with a hammer and nail. Then carefully potted them and placed them in a little galvanized tray. I've heard they like sun and infrequent watering - fingers crossed!

What little things are brightening your days?

BEDSIDE NEWBORN BASKET

I'm in the last month of my pregnancy and I've gotten the crazy nesting bug! I don't remember feeling quite this way when I was pregnant with Lucy. Maybe it was the all day nausea for nine months, I'm not sure. But this time around I have had the constant urge to clean, purge and organize!

We live in a small two bedroom condo in Seattle. I never intended to live here once I had a child, let alone two children! But it seems we wont be moving any time soon. Right now there is a real struggle to make space for another person who will be joining our home in the next few weeks. 

One of the first projects I worked on was getting a newborn basket ready for my son. Eventually he will share a room with his sister Lucy, but we will wait a few months until he is sleeping (at least mostly) through the night. One of the will be having enough newborn essentials outside the nursery so I don't have to interrupt a sleeping toddler. That's where the idea for the newborn basket came about.

I used a white storage basket (re-purposed from this project) and filled it with some of my favorite newborn supplies: 

• Several size newborn onesies
• a few newborn diapers
• Avent soothie pacifiers
• Earth Mama and Angel Baby bottom balm and lotion
• Nose suction and tiny clippers
• Aden & Anais swaddling blankets
• Several burp cloths
• Motherlove nursing cream
• Lamb Wubbanub
• Pocket Nanny

 We have a nice little set up for baby boy in our bedroom right now. I feel much more prepared now that I have this cradle set up and the newborn basket ready to use. I'm almost 37 weeks, so he could technically be here any time! 

If you have a baby on the way (especially a second baby!) I would definitely recommend putting together some of these essentials in a central location. Hopefully it will make our lives a bit easier once we have a tiny newborn to take care of.