His bedding is vintage-y nursery rhymes. So I purchased these playing card type things with nursery rhyme pictures on one side and then the nursery rhyme written on the other side. Like so....
I thought it would be cute to frame and hang in his room. I was sorting through the and decided to nix the "feminine" ones like Mary Had a Little Lamb and Polly (whoever the heck that is) but then came along Mistress Mary. Are you familiar with a nursery rhyme called Mistress Mary??? WTH!!!???
Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With cockleshells, and silver bells,
And pretty maids all in a row.
Look at her all smug, smelling her flower. Hel-llloooo boys....
Needless, to say we are sticking to Humpty Dumpty, Little Boy Blue and Jack be Nimble.
I decided to find out what cockleshell is and didn't have much luck. Some sources say it's a clam others a flower. The above version of Mary, Mary Quite Contrary...is from 1744!!
6 comments:
I totally remember Mary. My Maw Maw was big on nursery rhymes with us.
Another thing I think is cute for baby rooms --that I have seen? A collage of family baby pictures.
I plan on doing something like this when I have a kid. My b/f did it and i'm copying her :)
I've never heard it called Mistress Mary - my mom always said: Mary, Mary.... ha!! Very interesting.
Post pics of the room. Sounds so cute!! Love the nursery rhyme idea.
Awesome. Surely Coco recommended this to you.
never heard of a cockleshell either. that cake sounds yummy!!! you will have to pics of liam's room, sounds super cute/
Super cute. Love those cards. Post pics of the finished project...please. =)
What a cute idea! Mistress Mary...I agree with Casey...Coco probably knows.
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