It happened to me this weekend. I was standing in line at my favorite home decor store behind a woman who was heavily negotiating down prices that she was purchasing.  It seemed like she was really on a tight budget, asking if she could put half of the stuff on layaway.  Not that I am against asking for a better price, or putting things on layaway, but this process was taking forever! I was having to wait, and wait and wait in line to pay while she negotiated her purchases.   During this long wait of mine, I had to  listen to the woman talk about how beautiful her house was and how her house should be in Romantic Home Magazine blah, blah blah.  “Come on ALREADY”  I was saying in my mind, I just want to pay for my stuff and go!  So when I finally get out to the parking lot after I made my purchase, I see her loading her car, and she is driving this new tricked out Range Rover.  Seriously? If you have to put stuff on layaway paying a month at a time, then you shouldn’t be driving a Range Rover right?  Makes no sense.  What is the point of driving an expensive car if you really can’t afford it. I just don’t get that.  Or it could of been a borrowed car.  But if you are going to borrow a Range Rover, you have to buy like you own that Range Rover.  Or here is a novel idea, buy what you REALLY can afford.  Ok, that was my gripe for this weekend, I just had to get it off my chest!

I did do a couple of little projects this weekend besides griping. On Saturday, I made a sign for my friends salon I am helping with the design and she is on a tight budget {and no, she doesn’t drive a Range Rover lol}. I did it on a whim, pretty much an excuse to use my silhouette machine. I used this piece of artwork I had forever that I had been wanting to make into a subway sign. {I snapped all the pictures with my iPhone, because I was too lazy to go get my camera}

I  first sanded off the paper image because I knew there was porous surface underneath that I could paint. I painted the front using the blue she has on her walls at the salon and a darker grey around the outside edges.    I cut out two of an enlarged damask image from my machine using white contact paper.  After laying out the stencil and inserting the small pieces to fill in the design,  I painted a lighter blue on the stencil.

I love that you can import any font into the silhouette software. Once I  found the font that she is using for her salon, I imported it  and enlarged the letters to fit on the sign.  I used my roll of white contact paper to cut out the letters, that $5 roll is lasting forever!.  Once I had it all done, I noticed there were staples showing all around the edges of the board, so I used crystal trim to cover them up.

I know this is a poor picture, but in person it looks really cute.  I will take a better picture when she hangs it in her salon.

Another project I tried, was stenciling on curtains.  Everyone is doing that lately, so I wanted to try it.  I bought a trellis stencil last year and have never used it.  The problem with it is that the pattern is reversed.  Meaning, if you want the skinny lines to be white, you have to start with a white background. I was using an Ikea grey curtain with white acrylic paint with a little textile medium

See what I mean? The curtain was becoming mainly white rather than a white outline with a grey background.  Not to mention it was sucking up so much paint, I seriously thought it was going to take a gallon of paint for two panels.  Getting a smooth solid white look wasn’t easy either, and evidently the stencil didn’t adhere very well in spots so it bled outside the stencil

So this was a totally fail.  These Ikea curtains come really long, so I am hoping that I can cut off the stencil part I did and still salvage the curtain.  I ordered the correct stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils, hopefully when I get the new stencil I will be more successful.

I also came across these two very funny blogs this weekend.  I love a good sense of humor, and these two ladies have it down pat.

http://mylifeandkids.com/2011/12/my-10-favorite-posts-from-2011-and-yours/

Check out her Vlogs at the bottom of the page, I loved the Woot one.

http://www.mamakatslosinit.com/mama-kat/

Overall it was a nice relaxing weekend with a few fun projects done.  What did you do this weekend?

If you are going to drive a Range Rover, buy like you own a Range Rover! is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

Last month I was pining a lot of Christmas inspiration ideas on Pinterest, and of course I ran out of time to do all the items I was inspired by.  I was able to get this quick and easy ornament flower holder done.  Well, my version that is.

It is an ornament glued to a small round mirror to hold flowers.  For mine, I used light bulb ornaments that I got in a 3 pack from the dollar store

I used my glue gun rather than the glue they recommended and it worked perfect.  The ornaments even held water for the fresh flower I put in it from Costco

It was a super quick, inexpensive and an easy project to do, I made 10 of them in probably 15 minutes.  I will for sure be using them again next year. {I got the round mirrors from Michaels, I think they were 8 in a pack for a couple of bucks}

But what I am really proud of, is that I did a LAST minute non-Pinterest inspired idea.  Can you believe  it?

I needed something other than putting cash in an envelope to give to the younger kids in the family on Christmas.  We do this every year, rather than try and figure out what each kid wants, we figure we can’t go wrong with cash right? Last year I made cute felt envelopes to hold the cash and hung them on a tree

So this year, I was going to do fold the money into a Christmas tree, which I pinned on Pinterest.   But you had to buy the instructions!  Lame.

I started messing around with the bills, and realized that it was going to take some time to figure it out on my own, time which I didn’t have.  So I did what I always do, come up with a plan “b”.  I made money wallet cards using my Silhouette machine.

I purchased the gift tag template from Silhouette for .99.   I adjusted the size to 3″ wide by 7″ long and cut it out on Christmas scrapbook paper, using my Silhouette machine.  I then laid out the money on the inside of the card and tied the bakers twine across the middle of the cash to hold it in place.   Then I wrapped the twine around the front of the card and tied a bow.

Pretty simple, and they all loved them.  {I don’t know if it was the cash inside or my cute holder though LOL}

I am pretty proud that I actually made something where the inspiration came from me and not pinterest.  Feel free to pin it LOL

You don’t have to have a silhouette machine to make these though.   You can achieve this same concept by using decorative card stock and 2 inexpensive punches

The corner punch (rounds the outer corners of the paper)

And a Christmas tree punch

I liked how easy and fun my plan “b” turned out, I am thinking I might do a birthday version and cut some out to have on hand when I am in a pinch.  A Valentine version would be cute too with a heart cutout.  I might just have to experiment with all the holidays, I love any excuse to use my silhouette machine again!  Plus now that I know I still have some non-Pinterest creativity left in me, it has motivated me to come up with more of my own ideas {when I am not pinning of course}

Something I actually made without Pinterest inspiration is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

Subway style Christmas signs and printables are all over blogland and Pinterest, and I was itching to make one myself.  I am also loving the use of turquoise and red everyone is using for decorating this year.

I had some leftover oak cabinet fronts that were perfect to use for this project. My original plan was to stencil the letters in white,  but I really liked the look of the white contact paper that I used, so I just went that route. If you have a Silhouette machine, I highly recommend buying a roll of white contact paper to use for your vinyl.  It is way cheaper, easy to use and goes a long way.

This is the sign I made for myself

I bought the actual words from the Silhouette on line store when they were having their .50 sale after Thanksgiving.  It took the guess work out of trying to find the right font for a saying.  Plus I can use them again next year for another sign or project.

I think it turned out pretty cute.  I spray painted the red first, Colonel Red, then I brushed on the turquiose color from a left over sample pot I had in my stash.  The white contact paper is very forgiving, I was able to pull off  the letters easily if I needed to, and re-adjust them.  I had to do this a lot since I didn’t really have a template that I was going by.

Not to let things go to waste, I put the ones that I had cut out in the wrong size on a crate in my office.

Since I was on a roll using my Silhouette machine, and had all the supplies out already, I decided to make a sign for my friend to bring to her Christmas party.  The is the same party that I posted about yesterday on my plan “b” desserts. The cabinet front that I used on her sign was long and narrow.  I still used the same sayings but had to adjust the sizes and positions differently from my sign.  This time I was smarter, and actually measured the actual space that I had on the front of the cabinet and input those numbers into the paper size on the Silloutte layout.

This saved a lot of time that is for sure!

I know it is an odd hostess gift to give, but I knew she would love this more than the standard bottle of wine

And I was right, she loved it!

Now that I have a little experience under my belt using the Silhouette machine, I can’t wait to make more signs! I gotta tell ya,  I am finding this machine a little addicting. I am so glad I finally pulled the trigger and bought one this year,  I see a lot of future sign making for me  in 2012.

Christmas Subway Style Sign is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

At first glance I thought this was made out of metal.   Doesn’t it look like the chandelier is cut out from a metal box?  I really can’t say for sure, and there wasn’t anywhere on their website where it was for sale, so I guess I will never know.

But I got to thinking, it would be an easy look to achieve as a DIY project.  The supplies would be simple, a large white canvas, white glue {for the raised scrolls on the outer edges}, a chandelier stencil or wall vinyl decal and black spray paint.

I like this chandelier decal from etsy and it is only $25.99

I would trace the scrolls with a pencil first, then outline them in white glue and let that dry. Then I would  center my stencil or vinyl decal on the canvas and  spray paint the whole thing black.  Or maybe use a different color to change it up.

Another pretty inexpensive and an easy DIY project that I thought would be awesome as well, starts with this shower curtain

Yeah, can you believe it is a shower curtain?  And it is only $24.54.  I found it here on Amazon.  The first thing I would do if I got one of these, is NOT put it in a bathroom.  Well, at least not hanging from a rod in front of a shower.  I would use spray adhesive on the back side of the fabric and wrap that onto a huge white canvas or thin MDF board and use it as artwork for a wall.  Seriously, wouldn’t that be such a statement in a room? I can envision it in a dining room, or in an entry way over a console table.

And if you can’t have the chandelier hanging from the ceiling over your bed, why not put it on the wall

Apartment Therapy

The shower curtain measures 6′ x 6′ so you can really get a lot of bang for your buck on this one.  I just might be doing one of these art pieces myself.  I am helping out a friend with the interior design of her hair salon.  The budget is tight and this would fit in with her decor perfectly and fill up some blank wall space.  If I do, I will share with your how it turned out.

So what do you think?  Are you a chandelier lover like me?  Would you hang one of these chandelier artwork on your wall?

Chandelier artwork is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

via Country Living Magazine

via Coastal Living Magazine

I really wanted to somehow incorporate the look at our river house.  And then an idea hit me on how I could use oars as decoration and also make them functional

When we have a big group of people out at the river, there is never a good spot to put all the wet beach towels.   When I saw these oars at my friends booth at an antique mall,  I thought maybe I could find a way to use them to hang the towels, so I bought them.

Now that I had the oars, I needed some type of hook to use to hang a towel.

I came across these cool numbered hooks at Pottery Barn, I had two oars, which meant I needed two sets of the hooks, and lucky me, they were on clearance

{just saw online that they are now sold out}

They were perfect because they had a flat back and a long drop hook that I needed in order to use them on the oars.

They fit perfectly on the oars and were strong enough to hold a wet towel.

I knew I had to make the oars stable on the wall to hold the weight of the wet towels.  So I made sure that I secured them into the wall studs.   First I drilled a hole through the oar, and then counter sunk a screw in four spots along the length of the oar into the studs.

This is what they looked like with the putty unpainted.  You can kind of see the white spots going across the oar

{I know these aren’t the best pictures, I now realize that I totally used the wrong lens for taking these pictures}

To cover up my screws, I put some wood putty over the screw head and then used touch up paint over the putty.

You can’t even tell where the screws are once I put touched up the putty

I want to do something decorative on the flat part of the oar.  I was thinking of using my Silhouette machine to make a vinyl saying.  But I can’t decided what to put.

I did a mock up of what came to mind, and I think it is too boring and sounds like something a Mom would say

Maybe I should just do a fat stripe in white like these from Pottery Barn

Either way, I am just so happy that I finally found a way to use oars as a decorative item and also have a place to hang wet towels.

Painted oars with Pottery Barn ceramic numbered hooks is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

I needed something that coordinated with the  colors of the two benches that sit on the balcony

And low and behold, I found not only two rugs for this area, but the perfect match!

They weren’t labeled outdoor rugs, but I knew by the fiber content, polypropylene, they would work for an out door rug.

Here is a tip on buying outdoor rugs.   Outdoor rugs are made of Olefin, also known as polypropylene,  a synthetic resin. Olefin’s best qualities are its fade and mold resistant qualities along with its ability to resist dirt and stains. It’s also very fast drying which is why it’s often used as outdoor carpet.  So always look at the fiber content of a rug, even it doesn’t say “outdoor” on it.  These two particular area rugs I bought have a rubber backing, regular outdoor rugs won’t have a backing because you want the water to flow threw the rug and not puddle on top.  But since this is a covered balcony, and I didn’t feel this was an issue.

So how do they look?

Perfect!  I was a little leery of the two patterns competing with each other.  But since the rugs have the darker tone of the turquoise and the bench seat cushions have the lighter tones and a touch of the turquoise they compliment each other

This is a long balcony with a lot of jut outs of columns and beautiful architectural detail moldings.  I don’t want to over crowd the space with a lot of furniture and take away from the beauty of it, so I keep it simple with just two benches.  Just enough to be able to go sit outside and enjoy the view

Now that I am looking at these pictures, I think adding a couple of potted plants would finish it off.  They would have to be faux plants of course because I know I would never remember to water them!  I mean come on, it took me four years to remember to get rugs for this area!  But oh, how I am loving it now.

Master Balcony Rugs, Finally! is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

Then Melissa, from Made in the South listed me as one of her  “Fabulous Friday Four” blogs today.  Wow, that was a huge surprise and such an honor.  Just to think that someone other than my family likes my blog always floors me! Go check out the other bloggers she listed today, you won’t be disappointed.  {I already pinned a lot of their stuff lol}

Ok, now that I told you about all the fun things that happened today, I can show you my revamp of my coffee table.

I have decided that I like to put my feet up when I sit on my settee in my studio.  I love my cute, thrift shop, $5 coffee table that I previously re-purposed with paint, fabric and Mod Podge.

The fabric on the table has held up very nicely, and there wasn’t a darn thing wrong with it.  I just need more softness under my legs. {or maybe I need to get off that settee and get some work done…lol}

So off to Joann’s I went.  I decided to use hot pink pleather and do some diamond tufting for fun. {I use the term “diamond tufting” loosely here, it is more like my version of diamond tufting, not exact but good enough} I bought one yard of fabric and with my coupon I spent $5.  I already had the foam and button covers, so I was good to go.

Now I am not a professional upholsterer by any means, but I can You Tube anything.  So that is what I did.  I watched a couple of videos got out my staple gun and off I went.  I used blue tape to mark my spots and then drilled the holes {as you can see I made a couple of mistakes and had to circle the actual ones that I needed to drill}

Then I turned my coffee table over and traced the table on to the foam.  I use a electric carving knife to cut the foam, I have found this is the best way to cut foam.  I opted not to use batting over the foam, pure laziness on my part.  Professionals use it but since I am professional impatient person who wants things done yesterday, I skipped this step.  Plus my fabric was plenty thick enough to enable me to eliminate this step.  If I was using a thinner cotton fabric, I would of used batting.

I didn’t take a picture of the next step because it was too hard to hold a camera and thread a needle through the table and fabric at the same time.  But this is what I did.

I laid my yard of fabric evenly on all sides on top of the foam. Then I threaded a long needle with some embroidery thread {that is all I had, you are suppose to use heavy upholstery thread} through the table, foam and fabric, and then went back down through all three layers again.   I stapled the thread to the under side like this

{they suggest to mark the foam to the holes and cut a hole through the foam, I skipped this step and just felt my way through the foam with the needle.  Once again, not the professional method but it worked fine for me}

Once I got all my “tufting” done, I started stapling the fabric underneath and cut the excess fabric

It turned out semi “diamond” like,  good enough for me.  Then I used the button cover kits you get from Joanns and cut out squares of white fabric and made the buttons for the tufting

I tied off my embroidery thread on the clasp to secure the button

These are the type of needles to use for tufting, they have different lengths depending on how deep your tufting is

I took my button and long needle and threaded it through the tufting down under the table and stapled it again to the under side of the table to secure the button.

I choose white vinyl fabric for the buttons instead of the  pink pleather.  Gives it some pizazz and fun to the top don’t you think?

I always feel so energized and cre8tive when I am in my studio with all the fun colors I have used in there.  I just love the new addition of the tufted pink pleather coffee table.   It is going to be hard not to be lounging on that settee and propping my feet up instead of working.

Linking up to these fun parties

Tufting a coffee table..my version is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

I took on this challenge for Priscilla,  someone whom I have known since she was 7.  She is now 33.  She was my shadow for years, helping me with my girls when they were little, dressing them up, playing with them and just being my buddy.  I have watched her grow up and now have two beautiful kids of her own, whom I love dearly,  she is a big part of our family’s life.  I rarely say no when she asks me to help her with a home decorating project.

She originally got the chairs off of Craig’s list and they looked like this

They were in good shape, but she didn’t like the fabric or the finish.  She was in the process of putting her living room together and wanted them to match the club chair she already had for the room {how cute is her dog peeking over the chair?}

Her style is shabby chic.  Once I got them, I just started stripping them down.  Yeah, anyone who has done these chairs knows that there are one heck of a lot of staples to remove!  But I did it. Even re-strapped one of the seats.  {luckily I was taking pictures during the process to email to Priscilla for approval.  Other wise I wouldn’t have proof of my hard work because this was before my blogging days)

Then I mixed my own paint color to match the club chair, white washed the finish, and then sanded them back for the shabby look

I choose a stripped fabric from my first re-upholstery job.  BIG MISTAKE.  Do you know how hard it is to pull a stripe straight when you are stapling?  It is hard.  I can not tell you how many times I stapled and then had to take them out because the stripes were crooked.

Hours, upon hours I spent on these chairs.  Cursing and sweating for days on end.  Doing the backside was really, really hard.  But I wasn’t going to give up.  I got both of them done, and it was a proud moment for me.

{shoot, this picture doesn’t show the second one being done or the welting on the top portion of the back,  but believe me, I finished them}

So off to Priscilla they went.  Done, done done.  Never ever again I said to myself.  She can pay someone next time, it wasn’t a project I ever wanted to do again.

A couple of months later after Priscilla had them in her living room,  she decided she really needed a playroom, and the living room was the perfect space…which meant the chairs were no longer needed.  Are you kidding me? My heart sank when she told me her new plan.  It made sense, but still!  I expected her to keep these chairs for life and pass them on to her kids.  I don’t think Priscilla was expecting my not so nice reply when she told me her new plan….let’s just say she felt pretty darn bad.  So she stored them, knowing she could never, ever,  get rid of them after that conversation.

Fast forward 2 years later.  The playroom transformation is totally cute and finished. {wish I had some pictures to show you} But Priscilla still had the chairs stored in her garage.  Recently, she decided she wanted to use the chairs again, but this time in her family room.  The problem is, the fabric and finish doesn’t go with her decor in her family room.  She emailed me one day, and said she was in love with the way Miss Mustard Seed slip covered her settee

Well, we all know that Marian is the queen of slip covering and upholstering, amongst a thousand other talents.  I wasn’t up to the challenge, thank you very much.  But  I knew someone locally who could do the chairs like how Priscilla wanted, so off they went to get ANOTHER makeover.  She did an awesome job, and was pretty reasonable in her price {although Priscilla is used to my labor price…FREE! lol }

Pretty darn cute huh?  {these pictures are not of the chairs in Priscilla’s living room.   One of them still resides at my house until she comes down to get it, I took the pictures in my office}

To save money, we just had her slip cover over the existing fabric I had originally put on the arms and seat and then she re-upholstered the back {better her than me is all I can say!}

We used a brushed white twill fabric.  It was from a king duvet I had that I wasn’t using.  It worked perfectly.  She also re-painted  the finish to go with Priscilla’s family room colors.

Aren’t the ruffles cute?

I actually love the new look.  Yeah, I probably could of done this for her, but once was enough for me!  Priscilla loves them, she can throw the slipcover in the wash and still have a nice fabric underneath while she washes them.  So technically, kind of sorta, she is still using my original chairs.

The twice re-do bergere chairs is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

It is a vintage chandelier that I got at my favorite place to shop locally, Urban Barn.  It has a bronze antiqued finish with lots of crystals!  I love it.

Sprucing up our guest house has been more enhancing it cosmetically, rather than a whole renovation make over. And making a room feel put together is really in the accessories. A plain dress comes to life when you add the right shoes, jewelry and purse, it just finishes off the outfit.  And it is the same when accessorizing a room. But it can be hard to find the right balance in arranging the accessories, it can make the room look cluttered or even bland.   As an Interior Designer I get asked a lot about how to style and arrange accessories.  I have a couple of tips that I wanted to share that I always use when I accessorize.

I don’t know about you, but I am better learner when I have pictures to go along with the text,  so I am going to use the tablescape I put together below the new chandelier.  It is an asymmetrical type of accessorizing,  a more casual style, which I tend to use more often than not.  They other way is symmetrical, a more formal way of styling, and I will do a seperate post on that look later on.

My tablescape started with this old wire egg basket that I bought at an estate sale.   I just thought it was so cool and unique. The only problem was, it collapsed when I sat it on something, and in order to get the full effect of the basket, it seemed I was going to have to hang it somewhere.  But I just couldn’t find a place to hang it.  So, I decided to think outside the box, and tried to come up something I could put inside of it to make it stand up.    This little potted faux fern that I had from Pottery Barn worked perfectly.  I liked how the texture from the wire basket and the color and softness of the plant looked together but it needed more.

Tip 1

Accessories with odd numbers of objects: 3, 5, or 7, this makes the eye travel over triangular paths, creating visual interest.  So as you can see, I only have two items here, the potted plant and the wire basket.  Time to layer. So I added  in 3 more items.

(technically I added in 4 items if you include the crown I put in the potted plant, but it actually becomes part of that item rather than counting it as an item…does that make sense?)

Tip 2:

Vary the height of accessories for balance and interest.  The potted plant is my highest point, I then stepped down the scale of the remaining accessories to compliment the plant rather than compete with the plant. Now to help you see the triangle of the arrangement,  looking at the red flower ball, your eye naturally goes up to the potted plant, and then down to the rattle, it is a visual triangle.

Here you can see how the triangle isn’t complete when I take out one item

Without the rattle the right side seems bare

And without the red flower ball it is bare on the left side making the triangle incomplete.

By layering the elements in a triangle fashion it creates depth.  And choosing accessories with differing heights, allows the eye to move around the display rather than glossing past it.

Tip 3:

Making an assortment of accessories work together by using color.  But you don’t have to use matchy matchy color.  Meaning, oh I have a green pot, so I need a green something or other to put with it. Not true.  You can use complimentary colors to add even more interest.  In this tablescape I have an aqua plate, red flower ball, light green pot and the dark green of the fern.  But they all compliment each other so it works.

Tip 4:

Gather similar items together for maximum impact.  Now you might think what does a silver baby rattle, a rhinestone crown and a wire egg basket have in common?   It isn’t that these items are similar as far as what they represent, they are similar in style, which in this case, vintage.  The crown in the plant has the same brown as the wire basket, and the rhinestones picks up the silver in the rattle.  Adding the plate underneath anchors the vignette.  I also could of used books to put these items on and it would of worked just as well.

By mixing a variety of textures, finishes and colors when arranging accessories it will give your shelves, tables and mantels more interest and depth.  Don’t forget to pay attention to the scale of your accessories as well.   Keeping in mind that  your objects are not too small or too big for the area in which they are being displayed.  And don’t forget to visually look for the triangle, it could be that missing link when you are putting your accessories together.

This is the first time I have ever sat down and tried to explain something like this, I hope I made sense.  Are you are stuck accessorizing something in your house?   I think it would be fun to have features of real people with real rooms that are having problems accessorizing don’t you?  If you are interested in having me help you with an area and don’t mind sharing it with other readers of my blog, contact me via the contact form.  I think this would be so fun to do!  Kind of like a before and after series but hopefully ideas and tips that you can implement in your own home.   I hope we have takers!

I am linking up to these parties

Serenity Now Weekend Bloggy Reading

My Repurposed Life Catch as Catch Can

Chandelier and tips on styling accessories is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

It wasn’t a person sitting in the car, it was a big ole dog! I guess he was ready to leave..

Ok, back to the post.  Recently my daughter picked up two of these pillow covers at Ikea for $6 each.  She wasn’t so hot on the bland brown color of them, but I told her for $6 you can’t go wrong, and they had a zipper closure to boot.  Sure enough, she got them home and hated them.   Feeling bad that I convinced her to get them and now she hated them, I decided to take the pillows home to my studio and see what I could do to pretty them up.  I was debating on adding continuous ruffles to the front, or a large fabric flower in the middle, but it just wasn’t doing it for me.  Since the rage right now is letters and numbers, which I am loving by the way,  I decided to go that route.   I already had the number stencils on hand which happen to be next to my damask stencil (imagine that!) so I used both.

I just used acrylic paints for the stencils.  Then went back and added some blue to the white damask to tie it in.  Happy to say, my daughter loves it, phew! And I love how it looks on their brown leather couches.

Now all I have to do is get the other one done.

(oh and by the way, my stop was really good at HomeGoods and I only spent $13.  I got three different pairs of these pretty rubber cleaning gloves for $3.99 each. Gotta be styling while your cleaning right?)

I finally get to link up to Jami’s fun party

A Stenciled Pillow is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.