Exciting Friday

For over a month now I have had this adorable vintage grain/feed sack that I have wanted to do something special with. My days have been so chaotic that I have not had the time to just sit down and decide what I wanted to do with this sack. It is one of my very favorites as it is so incredibly soft and has the cutest muted checkerboard around the top, sides and bottom. Fortunately I was able to get two pillows out of this sack.

They are both huge 27" x 21". One has a large crown and the other a sweet Dragonfly with the French words "small Dragonfly". These pillows are so hard to part with, but I just can't keep everything. It was very exciting to finally use this sack and share it with all of you.

My next excitement on this Friday is to announce the winner of the Gothenburg pillow. My dear friend Karen was appointed the difficult task of selecting a name from the hat. ~Drum Roll~ The winner is, Jackie from Jackie's Journey Blog. Congratulations! This is the pillow that you have just won.

Thank you to everyone who has left a post. Please check back often, as I love having giveaways.

Have a wonderful and exciting weekend.

My Only Garden Success

I have seen some of the most gorgeous flower gardens since I started blogging, and I am envious of each one. I would love to have a French garden with winding paths and little vignettes with statuary and seating. I can't begin to tell you how many magazines and books I have bought to find the exact flower garden that I would like, but my enthusiasm and energy starts to fade once I bring all the plants home. Sadly, I have lost so many due to my lack of initiative.

My only claim to fame is my beautiful hydrangeas. I love the colors this bush produces. Lavender, pale blue and the vibrant rose color. If you have a beautiful garden I would love for you to leave a comment regarding your approach to gardening and the type of flowers you have.

Also, I am having my drawing for the giveaway pillow shown below on Friday, May 29th, so please leave a post for your name to be entered. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

One Lovely Blog Award

I want to thank Tamerie of A Little of This That and The Other for this award. I really wish I could give it to Tamerie as I love her blog. She is such an inspiration with her unbelievable talent. I would love to be her for a week and learn just how to slip cover a chair or something. Thanks so much Tamerie.
I would like to pass this award onto some of my favorite bloggers and I am sure if you visit their blogs you will see why they are my favorites.
Tracie at My Petite Maison
Jeanne at A Bushel and a Peck
Kasey at Lola B's
Jen at The Cottage Nest
Susie at Bienvenue
Bethie at Chic Junque
Allegra at A Glimpse Into Our Life
Christine at Belle Colle
Michelle at Shabby Creations

I hope you will take the time to stop by all my favorite blogs. These are all amazing women and I know their blogs will become your favorite as well.

Just a little note: Have you ever done something or said something that immediately you wish you could take back? This was my moment, I was so tired and wanted to post all the fabulous blogs of these amazing women that I completely messed up, big time and put dear Kaseys name as Tracey. What was I thinking? I knew all along her name was Kasey. So publicly I am saying I am so sorry Kasey.

RULES FOR THIS AWARD 1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who's given it to you, along with the link to his or her blog. 2. Pass the award to 10 other blogs. contact those bloggers to let them know they've been chosen for this award. Have fun and enjoy your award! I really hope you choose to play and keep it going. But if you don't, that's okay too. Just enjoy your award in any way you wish and know that I think you have a very lovely blog.

One last note, please make sure to leave a comment and hopefully you will win my giveaway.

For The Love of Burlap

My home looks like I have zillions of pets, the dust kitties are everywhere. The crazy thing is, these are not dust kitties, they are burlap fuzz. They seem to multiply over night, I am constantly walking around with my little dust buster vac.

I have been so busy lately that I have not had a chance to come up with any new designs and that drives me crazy, my mind just doesn't rest. Sunday I decided to just do a little creating and that seemed to settle my restlessness. I thought I would share with you two of my new creations. I have wanted to do a burlap rug for months now so finally I got one done. I also wanted a very basic pillow and I love the combination of the burlap and black details so here are two of my new items. I also thought it would be fun to do a giveaway. So just leave me a comment and you will be entered into the giveaway for the burlap pillow below

I hope everyone has a wonderful week,

So Glad it's Saturday

I am so glad that the weekend has finally arrived. It gives me a few moments to catch my breath and re-group before jumping in again. I am having such a great time with my little shop on Etsy. I have met so many wonderful people and that has been great fun.

Lately I have not had the time to start working on some of my new designs so hopefully this week I can squeeze in a few. I have been asked for shams, so I did come up with a king size sham that I think would look fantastic on an all white bed. Let me know what you think.

I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend.

My Favorite Photo

This is the sunshine of my everyday. She always makes me laugh, she has the ability to come up with the cutest little voices that she only uses with me. She calls me Mammy instead of mom and I call her Dootee, how we came up with these names is beyond me. She still sleeps with her stuffed rabbit that she calls Cutie, he has been with her since she was in her crib.

It's wonderful to have a daughter especially as they get older and they finally realize that you do know something about life and relationships. I just had to share the sunshine of my life.

Sweet Fifi

I know many of you have seen Fifi's adorable little cottage that she is renovating which will become her guest house/office. I noticed her sweet little bench and just couldn't resist sending her one of my European style grain sacks, specifically for her little bench.

She is such a dear and immediately sent these pictures showing the grain sack on her bench. I think it was so sweet of her to take the time to send the photos, as we all know her schedule is crazy.

Thanks so much, sweet Fifi your a peach!