Way past due.

Hey guys!

So way back when I said I would be making pillows. Guess what, I finally did! My first pillows ever and I do believe they are very awesome...and surprisingly enough I had fun making them. Perhaps I should make a living out of pillow making (I should probably graduate college and get a job though right??).

so my grandma had all these doilies and lace and placemats, etc that her mom made. She wanted us to be creative with them and she wanted us to make her some pillows with them (us being me and my mom). My mom wanted to use muslin, but I convinced her to make the pillow reversible and use toile on one side. I have pictures to post for viewings. Feel free to be impressed by our fantabulousness.

Here goes nothing.

So these are the two sides and also if you haven't figured it out yet, we made 2.

We (haven't yet, but will soon) hand sew the doilies to the muslin side of the pillow. Awesome I know.

This is the detailing on the doily. Can you believe it is hand made? One word. INTENSE.

You can see the muslin better in this snapshot.

Toile.

I kind of might have an OBsession with toile. Also with ikat, linen, and wool. Maybe one day I will make a post dedicated to them. Woo textiles! Hard class incase you were wondering (the tests are epic).

Ok well this is obviously the detailing of the toile. I just love it. I can honestly say I haven't seen brown toile before this. So my mommy gave me a tip before we started making the pillows (total common sense tip, but I would have overlooked it). Always wash the fabric first. The size of the fabric shrunk by a long shot. We started off with just over a yard and a half, I think, which was way more than enough and after the wash we had barely enough. CRAZY.

Well this was my project for the weekend, and hopefully it will be again.

the end.

Did you know...?

Did you know...

that it is better to collect things over a period of time than all at once?

It will give your space a feeling of effortlessness instead of looking like you meant for it to look like that, and it just so happened to look awesome like you wanted or planned for it to.

Also, did you know...that I really want this bedding and that you may see this pic again later just based on the fact that I am way too in love with it?

Did you know...?

So along with the "silly things you should never do" posts that may become a once a week type of thing if I find enough funny things...that is 52 funny things, I have decided to also provide you with a few fun facts. These posts will be called the "did you know..." posts, and they may also become weekly (or may start off weekly until one week rolls around and I just don't have anything to say or my brainn just isn't functioning like it normally does--kind of like when I spelled brain just a few words ago--not that my brain is normally normal).

But anywho.

Did you know...

that I love the color blue?

Create a display of objects only of your favorite color or colors...it will give you something to smile about when you walk past it, and it is 100% just purely you.

J'aime tours de magie!

Meet my hat box (my hypothetical hat box).

He is vintage and his name is..Hat Box.

Today we will be performing a very special magic trick. Hat Box will be helping me with my super tricky talent!

I will draw one picture from Mr. Hat Box and then another. Each picture will be different, but also a perfect match.

Drum roll please?!

&

This is a match you ask?

Pick me pick me...I know why!!

She likes uniformity, but thrives off of imperfections. Her color palette is neutral, but she loves contrast. A lot. She loves contrast more than her accessories, but when she does use her accessories, they are bold. They blend in, but you can't miss them. She is a girl that takes life as it comes.

silly things and not so silly things all in one

I wouldn't have pinned her for picking it, but she did. This she is one of my best friends miss Emily Bryant. She is going to be famous someday. Not really sure what for, but she will be and she will handle it very well and take me shopping and out to fancy restuarants while I decorate her house. Yep that is the plan.

Oh right...what she picked.

"I love this. It reminds me of the library from beauty and the beast except much smaller. Recreate this for me with a classy vintage feel?" -Emily

This picture is slightly lodge-y and masculine without being themed and this is why I wouldn't have expected her to pick it. She has very sophisticated and big taste (my description doesn't really do it justice, but I will see things and say..."that is so emily") and romantic. I am talking full wall drapery, jewel tones and creams, soft flowy fabrics like silk and velvet, chandeliers, golds, and vintage. You get the gist, right? However, she will likely read this and think I am mental?

Personally I picture a library as being warm and cozy and piled with antique books. Her favorite things about this picture were the fireplace and the shelves. So I thought about a color palette and bounced it off of her. I was thinking woods and browns/golds, deep purple (jewel tone), and muted greens and creams. So a picture popped in my mind that I saw in Domino a while back and I personally think it is a wonderful jumping off point when placed next to the original she pulled.

Just imagine it with more shelving, a sliding ladder, furniture, and candlesticks, teacups, and a grandfather clock oh my!

I crack my self up.

And I know this is a really random thought..ok not all that random, BUT when on the subject of Beauty and the Beast, I think of the line "I use antlers in all of my decorating!" in a song. Here are a couple pics that deserve this quote as a caption.

Perfection.

Oh and here is, for the first time ever, SILLY THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER DO....

"Butterfly kisses"

I love iron railings and all that jazz, but please oh please just don't put shapes that look like noses and then have them touch each other.

Everyone say hello to Ann. "Hi Ann!!"

Check out her blog...it is ballin!

Dear Domino,

I miss you.

Love forever and ever until death do us part (even though you kind of already died),

Lauren

Just incase you were unaware of what Domino was...it was a design magazine, and it was epic. 

Domino was "the guide to living with style." 



The premiere issue was launched in the spring of 2005.

It folded in the spring of 2009...very unfortunately.

I have yet to find a magazine that will replace its spot in my heart with its ballsy pictures and beautifully new and shiny pages.

Just incase you were addicted to Domino/looked at it occasionally/are just bored...you should check out these links posted below.

Rue Mag

Lonny magazine

{this is by far my runner up to Domino...I can see myself getting hooked}

And to this link, I am hooked. This is Emily Henderson's new blog. Well it is the same blog except the fact that it isn't called "The Brass Petal" anymore and it is no longer on blogspot. It is on squarespace...maybe one day I will upgrade. 

so this should provide you with hours--days of excitement!

Toodleloo.

Long Live Domino!