Inspired by: Shelley Haganman

Today I was inspired by Shelley Haganman of {ScrapperGirl} & The Scrap Review.

For one, I love the design of the house and landscape.

But the big reason why I love this project it because it was a

NO-Sew project!!

It looked like she broke out the sewing machine to make this happen!

She used Canvas Corp's Canvas FabricPage to make into a pillow.  The FabricPages can come double-sided sewn together and you can pick it open to create a pillow!  Love it, Shelley!  Now I will have to go make one!

Happy New Year!!

I hope everyone had a delightful Christmas and overall Holiday Season!  My family and I enjoyed every minute of it!

I have been needing to post for a very long time, I can't believe that it has been a month since my last post!  I have had some opportunities come up for me to work for an amazing company!  I am now working for Canvas Corp. as a designer and online media manager.  When I received my first bags of product to design projects for CHA, I was seriously in heaven!!  Their basic line has everything to do with Canvas and Burlap...my 2 favorite fabrics to design with, plus a whole lot more.  You will be seeing a lot of their products on my blog from here on out!

Here is one of the projects I did for their catalog:

This is actually a pillow form that I had not stuffed yet.  I hot glued the clothespins on the pillow, so I could change out the pictures on the pillow at anytime.  The Canvas Corp products that I used:  Large square burlap shape, small pennant burlap shape, black & white paper, large & small clothespins.  Once I matted the picture, I used Matte Mod Podge to make it more durable to be out on a bench or chair.

Enjoy!!

Linked to:

Blue Cricket Design
Someday Crafts

I think I made a LARGE Rosette! {more Magnolia Junk!}

I taught the ladies at "enrichment night" last night how to make these rolled rosettes.  I decided at the last minute to make one large one that has several {around 8 or so} long strips of fabric going round and round.

I love how this turned out for Kate's room.

I have had that striped pillow forever and I am glad that it has new life!!

Today's teaser for the stuff we have been doing over at Magnolia Junk!!

Leslie and I are going to go to Eclipse tonight!!  For some reason Bill isn't interested in seeing it....:)

My Pillow was featured!

Master Bedroom Re-Do: Drop Cloth Headboard Slipcover & More

I have been wanting to freshen up the Master Bedroom for a while!

A Drop Cloth, Spray Paint, Fabric & Time and this is the result:

Before, the bedroom was dark with no color besides my little red nightstand

I love the splash of Blue...

Really the pictures do not give it justice...

I spray painted my nightstand a glossy brown to match Bill's nightstand.

{That picture on my nightstand is our engagement picture from almost 14 years ago!}

I bought these lamps at Goodwill and saw the potential!

I just painted them Americana Bahama Blue, used a brown stamp pad to shabby it, and finished it with Satin Varnish for the glossy look. {Super easy and fast}

I used a 6'x9' Drop Cloth {yes, the canvas painting one from Lowes} and I washed it first.

I turned it on the back side and pinned it to give me the shape to sew.  This took me a little while to do, between having 3 of the 4 kids at home...you know how that goes! :)

When I finished sewing the slipcover for the headboard, I printed off this design for the iron-on!

{I used Photoshop Elements to design this iron-on.  The Scroll is a brush from Rhonna Farrer's Creative Banners kit and then I typed in "Love is Spoken Here".}

I am pretty sure that I will add a flower/rosette on there soon!!

{I am testing to see if my sister, Janis, is reading my post...I just found out that she just likes to look at my pictures and doesn't bother to read my post...leave me a comment if you read this Janis Ann!}

Anywho, I bought a bolster pillow at Tuesday Morning for really cheap a few weeks ago and I finally made the pillow cover for it.

I just cut out the size I needed, hemmed the edges, rolled the pillow in it, and tied jute on the ends to give it the candy look.

I bought these fabrics from Hawthorne Threads, the fabric line is from Michael Miller {click here for the website link}.  They were really quick on the delivery...very impressed!

Enjoy, I know that I will!
Linked to:
The CSI Project

Beyond the Picket Fence and Featured Here
Shabby Chic Cottage
Somewhat Simple
Cheap Chic Home
Tatertots and Jello and Featured Here
I Heart Naptime
Saving Money Living Life

Pillow Collection: Made with Canvas...

I just want to share with you 3 pillow projects that I have made.

{I found the graphics for the Welcome pillow and Chandelier pillow over at The Graphics Fairy blog, you will love her free graphics that you can download!}

This is my painted canvas pillow

{I have houndstooth on the back}.

Jen, from Tatertots and Jello, Quatrefoil stencil would be great to use on a project like this. 

{click here}

I made a template of the diamond pattern and first used a sharpie to mark my lines.  Then I painted the lines in black...the lines are not perfect {I didn't want them to be}.

To get the most out of iron-on paper, I printed what I needed at the same time.

The "Welcome" sign is hot glued to the diamond painted canvas, of course I hot glued the ball fringe, too!

I made this for my sweet friend's {Leslie} birthday present! 

I took it to her and she hung it on her iron wreath stand. 

I thought that her initials on the bottom was a special touch for a present! 

I made the orange fringe out of PAPER!! 

I found a fun piece of scrapbook paper and cut out the shape {Sassafrass Lass}. 

Then I modge podged both sides to give it more of a shiny look & to make it a little more stiff.

I used double sided bias tape and sewed the paper inside the fold.  Super Easy!

Sew the layers together first before you sew the pillow together. 

 I had 3 layers here with the toile, initials and paper trim.

It was also my little sister Janis's birthday also! 

So, here is her present {it is late getting to her, so she will probably see it here first! :)}

You know when you have a great present for someone when you don't want to give it anyway! 

Both of these pillows did that to me!  But, I will be good and get this one in the mail to her...

The Scroll Label is from Rhonna Farrer and I just typed in

"Love at Home". 

You can have any saying you want in there!  The beauty of Photoshop, right!?

I used my 1 3/4" circle punch as a pattern to cut out the toile fabric for my homemade trim.

I also put Fray Check liquid on the edges to keep the fabric from fraying.

Just like the paper trim, sew the circles in the fold of the bias tape!  That's it!! :)

I also made her a barrett, using the rolled satin technique.  Of cource, I had to add a little bling to it!

I hope you enjoyed these projects, the possibilities are endless.

{I also have patterns for the diamond pillow
and the Welcome iron-on, if you would like it just leave me a
comment on my blog with your email I will send it to you.}

Have a Delightful Day!

Featured on:  U Create
 On June 8th
Linked to:
The Shabby Chic Cottage
Beyond the Picket Fence

The Graphics Fairy