Saturday, August 1, 2009

Personalized Pillows



Imagine coordinating all of your child’s bedroom pillows -- with some personalization to boot. With Bella Marie's personalized pillows, you can.

Seamstress and Etsy shop-owner, Marie Villa, loves personalized items, as do her children. To Marie, her name pillows are "the perfect projects to make that not only coordinate with a room's colors, but also personalize it at the same time.”
Marie used an assortment of Heather Bailey Freshcut fabrics for the “Emme Pillow” below. Other materials include a background fabric (Marie used a solid, pre-quilted fabric) Heat n' Bond™ Lite, stuffing, and lots of thread.

According to Marie, this is a simple design to make. Each pillow takes about 2 hours to complete. "The letters are the only thing that can get tricky – but with practice you can get them just right."
Marie's pattern is from one of her favorite websites, http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/featured-products/Personalized-Name-Pillows.htm, for $6.95. However, if you don't have the skills nor the time to make your own customized pillows -- but you love homemade, you’re in luck. Marie will make a custom one for you. Contact Marie through her Etsy shop, Bella Marie Designs, to place your custom order. Keep in mind, longer names such as Savannah can be fit onto a slightly longer pillow.
If you don’t have a little guy or girl in mind, Marie suggests a “Mom” pillow for mother’s day or a special “Grandma” pillow with grandchildren’s names hand-embroidered around the pillow's front. For pillow inspiration, comb through Marie’s Flickr set here.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Wedding Chicks



The Wedding Chicks
Forgive me, but I’ve been on a wedding kick lately. I promise, it’s nearly over! :) My anniversary is on the 14th but I’m still thinking about weddings and I’m guessing it’s due to all the photos I’ve been looking through lately.





Have you heard of The Wedding Chicks before? No? Oh you will love me for sharing these ladies with you today! This is such a beautiful place on the web to visit for wedding inspiration. I must confess though, that even for us married girls it’s a great spot for simply viewing lovely things and dreaming up ideas on how we can use some of the ideas and color schemes in a non-wedding sort of way.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Here Comes the Bride!

My baby sister got married this weekend!
She was the most beautiful bride!
Here is my mom, sister and I at the beginning of the festivities...
the Rehearsal Dinner!
My mother delievered gift bags to all of the out of town guests.

This is the homemade sign for the back of the getaway motorcycle!

My beautiful sister at the personal shower.





The spread for the personal shower.




So many pink boxes!



The 'Studmuffins' at the Rehearsal!







Her dream came true as she got married at the
amazing Washington Park in Denver Colorado.






Here they are!!
The future Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Eich!




Rehearsal Dinner shoes.



Aren't they cute?





My oldest son, Parker.









My baby Turner.










Our dad did a fabulous job.






The table centerpieces.






She loved the mason jars.





The acorn (=Eich) name cards and candles.









Vintage stencils as table markers.





Where to sit....just find your name!






The fun memory table at the Rehearsal Dinner.











The beautiful Boat House!











The Rehearsal Dinner Site!









The wedding attire for the 1940's style 'Studmuffin'.




The wedding day!
My husband officiated the wedding and I was the matron of honor.













Instead of a guest book, they had everyone sign their vintage skis.















Our family!

















The Wedding Centerpieces.














Gerbers .













The women's corsages.










The men's boutonnieres.




The stunning bride Kalee.






The pictures in the park were so fun.


They are so photogenic!





The siblings.





The wedding party.






My husband and our son.




Coleman's brothers and the studmuffins.


Sweet Aunt Stephanie and boys.


Shaun sang "There is love" while Lanny York played guitar.




The cake.

Every guest got to leave with a jar of Grandma T's jam~




Turner enjoyed each bite.




What an amazing weekend!