Easter Egg Countdown

I saw this craft recently and LOVED it!  It’s super cute, holiday décor, but cheap and kid-friendly!  Go check out my post at Worthy of the Prize to see how I made it!

Silhouette love...

We all love a good silhouette!  They seem to be all the rage in decorating (I even have a few framed in our home), popping up on lots of blogs and in our favorite decorating catalogs.  Here is a little inspiration:

Ballard Designs

Thomas Paul

I saw a dog silhouette pillow in a catalog recently and fell. in. love.  With the pillow...not the price tag!  They were charging $88 for the pillow.  It was beautiful, but I knew I could make it myself!

I have been slowly decorating our playroom and thought that was the perfect place for my silhouette pillow.  I simply made a cover to go over the existing throw pillow on our couch.

I took a picture of our dog, Raleigh:

And turned it into a silhouette using Photoshop:

From there, I printed the silhouette out so it was large enough to use as a template for my pillow.  I found some leftover fabric that matched Grayson's playroom in my stash - it's one of the fabrics that I used on his tent - and made this adorable pillow!

 

One of my favorite parts of the pillow is the contrasting blue thread that I used to applique the silhouette.  I love how it "pops"!

The designer dog silhouette pillow = $88

My custom "Raleigh" silhouette pillow cover = FREE....I already had the materials!

Next up...a silhouette pillow of Grayson!




I've linked this project up at Show and Tell Saturday!

A springtime ruffle wreath...

 

My poor front door has been bare since Christmas! I have been looking for a Spring wreath, but never found one that I loved....so I decided to make my own!

 

 Here's a close-up of the details on the ruffle wreath. I'll be back soon with more projects!