Pillow Talk

Hello!
It's been a few weeks since I started this blog and subsequently posted anything...:( In that time I've started a new job, started up grad classes again, saw the last sibling graduate from highschool, and became one year older myself. Whew! Alot has happened! Oh, and I also celebrated the bachelorette party of one of my friends which brings us to today's post...
 Being the busy, crafty, cheap, thrifty gal that I am I wondered if I might find some inspiration to make something instead of buying an item. I thought that it might be unique as well and have a bit more meaning. Well I have a bucket load of crafting ideas saved in my bookmarks so I hit those up for inspiration and found some at

www.flamingotoes.com/2011/01/he-loves-me-valentines-shirt/

www.midwesternsewinggirl.blogspot.com/2011/04/ruffle-pillow-tutorialand-giveaway.html

and

www.homestitched.blogspot.com/2011/02/love-struck-pillows.html
  (sorry haven't quite figured out the "link up" to thing yet, you can copy and paste the url, or on chrome you can highlight, right-click, and then select "go to" and it will open up the link in another tab)

Combining the saying of the t-shirt, with the fabric printing technique of the third site I came up with this:

I also channeled the ruffle pillow and came up with this:

Thankgoodness for Target Wedding Registry being available online! The bachelorette had registered at Target for some bedding and throw pillows in a purple plum color so I was able to mix up some fabric paint I thought would be close to matching and this is how they turned out!  On the pillows I painted I also sponged a bit of gold fabric paint over the purple to give it a little antique effect.

They were fun and relatively easy to make!