Poufs

Trendy or timeless?  We shall see, but for now, I am totally in love with my pouf from the Zazzle website!

Its an exra seat, a footstool, a side table for a tray with tea.  
So many possibilities!!
Use at a wedding shoot for a lovely bridal perch, or in photo shoots to display product, or a very comfy seat at your craft and sewing room work table.   (my current use)
Also would make a fabulous, durable seat for a children's play room.

I am creating several versions for my LilyOake shop on the Zazzle website.
Click here for the direct link to this one.
Jane's Rose Bouquet POUF
The pattern is Jane's Rose Bouquet in sorbet pink.
The top is solid pink with a lovely English rose bouquet.
The sides are pink and white wide stripes with the same rose bouquet while the base is faded basil green gingham.

Best yet, the polyester canvas cover is removable and washable!

Adding Color to My Living Room

I am a blue and white person through and through!
I usually add color to my rooms with flowers (whether fresh or faux) and accessories.
I know pillows are accessories too but I had always chosen blue and white pillows too, not wanting too much alternate color changing the mood of the beach blue rooms I was creating.
But now in a smaller home with white slip covered furniture, and a need to find homes/new uses for several pillows I pulled from my ETSY store stock, I decided to use them in my own living room.

I'm so glad I did!
They added a new life to the room and actually enhances the blue and white I already had going on.
Now I realize the full potential pillows can make in a room!
I think the burst of color through my floral pillows (even though my color ways are pastels) can bring a sense of romanticism to the room.

The pillows are in linen cotton canvas in the pattern ROSEWITHA on peony pink, aqua, or basil stripes.  Its a favorite look of mine, flowers with stripes.

I also experimented with one yard samples of other patterns, tossed over the back of a chair.
Harald Check in peony and Bridal Suite in buttercup.
Both lovely and possible choices for future slip covers!!

Blue & White

I love Victoria magazine and have every copy 

(plus spares) since the premiere issue in 1987.

I even remember buying the premiere issue when I first saw

it in a store in The Dalles, Oregon.

I was with my (now ex) husband visiting his family in Hood River when we went to The Dalles for some now unremembered reason

and I needed something to read so badly!  But I wasn't just looking for something to read, I was desperate for inspiration and a direction in which to take in decorating my own home. I needed what Victoria offered and I have been a subscriber ever since!

My favorite issues over the years became obvious:  the blue & white issues that came out in June or July (depending on the year).

I have to say the June 1995 issue still remains a favorite with me.  It has spectacular photography and features the most incredible romantic rooms, accessories and fashions in all shades

of blue and white.

Here are a few high lights from a favorite article within this issue:  an at-home wedding where everything is...yes...

blue & white!

The front cover of Victoria magazine, June 1995

A wispy blue floral silk dress

Heart shaped tea sandwiches!

A traditional living room with navy striped sofas

A classic fitted silk jacket in baby blue

An ethereal overlay skirt with matching scarf

A Dream Blue Toile Wedding

If I am lucky enough to get hitched again, I want a blue and white toile wedding.

I would wear a simple white cotton, sleeveless, tea length dress with a cropped blue and white toile jacket over it.  Kind of like this one here:

And I would wear blue topaz - a favorite gemstone of mine.

(Matching the ring to a necklace and earrings.)

I'd want a ring like this:

I love the toile I have in my family room - it's called M Musee Toile Blue by Covington and is a soft-handed 100% cotton fabric with a brighter blue toile on a clean white background (no drab cream for me).

It's bright and cheery and has been my staple fabric/color in my home for going on 10 years now when I first found it and bought it as bedding at Country Curtains (they have since changed their toile pattern).

I would make invites to match and maybe give those peace cranes I saw on ETSY, as favors to guests.

How fun to dream!