Sunday, March 28, 2010

New pillow thanks the Karens ongoing generosity...

Here's a new project I've been wanting to try for a while now. I bought some inkjet iron on paper and copied one of Karens' beautiful bird graphics. This one is a nightingale and although I forgot to flip it (oops) I remedied that with the dingy balls...pompoms to most everyone else out there but I've called them dingy balls since the first time I found them and applied them to the bottom of my ELEPHANT BELL BOTTOMS...does anyone out there remember these FABULOUS pants? Can you even imagine how cool I looked with enormous bellbottoms swingin dingy balls around? :) I am SO dating myself!!! Ok back to the project at hand... it was actually pretty easy, I just copied the pic on the paper and the ironed it on. The part that took the longest was pinning the trim around the photo and the pillow. I do wish that I could get the shiny or glossy look off of the photo though so if anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them! See this chair? We call it the Mary Tyler Moore chair, white vinyl, with the 60's vibe to it. It's actually Danielles but she's back home for a bit so I found a place for it in the dining room corner. And the pillow fits it perfectly!
Well I guess that's it for now, our campus visit went really well, Hannah had a great time in Chicago and today was a quiet birthday for Cam. We will celebrate as a family when we are all back together.
I'm linking this up to Graphics Fairy Brag Monday and The DIY Showoff so stop on by and see what everyone has been up to!
Thanks for stopping by, really, I mean it... Thanks, Theresa xoxo

19 comments:

  1. Your pillow turned out great. I love the bird images posted by Karen. Looks perfect sitting in that little chair. I wonder if we have all those great printing materials around here? I need to look into that. So hard to get good crafting supplies. Have a great week! :) Tammy

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  2. Just Beautiful, I am Happy to be Home & Finally catching up on all the Blogging I Missed (it was hard being away from a computer for 2 whole weeks)
    Have a Wonderful Week ~ I hear the weather is going to start being Beautiful.....
    cheryl

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  3. I love it, so beautiful! Happy Monday!!

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  4. That pillow is so pretty and it looks perfect in that chair. I love the trim and the image you used. I bought some tranfer paper a while ago and I really need to give it a try!

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  5. Great job! I have too have some transfer paper just waiting for a project. Thanks for inspiring me to give it a try.

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  6. I love it!!! What a gorgeous pillow and your "dingy balls" look fabulous!
    Did you know you can get printable fabric sheets? They have a paper backing and go right into your printer, so no shiny stuff and no reversing.
    Thanks so much for linking this adorable pillow up for "Brag Monday"!

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  7. You had me laughing picturing you in elephant bell bottoms with the pompoms on the bottom!
    Your pillow is fabulous. I love the graphic and the pompoms add the perfect finishing touch.
    Jane

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  8. oooooooooolala.. thats so pretty~! I love items with birds on them. You did a fabulous job on that..
    Sonny
    come visit me sometime.
    http://sonnydaydreams.blogspot.com

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  9. OMG Mary Tyler Moore and Bell Bottoms! How fabulous, great job with the transfer.

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  10. Love this pillow! I do remember elephant bottom pants! I think I had one pair when I was like 10. I have the same thing with the transfers I used and I don't know if it was because it was not Avery brand. I do want to try that printing on fabric technique, (which I think looks great) and then you don't have that shiny factor.

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  11. I love your pillow! I love the little pom-poms. They make such a nice touch!

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  12. You're very talnted and the pillow is very sweet! I would love to try it. First, I will try the fabric transfer then we'll see!
    ~Nancy

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  13. Hi Theresa, love the pillow. I did find how to not get the sheen on the transfer via flea market trixie, but i think the trick is to remove the transfer whilst still warm to lose the sheen. heres the link if you wanted to take a look (i think the cushion looks fabulous anyway!!) http://www.fleamarkettrixie.com/2010/01/how-to-print-on-burlap.html
    Alicia

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  14. I love pillows and this is really stunning. Petra.

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  15. You should be proud. Your pillow turned out lovely.

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  16. Karen has the best illustrations! That one is just perfect for that chair.

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  17. Your pillow is gorgeous, love the ball fringe

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