Sneak Peek: Buffalo Home & Garden Show 2013

This is the week that all the designers paint and set up their White Rooms for this years Home and Garden Show. So exciting! Heather and I have been working hard to create an eclectic and bold room. Be sure to stop downtown this weekend or the 15, 16, 17th and say "hi". ♥

Simple Pillows. Smart Design.

This is a simple, easy breezy way to make designer pillows without a sewing machine and for very little cost.

Placemats! That's right. Fabric placemats make great pillows, all you need to do is find the placemats that have a backing to them. Most department stores carry them and what is even better is that you can buy them individually at a very small cost.

Materials needed:

-seam ripper or scissors
-needle and thread
-placemat
-polyfill stuffing

1. buy your placemats.

Make sure your placements have a backing to them. 

2. using your seam ripper or small scissors, cut a small opening at the bottom of the placemat so that you can stuff your pillow.

3. Stuff your pillow and sew the opening closed with your needle and thread. Keep the stitches small so they aren't as noticeable.

Enjoy your new designer pillows. ♥

FOCUS: My life through the lens

The simple things in my life that remind me of just how precious the world around me is...


Weekday morning chit chat and coffee with a friend.

Quiet moments of creativity.

My neighbor is having some work done around her home, the wonderful team of contractors took a few minutes from their workday and allowed my little guy to "play" on some of their machinery. He loved his "new toy".

Fresh Flowers

Time at the park

New towels and lemon meringue scented lotion

Hula hooping

Great patterned pillows

White Orchard Home Furnishings

Share the moments that made your week special. I would love to hear about them.