Saturday 22 May 2010

glam cushion

I should mention that I was inspired by Sunny at Life in Rehab on this project. She is a girl after my own heart. Amazing projects, full of inspiration and a ray of sunshine. GO VISIT HER, you will be glad you did.

I picked up a sequined skirt at the thrift store yesterday for $7.99. The lovely clerk said “there’s a top that goes with that” and quickly ran down the isle to go get it, before I had a chance to say anything. She brought back a hideous sequined black and gold top. Um, I didn’t want to break her heart, after all, she was being so helpful, but I had to tell her that I will only take the skirt as I am using it to make cushions. She took it in good stride and just said “oh”.
Then I picked up 4 placemats on sale for $10.
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I picked up this bag of stuffing for a couple of bucks, with the original price written on the bag of $17.98, yikes.
Now I have a glam cushion.  One down, three more to go.
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My favourite party of the week is taking place at Southern Hospitality. I love a thrifty find and so do many others, so go and see what they have found or done with their thrifty finds.

10 comments:

  1. It all looks great! Great punch of colour!
    Lisa

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  2. Nothing like a gorgeous pillow made from thrift store clothes! That turned out great.

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  3. Thank you for stopping by and commenting on my turquoise pillow. I wanted to be blog polite and return the favor but I must admit I wanted to see what somebody with the address flyinflishlips would do with a blog. :) How fun. Love your writing and I think it's great what you did with that skirt and your front door update is terrific. Nicely done.
    Pam

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  4. Super glam!! You've been a busy lady. I love the color of the pillow against the chair seat.

    -heather

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  5. I think that is so great to reuse things like that for pillows! Good for you, they turned out very cute.

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  6. I'm lovin the Glam pillows!!!

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  7. What a great idea! I have seen wonderful fabric disguised as an article of clothing many times on thrift store racks...now I have a plan!
    Thanks so much for sharing and for posting such wonderful pictures.
    Fondly,
    Ann
    @
    The Tattered Tassel

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  8. That is GREAT! I'm really loving the sequins this year!

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  9. Wow, Mel, thanks for the super sweet shout out! I wasn't expecting it at all, and was just really flattered that you'd done the project! You're such a lovely person.

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