UNFORGETABLE GRAY

<br><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />MORE QUESTIONS AND MORE ANSWERS....</div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTmHkQKA9w1xcl7hhm8pkRoWm8Fdz1GJkdZX0OdWMMxlVrmrjXNcVQF-j9N9S8kkwnDUqnnjr-sy5-g0sHCAYMmd1YDS5p0oRmtNbnvaBk7yiEF1ekY4WbExxbvM68OymLW3TUw5238Y/s1600/267964246548364292_PU5DcKEZ_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTmHkQKA9w1xcl7hhm8pkRoWm8Fdz1GJkdZX0OdWMMxlVrmrjXNcVQF-j9N9S8kkwnDUqnnjr-sy5-g0sHCAYMmd1YDS5p0oRmtNbnvaBk7yiEF1ekY4WbExxbvM68OymLW3TUw5238Y/s640/267964246548364292_PU5DcKEZ_c.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br /><br><br /><i>I don't want to seem like a broken record because I recommend gray so often.  It may seem I am stuck on one color, but I'm actually not.   Gray is so versatile - nearly every color has a gray version.</i><br><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/07/unforgetable-gray.html#more">Read more »</a>

UNFORGETABLE GRAY

MORE QUESTIONS AND MORE ANSWERS.... I don't want to seem like a broken record because I recommend gray so often.  It may seem I am stuck...

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Baby's Breath Pom Tutorial (And What NOT To Do)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJiYPdZc8Ttos4j_wGKS6qlHdZbL0rfUDvhWDhyjgUCJcPNFMbZgP0zXz6EF4CAhAg484vENIeAIafNa-9oaJZhZwXvALuw5modwaPoWNWtjsPb75Z5Ym2Mew95IXBh_n9VOo_4YRHmc/s1600/iDSC_done.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJiYPdZc8Ttos4j_wGKS6qlHdZbL0rfUDvhWDhyjgUCJcPNFMbZgP0zXz6EF4CAhAg484vENIeAIafNa-9oaJZhZwXvALuw5modwaPoWNWtjsPb75Z5Ym2Mew95IXBh_n9VOo_4YRHmc/s640/iDSC_done.png" width="436" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had seen several beautiful examples of Baby's Breath Pom's on Pinterest and in magazines but I couldn't find a tutorial for one despite looking and looking. I figured it couldn't be hard so I thought I would give it a shot and take pictures as I went. I tried making part of one at home a few weeks before and used floral foam that I soaked and I was really happy with how it turned out. For Lola's party we just went with dry foam, figuring that would make them lighter and easier to hang - that was a big mistake. We made them on Wednesday and the party was going to be Saturday evening. By Friday they were already getting kind of dried up and shriveled looking. =( So, here is a step by step how we made them, but I would HIGHLY recommend getting the floral foam that you can soak if you are going to make them more than a day or two ahead of time. I have to say I was really disappointed in how they looked by the time of her party. They had looked so beautiful just a few days earlier!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, with that little disclaimer, here is the step by step:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First we bought those long logs of floral foam at Michael's. They came in a pack of four. Going that route was WAY cheaper than buying spheres. One sphere alone was more expensive than the whole pack of the rectangular foam which we could get 8 and 12 of our own "home-made" spheres out of.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We took one of the rectangles and cut it into three square cubes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHG-D-qWKVgQTHb4R8hzgQOgApW8f_IQndSvhmMv_wl4rpdtDeFrvKZt_JaFl6hkVet-XXBLiXlrfVPwU0AJ0SUFkcHSs1i4VkImAqERPsWHmusvZlqy3c0ZeN7LPhSFo5G6BEPYdIhAM/s1600/iDSC_0436.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHG-D-qWKVgQTHb4R8hzgQOgApW8f_IQndSvhmMv_wl4rpdtDeFrvKZt_JaFl6hkVet-XXBLiXlrfVPwU0AJ0SUFkcHSs1i4VkImAqERPsWHmusvZlqy3c0ZeN7LPhSFo5G6BEPYdIhAM/s400/iDSC_0436.png" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we used a knife and kind of "whittled" away at the corners to make it more of a sphere. It doesn't need to be perfect, or anything close to perfect. You just need to get a vague shape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyzSX-MbdonCqKa9LAfPl0M0x8A5ldZnvZztC_6leu1BMC8oQNIFiyWo3ZjZso_7YAbz-vkp7AwWtPPt9oITanRhVwdLFDjVTdFmu8Gwa62dAPYnpWIk-fgI5aPJ1-78H2S8eX47qcJ04/s1600/iDSC_0437.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyzSX-MbdonCqKa9LAfPl0M0x8A5ldZnvZztC_6leu1BMC8oQNIFiyWo3ZjZso_7YAbz-vkp7AwWtPPt9oITanRhVwdLFDjVTdFmu8Gwa62dAPYnpWIk-fgI5aPJ1-78H2S8eX47qcJ04/s400/iDSC_0437.png" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we cut down the baby's breath into little bunches like this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZt5q5t5js4Y3KVdnoNHr2Vvh6Uonk86iIBUTqqxD75g46b-nXaqlCLvztXZdX_EPE6zVFEJZwcZI_pPLo8Nu3okwLDUyE9FbEHU12VLtWTA3brDhGqy3vglahtpgeRsjiaF8PHjxYVk/s1600/iDSC_0423.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZt5q5t5js4Y3KVdnoNHr2Vvh6Uonk86iIBUTqqxD75g46b-nXaqlCLvztXZdX_EPE6zVFEJZwcZI_pPLo8Nu3okwLDUyE9FbEHU12VLtWTA3brDhGqy3vglahtpgeRsjiaF8PHjxYVk/s400/iDSC_0423.png" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now for the fun part, start poking them into the foam!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4e0sXsaDUpvyxvet6G7Qgf4xNxsw49KvePwbKJnyY7JR7-r7G4wD_ds65UDKH1jVV_Zz64GIyaC7EG2A-FOU5hcE47u27j2b_E2gC6Og_cw6Bi5LE48NV_t1Z8MzaXlz4JWqlfQkOvvs/s1600/iDSC_0418.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4e0sXsaDUpvyxvet6G7Qgf4xNxsw49KvePwbKJnyY7JR7-r7G4wD_ds65UDKH1jVV_Zz64GIyaC7EG2A-FOU5hcE47u27j2b_E2gC6Og_cw6Bi5LE48NV_t1Z8MzaXlz4JWqlfQkOvvs/s400/iDSC_0418.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />And before you get to far into it, tie some twine or raffia around your foam so that you can hang these.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8Y1XIX-giGvwiQIe3ZBotZpj9sn_AK6zrngrGXeIg_mfaPd5GpImOjvQ9yNYwv1gewEtg6DUGNHYSdkP3uSAlEsvYXI7QVD3G83-11nSwFSEjornU1d1c1Pm5UcE0kLheWI3-DtcUL0/s1600/iDSC_0429.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8Y1XIX-giGvwiQIe3ZBotZpj9sn_AK6zrngrGXeIg_mfaPd5GpImOjvQ9yNYwv1gewEtg6DUGNHYSdkP3uSAlEsvYXI7QVD3G83-11nSwFSEjornU1d1c1Pm5UcE0kLheWI3-DtcUL0/s400/iDSC_0429.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />And then you just keep on going. Once you have it all filled in cut some little bunches in different lengths that you can use to fill in spots to help make it into a nice looking circle/sphere. And that's it!<br /> I really loved the light, airy look of these and plan on making more in the future - I will just make sure to go back to use the floral foam that can be soaked!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfIjw4hC9YGOn5aSkAw0N8dSb5pGukGgHZdGDfsFDe0AwbiA1PmCiSz02K9KWosxipg47Q4RL3SFblXG5We-E-WNH-1b4nLeuMvWCOntHUZFPOTMclZRJtJ92M_BivbKfHHe5HMG9QpQ/s1600/DSC_0671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfIjw4hC9YGOn5aSkAw0N8dSb5pGukGgHZdGDfsFDe0AwbiA1PmCiSz02K9KWosxipg47Q4RL3SFblXG5We-E-WNH-1b4nLeuMvWCOntHUZFPOTMclZRJtJ92M_BivbKfHHe5HMG9QpQ/s640/DSC_0671.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> You can see more pictures from Lola's party <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/lolas-first-birthday-party.html">here</a>.</div><br />I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIF0leWHqx_BU22yWtTRogjvWlwLg2JeKiml8nIZtIhCLgjLF53C7zEscipxBk2j-7Cj7-TzgF3GmWJ3w_NMTt0SPXEisHCVBGBV2VsCa-ygF6Zeis7wlj95kLYKezC0ZC_Sq53QE1OWg/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIF0leWHqx_BU22yWtTRogjvWlwLg2JeKiml8nIZtIhCLgjLF53C7zEscipxBk2j-7Cj7-TzgF3GmWJ3w_NMTt0SPXEisHCVBGBV2VsCa-ygF6Zeis7wlj95kLYKezC0ZC_Sq53QE1OWg/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Baby's Breath Pom Tutorial (And What NOT To Do)

  I had seen several beautiful examples of Baby's Breath Pom's on Pinterest and in magazines but I couldn't find a tutorial for ...

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Every Day is the Best Day and Valentine's Pillows

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/ralph-waldo-emerson-every-day-is-the-best-day"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTeZcUWVhMXQ6MIOaiFV0GaYPPyIeoTXcMeJZAC4jyEb5TT0iGt1QLZ3tAD7hNX81GtaIpeHr1kuyc0yWANAvNO-89_15OZaTiRQsPfGmJ30kxF-ZaCl_y-v5zRWENcuHcSuxK0LeL6A/s640/bEveryDayBestDaySMALL.png" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I had been playing around trying to add a quote to the photo above of our hydrangeas on our back porch and couldn't find anything that seemed right for the new year. Then, I saw this Ralph Waldo Emerson quote on <a href="http://fortheloveofahouse.blogspot.com/">Joan's blog</a> with a beautiful photo and thought it would be perfect. What a wonderful quote to start 2012 off with! And here are a few more shots of the hydrangeas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFdln4Qg_rjOgol05rrNZiJumzo-1s3qOOqYezPsJJrqBRKij3RJLYjZdqR-MoUVZVyZrGOFrj1YGE9iDp08iCoMRJXJP2XjClBSX8ahflIv68wwXbZHNbVZ765K_apAE2uwT4QIlQdU/s1600/bDSC_2171heist.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFdln4Qg_rjOgol05rrNZiJumzo-1s3qOOqYezPsJJrqBRKij3RJLYjZdqR-MoUVZVyZrGOFrj1YGE9iDp08iCoMRJXJP2XjClBSX8ahflIv68wwXbZHNbVZ765K_apAE2uwT4QIlQdU/s640/bDSC_2171heist.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMZjJtYegs6JLO9OrHFF1eAuU_L2IYF-SioiSH3zJpwo8WehEWHWYuL4XSJPc1yaLP6mPhv6Hb1yuen1BkGykpcTrT90TOILTGZfoY5cn7Xo7sqeDlZErV-hnC-iNwJjsMKZiCvVB5I4/s1600/bDSC_2172heist.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMZjJtYegs6JLO9OrHFF1eAuU_L2IYF-SioiSH3zJpwo8WehEWHWYuL4XSJPc1yaLP6mPhv6Hb1yuen1BkGykpcTrT90TOILTGZfoY5cn7Xo7sqeDlZErV-hnC-iNwJjsMKZiCvVB5I4/s640/bDSC_2172heist.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4htbBCpN6iIDU-5-TSHMSv9ofKusa-kSyc_zTVB8l4XYlRbkb_Q1Dtztg_-b8efKBpD-yYS9MT7bnkOX3fwaOo4QZoDKUlPqeGX8M-TKpt4oDvQFDosKGCf1goffn8EWalbjOvV_EbY/s1600/bDSC_2056heist.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4htbBCpN6iIDU-5-TSHMSv9ofKusa-kSyc_zTVB8l4XYlRbkb_Q1Dtztg_-b8efKBpD-yYS9MT7bnkOX3fwaOo4QZoDKUlPqeGX8M-TKpt4oDvQFDosKGCf1goffn8EWalbjOvV_EbY/s640/bDSC_2056heist.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_l2pb3JfqadxbD0dc5XDw3JG6TpdEzOQytkh0aASUJwIsqV0L725eZQ8VmgGsYXq9Rs5y3UUZTt_jOU1Nz863yRG7gFEcDHtSjLH3mvG-HI0BcOf7n9CeznpjbMZISNzriKYe6Mh5C9s/s1600/bbDSC_2053.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_l2pb3JfqadxbD0dc5XDw3JG6TpdEzOQytkh0aASUJwIsqV0L725eZQ8VmgGsYXq9Rs5y3UUZTt_jOU1Nz863yRG7gFEcDHtSjLH3mvG-HI0BcOf7n9CeznpjbMZISNzriKYe6Mh5C9s/s640/bbDSC_2053.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmiIUbzV4FsY0LGFZ82mm32o7whyphenhyphens9-8b8a54FikqP1m_XBsOE86AEZo6ojs_BtyrnEzsrahmx5Wz2lmh2QlXbQMkylqEy-98MmKXgVKwsYP9XTdXmtJKGvVoaQLs58cP_DhGoCNOGeo/s1600/bDSC_2052heist.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmiIUbzV4FsY0LGFZ82mm32o7whyphenhyphens9-8b8a54FikqP1m_XBsOE86AEZo6ojs_BtyrnEzsrahmx5Wz2lmh2QlXbQMkylqEy-98MmKXgVKwsYP9XTdXmtJKGvVoaQLs58cP_DhGoCNOGeo/s640/bDSC_2052heist.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We have been busy working away here. Lillie and I did a little painting project in the kitchen this afternoon and tomorrow I am hoping to get started on two projects to finish off our master bedroom. Actually I am kind of dreading one of them but I know once it is done I will be so glad I did it. And then this weekend I am hoping to pain a large piece of furniture for the tiny little hallway at the top of our stairs. It is one of the few places in our home that I have never really done anything with. I found the perfect piece at a consignment shop yesterday but wanted to come home and measure first to make sure it would fit. It's going to be a TIGHT squeeze but it should work so I am excited to go back tomorrow and get it. I hope it's still there! And I have been on the hunt for some chairs to fix up and a storage piece for our entryway. No luck with those yet, though. I really want to have all this done in the next ten days but not so sure that is going to happen. =)  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rueDv1cxPfN3aVTUS23MtQwinixNeMOuWL21e53ddtl8mqVYSzNIvPseLDt-M2-pX2fphN9uvWVzGEPD3Qc146D0iylQg2Pcn2QCWhu3PfGsAjCfTh3Kakfk3RcVUmqfYlRjPiwEuYM/s1600/DSC_0059" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rueDv1cxPfN3aVTUS23MtQwinixNeMOuWL21e53ddtl8mqVYSzNIvPseLDt-M2-pX2fphN9uvWVzGEPD3Qc146D0iylQg2Pcn2QCWhu3PfGsAjCfTh3Kakfk3RcVUmqfYlRjPiwEuYM/s640/DSC_0059" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are starting to get our Valentine's inventory ready to sell. We won't be doing any clothing this year, but will be offering several home items over the next few weeks as we finish them up. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/je-t-aime-12x16-pillow-cover-in-black"><i><b>Today we have our 12 by 16 Je T'aime pillow covers back in stock! </b></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/je-t-aime-12x16-pillow-cover-in-black"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOWrM3oCZRrcImoVaN5soVZhth7MifVtdlBfQiz2zonmOi-hZ8JFyU9AU6smanWV4V4_jmExWZxiLy8fcT81SBpJTSGtcNFKjCaz2YzGeKPcUkzeYw75EhR55mQweCyxIPmnzIVd9m-YU/s640/DSC_0150blacks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/je-t-aime-12x16-pillow-cover-in-black"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFVRj2OzSHZVVfovuzl-jVzIw5ky91PkrhTu49hCz_tM0qgtf_Nys9dMZD4FJy4jKiWrMTLTVLP6bR-Nx-e4H_fx-Jpl_xJacg40Jt2GP-gRIsA3vL8BkxY213mObraAPUV7zzhpZ6cg/s640/DSC_0166blackl.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br />I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! I will be back tomorrow with TWO free downloads!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO77-6lVpmUzlr4gRM_t6ZsAG0no-oRfj8l21AzPPyCc3HhigqgpQWanj0SXVew8JQlN1iErvPcnbVnJ85DIRYjx6FvdlfTyd8CHf4m_tp7nvQCYOLAI62PvBiOcY0oQLZh1qMcpA68Q/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO77-6lVpmUzlr4gRM_t6ZsAG0no-oRfj8l21AzPPyCc3HhigqgpQWanj0SXVew8JQlN1iErvPcnbVnJ85DIRYjx6FvdlfTyd8CHf4m_tp7nvQCYOLAI62PvBiOcY0oQLZh1qMcpA68Q/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />

Every Day is the Best Day and Valentine's Pillows

I had been playing around trying to add a quote to the photo above of our hydrangeas on our back porch and couldn't find anything that s...

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Crepe Paper Peonies Tutorial

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuAcPf6E5flRIfCdroOBuM01pI9KCp0nYTsOWcL4LRhXMvVNjzzGwCykrMdFdklBZPclsYxMrIOABatP5PW2JlIPgGLYsa6Ztzkm7Op112TRtOFQlAmNTdY6dSm-nYTKSVrMWuqbztco/s1600/DSC_0169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuAcPf6E5flRIfCdroOBuM01pI9KCp0nYTsOWcL4LRhXMvVNjzzGwCykrMdFdklBZPclsYxMrIOABatP5PW2JlIPgGLYsa6Ztzkm7Op112TRtOFQlAmNTdY6dSm-nYTKSVrMWuqbztco/s640/DSC_0169.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwRWdZtnw8nC0_2Fs-zaNlp_dqXPrRULI8iTc3WHs2dbNU3YxGOigeByizIGjUyeJO0tCh82tT4Evz-vKAIrab-amwX3ZuBW8UwJoJHVOtm3Q21no-7x1Rl4UetJNWnkSnqgzH5XhdRw/s1600/DSC_0126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwRWdZtnw8nC0_2Fs-zaNlp_dqXPrRULI8iTc3WHs2dbNU3YxGOigeByizIGjUyeJO0tCh82tT4Evz-vKAIrab-amwX3ZuBW8UwJoJHVOtm3Q21no-7x1Rl4UetJNWnkSnqgzH5XhdRw/s640/DSC_0126.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF49YebWQGEDnaeMU7wShVlMeV96oybqa-W2am-8jPu8_yOfICho8l1bGQqQqoCRwJk7cCa0iDNg_L_DLAAz6geRTjRHg-Yqyi6erCVoAWICVIILLqDxNqOnkhNfhU3OabqAf8uFYiJ6I/s1600/DSC_0118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF49YebWQGEDnaeMU7wShVlMeV96oybqa-W2am-8jPu8_yOfICho8l1bGQqQqoCRwJk7cCa0iDNg_L_DLAAz6geRTjRHg-Yqyi6erCVoAWICVIILLqDxNqOnkhNfhU3OabqAf8uFYiJ6I/s640/DSC_0118.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ever since I was little I have always LOVED wrapping gifts. I remember one Christmas back in college where I spent almost as much wrapping each gift as I did on the gifts themselves.  I am pretty sure my siblings (who were around ages 12 - 16 at the time) did NOT appreciate that and wished I had of just spent the extra money on their actual gifts! Haha! Oh well. Ever since starting Dear Lillie, though, I have been in such a rush that I haven't spent much time on gift wrapping. Well, a little while ago I saw this <a href="http://todaysfabulousfinds.blogspot.com/2011/01/crepe-paper-flowers-and-girls-valentine.html">tutorial</a> and fell in love with the beautiful crepe paper flowers that <a href="http://todaysfabulousfinds.blogspot.com/">Janet</a> made. I had never been a fan of crepe paper before but now have completely changed my mind. Anyway, I bookmarked the tutorial and thought I would give it a try when I had some time. Well, last week I had to wrap a bridal shower gift for "Miss Lisa", as Lillie calls her (we are so excited for her and "Coach Ben" and can't wait for their wedding next month!), as well as a baby gift and a few other presents so thought it would be fun to give it a try. It looked easy and inexpensive and I have to say it really was! The crepe paper from Target was $1.99 a roll and I think you could probably get anywhere from 10 to 20 flowers out of each roll (depending on their size) and you can't beat 10 to 20 cents per flower. And they really were easy. However, I switched mine up a tiny bit because for some reason I had trouble making mine look like Janet's when I did the fold in half part from her tutorial. Hers were so beautiful and fluffy and mine kept coming out like this and looked so flat and tight and not nearly as pretty as hers.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxK0BaHdOOEFgjG61FQXtAes54B1CapCqJgy0ZEm-nDsm7GeCrNyPXPsW6tzxm0t0ZHkkFotWJJPGGrvy05iKX0-udGUordTieCv97aePkIuXkBBBGSDtk2QwkPYTTy5mDmK1V9jife4/s1600/DSC_0182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxK0BaHdOOEFgjG61FQXtAes54B1CapCqJgy0ZEm-nDsm7GeCrNyPXPsW6tzxm0t0ZHkkFotWJJPGGrvy05iKX0-udGUordTieCv97aePkIuXkBBBGSDtk2QwkPYTTy5mDmK1V9jife4/s640/DSC_0182.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am not sure what I was doing wrong but after four turning out like the one above I gave up and tried doing mine a tiny bit different. Below is how I did mine step by step but you can also check out her <a href="http://todaysfabulousfinds.blogspot.com/2011/01/crepe-paper-flowers-and-girls-valentine.html%20%20">tutorial</a> and see which one works better for you. The only part that's different is where you sew your ruffle (hers is down the middle and mine is on the side) and hers are folded in half and mine aren't.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b>1).  First cut three long strips of crepe paper. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(For my largest flower I think each strip was about 3 feet long and for the smaller ones I just made the strips a little smaller. I don't think I made any that were less than 2 feet, though).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjRGgP3Iwr439P3jSttGiybQV0sIAjI8z_b9VSEfnHxdxoNDsmT3eJt-BQzeXeTlYh93CbMEiyminejP432u_PojmZ-W8ESW2j3RDjF_91Y1FCN9S98PJspljyVau96c2fXI2Bfv58VA/s1600/DSC_0036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjRGgP3Iwr439P3jSttGiybQV0sIAjI8z_b9VSEfnHxdxoNDsmT3eJt-BQzeXeTlYh93CbMEiyminejP432u_PojmZ-W8ESW2j3RDjF_91Y1FCN9S98PJspljyVau96c2fXI2Bfv58VA/s640/DSC_0036.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b>2).  Stack them on top of each other.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyopE55mJxqiGO3yH61gvyM7-nwtLPUTx7kOBr3DZmAKFxdF5f8cwOQCB5fx5IJ7WAiAh26BBkrGljI8GjFwNCm4XW6q_cC864H14A1vJniP4KNQG-9VIQjhS8qjK6oaPvYEF8IUw8egA/s1600/DSC_0038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyopE55mJxqiGO3yH61gvyM7-nwtLPUTx7kOBr3DZmAKFxdF5f8cwOQCB5fx5IJ7WAiAh26BBkrGljI8GjFwNCm4XW6q_cC864H14A1vJniP4KNQG-9VIQjhS8qjK6oaPvYEF8IUw8egA/s640/DSC_0038.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I figured it would be easier to make a whole bunch at once and save them for future use so I think I made around 20-25 of them and first just cut all of the strips and stacked them together is piles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho67x26Gz8uEfzdAlSOCZvp3pt49JWhFT-dIU7ltUh032OantKWI_lXmjVOMtt62rWbfnEpew-MyoGJIq7Na4e7DzBGzuytZWYuYqkFKGTHyGgfVts427WDWbK7HqAQAho4T_t7vzrZKU/s1600/DSC_0034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho67x26Gz8uEfzdAlSOCZvp3pt49JWhFT-dIU7ltUh032OantKWI_lXmjVOMtt62rWbfnEpew-MyoGJIq7Na4e7DzBGzuytZWYuYqkFKGTHyGgfVts427WDWbK7HqAQAho4T_t7vzrZKU/s640/DSC_0034.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b> 4) Set your sewing machine to make the longest stitch possible.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here are the settings that I set my sewing machine at. You can also just hand stitch them loosely and then pull the thread at the end to make the ruffle if you don't have a machine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD1AIgq2obo1KYeQANBd5UfItPwdpsNJYA9Y2fuvRzJJHjIwgr5plN8C87iF2o4QfblZmDaFjA5SDTQDNverrHyXA4UNV2tQcDmk8b5glZa-L4xpz5ED5FLVSZTAkeBLJLkan4CcXtGI/s1600/DSC_0042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD1AIgq2obo1KYeQANBd5UfItPwdpsNJYA9Y2fuvRzJJHjIwgr5plN8C87iF2o4QfblZmDaFjA5SDTQDNverrHyXA4UNV2tQcDmk8b5glZa-L4xpz5ED5FLVSZTAkeBLJLkan4CcXtGI/s640/DSC_0042.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI8FsstwouyBC6nFc_yeBzvga9v1Tyep7WZuLga8_dMkrWZhyM1t8Zy-lQ1snuhhCpS7Yfor2_7kaqPCvBJlGRIHDqG9JDuvGpRxdgkCedYnWzP2TiEw0WUhJSD3Jnh6tDKUqvPohXLM/s1600/DSC_0043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI8FsstwouyBC6nFc_yeBzvga9v1Tyep7WZuLga8_dMkrWZhyM1t8Zy-lQ1snuhhCpS7Yfor2_7kaqPCvBJlGRIHDqG9JDuvGpRxdgkCedYnWzP2TiEw0WUhJSD3Jnh6tDKUqvPohXLM/s640/DSC_0043.jpg" width="428" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b>5).  Now start sewing!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyg0VOqncYLdo8OTi6OdupYU9X3EioLwY43NsIZoziEGUKKmhPTX6dQphr7rY__vEt30SYtHr0LPCvkNRps5bCTlvptIuRGDLBlRMnTJXGadlY8Q-Ne-1_TqtBeZ00tZ53lKRSiGL1RDw/s1600/DSC_0041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyg0VOqncYLdo8OTi6OdupYU9X3EioLwY43NsIZoziEGUKKmhPTX6dQphr7rY__vEt30SYtHr0LPCvkNRps5bCTlvptIuRGDLBlRMnTJXGadlY8Q-Ne-1_TqtBeZ00tZ53lKRSiGL1RDw/s640/DSC_0041.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> It always helps having some Disney Princesses stickers! We sewed so many of these streamers that Lillie got a little bored with her part of "pushing the pedal" and starting decorating my machine instead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq_9GLnll84osIWd3j9Nn-eLjR-HXQhOhisJb1AGUpBkbfXzyHr6Okxe9fcUrjz1V51zVFqYHpp6FsAE4jG6AkdZpPyEavvcoU6MgU9rxL2tpOgTRVTb_7LLGN-wgEGvuI0KWwZQtEpU/s1600/DSC_0046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq_9GLnll84osIWd3j9Nn-eLjR-HXQhOhisJb1AGUpBkbfXzyHr6Okxe9fcUrjz1V51zVFqYHpp6FsAE4jG6AkdZpPyEavvcoU6MgU9rxL2tpOgTRVTb_7LLGN-wgEGvuI0KWwZQtEpU/s640/DSC_0046.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b> 6) When you are done sewing they should look like this.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> They will kind of curl up on their own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Jo1G9XjD52O1B1EOg4E_e9gzkxwkmFU_eUGc8i55kxft-Q4OfOqLw9TBCXilzbE7ESwBdym9-UMcoikblHKErUWc4_rONomMEAhDY5LtKO3RYULNkwa5LxmuQnU72al_UnHBledRPRQ/s1600/DSC_0048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Jo1G9XjD52O1B1EOg4E_e9gzkxwkmFU_eUGc8i55kxft-Q4OfOqLw9TBCXilzbE7ESwBdym9-UMcoikblHKErUWc4_rONomMEAhDY5LtKO3RYULNkwa5LxmuQnU72al_UnHBledRPRQ/s640/DSC_0048.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #c27ba0; text-align: center;"><b> 7) Now start at one end and start rolling.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I recommend rolling them somewhat loosely. If you do it too tight it won't look right. It took me a few tries to figure out how loosely to do it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YheBxC7KMK_UO6kTIu6RTn2q7sDCtOsjcPdQ_6MPqYv1NrGHdyYprrQkJ9vuJZyTVurc7tcp3bvLYM-j1QMz2PtHcGf920u2PbIw10jKpdYH40rCBWMLwuO2FH5CgFNnbytS9qWumX4/s1600/DSC_0053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YheBxC7KMK_UO6kTIu6RTn2q7sDCtOsjcPdQ_6MPqYv1NrGHdyYprrQkJ9vuJZyTVurc7tcp3bvLYM-j1QMz2PtHcGf920u2PbIw10jKpdYH40rCBWMLwuO2FH5CgFNnbytS9qWumX4/s640/DSC_0053.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;"></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> For smaller sized ones it's okay for them to be a little bit tighter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMcdZGmwS7rhs9gMoDhJpBWzIpzqn2l9h2NSd1AGUVomCsdlfyLxRDx7hT2KHYWNPuBDY1xGB_nRnYxEobez2p6_Zm31wCGF0sgI9XoADY4Vx_7zGXVw-6S6mHDPlhUgyR8mBLz_aqcE/s1600/DSC_0055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMcdZGmwS7rhs9gMoDhJpBWzIpzqn2l9h2NSd1AGUVomCsdlfyLxRDx7hT2KHYWNPuBDY1xGB_nRnYxEobez2p6_Zm31wCGF0sgI9XoADY4Vx_7zGXVw-6S6mHDPlhUgyR8mBLz_aqcE/s640/DSC_0055.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But for larger ones I found it works better if they rolled more loosely, like this: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2UafnMYhdmX9yUtcCiFaQcsEWg-EfISkZFhT8g1H9u0vsJ7-wX31hvxf1tgY46Y6eutORL2bCn4JqDqlD5rbGL948TUvKigooWgid9VSVtLcJyMeouKEk7H3nnaEqTu2gDHg3xgzQNk/s1600/DSC_0061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2UafnMYhdmX9yUtcCiFaQcsEWg-EfISkZFhT8g1H9u0vsJ7-wX31hvxf1tgY46Y6eutORL2bCn4JqDqlD5rbGL948TUvKigooWgid9VSVtLcJyMeouKEk7H3nnaEqTu2gDHg3xgzQNk/s640/DSC_0061.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">8) When you get to the end just add a dab of hot glue and glue it closed. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPH7ADN9uF-VI1WZIGkgoh6nl4rPp9uyJojTOY8MMxYyHdqwrsqmvrwQvLLDU2X4Z8Ffn_I3pJk9fl5hv5_spn5QZ3bC5gd_NkMQtmtG19SoE5CCpdDBt2jYeakJz9vbmT-uGkCsWAPs/s640/DSC_0065.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">10) Cover that with a strip or two of crepe paper.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">After that trim that down and then cut off any loose thread. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>*****PLEASE NOTE: I used white thread for all of mine so that it would show up in the photos for this tutorial but I would recommend using the same color thread as your crepe paper!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU01r8nVK4yQ3BzRegxwCec46vjrLTHI672QgcZ4VgDIavFMJv8OLrsnzcWajHimRUyaHFxc0OMC2mEUaIK-y8VIWAFa3xTHsvkpcVogG0pos28ToCG0n_FV238NzGWju-WLn6qhCmEzg/s1600/DSC_0066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU01r8nVK4yQ3BzRegxwCec46vjrLTHI672QgcZ4VgDIavFMJv8OLrsnzcWajHimRUyaHFxc0OMC2mEUaIK-y8VIWAFa3xTHsvkpcVogG0pos28ToCG0n_FV238NzGWju-WLn6qhCmEzg/s640/DSC_0066.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Now you should have a nice pile of flowers that look kind of like roses. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYpCasTl5hREXohQOERYa4cRQufZgY9EYOi_ZyZW7NzUFsawzJzQUH80JrmOjRzgYUQfvWzVhuKJJkxUW_tTYSe6NAFDFYSkC9rch3VblGjBZL5oOX0eSB-A2tFnZHLhC7Nhi6CEzW17c/s1600/DSC_0069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYpCasTl5hREXohQOERYa4cRQufZgY9EYOi_ZyZW7NzUFsawzJzQUH80JrmOjRzgYUQfvWzVhuKJJkxUW_tTYSe6NAFDFYSkC9rch3VblGjBZL5oOX0eSB-A2tFnZHLhC7Nhi6CEzW17c/s640/DSC_0069.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #c27ba0;">11) And now for the final step just pull apart each streamer layer</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #c27ba0;"> and "fluff" them and they will look like the flowers below!</b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you like the look of the flowers above then, of course, just leave them like that. Personally, I prefer the fluffy peony look a bit better.  Then just glue them onto your gift and there you go! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuAcPf6E5flRIfCdroOBuM01pI9KCp0nYTsOWcL4LRhXMvVNjzzGwCykrMdFdklBZPclsYxMrIOABatP5PW2JlIPgGLYsa6Ztzkm7Op112TRtOFQlAmNTdY6dSm-nYTKSVrMWuqbztco/s1600/DSC_0169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuAcPf6E5flRIfCdroOBuM01pI9KCp0nYTsOWcL4LRhXMvVNjzzGwCykrMdFdklBZPclsYxMrIOABatP5PW2JlIPgGLYsa6Ztzkm7Op112TRtOFQlAmNTdY6dSm-nYTKSVrMWuqbztco/s640/DSC_0169.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IDHRpeqQ1eCJBdzE6-GBy7iCB0NgjCrMsR-IZVtI7tpr_cJscE1_LrIT8ffchCutpdP-ACb34xP_DNc760dunt7rlLWasiQaQoeroQ67oFGEcyDtyHa6F0fMRrggU_WkvqVewqSPgbU/s1600/DSC_0173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>And here are some more photos of some of the gifts we wrapped with them: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifqupiLWITMV5lQ4B6_v8s5Ru8i3HuMjLqYZku-ugJz7F1OYXuMLhbGWgNE4cdU9QJ79vfzIXv02YgeL85KxNrVVOHIq9OeqCnX21z6ycStRWQ5xzgy0br9aENRBEy6xSDMW6rAQAUHZM/s1600/DSC_0081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifqupiLWITMV5lQ4B6_v8s5Ru8i3HuMjLqYZku-ugJz7F1OYXuMLhbGWgNE4cdU9QJ79vfzIXv02YgeL85KxNrVVOHIq9OeqCnX21z6ycStRWQ5xzgy0br9aENRBEy6xSDMW6rAQAUHZM/s640/DSC_0081.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8QbRLzuFHZe_uD5AltDPqW2UQLhAyD7mA9g91C8vG39oPPDTdS6lDIflUUCBTpLNXFcY53-JzldQUIZTbaLh4C_e5mVobM8tevmQE1lVjKxmU8b6ZRXHiR8Xtfj5eOZUevgAl_GbZhg/s1600/DSC_0084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b> I also added some to our wreath out on our back porch. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOAO06j_ezfGDFDc-qiUTudjxJjHNqaprjkAygAy20ulHZL6GfhM5C8R0FTklUcbbg1883IgbyhrZvCoVxrY-4FjzQIKpmoxNZAU7lSjXrcf9CfTQ7PVx71lazqi1BV0AQx3sylEk3C8/s1600/DSC_0131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOAO06j_ezfGDFDc-qiUTudjxJjHNqaprjkAygAy20ulHZL6GfhM5C8R0FTklUcbbg1883IgbyhrZvCoVxrY-4FjzQIKpmoxNZAU7lSjXrcf9CfTQ7PVx71lazqi1BV0AQx3sylEk3C8/s640/DSC_0131.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">In our home tour <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/poppies-at-play-presents-parade-of.html">post that we did last Monday for the Poppies at Play Parade of Homes</a> I posted some photos of our back porch. Most of the other photos I used were quite recent (many were taken within the last few weeks) however, the porch ones were from a couple of summers ago. I don't think I took any last summer. We have actually spent the last few days cleaning the porch off and getting it all ready for this spring/summer! We've eaten dinner out there the last several nights. I forgot how much I loved being out there. Because I pretty much just ignore the space from about November through April each year it gets pretty gross so needed a major cleaning. This year along with washing all of the bedding on the daybed I also made a bunch of new pillows and recovered the two chairs. Now I just need to freshen up the accessories out there and then I will post some new photos. In our last house I used a ton of blue and every time now that I see a new piece that <a href="http://missmustardseed.blogspot.com/">Miss Mustard Seed</a> does in blue I completely fall in love with it and then I start missing blue sooooo much! I had a ton of this blue toile fabric left from some old projects in our last house so I used it to recover several pillows and then added in some blue silhouette pillows. That blue ink on the silhouette pillows looked MUCH more muted in the bottle and when they dried they were a million times brighter than I had anticipated. It is  too bright for me. I prefer the more muted gray blues so as soon as I have a chance I will be making  something different but for now here a little peak of the blue we added out there:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3B7P4UjwD7J2uqVRd_xJuOKvYW-UzrtIPDsIIPZZD9v1rTKh8gt005cyixbRgtkOFzOhoJShL-MZeu2k3KXMb8vMxoeizcR-5sCv7Ln9BhAlZvOBqy0xfpw-R0deNPpDO9ScS3PASn6M/s1600/DSC_0132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3B7P4UjwD7J2uqVRd_xJuOKvYW-UzrtIPDsIIPZZD9v1rTKh8gt005cyixbRgtkOFzOhoJShL-MZeu2k3KXMb8vMxoeizcR-5sCv7Ln9BhAlZvOBqy0xfpw-R0deNPpDO9ScS3PASn6M/s640/DSC_0132.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is one of our favorite spots in Colonial Williamsburg. Now that everything is starting to bloom I am going to try to take more photos when we are down there. We've had a picnic here four times this past week. Yesterday we went twice. Lillie loves the ducks, geese, turtles, fish and squirrels that live in this little spot. In fact, one of her first questions each morning is if we can go see "Mr. Goose, Mr. Turtle and the Quack Quacks". There is a little bridge over to the left that I will have to take a picture of next time. When we sit there and eat our lunch I like to imagine this is our house. (Oh and don't worry, we aren't just randomly trespassing on some poor person's front lawn. This is part of CW but it is a bit off the beaten path so we often have it to ourselves.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y9-KfIlka95t0_xfw05vjlYXxycY407TGTbHpRTsWCgxljQdP2t_orkgg6-cKDewMSfvtNNSx1xMfbbf5Z7uca_85KJuDIAM3knukuuFJ-dK2UezXZb3gtkv7Qsmq9gYUNX9mpc0Mn8/s1600/DSC_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y9-KfIlka95t0_xfw05vjlYXxycY407TGTbHpRTsWCgxljQdP2t_orkgg6-cKDewMSfvtNNSx1xMfbbf5Z7uca_85KJuDIAM3knukuuFJ-dK2UezXZb3gtkv7Qsmq9gYUNX9mpc0Mn8/s640/DSC_0001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfmIVwkLp2YygFqG7NccCT70gQ3JPCco6U8FUp-bqzSU97-n7m3D3nb3EQi0KM-v4ggBjUDulWjpEJUa_iNZ3_uRKtJmmqBeejnK7Toql7GkqGi8_u71Bh3pTNPKN-_cIJqWxEgaJdfo/s1600/DSC_0022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfmIVwkLp2YygFqG7NccCT70gQ3JPCco6U8FUp-bqzSU97-n7m3D3nb3EQi0KM-v4ggBjUDulWjpEJUa_iNZ3_uRKtJmmqBeejnK7Toql7GkqGi8_u71Bh3pTNPKN-_cIJqWxEgaJdfo/s640/DSC_0022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Just three more weeks until my due date, although I am hoping she will arrive sooner than that.  Jon and I still can't agree on a name so if you have any more suggestions please feel free to leave them either here or on the <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/baby-guessing-game-thank-you-and-two.html">weight/date guessing post</a>. We actually added one to our current list that was left on <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/baby-guessing-game-thank-you-and-two.html">the original post</a> and talked about quite a few of the other ones.<br /><br />Oh, and I am still SLOWLY making my way through e-mails. I actually took a couple of days off from the computer last week because I needed a break but have started back working on them and am hoping to finally get through them all this week as long as the new wee ones doesn't arrive.  <br /><br />I hope you all have a wonderful Monday!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO77-6lVpmUzlr4gRM_t6ZsAG0no-oRfj8l21AzPPyCc3HhigqgpQWanj0SXVew8JQlN1iErvPcnbVnJ85DIRYjx6FvdlfTyd8CHf4m_tp7nvQCYOLAI62PvBiOcY0oQLZh1qMcpA68Q/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO77-6lVpmUzlr4gRM_t6ZsAG0no-oRfj8l21AzPPyCc3HhigqgpQWanj0SXVew8JQlN1iErvPcnbVnJ85DIRYjx6FvdlfTyd8CHf4m_tp7nvQCYOLAI62PvBiOcY0oQLZh1qMcpA68Q/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://tipjunkie.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Tip Junkie handmade projects" border="0" src="http://www.tipjunkie.com/images/TipMeTuesdayButton1.png" /></a>

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