How to Dress a Cottage Bed

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We"re slowly finishing up Kris's guest bedroom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last post I showed you guys the duvet covers I made.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This post I will show you the bedding, including the bedskirts!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>You is sooooo lucky!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aePD4uCBRYIgvfNlKw50lhcYSI0F84aXamTFO9n6a6zoi9Z8OpTlxPz3Tff_3X2j5DEGzZjQ3ImyfM_3g6mVno7lYZikIvcYquDPqJP7Q1EgoMJ1f1EbTUjdu3JhdoV4fZUII4pW/s1600/1(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aePD4uCBRYIgvfNlKw50lhcYSI0F84aXamTFO9n6a6zoi9Z8OpTlxPz3Tff_3X2j5DEGzZjQ3ImyfM_3g6mVno7lYZikIvcYquDPqJP7Q1EgoMJ1f1EbTUjdu3JhdoV4fZUII4pW/s640/1(4).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We still need to find toss pillows for the heads of the beds, and Kris needs to buy nice new puffy pillows.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but the rest of the bedding is <b style="font-size: x-large;">finally</b> done.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNuX4oYLjLtUZ46nzcrDZsFEgFk_XzAkYnZXgKbo3VyScMsxPSF1DB0UJtJPeDXaTQ4d7vm2UZchAXDyrIxZc5QTPCbQQtWS3pfB8u3o1EZ1sFChiI4gHBFT5QTsyhKqHvoCvODe_/s1600/1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNuX4oYLjLtUZ46nzcrDZsFEgFk_XzAkYnZXgKbo3VyScMsxPSF1DB0UJtJPeDXaTQ4d7vm2UZchAXDyrIxZc5QTPCbQQtWS3pfB8u3o1EZ1sFChiI4gHBFT5QTsyhKqHvoCvODe_/s640/1a.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The duvet covers add a nice soft touch at the foot of the beds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dust ruffle fabric was the same one that I used for the window treatments.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had flat ones made with simple inverted pleats at the corners and in the middle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris doesn't like a lot of what she calls "froofy" stuff, so no gathered dust ruffles for her!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLg64CTiHGJB3xEuSQ82UyzZvJbTYMZUkmETS0aItrmUXVKXzhL1Dq0-1otm9vWH2gqjRoYoq5SMZ5G_pgcyAMrAYxG8fP2XQM_kexUVuyG_7trP8xX8EhJb70HeQoHAOfepXZXO4/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLg64CTiHGJB3xEuSQ82UyzZvJbTYMZUkmETS0aItrmUXVKXzhL1Dq0-1otm9vWH2gqjRoYoq5SMZ5G_pgcyAMrAYxG8fP2XQM_kexUVuyG_7trP8xX8EhJb70HeQoHAOfepXZXO4/s640/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dust ruffles were a challenge, as the beds were different, and each one  had to have a little template made for the part that went over the side rails.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The workroom I use, <a href="http://www.drapeit.net/">Drape It</a>, did a stellar job.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_mb5iJYAR6s6fpNhPnwlO65x2EZPhvJPba6zItVy1OXO8rAW_FZHErTTXO7fBRCVb7PliMVFPXOVYXDjTJ87YT9Zj9eVjbD8doD0tF841FhyphenhyphenAiJPjvPFl3kty93uhRv57jLbgElS/s1600/IMG_5509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_mb5iJYAR6s6fpNhPnwlO65x2EZPhvJPba6zItVy1OXO8rAW_FZHErTTXO7fBRCVb7PliMVFPXOVYXDjTJ87YT9Zj9eVjbD8doD0tF841FhyphenhyphenAiJPjvPFl3kty93uhRv57jLbgElS/s640/IMG_5509.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The trick to holding a dust ruffle in place is these little corkscrew twist pins that sewing stores sell.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTU9jFJnbtO8sKQoXrC-JPipR950rYEBo83nRr1rSEC6nr7sU0hjN6ZkQKtsDHGuWKse05ytsOwM97piwz3cPLqAO3k4gXu1Chb3wTlYxngqYBbVNFz6gieH6HjMZTQPOQJ2rSb6Lk/s1600/IMG_5502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTU9jFJnbtO8sKQoXrC-JPipR950rYEBo83nRr1rSEC6nr7sU0hjN6ZkQKtsDHGuWKse05ytsOwM97piwz3cPLqAO3k4gXu1Chb3wTlYxngqYBbVNFz6gieH6HjMZTQPOQJ2rSb6Lk/s400/IMG_5502.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We use lots of them to hold the bed shirt in place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpo8s_Lidkaxgc6DASfjY6jmO4mJgpzjFG6VqOQ8WW7WJ-3W-zSmeNxVevwx65FjK0M4rrg5yBuuFM21hULqwSkOi-naZhIaHcgSPG3xciOWJ9NCAer_frIHnpeNxA97GznETHvj8/s1600/IMG_5503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpo8s_Lidkaxgc6DASfjY6jmO4mJgpzjFG6VqOQ8WW7WJ-3W-zSmeNxVevwx65FjK0M4rrg5yBuuFM21hULqwSkOi-naZhIaHcgSPG3xciOWJ9NCAer_frIHnpeNxA97GznETHvj8/s640/IMG_5503.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You just push one in a little, to get it started, and then screw it into place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zAJgITtzIXV_mBUx36UqXGxfYvC0M-jmYQUXLdaXBxYBDj0nALP5fGs5phwqiWJ09yyYhJtWWrFibuACaiuXdjCFbtOgP3GAyUOpSa3eMXtaGpfTUBrgs7gq7ThJ61BZdB_Bswx-/s1600/IMG_5504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zAJgITtzIXV_mBUx36UqXGxfYvC0M-jmYQUXLdaXBxYBDj0nALP5fGs5phwqiWJ09yyYhJtWWrFibuACaiuXdjCFbtOgP3GAyUOpSa3eMXtaGpfTUBrgs7gq7ThJ61BZdB_Bswx-/s400/IMG_5504.JPG" width="383" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes, a custom bedskirt ends up a little shorter than the workroom wants.......</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(it happens to the best of them.....)</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So,</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drape It, in all their brilliance....adds a little fabric insurance to the top deck of their dust ruffles.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukzHjH3KUYdNLc0EagaU8UFa2wYLUBKZOyA5m_t-TKuvbW_q_UXuewWNDcLWmwUnie_fR0i9RQBUGj5VAynDcotEG7-lE-1MuOcfDX-YV183yd3Bb3MXzdqsCk_azMQQgI3UsyzIL/s1600/IMG_5505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukzHjH3KUYdNLc0EagaU8UFa2wYLUBKZOyA5m_t-TKuvbW_q_UXuewWNDcLWmwUnie_fR0i9RQBUGj5VAynDcotEG7-lE-1MuOcfDX-YV183yd3Bb3MXzdqsCk_azMQQgI3UsyzIL/s640/IMG_5505.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They sew in a fold of fabric, that can be opened up if more is needed.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my case, the length was perfect.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted them somewhat short, as I like that look with iron antique beds.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the sheets, blankets and coverlets.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we went for a cream on cream texture story.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifm9FVrX5HPYjOEEPB7txp4F-zE78xNrhYg5VMsdPQO_IYG_0BiDjHamnOQ7CAtU3ZdwlRQ8-YnEuAZgbbxM_Y-AGesvynBZl0TyORNCcP3w5WcPywmYejt6xpAMCpwtyF6LY9a9B/s1600/3(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifm9FVrX5HPYjOEEPB7txp4F-zE78xNrhYg5VMsdPQO_IYG_0BiDjHamnOQ7CAtU3ZdwlRQ8-YnEuAZgbbxM_Y-AGesvynBZl0TyORNCcP3w5WcPywmYejt6xpAMCpwtyF6LY9a9B/s640/3(2).jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sheets are smooth, the blanket is a little nubby and the coverlet is matelasse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVs63JoIdEnUuXA3HR7KmJIUUW1KiuJEtzsFZzILOwnspN7UJl2cgeXrcQip5CQzNQ6BLP0XANzP5FlvyMMTWQV44l8BdSnOZ0JzVFkQM7O5DINVgu3Tp25KYUf0CpsNoeOTNCCqEn/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVs63JoIdEnUuXA3HR7KmJIUUW1KiuJEtzsFZzILOwnspN7UJl2cgeXrcQip5CQzNQ6BLP0XANzP5FlvyMMTWQV44l8BdSnOZ0JzVFkQM7O5DINVgu3Tp25KYUf0CpsNoeOTNCCqEn/s640/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris found the blankets, and fell in love.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS24ShfegTfG39LGgIE2IMcYr5gaqSS33dirS0BCNyNqr1y4qtpge3GfQUAdVVqBO9HClSU50wPhs1fzioST41_XACHdfRNjFGkhYAic1VCr2qXL9DPyDl4WwLTFFKS03I5Kq-nZ7F/s1600/IMG_5514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS24ShfegTfG39LGgIE2IMcYr5gaqSS33dirS0BCNyNqr1y4qtpge3GfQUAdVVqBO9HClSU50wPhs1fzioST41_XACHdfRNjFGkhYAic1VCr2qXL9DPyDl4WwLTFFKS03I5Kq-nZ7F/s640/IMG_5514.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are by <a href="http://www.brahmsmount.com/blankets/cotton-blankets/cotton-starry-nights-blanket.html">Brahms Mount</a>, and called Starry Night.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28BbSobL-yf1LC6Xw76KrSP3U4Htixlt_nrBJdZDPdWgnfZ_V7HSDw3GRDe-H7XGKq_vVmVHMoT6q662Xv06_CzA3x6oXXYmZk8ysVE76IzHnqaMN_8nRRpaxeH9JaOgSEH-FW8-N/s1600/IMG_5513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28BbSobL-yf1LC6Xw76KrSP3U4Htixlt_nrBJdZDPdWgnfZ_V7HSDw3GRDe-H7XGKq_vVmVHMoT6q662Xv06_CzA3x6oXXYmZk8ysVE76IzHnqaMN_8nRRpaxeH9JaOgSEH-FW8-N/s640/IMG_5513.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here's a shot with the texture of the duvet covers, too.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrs4_K0EhMx5I0JKbsMFT3pRIUB7sgEd-oanpTtB6eRM2xln1KJMn7xArXSsCeoStkarB8S0e30rq1wR_ImKwD0aaRADJsjv-CRQbz741zktbJBbRTpaPxTvBP-pzQrQGUX1xTT6C/s1600/IMG_5515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrs4_K0EhMx5I0JKbsMFT3pRIUB7sgEd-oanpTtB6eRM2xln1KJMn7xArXSsCeoStkarB8S0e30rq1wR_ImKwD0aaRADJsjv-CRQbz741zktbJBbRTpaPxTvBP-pzQrQGUX1xTT6C/s640/IMG_5515.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a side by side, to see the difference adding the duvets made!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Cx6jOQyPCJNCIPwqDkJuGmWnSn03nRG5MDtAKXiEyOqXefHYVdZoJDQgJvXT1KEapSzdFvZnpNdSUA3cdvcp6l-yfmFQtwSSiAILxyrrlJA5Fe17OeH0tBwX-_JOr6dl0Ha_s8O6/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Cx6jOQyPCJNCIPwqDkJuGmWnSn03nRG5MDtAKXiEyOqXefHYVdZoJDQgJvXT1KEapSzdFvZnpNdSUA3cdvcp6l-yfmFQtwSSiAILxyrrlJA5Fe17OeH0tBwX-_JOr6dl0Ha_s8O6/s640/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are going to be adding more art to the wall shown above.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Big surprise.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't just do one painting on a wall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>I just can't.....</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris recently purchased another little portrait of a girl, which we hung in place of the floral.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXm98JHPOsN_knlVQ4RFF79I6GK96-3rudozKahGhOnquDeJn3JY2IdkjRsz5HayGAkIbYrra63kvyHMUlguPdlroJBf-aKjSGKiwd9Hu0YuE29mMjkjb2F5v-M9l9X9SaZJ-CMjml/s1600/4(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXm98JHPOsN_knlVQ4RFF79I6GK96-3rudozKahGhOnquDeJn3JY2IdkjRsz5HayGAkIbYrra63kvyHMUlguPdlroJBf-aKjSGKiwd9Hu0YuE29mMjkjb2F5v-M9l9X9SaZJ-CMjml/s640/4(1).jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Soooooo.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will use the little floral on the other wall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCnwLxBd_ze-Su-BEQHayX2KH1NYIo7uyL63Ypnctsl46dJzqe0BW1YZbKcDkYw3AwrOGZKEyDUtv9gXTorNcnhty8TNxDIWqc42oP6EvswZbSfz1X13-ylEpasGwkWsYZLiqPLm3/s1600/113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCnwLxBd_ze-Su-BEQHayX2KH1NYIo7uyL63Ypnctsl46dJzqe0BW1YZbKcDkYw3AwrOGZKEyDUtv9gXTorNcnhty8TNxDIWqc42oP6EvswZbSfz1X13-ylEpasGwkWsYZLiqPLm3/s640/113.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We just keep trying different things between the beds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We started with the needlepoint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizn54XIHOI-sAmkDrxmEiJ4FCCg2D_lBTDNJnWFMD8vii1kZ_2s2Vue3rbz9yoHM6YYHAZFMGFossmEitDuv_H3uzdbDczmP65nuCM8JOkJnQt2At4SVKs0hBqjd6qLp5o5KXWrgTr/s1600/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizn54XIHOI-sAmkDrxmEiJ4FCCg2D_lBTDNJnWFMD8vii1kZ_2s2Vue3rbz9yoHM6YYHAZFMGFossmEitDuv_H3uzdbDczmP65nuCM8JOkJnQt2At4SVKs0hBqjd6qLp5o5KXWrgTr/s640/21.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So many walls.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So much crap.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So little time.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, we still are getting the lampshade for the chest of drawers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris wanted a nicer one than the one from Home Goods.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've corrupted her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've exposed her to the decadent life of custom lampshades.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the one below is being replaced.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOAXyhvX0a65nHCh5ijz07v6WzPq_4K4rISNflaJtTtNIRhpQqMH7wZSZ6QwMMmh18fWJhZNEA9fSXnmAxWC52H5AjNvUiag_PfuFiiZKg11SQdOHqHN8fhSlMBgpejMvmHjj78hB/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOAXyhvX0a65nHCh5ijz07v6WzPq_4K4rISNflaJtTtNIRhpQqMH7wZSZ6QwMMmh18fWJhZNEA9fSXnmAxWC52H5AjNvUiag_PfuFiiZKg11SQdOHqHN8fhSlMBgpejMvmHjj78hB/s640/2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will take you guys behind the scenes to show you what goes into making a custom lampshade!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's <i><b>haute couture</b></i> for lamps!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We still need to choose accent pillows for the beds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next post, I will be showing you options, and we will want to hear you opinion.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">S</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">oooooooo.......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Here's your chance!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You'll be able to leave you opinion without me biting your head off!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On that note,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Latah, Gatah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/?action=view&current=Betsysignature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/Betsysignature.png" /></a></div>

How to Dress a Cottage Bed

We"re slowly finishing up Kris's guest bedroom. Last post I showed you guys the duvet covers I made. This post I will show you the ...

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My Christmas Birthday

<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgob8ljs2iT0bteII8AazQ1sUS-AiKnHyjQ9-mS_p6kte5g0DEWiA8JQHcR-ojiYTynrEw36KE-M922efg_AKnmOsf24HDlkLtPfbxqYM8O4YVPEGo4Oann5UB_t_FcVvB7gc5YJbJL80A/s1600/Christmas_Birthday_Cake_Rs09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgob8ljs2iT0bteII8AazQ1sUS-AiKnHyjQ9-mS_p6kte5g0DEWiA8JQHcR-ojiYTynrEw36KE-M922efg_AKnmOsf24HDlkLtPfbxqYM8O4YVPEGo4Oann5UB_t_FcVvB7gc5YJbJL80A/s1600/Christmas_Birthday_Cake_Rs09.jpg" width="574" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/12/25/931572/-Happy-Birthday">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, I am one of those who celebrate their birthday so close to Christmas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As a child I never really liked it. Let me count the ways...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">1) I never got to celebrate in school since school's always out!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">2) My kiddie parties are not well attended since people are always out of town and are too stuffed already from the other Christmas parties they've gone to!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">3) I usually get only ONE gift for both Christmas and my Birthday! A real bummer for a kid :-(</span></i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But now that I'm a 'grown-up', I've come to realize that things are not so bad after all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>I love that fact that people are extra happy and cheerful this time of year.</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><br /></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>I love that my kids are on a break and I can take a break on my birthday always and celebrate with my family!</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>And I realized that the number of gifts doesn't matter but the kind and the thought that goes with it!</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So today, on my 3- th birthday, Say<b> 'CHEERS' </b>with me for with this extra blessing of a wonderful year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LOw9kJEDt_gAz6VXo6RM9b6iIk1yQJ36a_rKc7YcGSysGxDKD3d-c7loZxQbFH-KVF_5cVMzYD5pG0VlAF-6FMHldLG3l6oZu1oAmp5a3H0j-z5o_zU43uPQLBHJAhwjprv130uf_js/s1600/1280x427xHyatt-Champagne-Toast.jpg.pagespeed.ic.zhgwPaASz9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LOw9kJEDt_gAz6VXo6RM9b6iIk1yQJ36a_rKc7YcGSysGxDKD3d-c7loZxQbFH-KVF_5cVMzYD5pG0VlAF-6FMHldLG3l6oZu1oAmp5a3H0j-z5o_zU43uPQLBHJAhwjprv130uf_js/s1600/1280x427xHyatt-Champagne-Toast.jpg.pagespeed.ic.zhgwPaASz9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://chesapeakebay.hyatt.com/en/hotel/news-and-events/events/HolidayHappenings.html">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>I am joyous and very grateful for the life I've had and hopefully will have more of,</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b> in the years to come!</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh,and in case you're wondering, I'd be doing the Champagne drinking on the beach for you all! ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyh86PHcVx8q8ljC73x3o5cdAoSIk0beg2NS7JEJ8VwSMFcHVER7k5EmIlVZkl-cXN_te-CE5dPmgRfbc1-wRBoBPc2S426X3cAjTdiVflE8F5NIFAmumKdOoDzTbJDxy8RDgKd03Z648/s1600/woman_drinking_champagne_on_beach_42-18139013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyh86PHcVx8q8ljC73x3o5cdAoSIk0beg2NS7JEJ8VwSMFcHVER7k5EmIlVZkl-cXN_te-CE5dPmgRfbc1-wRBoBPc2S426X3cAjTdiVflE8F5NIFAmumKdOoDzTbJDxy8RDgKd03Z648/s1600/woman_drinking_champagne_on_beach_42-18139013.jpg" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.visualphotos.com/image/2x3380637/woman_drinking_champagne_on_beach">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">CHEERS MY FRIENDS!</span></i></b><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Here's something to make you smile (or cringe)! Either way, ENJOY!</i></b></span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9PVhIMr4ScI?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">*</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">VEL </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">*</span></i></b></div>

My Christmas Birthday

source Yes, I am one of those who celebrate their birthday so close to Christmas. As a child I never really liked it. Let me count the ways....

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A Vintage Twist For A New Duvet Cover

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Yippee Doodle!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finished making my buddy Kris's guest room duvet covers!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I figured it would take me two or three days to sew them.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it took me a month.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>You'd think I'd learn by now.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Everything takes longer than I think!!!!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been working on Kris's guest room,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for those of you new to my blog....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had gotten this far.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSE6NzzNeBJ6X_zf6E_KkKYmtnNlDarX4ZC5MdBwghmSWS0PxEpw2BH835WTpG_RjqMFacVt-XhHpfvdQp7nLAT8j73j_G4HhqgL2MMKzkjlPOE9-V10Hk6ZyK6uLreq_-LZr9UmCw/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSE6NzzNeBJ6X_zf6E_KkKYmtnNlDarX4ZC5MdBwghmSWS0PxEpw2BH835WTpG_RjqMFacVt-XhHpfvdQp7nLAT8j73j_G4HhqgL2MMKzkjlPOE9-V10Hk6ZyK6uLreq_-LZr9UmCw/s640/2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it was now time to work on the bedding for the pair of twin beds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found a green fabric we liked and brought it back to Kris's house to see how it would look at the end of the beds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It pulled in the green of the chest of drawers. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">that I had painted several years ago.....</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYGc6EEYGKplUVyIKlQ6gBo7vi1z40CWVVVgJBndWRNjpd4RoEYRKhEcyTpdf9YskZ5uk9dlFDy_LZQdTFYU6v_bIzE_Jpbds2jwoLvA2FyMGWNQJkXl9Ug1ML__z0QYmkeUNcyJM/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYGc6EEYGKplUVyIKlQ6gBo7vi1z40CWVVVgJBndWRNjpd4RoEYRKhEcyTpdf9YskZ5uk9dlFDy_LZQdTFYU6v_bIzE_Jpbds2jwoLvA2FyMGWNQJkXl9Ug1ML__z0QYmkeUNcyJM/s640/2.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(</span><i>Since the beds are not the same, being antique, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>and Kris wanted a mismatched pair.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>the first thing she had to do.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>was...</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>get the mattress guy back to remake the boxspring on the second bed.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I needed the top of the boxsprings to be the same height off the floor, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>so the bedskirts would be the same.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>But that's for the next post.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Today I'm going to show off the duvet covers.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I just got a little ahead of myself!!!!!</i><span style="font-size: large;">)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went to Calico Corners to chose a soft green matelasse cotton.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-w8kCMPqUTM1rArMg2X7_1uEU_ZyYHq0i99sB1IzwDCyx6iaWaifXLcFuhMHlYDkmkxWnKg2cOsJ_HAO68GoJL_hHyc4x8fAG66D4pY9oPIDfbcXMfjsXBvq_qCbrYIuMlPKgWpR/s1600/IMG_4612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-w8kCMPqUTM1rArMg2X7_1uEU_ZyYHq0i99sB1IzwDCyx6iaWaifXLcFuhMHlYDkmkxWnKg2cOsJ_HAO68GoJL_hHyc4x8fAG66D4pY9oPIDfbcXMfjsXBvq_qCbrYIuMlPKgWpR/s320/IMG_4612.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's really pretty, but a pain to work with because it is very stretchy and unravels.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpg6RyFCY5efpunJj3wxV_5-Sh47RMIp7gzTFIQ_u_myDTwImBkm6pDuHcSHVdIq_h4jLWc_NRedeNZJGaw83UXBq-R_6MCxwQCnvN-s12SZ1ocp0TVyVrjLFpnwsHUshEjOvbyFZL/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpg6RyFCY5efpunJj3wxV_5-Sh47RMIp7gzTFIQ_u_myDTwImBkm6pDuHcSHVdIq_h4jLWc_NRedeNZJGaw83UXBq-R_6MCxwQCnvN-s12SZ1ocp0TVyVrjLFpnwsHUshEjOvbyFZL/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The down comforters were 66" wide, and the fabric was 54" wide, that meant I had to have a seam down each side.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was thinking of the fabric as being a solid, and didn't take into account the repeat of the pattern.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><i>I am an idiot. </i></b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><i>I am an idiot. </i></b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>THEN</b>.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a brain fart, and cut one of the sides 10" too short.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Now I didn't have enough fabric!!!!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luckily, Calico Corners was able to get me two more yards in the same dye lot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">WHEW!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've found that very often my mistakes cause me to rethink the design of something, and It ends up being better than I had originally planned.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this case.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had to add a border at the top and bottom of the back and bottom of the front of the duvets, giving the cover a much more finished look.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll show pictures of this, so you'll understand my ramblings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Arrrggghhh!!!!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't take pictures!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><i>I am an idiot. </i></b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><i>I am an idiot. </i></b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here's a shot of the matched repeat on a seam....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMORsij8HXfKDH1XBjN3UfSUZca1MFS8_jLk0vpzyB9JczgictrTIKpuJ7wjjRdVnNCiyKelqcVBZFA5W6Q1I8k2gRN4kR4sugpNJwPioIbWU2tHrpqzoTethih9qNuXx0OyrTy6Ln/s1600/1(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMORsij8HXfKDH1XBjN3UfSUZca1MFS8_jLk0vpzyB9JczgictrTIKpuJ7wjjRdVnNCiyKelqcVBZFA5W6Q1I8k2gRN4kR4sugpNJwPioIbWU2tHrpqzoTethih9qNuXx0OyrTy6Ln/s640/1(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">imagine that on the sides, bottom and top, as well as having to have little squares in the corners that also have to have the repeats match.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">IT TOOK FOREVER!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then I had to serge every cut edge, so it wouldn't unravel when cleaned!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the closure, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to have a buttoned envelope style.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sooooo.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had gotten some buttons from Joanne's Fabrics.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVWVJcu8gAc3qgeKUdBkNuFudrlI1Zw1_suNELk1NzrYNLEXtK8w09jzb88M_VGKtjbot76YdPpJ4t4r7X7d3XB0NBRKVvn0rKUFa6hiHToBHIc37GNV2mB58Xy5gXpePjC7ui-iZ/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVWVJcu8gAc3qgeKUdBkNuFudrlI1Zw1_suNELk1NzrYNLEXtK8w09jzb88M_VGKtjbot76YdPpJ4t4r7X7d3XB0NBRKVvn0rKUFa6hiHToBHIc37GNV2mB58Xy5gXpePjC7ui-iZ/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They had a pretty mother of pearl look.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had another brain fart when I bought them, and didn't realize how many I would need.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't have enough.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is just standard operating procedure for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO11jPGRLFgoV7VBBJuNtpQPtboc-NtwAO1oHVLFcpRy2TAErMH_6SliyhiDQEeDGm8mndx65xbBaRAS1Ju5Hmn8zvMU-LZAbmjALnET_F5B-M9Wi7chIH41XiqJqyWYKTdYbDsgFl/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO11jPGRLFgoV7VBBJuNtpQPtboc-NtwAO1oHVLFcpRy2TAErMH_6SliyhiDQEeDGm8mndx65xbBaRAS1Ju5Hmn8zvMU-LZAbmjALnET_F5B-M9Wi7chIH41XiqJqyWYKTdYbDsgFl/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sooooooo.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course Joanne's had discontinued selling them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">WELL!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wasn't about to throw in the towel.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No indeedy doo!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I started troweling the internet, and found the manufacturer, and was able to buy enough for the project.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>BUT...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I was looking for matching mother of pearl buttons.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I came across some vintage ones on eBay.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03pDFYt_GjCeTHy26iGGT93hMIzoBAEnjCUEnZTpgYP1cINTA0Rlp8Th8dZvWhqdVU7aD1Hc4thqa-MNaNkRF-bKXb4X-MUz_J5QTd-2YygmFghuSFlOUKG4toSX7FGvOEzl9dhbL/s1600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03pDFYt_GjCeTHy26iGGT93hMIzoBAEnjCUEnZTpgYP1cINTA0Rlp8Th8dZvWhqdVU7aD1Hc4thqa-MNaNkRF-bKXb4X-MUz_J5QTd-2YygmFghuSFlOUKG4toSX7FGvOEzl9dhbL/s640/Untitled.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were really interesting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were really pretty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were really <i>me me me</i>!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris liked them too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, we just had to get them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were some serious bidders wanting these buttons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started copping an attitude towards the other bidders.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Didn't they know that these would be perfect for the duvets?????</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I WAS TAKING NO PRISONERS!!!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>I was going to get these@#$ buttons </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">and I did!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were great!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were all different sizes!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sewed 16 on each duvet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That was 36 different size button holes!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hadn't thought of that when I had the brilliant idea of using them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><i>I am an idiot. </i></b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><i>I am an idiot. </i></b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I am an idiot. </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sooooo.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I figured out the order I wanted them to be sewn, and then threaded them on a string to keep them in the proper order.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7kPNlpHkCa5AyAmqyjeynC2Z2SWK6Gw8W0iN60dhnNCcqo_JTIf4outHzs5Ysra5SPQNWxqlxi9pKMAjPauK93xdSImXEiLUozjsI9vutF40_xc1qzllvSX0yKxI5za3dfFv7vj0/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7kPNlpHkCa5AyAmqyjeynC2Z2SWK6Gw8W0iN60dhnNCcqo_JTIf4outHzs5Ysra5SPQNWxqlxi9pKMAjPauK93xdSImXEiLUozjsI9vutF40_xc1qzllvSX0yKxI5za3dfFv7vj0/s640/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did this for both duvets, and then pinned the strings to the button holed pieces that would be sewn onto the duvet covers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMH0Yr0wvZD-Z6qlzZdcqIRx4d6uvFYkdvojoJL5esgl8sXjTUgr6b0x-1k3VHJCDdfF_WGnQhVyAJJHZJ_XpnfhTcb6OAvGVKwxVWWLKs1RibEEtIJcKKR426nCOQo6hv2eY2SYb/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMH0Yr0wvZD-Z6qlzZdcqIRx4d6uvFYkdvojoJL5esgl8sXjTUgr6b0x-1k3VHJCDdfF_WGnQhVyAJJHZJ_XpnfhTcb6OAvGVKwxVWWLKs1RibEEtIJcKKR426nCOQo6hv2eY2SYb/s640/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I had to sew each button hole.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I marked the center of where each button would go, as they were all different sizes, so I didn't want to measure the distance between each one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THEN....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">KEEPING THEM IN ORDER.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJmBnUyM-tsbiG_UHxSU7yJGuM4yvvgbv2iHTxeYdLckXzlHo04SM1uUAaKdG_7oNSQSRA7gGj2Jwyv8dBwx0YaJji5smo1tftCuD2Dx5rETvkPkujy19MYLJRiowjhrfqt87NpBd/s1600/IMG_5475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJmBnUyM-tsbiG_UHxSU7yJGuM4yvvgbv2iHTxeYdLckXzlHo04SM1uUAaKdG_7oNSQSRA7gGj2Jwyv8dBwx0YaJji5smo1tftCuD2Dx5rETvkPkujy19MYLJRiowjhrfqt87NpBd/s640/IMG_5475.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had to sew each one, adjusting the button hole pressure foot </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">32</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> times.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THAT'S </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-large;">thirty-two</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then it was time to sew on the buttons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I needed to keep them in order, and start from the correct side, so I didn't sew them on wrong.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17y_5exCO8AhwBwj90uV_13LBg6bn9b9mPRbASkFE6DOUTC3bZudhG3E5puSsvThf4vZqXHb53js8GjaTtyEdWlnALn6ROt8KRbL03yQzuid4CR9qt2p5rtSZpF1YlY5m3Gb0qhkZ/s1600/IMG_5472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17y_5exCO8AhwBwj90uV_13LBg6bn9b9mPRbASkFE6DOUTC3bZudhG3E5puSsvThf4vZqXHb53js8GjaTtyEdWlnALn6ROt8KRbL03yQzuid4CR9qt2p5rtSZpF1YlY5m3Gb0qhkZ/s640/IMG_5472.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finally finished!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I watched/listened to old Judge Judy TV shows whiled I sewed on <span style="font-size: x-large;">32</span> buttons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZAgjKNc2P01gHsxj-2PWTRj2zN-tOzY5vfx7c7zMZF-EQOQ356AZ5zscSeDp9GlhYMaXAsPNwXkW0RiTxlh6M5xXPtezVx_mvdLOokA-4SjCB3tINB-b83K_lpnPJwVoZjbEpPFf/s1600/IMG_5483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZAgjKNc2P01gHsxj-2PWTRj2zN-tOzY5vfx7c7zMZF-EQOQ356AZ5zscSeDp9GlhYMaXAsPNwXkW0RiTxlh6M5xXPtezVx_mvdLOokA-4SjCB3tINB-b83K_lpnPJwVoZjbEpPFf/s640/IMG_5483.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I LOVE JUDGE JUDY! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I LOVE JUDGE JUDY! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I LOVE JUDGE JUDY! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I LOVE JUDGE JUDY!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris and I hauled the covers over to her abode, and here they are, getting ready to be put on the duvets!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpyzSfKkk845xo5BaPazhCa-Heck9yDgvcpNZ0JJEK56ZGvakqjs-yLvn5mTjdkDrSvvNTueJYBpXMq4EFVXLmVgRBDJWvStspiVjC1IgoE9jZjQYXbFcRXAFjjF_C3K8mMKco7LL/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpyzSfKkk845xo5BaPazhCa-Heck9yDgvcpNZ0JJEK56ZGvakqjs-yLvn5mTjdkDrSvvNTueJYBpXMq4EFVXLmVgRBDJWvStspiVjC1IgoE9jZjQYXbFcRXAFjjF_C3K8mMKco7LL/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and here they are, on the duvets!!!!</span></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/AVvXsEgO7UgzRooZLy8O12fksdVXyEnOR9JMGR8OM_SSt8Bupaqaexsbmd9QZyqLxmnZE9lKeCvqwYkYzDQTiQFl_HAKXe0gBirzv8ILL3W6WkQSPCJYdLX77nRSVN2dctV1N1OlsvfLCvqa/s1600/2(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7UgzRooZLy8O12fksdVXyEnOR9JMGR8OM_SSt8Bupaqaexsbmd9QZyqLxmnZE9lKeCvqwYkYzDQTiQFl_HAKXe0gBirzv8ILL3W6WkQSPCJYdLX77nRSVN2dctV1N1OlsvfLCvqa/s640/2(1).jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Folded at the end of the bed....</span></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/AVvXsEjfnYK89puT9oY0Tv2ctXnRj_8mi3KEBcbb8SWFMt5LlX5TsR95CTzjq0GtGOdsFGA97GjneXfWUNlXMV5Yo-fUN9zJ7FoIzZcOLfAgjngvukNYTFH07anK1BQAKrfuQObViVmfe1Q1/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnYK89puT9oY0Tv2ctXnRj_8mi3KEBcbb8SWFMt5LlX5TsR95CTzjq0GtGOdsFGA97GjneXfWUNlXMV5Yo-fUN9zJ7FoIzZcOLfAgjngvukNYTFH07anK1BQAKrfuQObViVmfe1Q1/s640/7.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will show you the new dust ruffles and the new bedding and the beds made up on my next post.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what is called a <i style="font-weight: bold;">cliff hanger</i>!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On that note,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Latah, Gatah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/?action=view&current=Betsysignature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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A Vintage Twist For A New Duvet Cover

Yippee Doodle!!!!! I finished making my buddy Kris's guest room duvet covers!!!!! I figured it would take me two or three days to sew th...

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Nativity

<div style="text-align: center;">While trying to write this post, I had a hard time finding pictures of homes with Nativity sets.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps it's because the Nativity set is not so 'chic' anymore in Christmas decor or perhaps, with all the other hoopla we place all over our homes we just don't have the time and energy to set-up one!;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1E1LpYYhfTy4_5gze7tUn6aYef-WAaGA3qPRsNBnyHO5WFXNnFj-HpFoayjMlN93kUJAoiPGnuE59Mq2mnnpJS5jRELP9Dh28WrzCLygzuE57PLvxnPukdWU0vFzqygZSOeRO9m1pwOQ/s1600/n1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1E1LpYYhfTy4_5gze7tUn6aYef-WAaGA3qPRsNBnyHO5WFXNnFj-HpFoayjMlN93kUJAoiPGnuE59Mq2mnnpJS5jRELP9Dh28WrzCLygzuE57PLvxnPukdWU0vFzqygZSOeRO9m1pwOQ/s640/n1.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/2142279/Private-Residence-in-Gulfport--MS-traditional-living-room-new-orleans">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I guess Christmas villages are more popular than this important reminder ( to me at least), of why we TRULY celebrate this holiday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But, being the traditional soul that I am, I still feel the need to set up one as much as I feel the need to set-up our Christmas tree! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm definitely an old soul when it comes to this  and very sentimental about it too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Let me tell you why....</b></i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMHq7ksM6s9zCEIWnTq5R14aOd_XLYHnv2YxEaLkbd54166SNeRhAud2EmIr1IQPRR-mJ14kzHaZzft46_U18U0hckLN6ifYRqp5W9nDLXachM24yCXakbby9TipgM5EU6zuWPCvsSbA/s1600/n2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMHq7ksM6s9zCEIWnTq5R14aOd_XLYHnv2YxEaLkbd54166SNeRhAud2EmIr1IQPRR-mJ14kzHaZzft46_U18U0hckLN6ifYRqp5W9nDLXachM24yCXakbby9TipgM5EU6zuWPCvsSbA/s640/n2.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/2239829/Dallas-TX--The-DeGolyer-Estate-traditional-family-room-dallas">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I remember growing up, my father (who by the way was the original decorator in our home), would build a small manger and set-up our huge Nativity set either outside or inside our home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXCZqQtRGAct4Eg7dENpveMBvByPgzvLuPhdjRXmcvRAq7QSTz594FXDZljWtqw10L09LPG_Det600NtGiDktc0kFEuwUuLrkunyc4b1d21VTiHcebcTYjsiJXk4bPyqyRvBavsQuQaI/s1600/n3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXCZqQtRGAct4Eg7dENpveMBvByPgzvLuPhdjRXmcvRAq7QSTz594FXDZljWtqw10L09LPG_Det600NtGiDktc0kFEuwUuLrkunyc4b1d21VTiHcebcTYjsiJXk4bPyqyRvBavsQuQaI/s640/n3.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/1775201/Christmas-Interior-traditional-living-room-houston">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then he would hang a huge star on one of our radio towers (yes, we had a radio tower back in the Philippines) and string lights going down towards the Nativity scene - it was magical! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whenever people ask where our house would be, I would just tell them to 'follow the star'!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And with that said, I set up our Christmas Nativity for our home this year...</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZSjDWKmzOVAEfNIkfNnpx-ygimpMafUxxsgANm0ts9n5HmmBh5ZC8rUd6S09V3JHOfylLEkkOfa69m5m08dx3LQ2UJOCZhvCs_w8M8ALD9wUp5Ck2x1PpGNGB0f9rMHMzisZrVFmHuk/s1600/DSC_0296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZSjDWKmzOVAEfNIkfNnpx-ygimpMafUxxsgANm0ts9n5HmmBh5ZC8rUd6S09V3JHOfylLEkkOfa69m5m08dx3LQ2UJOCZhvCs_w8M8ALD9wUp5Ck2x1PpGNGB0f9rMHMzisZrVFmHuk/s640/DSC_0296.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The set is a gift from my mother two Christmas ago. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFbS0aDg1z7IdesVEX5lxDj4ea2BVWwBWhhEWd-vIuhMMHMN9tkZf7Zf52pWyFvKc2LMRI0JFBSx35uY16jrCaVXIGqmfjJSTMGBQKR4rwtfT127VwD_UJMc9uIS7dxCQQBQTa8GBj70/s1600/DSC_0297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFbS0aDg1z7IdesVEX5lxDj4ea2BVWwBWhhEWd-vIuhMMHMN9tkZf7Zf52pWyFvKc2LMRI0JFBSx35uY16jrCaVXIGqmfjJSTMGBQKR4rwtfT127VwD_UJMc9uIS7dxCQQBQTa8GBj70/s640/DSC_0297.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isn't it beautiful?</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Not as elaborate and grand as the one my father sets up, but still I love it.<br />All the figures are dressed in gold and yellow and all the details, exquisite.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUVpE5mnoKYV5kiMB0IM_JebVlv2XVLpKGw8MJF6nU2k5W1zOno-SK3xOUQdnDkD2MOGcufus2uZfUJDpObxpbquZsONg3l9YI9nS9IdJmSr5bn3_b053-lgQkhRf3w7ujL8DgsUu240/s1600/DSC_0298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUVpE5mnoKYV5kiMB0IM_JebVlv2XVLpKGw8MJF6nU2k5W1zOno-SK3xOUQdnDkD2MOGcufus2uZfUJDpObxpbquZsONg3l9YI9nS9IdJmSr5bn3_b053-lgQkhRf3w7ujL8DgsUu240/s640/DSC_0298.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Star, though not strung as high is still very Filipino - Capiz Parol /lantern</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUmDZtnO9QNS0MHsm4O27ncQohsnaHSjcRXNrTzLpb7vRiwiRHSlENxMxleH1VVzfrWKhgiJpqDrY_2hTWrNevo1c0RxuFcClmQ6aO-28icO5lBtltlJyb7HUHiOtkImOIgvGS_Unb6A/s1600/DSC_0300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUmDZtnO9QNS0MHsm4O27ncQohsnaHSjcRXNrTzLpb7vRiwiRHSlENxMxleH1VVzfrWKhgiJpqDrY_2hTWrNevo1c0RxuFcClmQ6aO-28icO5lBtltlJyb7HUHiOtkImOIgvGS_Unb6A/s640/DSC_0300.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I really love looking at this set and whenever I tell the story to my sons about Christmas, it's nice to look at something in our home that goes along with this story.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've also been on a hunt for a while now for a huge set for the outdoors.<br />Haven't seen one yet that fit my fancy (and budget), but I'm hoping someday, I'll find the right one and keep on re-living our old Manger way back in the Philippines...</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I am still a bit homesick during the holidays, glad that I'll be enjoying the beach soon!<br /><br /><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Have a Great Weekend Everyone </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">!</span></i></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">**</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">VEL</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">**</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Would love to hear your thoughts! 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Nativity

While trying to write this post, I had a hard time finding pictures of homes with Nativity sets. Perhaps it's because the Nativity set i...

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Bold Green Color for a Guest Room!!!!!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I get started on today's post, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">let me share with you guys what just happened.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was sitting at my computer, happily editing the photos for today's blog, when the phone rang.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's an old phone....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLByf1JWJgTvutCuVuVCu9sKsrpJ9AO-lQ6RH34nyEQDegsRZyip897joFy0uVTxd8HIhE6rjrTfzas7FapOB7rNZVOwLfHsTRyjzlbN10wcL2qrSGoabYIjixsHnVZ6ssTtmU6qZ/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLByf1JWJgTvutCuVuVCu9sKsrpJ9AO-lQ6RH34nyEQDegsRZyip897joFy0uVTxd8HIhE6rjrTfzas7FapOB7rNZVOwLfHsTRyjzlbN10wcL2qrSGoabYIjixsHnVZ6ssTtmU6qZ/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No caller ID.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so I answered it's summons, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">whereupon a strongly accented Indian voice said he was calling from the </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"US Medical Department"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And started asking me about a recent procedure I had had.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sweetly.......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sorta....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">explained to him that I was having trouble understanding him, and could he repeat what he had just said.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where upon he again asked me if I had recently had an "operation".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was highly suspicious, as I had had a procedure, but no operation.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Besides, anyone with legitimate access to my records would know that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I asked him what the "US Medical Department" was, as I had never heard of it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(my father, two brothers and sister are all doctors.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where upon he said "Don't you live in the US?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was feeling more and more suspicious.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I asked to speak to his supervisor, as I was having trouble understanding him.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He told me he <i><b>was</b></i> the supervisor.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I again asked him to explain to me what the US Medical Department was, where upon he told me to</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> "Go to hell."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I answered....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Well, I understood <b><i>THAT</i></b>!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But by now he had hung up on me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">soooooo.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I called the hospital and told them that their records had been hacked.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll let them deal with it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If these people call me again, I'll sick my father on them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In retrospect.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I love talking about my aches and pains.....</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and this guy had called me out of the blue, and was willing to listen!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone else just tunes me out......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>anyway.....</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">back to decoratin'......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Chris and Connie's Vermont home, they need a lot of guestrooms as they have a lot of chillin's and granchillin's.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the second floor off the hall sitting room</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (pic's to come in the future....) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are two guest rooms, a pink one and a green one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, since this post is titled, "Bold Green Color for a Guest Room", I will show off the green one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUERszkU5mrdoVqcn3nl-5iEg_wQK9VbmSQKiV5d8zaxNrFB_IWI71fg3obSDUeZpzcJP4xzUj2pBUTVSclA7rqzCQrpv8AlV5LZGWzhEpuW0VxMzJPEzkw2y8BlFllUGfB_j5zRP/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUERszkU5mrdoVqcn3nl-5iEg_wQK9VbmSQKiV5d8zaxNrFB_IWI71fg3obSDUeZpzcJP4xzUj2pBUTVSclA7rqzCQrpv8AlV5LZGWzhEpuW0VxMzJPEzkw2y8BlFllUGfB_j5zRP/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once again, we used twin beds for the flexibility that they provide in the guest department.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Connie had found the quilts (which I love) and we styled the room around them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't remember where I got the beds, but we were going for a cottage vibe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crisp green of the walls acts as a good foil for the white shape of the headboards.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoBDGB6oPBOEpzUyQZbM9PchtNkCbrSf_PzJyvYKT56boBHhJaBLYyt4v2FcxiAEmeBdbP7lb9Pi0K-_lNbZni5Bnpu3EJa9hS5j6ca-HGqr1DjK9gPNvTqDhMXpiURIx_EpB5cvS/s1600/2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoBDGB6oPBOEpzUyQZbM9PchtNkCbrSf_PzJyvYKT56boBHhJaBLYyt4v2FcxiAEmeBdbP7lb9Pi0K-_lNbZni5Bnpu3EJa9hS5j6ca-HGqr1DjK9gPNvTqDhMXpiURIx_EpB5cvS/s640/2a.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had some furn prints framed and then I hung them all over the walls.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This repeated the white against the green theme I used throughout the space.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the beds were tucked under the eve line of the roof, I had a double swing arm lamp hung on the wall which gave light to both beds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2Cv9Z22yxEWECxvyevsAmmlS5cX-X3p1I0zwy8tURcEK97MOhyphenhyphenuUdW6Ucna90488IMXKiIopyp3eopqsDikMFC0nJ6O-SFSYk0u3CdY-oRKQuwlGOP6JQKTsgwSNmTgp4iHLQvvW/s1600/3a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2Cv9Z22yxEWECxvyevsAmmlS5cX-X3p1I0zwy8tURcEK97MOhyphenhyphenuUdW6Ucna90488IMXKiIopyp3eopqsDikMFC0nJ6O-SFSYk0u3CdY-oRKQuwlGOP6JQKTsgwSNmTgp4iHLQvvW/s400/3a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found a gingham check that I had made into dust ruffles which I edged with white rick rack trim.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdioa111i-Wpk8OotqSBT1RPqYSqPRrYWSblzjjhXuwfyy8TyvmhGMokunWI8c10gpNLLkip4HIsVSg__AI1-lXdlXUfdN7PgZiVQjLseEp1XRCPzU5fSRPSf7tsNDRncS3ySac4Gq/s1600/6a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdioa111i-Wpk8OotqSBT1RPqYSqPRrYWSblzjjhXuwfyy8TyvmhGMokunWI8c10gpNLLkip4HIsVSg__AI1-lXdlXUfdN7PgZiVQjLseEp1XRCPzU5fSRPSf7tsNDRncS3ySac4Gq/s640/6a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my last post, Mimi asked how the bedskirts are made, as no white shows at the top, like ready made bedskirts are wont to do.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The way to make a nice custom bedskirt is to add 4 to 6 inches of the fabric to the deck's perimeter, this way you don't see anything but the bedskirt fabric if the mattress slips.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the floor of this bedroom, I found a wonderful sisal with a woven green diamond pattern.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEine-Pjon2DeeVgh2R8_RB6M3QmR1ENIft2BYreF0IpQKweSUgPHaCuDWHgomEluU3u-9ubT_MLqmULrzm31owwjiVXUNElMmABvOdQJOL21Eiw1A5IeeH79cLTs1yQeCjJ8TU6LmMI/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEine-Pjon2DeeVgh2R8_RB6M3QmR1ENIft2BYreF0IpQKweSUgPHaCuDWHgomEluU3u-9ubT_MLqmULrzm31owwjiVXUNElMmABvOdQJOL21Eiw1A5IeeH79cLTs1yQeCjJ8TU6LmMI/s640/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Between the beds, I placed a white Fiddlehead end table from <a href="http://www.mainecottage.com/fiddlehead-end-table-white-neutral-furniture.html">Main Cottage Furniture.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWXUAO4BPSL5GiG7f87Yr_7xb_eJMLx65FGagzFjWGbStxfFyB509lEz6f-YEq5Zv-gAiFffNhYe_UlBaW-TpntNzomAF3kKxcmX4HyZMzrPKN-LpA4mHpcflaWSoZ1u2HFN98xuk/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWXUAO4BPSL5GiG7f87Yr_7xb_eJMLx65FGagzFjWGbStxfFyB509lEz6f-YEq5Zv-gAiFffNhYe_UlBaW-TpntNzomAF3kKxcmX4HyZMzrPKN-LpA4mHpcflaWSoZ1u2HFN98xuk/s640/8.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was choosing furniture with interesting shapes that would stand out against the green of the walls.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For just a touch of accent pattern, I had toss pillows made that were whimsical and fun, for any grand children visiting the old folks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWusyzWEXYH94rgtNE6c3t6MU0U6eFtVaEAKNX3poYotGpHk2BcdAp54nl5qkCLjcPp4eBxLn4UjGMhyYPfWU3f5XhRwRHA1VTcs1BacuHE0TlBGGHbN4FuliqrWcm0Wn8GzAOz-Tg/s1600/5b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWusyzWEXYH94rgtNE6c3t6MU0U6eFtVaEAKNX3poYotGpHk2BcdAp54nl5qkCLjcPp4eBxLn4UjGMhyYPfWU3f5XhRwRHA1VTcs1BacuHE0TlBGGHbN4FuliqrWcm0Wn8GzAOz-Tg/s640/5b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a touch more color for the beds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUu8LIK-gzJX7m9IXKZ_nMm0Aktg2Bovz8H2LevY_sX2H0g0O7w1D60x52bA0uPNVPpBPWeegwbfciOu2329Suv1XqbEiR_qH6SLrfYy_1gHoNqgufdSaV21c8mt2WDopCeICTGlVE/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUu8LIK-gzJX7m9IXKZ_nMm0Aktg2Bovz8H2LevY_sX2H0g0O7w1D60x52bA0uPNVPpBPWeegwbfciOu2329Suv1XqbEiR_qH6SLrfYy_1gHoNqgufdSaV21c8mt2WDopCeICTGlVE/s640/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A simple green and white room for weekend company.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's snowing here in Massachusetts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yippee!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I get to do more complaining!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On that note,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Latah, Gatah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/?action=view&current=Betsysignature.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/Betsysignature.png" /></a></div>

Bold Green Color for a Guest Room!!!!!

Before I get started on today's post,  let me share with you guys what just happened. I was sitting at my computer, happily editing the ...

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