January 2012 - Alderberry Hill

Mom & Daughter Sweater Pillows

January 31, 2012

I know, I know, sweater pillows have been done and done again a million times. I have been wanting to try them for ages and I just kept putting it off. I have so many pillows as it is and I know what my husband was going to say as soon as he sees them, “What, more pillows?”.

But I must say, I love the pillows.

Thanks to Steph at Crafting in the Rain, I finally got this project off my to do list.

Steph asked me to be a part of her series “Make a Splash“, the project I submitted was the above pillows.

I had these two sweaters in the giveaway pile for a little while (*rhyme!). The white sweater was my daughters and the red sweater was mine.

I already had 2 pillows on hand that I made a couple of years ago and I’ve gotten tired of them so I cut the sweaters to fit those pillows.

I made 3 flowers out of the trim on the sleeves & neck of the red sweater.

The white sweater has sequins and I thought it looked great as is.

The pillows look kinda valentiney too!

Imagine, Improvise & Invent

Sarah

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Make the Scene Monday #10

January 30, 2012

It`s Make the Scene Monday time again!
It’s almost February! Already!
I cannot believe how quickly the weeks are going by.
Would you like an awesome porcelain number sign for your house?
Enter my Ramsign giveaway here.

The Most viewed link from last week was from
Yankee Doodle Designs

Valentines Day Art

Lets get this party started!

I would love for you to follow me but it’s not a rule

But if you decide to follow me, leave a comment and I’ll follow you right back!

I just have a couple of incey weencey rules and they are that you keep it family-friendly, and that you not link directly to your shop. I would love to host a giveaway if you want to promote your business!

Happy Monday everyone!

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Valentines at Alderberry Hill

January 29, 2012

The Valentine decorations are coming together. I’m adding in things here and there as I make them.

Here are a few pics from around the house.

I don’t have a mantle, and oh how I long for one.

But, I do have a shelf!!

Here is the link to the first printable & the middle printable. The Home Sweet Home is not one of my printables, I forget where I got this last year.

Closeups of the banner made with scrapbooking paper & rubber stamps.