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Zazzle.com came out with a fabric design tool that allows you to create craft fabrics from your photographs. Know that this is fantastic, especially if you want to coordinate fabric with your room theme. If you want to sew up some throw pillows from the photo of your wildflower garden you can make the custom fabric by using the design tool at Zazzle
I love to sew and create home decorations. So these craft fabrics are a must have as far as I am concerned. I have not been this excited for a really long time.
Before Zazzle fabrics, I had to drive two hours to a city to shop for my upholstery and craft fabrics and hated commuting on the two-lane highways to get to my destination. So I stopped sewing and being creative. But not anymore because Zazzle has made it possible for me to get exactly what I want and I can shop in the comfort of my home.
This
year I thought I would decorate my husbands man cave with a few
zombie products and also pick up some walking dead and Daryl Dixon-shirts. I think it would be fun to invite a few fans over to watch
the premiere show for the 2015 season by hosting a walking dead
party.
Personally
I do not think we need to go “all out” for this party but do
think some throw pillows for sofa, blanket throw, posters, coffee mugs and serving plates and bowls for dips would be perfect for a
zombie fallout shelter/man cave. Plus I really like the cardboard life-size cutout of Daryl Dixon to be set up in the room, I think having him in the room will appreciated by all.
This
blog post features two Walking Dead sets that I created at polyvore.
These sets will inspire you to decorate your home with a zombie
theme and they also feature today’s hot selling T-shirts. All are
must haves for a Walking Dead premier house party.
Walking
Dead Daryl Dixon Gifts by sgolis
featuring autumn
home decor
I am a walking dead fan and so is my husband. We missed the first three season but then by chance we saw the repeats on AMC and were addicted to the show. How about you? Are you a walking dead fan? If you like the zombie look and would like to create a zombie space in your home then here are few zazzle.com products that I found that are my favorites. I hope this zombie merchandise inspires you to decorate for the Walking Dead upcoming season.
So get the party started by featuring past seasons Walking Dead episodes in the background. A great way to build up anticipation for the up and coming episode. Another fun party activity is to invite your zombie guest to play the Walking dead board game that will test their knowledge of the show. This trivia board game is a lot of fun, in fact event the kids enjoy it. Then get a life size poster of Daryl Dixon and photograph your zombie party guests next to him. We have had both men and women get all dreamy eyed over this poster. Now lets get busy and decorate your home for zombie themed party.
Decorate
your walls with zombies and this will create walking dead ambiance.
Accent
your sofa or side chair with a zombie response team throw blanket in
black and red by zazzle. A throw blanket will certainly add to your
party theme.
It
is really cold out today and I am missing my herb garden. I have a
few herb plants on a southern windowsill but my indoor garden does
not compare to my outdoor garden in the summer. So today I thought
if I cannot work outdoors in the garden I am going to make a fresh
herb wreath for my kitchen and the aroma from the leaves will be
nice.
For
this wreath I needed to buy bunches of herbs from the farmers market.
I was able to find and buy rosemary, thyme, and sage. These herbs bunches were not inexpensive so I used a bent twig wreath that I had
instead of buying one from hobby lobby.
I
used 6 eight
inch herb
stems that
were gathered together, I worked the bunch of herbs in-between the
bent twig wreathand
found I did not need any craft wire to hold them in place.
When
all the herbs were attached to
the wreath I
sprayed then with water to help the herbs to stay fresh. Going
forward I will mist the herbs on the wreath daily and they should
keep for several weeks. Know
that this
is an easy craft with big results because the fragrance of the herbs
really makes the kitchen have a nice scent.
Here is a video that will show you how to make a fresh lavender wreath. Wonderfully fragrant for kitchen, bedroom, or entrance to your home.
Today I am inspired to decorate my bedroom for Valentine's Day because hubby and I will be staying home this year and I would like to create a red color theme with plenty of hearts and love sayings for the perfect little love nest for the two of us.
So I headed over to my Zazzle gallery and created some modern red locking hearts with black background designs; throw pillow, candy tins, lamps, blanket throw, T-shirt for me and for the wall so heart-shaped decals with cute classic Valentine's day sayings. I know it is corny but this stuff makes me smile and since hubby and I have been working and have opposite hours I am thinking to stay home on Valentines Day would be a nice way to reconnect and a bedroom that is decorated with a "love to love you" or "I love you more" theme would be a good way to celebrate Valentine's Day. So I designed a variety of pillows sizes so I could pile them on the bed, and then I added home accessories to pop up the room and add to the ambiance. Do you decorate for Valentine's Day?
Here is a bedroom set that created to show my clients how to decorate for Valentines' Day. This set will hopefully inspire you to decorate.
Here are a few of the products that I used to create this Valentine's Day set, click on the link to view in high resolution.
One
of my clients loves the color blue and wanted to update his Christmas
room
by utilizing shades of blue with contrasting white and silver. He told
me
to keep the walls a white, but
was open for discussion for a blue feature wall with
blue snowflake or winter wonderland canvas print or poster.
But
other than that he asked me to use
accessories; throw
pillows, winter blue, white
and silver accessories including crystal sculpture to
pop up his room
decor
color and
to add visual interest. My
client said he liked
the art deco style with tufted sofa, high back chairs but was open to
new modern ideas. I
jotted down his wants for the Christmas
room
makeover and then went to work. I searched online for products that would work with his Christmas
room. I found some interesting home décor accessories at
Joss & Main.com,
zazzle.comand polyvore.I prefer to gather Christmas product ideas from online rather than
running around town search of this and that. Online is so much
easier to shop for home décor ideas because everything is a click
away.
I searched online for products
that and colors that were appealing. My client liked Ethan Allan furniture, and Baccarat crystal. He was a man who liked finer things and I knew I could present a visually appealing Christmasroom that he would love.
Here is the Christmas home decor set I created at Polyvore for my client. My service is to inspire and to show the client visually appealing rooms based on what they tell me, and what I interpret when talking to them. After I present then a visual presentation then they can then hire me to decorate their home or they can do it themselves or hire whoever they want. On average it take me a day to prepare a product design for my client. The products listed bellow this set are my designs from my Susang6 shop at zazzle.com. All other items can be found at Polyvore.com.
Blue
Christmas by sgolis
featuring throw
pillows
When all was said and done the blue Christmas décor that
I found online
turned and ordinary room into an extraordinary
room.
Here is a youtube video that features 25 living rooms that are decorated for Christmas. All are good ideas, you can use the design ideas and change the color to blue. I hope this article and video inspires you to decorate for a blue Christmas.
When it comes to decorating a cottage style bedroom with
accessories I always think botanical prints with greenery. I like the floral
prints with green color because it represents nature and harmony.
Decorating with flowers
and the color green creates a cozy and calm ambiance, thus green is a good color and floral print accessories in bedroom works well for because it is a room where one goes to rest.
Here are some ideas for decorating a cottage style bedroom
Decorate a cottage bedroom by adding white
wainscoting on the lower half of your wall and then paint the top wall green. Choose a green paint shade that will match your accessories.
Then decide on the focal area of your room. Generally your bed is the feature in your bedroom and thus you will
use your primary colors on the bed. Use floral print throw pillows, pillow shams and other floral print accessories then I would comforter or quilt set that is a neutral color or has a dainty floral print.
Then accessorize bed ensemble with coordinating throw
pillows.
Continue to accessorize the green theme bedroom with hat boxes, set of 3 would be best. These boxes would add a touch of greener and
would look nice on top of your dresser or stacked on top of each other next to
a accent chair.
Accessorize country cottage bedroom with a botanical
I love to sew and create home decorations. So these craft fabrics are a must have as far as I am concerned. I have not been this excited for a really long time. 
