post 6 of 30: time to tango

word on the street is that the 2012 pantone color of the year is tangerine tango!

any of you brides planning a tangerine wedding?

i can work with that....

invitation available on http://www.littlebitcreations.etsy.com/

save the date card available on http://www.littlebitcreations.etsy.com/

you can purchase these AWESOME (ok i am biased) paper goods here and here.



Sarah and Eric's Big Day

It is not every day that you are asked to do invitations for one of your best friends wedding, and it is not every day that one of your best friends get married!  Especially two people that are this perfect for eachother!

I love you guys and I can not wait to be part of your big day!

xoxoxoxo

Cy's First Birthday

m. elle design

The newest Elle Decor brings us to Ketchum, Idaho, into the home of Mary Lynn Turner of m. elle design.  The home designed by Mary Lynn and her two daughters has a unique approach to a mountain mansion or cabin, taking three homes and making them one.  Their take on a transitional interior inside this truly remarkable mountain home is unique yet inviting with the use of a neutral color palette and natural materials, such as linens and wools.

Pictured here is 1 of the 3 dwellings.

New Business Card Design.

A lot of my "little bit creations" branding was lacking a bit so slowly I have started getting everything up to speed!  That has included changes on my blog, changes to my etsy store, and NOW a new business card design!

OLDEST.

OLD.

NEW!

FRONT.

BACK.

Incredible Ikat.

On Friday I made wonderful little programs for Julie.  She found my Ikat Invitations on my Etsy store and asked me to use that design to create the Programs for her Violin Recital.  She had a lot of information to fit on them considering they are programs rather than invitations so we had to tweak the size and design a bit, but I think they turned out wonderful!  She thought she was more of a pink and navy girl than a pink and green girl, so we made that change as well.........:)

For those of you who have not caught up on all the rage of Ikat, straight from Wikipedia!

Ikat, or Ikkat, is the method of weaving that uses a resist dyeing process similar to tie-dye on either the warp or weft fibres.  The dye is applied prior to the threads are woven to create the final fabric pattern or design. 

Double Ikat is where both warp and the weft are resist-dyed prior to stringing on the loom. Traditionally, and still commonly, a back-strap loom is used, though any variant or modern loom may be used.

Here are other examples of Ikat.

Turquoise.

Recently interior designers around the world gathered at Market in High Point, North Carolina where they visited showrooms of all different types of manufacturers, from furniture to lighting to accessories and everything in between.  This year all signs pointed to turquoise.  Apparently the color of the season or maybe the year!  I am a huge fan of blue so this made me happy:)  I have found some turquoise inspiration to get this color into your lives and homes!

Everything about this room is totally perfect to me! The elegant curves of the bench and cocktail table are a perfect balance with the rigid black and white stripes on the sofa.  The pink chairs add the perfect "pop" of color.

Like pink, orange is a great color to pair with turquoise.  This bedroom has amazing turquoise paneled walls and the orange tray on the white bed is a great touch.

This turquoise chandelier is the epitomy of a focal point in this mostly all white bedroom.

I love the bohemian flare to this room.  The orange sofa with turquoise accents is amazing with the neutral tones that make up the "base" of this room.  Anybody notice how AMAZING this ceiling is?!?!?!

I WANT THIS OFFICE!  The black and white photo collage on the back wall was the perfect thing to do with a focal point wall that has a funky shape and all of the white furniture really grounds this mostly blue room and makes it modern yet very chic.  White paneled wall, I love you.

To get some turquoise spice in your life I turned to Global Views.

DIY Felt Rosette Pillow

Courtesy of Etsy's Handmade blog, The Storque, I found an AWESOME felt pillow design.  I have not worked with felt in a couple of years but for those of us who are not pros at sewing, felt is a savior!

Photo via The Storque

This pillow is so cool.  It's design totally goes with the trends, with the rosette/ruffle effect on the front and it is ORANGE, I LOVE orange:)  Alright, so lets get right into this.

Materials/Supplies Needed:

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  10" x 18" Feather Pillow Insert
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  23.5 x 19" Orange Felt for the Pillow Cover
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  20" x 18" Orange Felt for the Rosettes
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  Matching Sewing Thread
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  Basic Sewing Kit
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  Sewing Machine

Photo via The Storque

1.  Cut two peices of felt that are 11" x 19".  To make the rosettes you will need to cut out 60 circles that measure 3" in diameter.

Photo via The Storque

2.  Pinch each felt circle in the middle and fold the edges to form the rosette shape.  Hand stitch the base of each rosette so it will hold its shape.

Photo via The Storque

3.  Starting at one end of the front pillow panel sew on each rosette neatly at the base of each one and close together.

4.  Continue adding rosettes positioning them close together and in a straight line.  Make sure there is the same amount of blank space on the pillow above and below the rows of rosettes.

5.  Make up the pillow back using directions below.  Insert pillow form into finished cover.

Photo via The Storque

1.  Lay the two peices on top of eachother making sure the edges are perfectly in line.  Pin the peices together on three sides, leaving the fourth side open.  Make sure not to pen too close to the edge so you have room to run your sewing machine along the edge.

2.  Using a matching thread and your sewing machine, sew along the three sides to join your peices together, removing the pins as you sew.  Cut off the corners on the diagonal, making sure not to cut your stitches.  This will create a neater pillow.

Photo via The Storque

3.  Turn the pillow right side out and insert the pillow form.  To close the fourth side, fold the felt inside 1/2" and pin the edges together.

4.  Sticth the sides together keeping the thread as invisible as possible. 

Find this pattern and other felt ideas in Anne Kyyro Quinn's book, Felt Furnishings. 

Happy Felting!