Did you get any home-y things for Christmas? I saw this throw pillow on Emily Henderson’s blog and entered to win it. Of course I didn’t, so I told my brother to get it for me for Christmas. He is so obedient. Land’s End has it on mega-sale right now too!
The pattern seems vaguely Japanese to me – you know, like those repeating wi-fi signals. Or like this (lifted from ineednicethings.com):
I digress. Here’s another shot of the pillow working its magic on the futon. He is nice and fluffy too, so good for squishing on if I can bear to risk it. The husband thinks my desire for pillows is silly, as they are largely decorative. Then he gets huffy when I squawk at him for leaning on them in an inappropriate manner, leaving them deformed and squashed. So it goes.
Moving on. I’ve been collecting depression glass for a little while to satisfy my irrational lust for pretty colored glass. My mom has found me these little treasures.
Its just a little coffee creamer, but I think it deserves to look larger than life. See how nice this photo is? Yeah, Chris got me a new point-n-shoot camera for Christmas that is making a good impression so far.
And a schmancy candlestick. Speaking of candles… I found something I couldn’t resist while pre-holiday shopping at Target.
Its faux mercury glass votives, and only $3 each, I couldn’t resist. I did resist buying all the ones left on the shelf (they’re on sale?! must snatch them all!!) because really, they aren’t necessary in life. After all, I only want them in the first place because Pottery Barn decided they were the next big thing in shabby chic. If you’re curious what mercury glass even is, look what Wikipedia has to say.
They are way, way better than my attempt (failure) to follow a tutorial for faking them. They seem to have a warm golden glow rather than a pewtery silver finish.
So those were my little Christmas gift to me. I’m sooooo happy!
If you’re feeling the post-holiday blahs rather than New Year’s motivation (and you’re in a place where you can watch a video) go here and pay close attention to the HD monitor. You should laugh a lot if you are the type of person who likes humorous things.
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