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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Pink Saturday 7/31/2010 and Only I Can Be This Stupid!

Happy Pink Saturday and thank you to Beverly of How Sweet the Sound for hosting this event. I visited with Suzanne of Shabby Chicks, Jamie at Him, Me and Our Three, and Spindle Cottage.

The subtitle to this post could also be "Shopping th' House" also. You'll see when you get to the bottom photos.

Remember these little pink things I showed you the other day? Well, I had an idea in mind that I've seen a couple of other places, probably a LOT of other places, but I've only seen them in one other blog and they were done up in tissue paper or old dress pattern paper or something like that. I decided to dye coffee filters and put them up in the living room. I almost killed myself! Love Bunny was teaching a class that day and not around so I went ahead and did it myself.

First off, I strung a couple of hundred of them on a long string of yarn. I think I'll do more soon so they'll probably show at the very end of this post. Being too lazy to go grab a ladder, I climbed onto this feather-filled sofa. (Have you ever tried to walk on a soft feather sofa? Do NOT try this at home!)

Too droopy for me so I had to tighten up the yarn. I'd forgotten how forgiving yarn is.

Then little Miss Priss here decided to stand on the arm with one foot and on the back of the sofa with the other foot. Read the last sentence above the first photo. *Wink*

One side of the yarn wrapped around one foot and the other side wrapped around the table leg below. Read the last sentence above the first photo again.

I didn't end up on the floor on my back only because my guardian angel was watching over me. Okay, so I tightened it up a bit but think I need a tighter grip on the yarn.

And no matter how red it looks to you here, I can assure you the color is definitely pink!

Okay, fast forward to the next day and here I am but with a ladder this time. I dyed more coffee filters. You'll have to trust me when I say that in the house you can see very, very little difference in the new ones I dyed last night and put up on the left. I have no idea why they look red in this photograph. But I did, however, spend the evening dyeing about 200 more of them. After drying overnight and a bit more in the sun this morning, I hung them up.


I then went along and scrunched them with my hands, just grabbed several at a time and scrunched good and tight. I like that look much better. They don't look so much like a disker that the farmers around here use. ;-)

View from left.

I like the little taste of pizzazz it adds to the area.


Then after risking life and limb hanging the garland, I decided to shop the house again and switch out some pillows. These were in the family room. My rooms are ever evolving/changing. Now, remember that I have new white duck slipcovers coming! That will make a huge difference in this room I think.

I still haven't redone the coffee table. That will come soon.

I love the look of these pillows and with the new slipcovers even more so.


I've been thinking: Should I paint the lamps white? What do you chicks think? And I apologize for so many photos but I just wanted you all to see them well enough that you might want to do it somewhere in your little cottages.
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24 comments:

  1. Happy Pink Saturday! You did a great job. I do the same thing, stand on the arms and backs of chairs and sofas (not a good idea!)
    I love your pillows. Have a good week.
    hugs, Vickie

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  2. Yep, get out the paint.
    Those lamps are just crying out for a make over.
    Hugs & ♥♥♥s.
    Gerry

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  3. oh wow, that sounds like something i would've done! glad you didn't do any harm to yourself!
    ummm not sure about painting the lamps.... i like them how they are!

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  4. lovely, I like looking at those throw pillows, the colors are so nice and looks so soft

    http://www.gracebragg.com/2010/07/pink-saturday-my-friend-abby.html

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  5. Connie,
    I always say that there is an S on my chest and it sometimes stands for Stupid!! LOL!!
    I have done the same, trying to stand on the sofa, only to fall forward and bash my head into the wall!!LOL!!
    I do love the new look that you have added to your Living Room!!
    Very pink and pretty!!

    HPS!!

    Debbie

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  6. G'morn Connie ~ Oh, my gosh! You are something else again ... good thing you didn't fall or hurt yourself! I so LOVE LOVE the couch pillows, particularly the red/pink one, the roses are fabulous.

    Have a lovely PINK summer's weekend ~
    TTFN ~ Hugs, Marydon

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  7. Hi Connie!
    Wow...you've been a busy chick! Your "new" pillows look great and the white slipcovers will just make them really pop! I think your lamps a beautiful and I think I would go ahead and paint them white...maybe glaze them a little bit after painting with a soft metallic gold...for just a little definition!
    Have a beautiful weekend!
    ;-D Kathleen

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  8. Been there, done that-lol. So I guess we should form a stupid club for those of us who tend to try and do something faster only to fall, like when I was picking satsumas and fell backward in the tree hanging from one leg on a branch. Thank goodness, no broken bones, just a lot of cuts and scratches. Love the frufru hanger. That must have taken you hours. Love it. I like your lamps just as they are, but that's just me. Go for it and I'm sure what ever you do will look great. Love the pink checkered pillow. Hugs, Pat
    Happy Pink Saturday

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  9. Hi Connie,
    Too funny....I am always risking life and limb trying to rehang or redo something!!
    Happy Pink Saturday!
    xojanis

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  10. Pretty,pretty,pretty pillows, Connie. And those coffee filters dyed up so beautifully - I love that idea. So glad you didn't get seriously hurt. Yep, your guardian angels were definitely on duty ;)
    Happy Pink Saturday to you~

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  11. That looks great! I can see your room with the new slipcovers....it will be beautiful!

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  12. Love the pillows. I definitely think you should paint the lamps white.

    Hugs,
    Donna

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  13. HAPPY PINK SATURDAY CONNIE,
    I BET YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL KEEPS GOING TO JESUS AND TRYING TO RESIGN HER JOB OF PROTECTING YOU...LOL
    WHAT A UNIQUE IDEA...IT DEFINITELY NEEDED THE ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED. I HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE BEFORE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ROSES WHEN YOU SCRUNCHED THEM UP...YOU ARE JUST SOOO CREATIVE AND THE PILLOWS ARE "DEBBIE DIVINE." I TOLD DEBBIE-DABBLE WHEN I SAW BEAUTIFUL THINGS ON OTHER BLOGS THAT IS SOOOO PRETTY LIKE HERS I WAS GOING TO CALL IT "DEBBIE DIVINE."....BUT IT IS CREATED BY CONNIE DIVINE.
    MY AUNT HAD BOUGHT A NEW COUCH AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE SPRING TO THE CUSHIONS....SHE IS 78 AND SHE CLIMBED UP ON HER COUCH TO HANG A MIRROR...SHE HAD TO LET GO OF THE BACK OF THE COUCH (WHICH SHE WAS HOLDING ONTO TO KEEP HER BALANCE) TO HAMMER IN A NAIL AND SHE WENT SPRINGING THROUGH THE AIR LANDING ON HER GLASS COFFEE TABLE AND FLIPPED ONTO THE FLOOR...BREAKING HER HIP...MY BROTHER HAD JUST CAME TO SEE HER AND CALLED AN AMBULANCE.
    PLEASE BE CAREFUL
    HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND
    HUGS
    SIMPLY DEBBIE

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  14. How very very pretty! But you be careful ~ your sis climbec up on a wicher chair, fell and broke her foot in three places once upon a time! No more standing on feather filled sofas for you!

    Love,
    Stephanie
    Angelic Accents

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  15. Oh Connie!! good thing that angel was around!
    I'd paint the lamps, but in an off white, not a bright white. I think they would be softer that way.

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  16. yes, paint the lamp white. If you ever get bored of redoing your house, we have one that could use some major attention!!!! JK!!! he he he! I hope that this fall I will start redoing parts of the house to be more me. It has been Mom for years and well, now it's me time! I want my pinks and my purples! Happy Pink Saturday!

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  17. Definitely white lamps - perfect finishing touch. While I love what you've done, I'm just so relieved you haven't ended up in traction!

    Happy Pink Saturday!

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  18. Hey Connie, thanks for your help and hope to be back in the swing of the group real soon.
    Hugs,
    Judy

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  19. Hello! So glad you did not get hurt doing all that up and down work on that lovely swag! So much work, but well worth the result I hope. Those are great lamps...how about painting them a very light light pink? Almost white with hint of pink? I don't know. Bright white would really be pretty too!!
    Take care and quit standing on sofas!!
    Blessings, Doni

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  20. I am glad you are not hurt! I love the pillows. I think the lamps would look great white!
    Happy Pink Saturday!

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  21. Hi Connie, it has been a while since I have been over. I am Jonesing for Connie Creations. smile. Your craft ideas are always fun to see. Your pillows are so cute. Have fun with the lamps. I do like them as they are. Don't do anything dangerous again girl. Take it from me, falling is not fun. Nice work on your new look.

    Thanks for the smile today. I should say TONIGHT.
    Happy PS.
    Hugs, Jeanne

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  22. pretty, pretty, pretty and so happy you are still alive to tell the tale! Rachaelxo

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  23. LOL, love your pinks. By the way, my son-in-law's mother fell while dusting her curtain rods - she now is the proud owner of six screws and a three month vacation home with foot elevated. Please be careful!

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