New Pillows and a Makeover

Hello everyone!

This has been the ugliest week (weather wise) around here.  It has rained, and rained, and rained.  The ground is soggy, the sky is cloudy and I'm anxious for the sun to start shining again!  It really put a damper on our 4th of July celebration too.  Oh well, I guess I shouldn't complain because it really is insignificant compared to other problems in the world huh?  

I've tried to make the best of it around the house though.  One thing I wanted to share with you are a couple of new pillows that I purchased recently.  (Y'all KNOW I don't have enough pillows right????)

The first one is from Flax and Spindle.  It is a blog/online store all in one.  I recently discovered it and fell in love with this pillow cover.

It fits a standard pillow and is intended to lie horizontal, but I liked it propped up like this better.  It is made with vintage burlap and stamped with black letters.  I have no idea what it even says!  LOL!  I should probably Google it or something.

NOTE:  Just translated it and found out it means, "Care in Service". 

 

I love how it ties across the opening.

My next pillow is from Joss and Main.  I believe it is being offered right now too! It's made to look like grain sack. I can't tell you how well made this pillow is!  I really love it.

Regarding the makeover I did, I used this dark wooden container that looks like an old fashioned well bucket and painted it white.

So, now it looks like this.

I intentionally left it streaky looking so it wouldn't look too perfect. One coat is all I used.

I decided to place a bunch of baby's breath flowers in it and place it on my mantel.

I'm loving the white on white look with the texture of the small flowers. 

So, that about wraps up what I've been doing during this rainy week at my house. I'll share more fun finds with you once the sun decides to make an appearance again. 

Hope you all have a great weekend!

~ Kelly ~