It’s Friday everyone!  How about a chance to win some fabric for your next project?  Are you a quilter?  Need some fabric to make some pillows, window treatments or table linens?  Want to recover some seat cushions?  Have a big dream and just need some fabric to accomplish it?  Enter this giveaway!

There’s a fabric store called Material Girl Fabric near my hometown where my friends Nicole and Kathleen spend their days filling their shop with bolts and bolts of the most charming fabrics.  Now they are offering three lucky winners the chance for a $25 gift certificate plus free shipping to select a fabric of your choice. 

When you click on over to their Material Girl online shop, you’ll see a few dozen fabrics, but take note: most of their merchandise is not online, it is in the store, and there are hundreds and hundreds of patterns available. 

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Hello friends, and happy Friday!   Today I bring you an online shop that I completely love.  Let me introduce you to the amazing company called HouseHold Words – offering matte vinyl wall decals for your home or office, made to order in 35 colors.   The owner, Mandie, is a digital graphic artist living in Ohio, and loving what she creates in her Etsy shop. 

Can anything be better than loving what you do by creating beautiful things ?  To me, that is the definition of true success.

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Hello friends.  This weekend, I am pleased to showcase the oh so chic, oh so talented Alexandra Ferguson and her gorgeous line of decorative pillows. 

Alexandra works in the fashion industry in NYC, so she is well versed in patterns, sewing, and serious style. 

Featured several times on Apartment Therapy here, here, and here, Alexandra is known for her super stylish designs created from 100% post consumer recycled plastic bottles.  Did you know that every pound of felt is the equivalent of 10 water bottles?  So instead of ending up in the landfill, those plastic bottles get turned into this loveliness. 

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Hello friends. I am pleased to introduce you to an amazing travel and interior design photographer, Mr. Tim Irving.

Tim Irving is a full time photographer, who has been taking photographs since he was 9 years old. He’s English, and attended art school in London, which included a spell at the Royal College of Art.

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