Meeting Celeste and Our Best EVER 3 Fine Grains Giveaway!

<p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IEphcLpRtiw/TuLPzO6-BkI/AAAAAAAAHTM/rE5ZNp-bIUc/s1600-h/Other%252520C%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PoPzs1N0QVQ/TuLPziBoQDI/AAAAAAAAHTU/XefoDm25PgM/s1600-h/Celeste%252520and%252520Me%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Celeste and Me" border="0" height="671" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-f7U_aY5ywTs/TuLP0ADHOPI/AAAAAAAAHTc/DTwtYKjSf7Q/Celeste%252520and%252520Me_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Celeste and Me" width="504" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">What a busy few weeks I have had traveling around the US!! I just returned back from a wonderful visit to Palo Alto, California to visit my sister! I was also able to stop by and finally meet designer, Celeste Randolph of </span><a href="http://ambianceinteriors.net/about/#team"><span style="font-size:130%;">Ambiance Interiors.</span></a> <span style="font-size:130%;">Here we are enjoying the spectacular California sunshine on her back patio!</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4tQJRwTPU34/TuLP0ygMdEI/AAAAAAAAHWc/sf4-25xkhnw/s1600-h/Celeste%252520Randolph%252520-%252520Christopher_Peacock_2%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4tQJRwTPU34/TuLP0ygMdEI/AAAAAAAAHWg/5m_AaPMga7M/s1600-h/Celeste%252520Randolph%252520-%252520Christopher_Peacock_2%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="Celeste Randolph - Christopher_Peacock_2" border="0" height="404" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Vki9G4xPgQc/TuLP2cNyqBI/AAAAAAAAHTw/tMtV6S4KS3I/Celeste%252520Randolph%252520-%252520Christopher_Peacock_2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Celeste Randolph - Christopher_Peacock_2" width="604" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I am sure you all remember Celeste’s gorgeous kitchen that was featured on WD last year! You can read more about it </span><a href="http://willowdecor.blogspot.com/2009/10/inspired-by-christopher-peacock.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">! And if you missed it make sure you do take a peek – It is just awesome!! Celeste was such a wonderful host and we had a great time getting better acquainted! Thanks Celeste it was such a treat!!</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-v7AS82wEIh8/TuLP2zfsu7I/AAAAAAAAHT4/Gkc6f1lUQKo/s1600-h/Kym%252520with%252520chair%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Kym with chair" border="0" height="754" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BA243ahbL4I/TuLP3DR0dDI/AAAAAAAAHUA/dAAajGhLDnQ/Kym%252520with%252520chair_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Kym with chair" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I wish I could have traveled down to Southern California and had a visit with my dear friend, Kymberley Fraser, creator of the 3 Fine Grains textile line and the owner of the fabulous store, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/A-Beautiful-Mess-Antiques/156338971066478">A Beautiful Mess</a>.</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-T2aNcAhxLe0/TuLP3jGdiPI/AAAAAAAAHUI/VinQKUW0OjI/s1600-h/Kym%2525202%252520Chair%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Kym 2 Chair" border="0" height="754" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_4P8AxpZmTM/TuLP4FR2wiI/AAAAAAAAHUQ/4erR0k2RHxM/Kym%2525202%252520Chair_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Kym 2 Chair" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Once again Kym has “wowed” us with her phenomenal designs made from authentic, original antique German grainsacks. Each year, like an angel from above, Kym gives WD readers a chance to own one of her gorgeous creations!</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AjcVh1Yvom8/TuLP4ioJ1_I/AAAAAAAAHUY/Fe2DVAh66AM/s1600-h/Kym%252520grain%252520sack%252520tree%252520%2525282%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Kym grain sack tree (2)" border="0" height="754" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DSveWorjXu0/TuLP43XxXNI/AAAAAAAAHUg/a8A1RxwA6EA/Kym%252520grain%252520sack%252520tree%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Kym grain sack tree (2)" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">You might remember the wonderful Grainsack Christmas Tree we gave away last year; above is one of the trees available this year. Let’s have a look at the rest of Kym’s new Holiday Line:</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nwlys51_RG0/TuLP5Q2kqZI/AAAAAAAAHUo/T1fd40STB4g/s1600-h/Crown%252520ornaments%252520Kym%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Crown ornaments Kym" border="0" height="337" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-K5o_AzzQjKg/TuLP5nSwrKI/AAAAAAAAHUw/6xIWCSABiOA/Crown%252520ornaments%252520Kym_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Crown ornaments Kym" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">She creates the most amazing ornaments, like these antique linen hearts with crowns. Perfect for the queen of the house!!!</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hWE-ONcT9os/TuLP6EyOC-I/AAAAAAAAHU4/3SwhFBVS_fo/s1600-h/Kym%252520ornament%252520tree%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Kym ornament tree" border="0" height="581" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5GMv3wWBSjs/TuLP6u6fDTI/AAAAAAAAHVA/LsWbtxDtAvY/Kym%252520ornament%252520tree_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Kym ornament tree" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">And these fabulous monogram ornaments made from grainsack remnants!</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1CE7ZFZW3yw/TuLP60nSLrI/AAAAAAAAHVI/bXqJB-tubJQ/s1600-h/albums%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="albums" border="0" height="337" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bF1ZL2ShZyk/TuLP7UI-ErI/AAAAAAAAHVQ/3kP3Rk2H3qk/albums_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="albums" width="504" /></a> </span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Another new item are the grainsack covered photo albums - Love these!!</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KBCXpaPG1Xs/TuLP7qA-FdI/AAAAAAAAHVY/lGojfYNy2qs/s1600-h/Kym%252520line%252520up%252520of%252520stockings%252520%2525282%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Kym line up of stockings (2)" border="0" height="337" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-C0KG1pcUTLI/TuLP7-z-u2I/AAAAAAAAHVg/5EHGQKkPOcg/Kym%252520line%252520up%252520of%252520stockings%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Kym line up of stockings (2)" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Kym has such incredible talent – here are her signature grainsack stockings! Aren’t they beautiful?!</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MuNc-tu4tJ4/TuLP8awLyFI/AAAAAAAAHVo/RqWIO_asKPI/s1600-h/Tree%252520skirt%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Tree skirt" border="0" height="754" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MkRp8ZcE3Y0/TuLP85KAzPI/AAAAAAAAHVw/N7pJgrBD0-E/Tree%252520skirt_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Tree skirt" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">And above is the GIVEWAY – I am so giddy just announcing it! Kym has given us a gorgeous Christmas Tree Skirt. It is handmade from authentic, original, antique German grainsacks. It is lined on the back side with burlap and has a burlap rope trim going all around it. It measures 60" and it retails for $725!!! Awesome, right?!!</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LyHGOVOcq6E/TuLP9k8P5rI/AAAAAAAAHV4/HuUkZKyffes/s1600-h/Kym%252520Sugar%252520plum%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Kym Sugar plum" border="0" height="1136" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1QSB0tp0dg4/TuLP-JB12mI/AAAAAAAAHWA/ragMLfHMZO8/Kym%252520Sugar%252520plum_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Kym Sugar plum" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">To enter to win just leave a comment below. For an extra chance to win begin following A Beautiful Mess on Facebook click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/A-Beautiful-Mess-Antiques/156338971066478">HERE</a>. For a third chance to win begin following Willow Décor on my Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Willow-Decor/178239578868796#!/pages/Willow-Decor/178239578868796?sk=wall">HERE</a>. Finally re-tweet this post on Twitter and have another chance!</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5Vf-8ZRiwCs/TuLP-icPydI/AAAAAAAAHWI/JDB4mqzA6QA/s1600-h/wreath%252520on%252520the%252520door%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="wreath on the door" border="0" height="649" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UE1XJRZAO6Q/TuLQEsaRNGI/AAAAAAAAHWk/_d8fq4mQXVA/wreath%252520on%252520the%252520door_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="wreath on the door" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">If you are interested in purchasing any of these items, you can contact Kym at (805) 630-3727 and she will ship them out right away! A huge “Thank You” to Kym and best of luck to everyone! I will announce a winner next Saturday! Good Luck!!</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">(Photo credits: </span><a href="http://dustyluinteriors.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">Lu Tapp Photography</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">, French Kissed)</span></p>

Meeting Celeste and Our Best EVER 3 Fine Grains Giveaway!

What a busy few weeks I have had traveling around the US!! I just returned back from a wonderful visit to Palo Alto, California to visit my ...

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My New Kitchen Slipcovers!!!

<p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DNLv0RAzmZg/TnDwNDoH7CI/AAAAAAAAHBQ/AvsaWc2NlII/s1600-h/DSC_0467_2%252520%2525282%252529%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="DSC_0467_2 (2)" border="0" height="759" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ix0GmJE4OG4/TnDwNedF_NI/AAAAAAAAHBU/94RzxMtHlKk/DSC_0467_2%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="DSC_0467_2 (2)" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Back to school and back to projects that needed to get to done! I am so excited to share with you my new kitchen slipcovers! </span><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Let’s start at the beginning, with two teenagers, a big, hairy dog and an Italian family who loves Marinara sauce; my kitchen was not a perfect environment for my linen, upholstered chairs! We’ve been living with dish towels draped over the seats to catch any spills– not very pretty. I needed some washable slipcovers and I needed them pronto!</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UkLj_owqgLk/TnDwNixIbSI/AAAAAAAAHBY/J7wlZFTKXvY/s1600-h/coco%252520slips%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="coco slips" border="0" height="459" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mggxN_kX1T4/TnDwOELYQdI/AAAAAAAAHBc/NBXMMVULr0w/coco%252520slips_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="coco slips" width="604" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">As always I had an inspiration photo to show my wonderful seamstress (Photo: Things That Inspire). These were close to what I envisioned. I liked the straight lines and the overall length. I wanted something to cover the chair but not be too fussy. </span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SaU755v0ttQ/TnDwOpQEahI/AAAAAAAAHBg/he-VNP_0TTc/s1600-h/DSC_0473_2%252520%2525282%252529%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="DSC_0473_2 (2)" border="0" height="335" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-S2pujp9O6-Y/TnDwO0IKsVI/AAAAAAAAHBk/cbmA7mV5HDI/DSC_0473_2%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="DSC_0473_2 (2)" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I also needed the slips to be washable. I found these wonderful oversized napkins from French Laundry Home. I like their “grainsack” look and feel. They were big enough to cover just the seat, so we needed something extra for the skirting piece.</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8xeU5yMP4EM/TnDwPtBX2vI/AAAAAAAAHBo/IO3Vkgdj6Pc/s1600-h/familyroom%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="familyroom" border="0" height="402" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-g74R8vM-DZE/TnDwQsJ-unI/AAAAAAAAHBs/LWUKNlkC-Os/familyroom_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="familyroom" width="604" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">You might remember my wonderful linen blend curtains I found on sale last year at Country Curtains. </span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-u00_8K9O348/TnDwRZwim0I/AAAAAAAAHBw/1PVUuepFqt4/s1600-h/Family%252520room%25255B11%25255D.png"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-u00_8K9O348/TnDwRZwim0I/AAAAAAAAHB0/Qnqx5V9r38w/s1600-h/Family%252520room%25255B12%25255D.png"><img alt="Family room" border="0" height="395" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CM7DbQ9fwH8/TnDwStTuLbI/AAAAAAAAHB4/4kS9wLvEPEs/Family%252520room_thumb%25255B23%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="Family room" width="618" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I bought extra fabric for $6 a yard and had these wonderful slipcovers made for my club chairs. Read all about my Family Room redo <a href="http://willowdecor.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-breakfast-room-and-family-room.html">HERE</a>. Fortunately I had enough fabric left to use for the skirting.</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DnJLG0jmlzA/TnDwS4mtveI/AAAAAAAAHB8/Zk0JjbfYUdU/s1600-h/chair%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="chair" border="0" height="759" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YRCO8cHORhI/TnDwTdkXldI/AAAAAAAAHCA/otyrbxTNV08/chair_thumb%25255B14%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="chair" width="454" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Here is the chair before…(not pasta friendly!)</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KB4ngCDa3I8/TnDwTkJ6Y0I/AAAAAAAAHCE/sFlFw_R-j-w/s1600-h/DSC_0467_2%252520%2525282%252529%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="DSC_0467_2 (2)" border="0" height="759" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UBWoCIF8I0Y/TnDwT67JepI/AAAAAAAAHCI/8DYoEIX6PCc/DSC_0467_2%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="DSC_0467_2 (2)" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">And here is the slipcover after! Large enough to handle any spill and simple to throw in the wash!!</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TkA_qtRjZms/TnDwUJuYUFI/AAAAAAAAHCM/m_VVdR6HufM/s1600-h/DSC_0469_2%252520%2525282%252529%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="DSC_0469_2 (2)" border="0" height="759" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nKS7bO8vDHM/TnDwUjCmllI/AAAAAAAAHCQ/fqtVTiVTnic/DSC_0469_2%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="DSC_0469_2 (2)" width="504" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I love the back – I didn’t want any ties.</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-r0gZEH4rSDU/TnDwUwAxDfI/AAAAAAAAHCU/Jo8fsUUJA_A/s1600-h/DSC_0471_2%252520%2525282%252529%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="DSC_0471_2 (2)" border="0" height="402" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sYu8vd60rWI/TnDwVNoqHnI/AAAAAAAAHCY/W8TmoOaOfZc/DSC_0471_2%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="DSC_0471_2 (2)" width="604" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">The hidden Velcro does the trick of keeping it neat and in place.</span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-adXUe3Sl2XI/TnDwVq_16UI/AAAAAAAAHCc/Rzbv2sIY23U/s1600-h/bench%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="bench" border="0" height="489" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-l9IwrqMirtk/TnDwV0XSvoI/AAAAAAAAHCg/5CfhPdRcpJs/bench_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="bench" width="604" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">The bench also needed a bit of covering up. As much as I loved the Antique printed grainsack I bought from Kym Fraser of <a href="http://3finegrains.com/">3 Fine Grains</a></span><span style="font-size:130%;">, it was much too valuable to be stained with hot fudge!</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GtwN8RPsFfk/TnDwWehpixI/AAAAAAAAHCk/Cr1-38-bNTY/s1600-h/DSC_0475_2%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0475_2" border="0" height="402" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3luAYobp_OY/TnDwWqGm2NI/AAAAAAAAHCo/ReIW6nYT7sQ/DSC_0475_2_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="DSC_0475_2" width="604" /></a></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">A quick call to my dear friend, Wendy Lewis of <a href="http://www.textiletrunk.com/index.php">Textile Trunk</a>, and a more reasonably priced antique grainsack was on its way. We took out the stitching on both sides, sewed in the corners and added the ties. Look closely and you can see the fold (that was the bottom of the sack) still in the cover.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PLQINDGYppU/TnDwXEAbSVI/AAAAAAAAHCs/TOD1yoGssfs/s1600-h/DSC_0474_2%252520%2525282%252529%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="DSC_0474_2 (2)" border="0" height="402" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MrtWidqj688/TnDwXV_n-cI/AAAAAAAAHCw/y9JmWIg-o_E/DSC_0474_2%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="DSC_0474_2 (2)" width="604" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">An indestructible and beautiful slipcover!! You can also see the chairs with their new, pretty dresses peeking through!</span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8tGYq4VJtew/TnDwXy5Fy-I/AAAAAAAAHC0/VGvcpQDlUY4/s1600-h/breakfast%252520room%25255B21%25255D.jpg"><img alt="breakfast room" border="0" height="402" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-11lKhnZR3kI/TnDwYPHuU9I/AAAAAAAAHC4/7-5BbpkXAoA/breakfast%252520room_thumb%25255B18%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="breakfast room" width="604" /></a></span></p><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">The lighting was not the best when I took the picture this afternoon, but I wanted to show you how wonderful the new slips look in the Breakfast Room!</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sometimes it seems daunting to live with linen or all white furniture. Slipcovers are the secret! Your kids can eat hot fudge and still live in a beautiful room without worry.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Do click <a href="http://www.textiletrunk.com/index.php">HERE</a> to see the wonderful new stock of antique fabrics available from Wendy at <a href="http://www.textiletrunk.com/index.php">Textile Trunk</a>. She just got back from Europe and you will go crazy!! And get ready to see some kitchens I have been working on, some reader’s renovations I am thrilled to share and some more personal and professional projects I am starting for the Fall!!</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">So happy to be back!!</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">(all photos and content copyrighted by Willow Décor and not to be copied with out written permission)</span></p>

My New Kitchen Slipcovers!!!

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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552002715769286226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WNYsdCr8kjdHRK8lbXyOGXICUNANQfXedHB-3cQpQzd6dw-AW3yj8qfBQ2q1n7iX3BVxXBf0eu4m-cHr5STY9oWfeRICgw9xVjTUfnsgas1VS6u2oApizes9j_PvMjuvAjN1w3PPnPbr/s400/kym+invite.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">The 3 Fine Grains - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Grainsack</span> Tree Giveaway is winding down - don't forget to enter - you can enter </span><a href="http://willowdecor.blogspot.com/2010/12/3-fine-grains-giveaway.html"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQiYZQrTeFF_zOO77HuU8_-N6Whd47l2RAuOIuOn0_KAl0VE7ZCxSfHfNa0Gs6vKYY23XExY-rinxIn7jIh60FcSLUtEJ4UZqgzz35osSaYv_OFJm2_ZdXA_hTKPQcV6RnINFoqYreVt1/s1600/COvetable_entry.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552002717949315058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQiYZQrTeFF_zOO77HuU8_-N6Whd47l2RAuOIuOn0_KAl0VE7ZCxSfHfNa0Gs6vKYY23XExY-rinxIn7jIh60FcSLUtEJ4UZqgzz35osSaYv_OFJm2_ZdXA_hTKPQcV6RnINFoqYreVt1/s400/COvetable_entry.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 272px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Also remember our blog friend Kristin at </span><a href="http://covetabledesigns.com/blog/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Covetable</span> Designs</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">? She has launched an on line design business. Kristin is an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">incredibly</span> talented designer, check out her latest before and afters </span><a href="http://covetabledesigns.com/blog/design-online-peeking-at-a-project-in-progress/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">. As a Holiday gift to here readers she is giving away a free design session. Wow- <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">isn't</span> that fantastic?! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br /></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlIuXI5D5gP8WgjXpWqg-Dk4eJjTHkJkkjbXgDLEb-z_6xYjm1_Yq5hXf8bitNBcAGke5UPcqrnJSyhHmRpx7tIDl4Fnv0q4fKASOeUSndjIFHC4B4_u0SrCDjq_2aX-1L1yqUCtTXSGk/s1600/covetable.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552002719510412002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlIuXI5D5gP8WgjXpWqg-Dk4eJjTHkJkkjbXgDLEb-z_6xYjm1_Yq5hXf8bitNBcAGke5UPcqrnJSyhHmRpx7tIDl4Fnv0q4fKASOeUSndjIFHC4B4_u0SrCDjq_2aX-1L1yqUCtTXSGk/s400/covetable.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 205px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 207px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br />To enter click </span><a href="http://covetabledesigns.com/blog/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">. Thanks Kristin and best of luck to all of you!! Have a great Saturday!!<br /></span><div></div>

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The 3 Fine Grains - Grainsack Tree Giveaway is winding down - don't forget to enter - you can enter HERE . Also remember our blog frien...

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The 3 Fine Grains Giveaway!!!

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQE4uyH_tEoRva-AGWA8V0rRvLAv0nr9kISVLlHrmxZ7xSCQvxZLtRvV4DflxoZuHIdfprl8D4qCYKsWHcZKOhp0cnYNvV8QKMLxgaA02UD8V2NNnDsfpa6Z11XCst5YLjU5QVtZ-e3A2/s1600/Beautiful+Mess+038.JPG"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549022756749501282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQE4uyH_tEoRva-AGWA8V0rRvLAv0nr9kISVLlHrmxZ7xSCQvxZLtRvV4DflxoZuHIdfprl8D4qCYKsWHcZKOhp0cnYNvV8QKMLxgaA02UD8V2NNnDsfpa6Z11XCst5YLjU5QVtZ-e3A2/s400/Beautiful+Mess+038.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Several years ago when I met Kimberley Fraser, owner of </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/">3 Fine Grains</a>,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> she was just starting out. An accomplished Interior Designer turned Antique Textile Artist, Kym had the wonderful idea of creating, furniture, pillows and other accessories from Antique French and German Grainsacks.</span></span><br /></span></span></div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548711579886202130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lJDpFtlcUaCtXa3MyMoK3Yt2YRfbWTx7C6j352r796cWRG72RN1Cyl2HOpdcQU_4IxVThFFw3OXf8QW3DF5_NVZsFNtKKWhCaS95AHScd8fvNMvJcR69-j8IYQauLAzt6FtfmeM_PVJy/s400/kym+Pillows.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /> </span></div></div><div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Her textiles are authentic, original, antique grain sacks. As I have mentioned in the past, these textiles are very expensive and as such Kym's beautiful items are really heirlooms to treasure</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548711238794163442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfd-4Xx2Kep0rCN1eOSw7PhG3dg5y92amIbRck2LTpmLfdEdBSH7DNIfbPjnRUNiEAbr2lLZ9UIHxhJUw2c1ri6q4QorUCTmlppqzr0G3JvuZkulav2C3L_5s9tAuVldN_CGLY6xSLzvOQ/s400/Kym++-+opening.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 272px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Today we are seeing the grainsack trend everywhere but Kym was a pioneer and one of the first. You might have recently seen Kym's pillows in </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Country Living Magazine</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. You see a magazine editor was visiting me and admiring my pillows from Kym. I was so happy to tell her all about </span></span><b><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">3 Fine Grains</span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. She contacted Kym and several months later there were Kym's beautiful pillows on the pages of the October issue of </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Country Living! </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I was so thrilled for her!!</span></span></span></span></i></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><br /><div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" class="Apple-style-span" ><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548723520978895778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1gqxkI45Rk_X7kDyR5WciY2J_-WOXo_PISo9inLRDqLuy6zBdycG1xHkaatbejncdDShD4guxDU2pBg2_KNgtHSCSjasAdjM3gSCTdI0lQRPz6ICgQEgzt0eMMzMKfze6Ir1oSVNvU0f/s400/kym+invite.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kym has become so popular via the blog world and through her website that she has just opened up her own shop in Agoura Hills, CA called </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A Beautiful Mess</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548711235179652290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VoJBzxHUWu405v12NWrtSrAxvfABwUxiZqjs1IWU95Qt4EpMnaN4o_-NEyB0xNNQygcGoOrvNYThvABvfQVQcxTys7I0Fj5_BtbIaJrvjxViRphUFFjAnQF6eoZWaXBKdGibGrQLwjC1/s400/Kym+sotre+with+furniture.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">The shop is gorgeous and chock full of antiques, textiles and other fabulous goodies.</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color:#000000;"></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548710386164111794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-XdO5AxNEErDoaospVqLkFGVpK4dX8kv3kD6OP4n9E-jm53I_iByut4iMJNhOQ0pYnDKCnLQQSkJaq9PX-DyWO-QNoe5N4pC7LUNjt_B4uwDmCWuwhxsVhiwNIn4MeuqRKyiWZbyf0vJ/s400/kym.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I am always excited to hear about her new designs. In my experience </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">3 Fine Grains</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> will always be on the cutting edge of the home accessory trends. In fact, watch for the January Issue of </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Romantic Homes Magazine </span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">for an article about Kym's store </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A Beautiful Mess</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">! Kym's designs are getting very sought after and she is on the rise.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Unfortunately we don't all live near </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A </span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Beautiful</span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> Mess</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, but you can call Kym and she will send out what ever you see here on Willow Decor ! Here are some of my favorites:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNYIOlfY_UZIuyFX_Z8pK6A8tDr7bBFbhz15MCEEc8Et6lrH6LZ_CuYCRHMIv1KbxLUUf39xz4f5ugbOd90veniwDortX489lI7kMHQAXeP-6VwSWvviSSehsw2FCQ4b0t7e9MwhXcuk-/s1600/kym+rosette.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548711218972930770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNYIOlfY_UZIuyFX_Z8pK6A8tDr7bBFbhz15MCEEc8Et6lrH6LZ_CuYCRHMIv1KbxLUUf39xz4f5ugbOd90veniwDortX489lI7kMHQAXeP-6VwSWvviSSehsw2FCQ4b0t7e9MwhXcuk-/s400/kym+rosette.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></a></div></span></span></span><div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">I love these grainsack rosettes ($25), created with found objects and bling! They can be Christmas ornaments or tie them to a wine bottle to create a really spectacular gift.</span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span></div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underlinefont-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" class="Apple-style-span" ><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548710399539569010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IUHNJ8kukCz-rj9oowZIieZUIlLw1SpOUZCs8jCDGIQWdpo4qC8q9Bqsg05Pn5gBTH69_3Y2PeIe5TFmRhBs_XdMmfq6iDwDXK4OD21_qyjr_0dU3d1WUU6Yh7cndGBwmF6MpzCXI70t/s400/kym+stocking.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></div><div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Or look at these amazing grainsack Christmas stockings ($69). They also come embellished with the grainsack rosettes ($95).</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underlinefont-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" class="Apple-style-span" ><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548723721532361218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOlGwDLKwfZBB6WlwkTlQtlpp_EJ1UArC9L2-gkWLl-El8-GQDrJshKEyz9gwtHnKQr_LFtxumnHH0OMcWdDM3YsotF9A3fWjAYQhFszK5LOr052sT5oMOQfRxRtSRYqtpU3CTcJeonre/s400/kym+dove.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 392px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Or these spectacular doves made with antique French Linen and antique button eyes. They really stole my heart. As with all of Kym's designs, because they are antiques and one of a kinds, there is a limited supply.</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div></div><div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underlinefont-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" class="Apple-style-span" ><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549022756749501282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQE4uyH_tEoRva-AGWA8V0rRvLAv0nr9kISVLlHrmxZ7xSCQvxZLtRvV4DflxoZuHIdfprl8D4qCYKsWHcZKOhp0cnYNvV8QKMLxgaA02UD8V2NNnDsfpa6Z11XCst5YLjU5QVtZ-e3A2/s400/Beautiful+Mess+038.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /> </span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Because Willow Decor was the first to introduce the blogsphere to 3 Fine Grains, Kym has always had a special place in her creative little heart for us. </span><br /></span></span></div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hEbztw2Mc_bMjJbT21JCHyQjjRytiMJQRFXWaQs6Cz1uhhuLr4UQ4ixuIk15zQBnGG5LGkFFxQ_W1vUl5ZtlxJ2dN_FQ3_3py57OtrpruOaqi1o69V5e_JLFgHaZhuwhXl9Jlnt35dN8/s1600/Christmas+tree+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549022739102566626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hEbztw2Mc_bMjJbT21JCHyQjjRytiMJQRFXWaQs6Cz1uhhuLr4UQ4ixuIk15zQBnGG5LGkFFxQ_W1vUl5ZtlxJ2dN_FQ3_3py57OtrpruOaqi1o69V5e_JLFgHaZhuwhXl9Jlnt35dN8/s400/Christmas+tree+2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 358px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">So in the spirit of the Holiday season Kym is giving us this wonderful</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <b>Grainsack Christmas Tree</b>. It measures 15 x 15 and retails for $325.00. Handcrafted out of antique German Grain sacks, the tree would look gorgeous in any room in your house. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548711231432990034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-zwTnxKFnHr-JQKgri5icyaQvtm0sgIwJ2EVplWaoM5HZQ6t5x7C_FHxOpl8uIiI_YZA_nxuDa2wqkxD-ljtN0Zei2MWU-UdhCb9ZRt9oPuXr2Pr8U87mhdrjHo1WQh5f-SD7-LnJ-ry/s400/Kym+Tree+2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span><br /></span></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">The trees come in three sizes - Small which is our Giveaway Tree, Medium which is 19 X 19 and retails for $400, and Large which is 23 X 25 and retails for $495. I almost don't want to give it away. Nevertheless, it will be sent next Monday to a lucky reader. Here is what you need to do:</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzGuBBOSZu2L9F2z8BMKJ6Lq_S_5Tsod_GhyA-pvz8rZf5W8qTvJ3NPRJCB0Ol6q7rjk1OS_BQPNlOntUrnkK159-qJCZW65avNnhQUsSJKNLvBeg_hB1nf3-LeiPELkGS-A8kKbZ4ylX/s1600/kym+3+fin+grains+logo+logo_left_sm.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548711224618832802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzGuBBOSZu2L9F2z8BMKJ6Lq_S_5Tsod_GhyA-pvz8rZf5W8qTvJ3NPRJCB0Ol6q7rjk1OS_BQPNlOntUrnkK159-qJCZW65avNnhQUsSJKNLvBeg_hB1nf3-LeiPELkGS-A8kKbZ4ylX/s400/kym+3+fin+grains+logo+logo_left_sm.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></a></div></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Visit the 3 Fine Grains website </span><b><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">HERE</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">or if you are lucky enough to live close by go to A Beautiful Mess in Agoura Hills, California.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></div></span></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioN8ns2yeBitWYKuPzljH0fIRX-moKt6W2XpZEsZ33c53oGZfrINdFDKixI-nlFP29szGt3dGCF4Jyqbl7VdMwR55a0jWq1_NpWOoLxIJhMUSSXQHCZiuwYmUlWWef7bWbLIfaoS-i9m8P/s1600/kym+antique+basket.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548723724439306162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioN8ns2yeBitWYKuPzljH0fIRX-moKt6W2XpZEsZ33c53oGZfrINdFDKixI-nlFP29szGt3dGCF4Jyqbl7VdMwR55a0jWq1_NpWOoLxIJhMUSSXQHCZiuwYmUlWWef7bWbLIfaoS-i9m8P/s400/kym+antique+basket.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Come back to Willow Decor and leave a comment on what other beautiful items Kym creates that inspire you. </span><br /></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">For an extra chance to win become a subscriber or follower. </span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">I will announce the winner on Sunday, December 19th -and mail the Grainsack Christmas Tree out on Monday so you can enjoy it for the Holidays. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></div></span></span><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">A big Hug and huge Thank You to Kym of </span><b><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">3 Fine Grains</span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> for her generosity.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">This is so much fun -I feel a bit like Santa - Ho Ho Ho!!!</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">To Contact Kym at </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Beautiful</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> Mess</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> call 818-874-9092</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">To visit </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><strong>3 Fine Grains</strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> click </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br /></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">To visit </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Beautiful</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> Mess</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> on Facebook click </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Beautiful-Mess-Antiques/156338971066478"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">To read my previous posts on </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">3 Fine Grains</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> cl</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">ick </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://willowdecor.blogspot.com/2009/02/3-fine-grains-high-end-antique.html">HERE</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></span></span></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:78%;">(all photos property of 3 Fine Grains)</span></div>

The 3 Fine Grains Giveaway!!!

Several years ago when I met Kimberley Fraser, owner of 3 Fine Grains , she was just starting out. An accomplished Interior Designer turned...

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Quick Updates & Giveaway!!

<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7tSVS7UXII/AAAAAAAAEpE/IyHHj4W9mQ8/s1600/Vellum+2.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457045899300854914" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7tSVS7UXII/AAAAAAAAEpE/IyHHj4W9mQ8/s400/Vellum+2.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> A quick update about what's been happening at Willow Decor!!<br /></span><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457045887864756578" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7tSUoUvWWI/AAAAAAAAEo0/vNNbRrPRoj0/s400/Material+Girls.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" /> <span style="font-size:130%;">Thanks so much to lovely ladies over at Material Girls for featuring my home renovation on their wonderful new post: </span></span><a href="http://materialgirlsblog.com/dallas/2010/04/05/design-bloggers-homes-unveiled-part-ii/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Design Bloggers Homes Unveiled - Part II</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> - Make sure you check out all the other fabulous renovations!! And check out </span><a href="http://materialgirlsblog.com/dallas/2010/03/29/2nd-annual-design-bloggers-homes-unveiled-part-i/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Part I, here, </span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">to see even more inspiring spaces from both bloggers you know and some new blog discoveries!!</span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457045891605934978" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7tSU2QtM4I/AAAAAAAAEo8/BDr_5hvLxrk/s400/Vellum+1.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /> <span style="font-size:130%;">The response to the <strong>GIVEAWAY </strong>of the gorgeous Antique Vellum Book has been overwhelming! If you haven't yet entered please go visit Kym Fraser at </span></span><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/_catalog_40554/Products"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">3 Fine Grains </span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">and then come back here and comment what item makes your heart sing. Click </span><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/_catalog_40554/Products"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">here </span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">to visit</span><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/_catalog_40554/Products"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> 3 Fine Grains </span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">and </span><a href="http://willowdecor.blogspot.com/2010/04/antique-vellum-books-our-most-exciting.html"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">here </span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">read more about the <strong>GIVEAWAY</strong> and to leave your comments!!<br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Have a Great Day!!</span> </span></div>

Quick Updates & Giveaway!!

A quick update about what's been happening at Willow Decor!! Thanks so much to lovely ladies over at Material Girls for featuring my h...

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Antique Vellum Books & Our Most Exciting GIVEAWAY Ever!!!

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none" class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGaPcGlUI/AAAAAAAAEnM/hf5aarDtx4s/s1600/IMG_3968-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469840171013442" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGaPcGlUI/AAAAAAAAEnM/hf5aarDtx4s/s400/IMG_3968-1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">Antique Vellum Books have been used as gorgeous accents in extraordinary rooms for years. Vellum is a fine parchment made from the skin of a lamb, pig or calf. Primarily it was used in the 15th and 16th century to bind books. The skins were stretched over boarding in a way very similar to leather. The luminosity, texture and beauty of Antique Vellum has made it a favorite of designers.</span></div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;font-family:times new roman;" class="Apple-style-span" ><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456427306763574882" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7kfueJiXmI/AAAAAAAAEkk/dF_OrPCqSQg/s400/Vellum+RT+-+CDT+Arch+Digesst+1991-+3.png" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;"> </span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(Architectural Digest via Cote de Texas)</span> </span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">Of course Vellum books have always been popular with the wonderful Furniture and Interior Designer Rose Tarlow of Melrose House. Here in a photo from Architectural Digest in 1991 you can see her love of these precious books.<br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456427972313543106" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7kgVNhA8cI/AAAAAAAAElM/eGUzIjSzhcY/s400/Vellum+Rose+Tarlow+CDT+2.png" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 311px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"> (Architectural Digest via Cote de Texas)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span><br />Here is another angle of the same room. Notice the bookcase filled with Vellum books.</span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;font-family:times new roman;" class="Apple-style-span" ><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456427344291115330" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7kfwp8zMUI/AAAAAAAAEk0/TOWueMqJwDg/s400/Vellum+Rose+Tarlow+CDT+Close+up.png" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 233px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(Architectural Digest via Cote de Texas)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">A shot of Tarlow's bedroom, notice the stacks of vellum books. Read a wonderful post about Rose Tarlow and her design aesthetic by Joni Webb of Cote de Texas </span><a href="http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2010/03/rose-tarlow.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">.</span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lM_LDlcOI/AAAAAAAAEoE/RSjwCsomdsY/s1600/image_thumb41.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456477071719362786" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lM_LDlcOI/AAAAAAAAEoE/RSjwCsomdsY/s400/image_thumb41.png" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 328px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;"> </span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:78%;">(Cote de Texas)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span><br /></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">Above is a beautiful room from Antique Dealer and Design enthusiast Kay O'Toole. Notice the stacks of antique vellum books on her table. Cote de Texas once again did a wonderful post about O'Toole and her home read more about </span><a href="http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2010_02_06_archive.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">.</span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456471244708994674" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lHr_wDXnI/AAAAAAAAEnc/TpKf3F6OthY/s400/IMG_3975.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">So imagine my delight when Kym Fraser of </span><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/_catalog_40554/Products"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">3 Fine Grains </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">contacted me about her new venture into the world of Antique Vellum Books. Apparently, several months before a famous actor had contacted her. He was impressed with her love and knowledge of antiques coupled with her wonderful designer background.<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14px;font-family:times new roman;" class="Apple-style-span" ><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456471251282054498" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lHsYPMTWI/AAAAAAAAEns/y44KQaWTFrw/s400/IMG_3988.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 169px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">An avid antique collector and design enthusiast himself, he had become the largest collector of Antique Vellum books in the United States. He had designed an exquisite room in his Malibu beach house and filled it with over 800 books. But, unfortunately he was moving and would she be interested in connecting the right designers and antique lovers with these wonderful books for him? It was important to him, that the new owners appreciate the beauty of these rare treasures.</span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456471245233241554" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lHsBtCvdI/AAAAAAAAEnk/JIFd-ElDK9E/s400/IMG_3985.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 237px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /> </span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">Kym Fraser currently has over 600 of these gorgeous books. They range in age from 1572 - (yes, that is not a typo -books from the 1500's) to the late 1800's. Most books are in written in Italian, French, and Latin, and even some in Hebrew.</span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGaPcGlUI/AAAAAAAAEnM/hf5aarDtx4s/s1600/IMG_3968-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469840171013442" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGaPcGlUI/AAAAAAAAEnM/hf5aarDtx4s/s400/IMG_3968-1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;"> </span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">The books are varied and all are vellum. Some have ribbed bindings and some flat. Some are embossed in gold and some also have colored leather. Some have marbleized covers and hand painted pages. They are a varied and beautiful collection. </span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGZiQ4l2I/AAAAAAAAEnE/AApp14xtbJg/s1600/IMG_3963.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469828044363618" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGZiQ4l2I/AAAAAAAAEnE/AApp14xtbJg/s400/IMG_3963.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;"> </span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">Most books are singular but Kym also has many sets including the most expensive in the Collection - a rare set of encyclopedias from the 1600's. This set of 9 is $13,500.</span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGZHZK9gI/AAAAAAAAEm8/MSZH9gyuFK8/s1600/IMG_3959.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469820831364610" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGZHZK9gI/AAAAAAAAEm8/MSZH9gyuFK8/s400/IMG_3959.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;"> </span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">Of course, they range in price from $150 up - and interestingly the price is not determined by size, but by a variety of markers; including condition, content, outside embellishments, etc. </span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGY8jTFkI/AAAAAAAAEm0/WrJlW8Rsq7c/s1600/IMG_3956.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469817921050178" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGY8jTFkI/AAAAAAAAEm0/WrJlW8Rsq7c/s400/IMG_3956.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 109px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;"> </span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">The photos show just a small sampling of the Vellum Collection.</span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456468117164343250" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lE18vTP9I/AAAAAAAAEls/hiTRDv-qg5M/s400/IMG_4584.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">Perhaps the most intriguing book to me is the one above. Stamped with the date of 1572, this book includes everything that is important to a collector. The book is a collection of the most celebrated passages of Euripides poetry. It has a gorgeous hand tooled cover, and beautiful writing on the ribbed bindings .</span></div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456468142752762098" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lE3cEDiPI/AAAAAAAAEl8/U_SUpGloiJI/s400/IMG_4582.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 173px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /> </span><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">Add to that the incredible hand forged metal latches, patina and outstanding condition. This is a very rare book and retails for $5,500.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGYuu5SVI/AAAAAAAAEms/UWG0AmNXc4s/s1600/IMG_3955.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span></p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGYuu5SVI/AAAAAAAAEms/UWG0AmNXc4s/s1600/IMG_3955.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469814211594578" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lGYuu5SVI/AAAAAAAAEms/UWG0AmNXc4s/s400/IMG_3955.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 316px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;"> </span></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">Here is another book with latches. This beauty is part of Kym's personal collection. She says it reminds her of her beautiful German Grain sacks. Notice the hand painted page edges in blue -Lovely!</span></span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lFq2T8nCI/AAAAAAAAEmc/F4Jyyogo2TY/s1600/IMG_4569.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469025972067362" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lFq2T8nCI/AAAAAAAAEmc/F4Jyyogo2TY/s400/IMG_4569.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;"> </span></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">Now here is the exciting part!! Kym has offered this wonderful Antique Vellum book to a Willow Decor reader. This book is from 1626 in Venice, Italy. Can you even imagine the Villa it resided in so many years ago?? </span></span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lFp8RA09I/AAAAAAAAEmU/hdBCgSINSk8/s1600/IMG_4567.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469010390504402" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lFp8RA09I/AAAAAAAAEmU/hdBCgSINSk8/s400/IMG_4567.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:times new roman;" class="Apple-style-span" >Written in Italian, the book becomes even more valuable, because of its wonderful condition and the the exquisite flourish on the binding. This antique book retails for over $600.</span></div></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lFptOZ4rI/AAAAAAAAEmM/nhXtqKee7mA/s1600/IMG_4568.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456469006353031858" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lFptOZ4rI/AAAAAAAAEmM/nhXtqKee7mA/s400/IMG_4568.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;"> </span></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">Here is how to enter to win this antique treasure. Visit Kym Fraser's store, </span></span><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/_catalog_40554/Products"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">3 Fine Grains</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">, let me know what other items besides, these wonderful vellum books, that make your heart sing. Leave a comment back here at Willow Decor. For a second chance to win, be subscriber or follower of Willow Decor (you can sign up on the right column). </span></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lFpUZX_3I/AAAAAAAAEmE/j5C6CPS56M4/s1600/IMG_4566.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456468999688159090" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S7lFpUZX_3I/AAAAAAAAEmE/j5C6CPS56M4/s400/IMG_4566.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;"> </span></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">Next Sunday I will announce the winner! Best of luck!! And a huge thank you to Kym Fraser of</span></span><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/_catalog_40554/Products"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;"> 3 Fine Grains </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">for such a generous giveaway. Click </span></span><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/_catalog_40554/Products"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;"> to go check out </span></span><a href="http://www.3finegrains.com/_catalog_40554/Products"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;">3 Fine Grains</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;"> and then come back and leave your comments. Good Luck!!</span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:78%;">(all photos property of 3 Fine Grains unless noted and not to be copied with out permission)</span></span></div></span></span></span></span>

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