Little Pretties

We're still reaping the benefits from our trip to the Crate & Barrel outlet store a couple of weeks ago. We happened upon this quilt which was obscenely marked down. It's funny b/c MG and i had actually wanted to buy it on-line, but, well, it and the shams/sheets didn't fit out frugal budget. So, we sighed and moved on. So the fact that we saw it in the store again was really just a reunion. You know the saying about "if you love sthg., then let it go..." I guess this quilt is our version of an apaloosa (does anyone remember that book?)

We got the idea of hanging the material on the wall from several design on the cheap books, but also from this nifty site about how to make your apartment a home: apartment therapy

I about had a cow when I saw this cutting table at C&B with bolts and bolts of last season's Marimekko fabrics. It's stuff that was hanging in the stores and sold for super cheap ($9.00 per yard as opposed to $32.50 a yard.) Suffice it to say that the whole experience was a crafty/pennypinching fantasy land.