After oogling some of the eye candy in Anthropologie, Tonia from The Gunny Sack was inspired to replicate a super soft jersey ruffle pillow. Tonia’s materials included an old t-shirt, pajama pants, a hoodie, and some white jersey material. If you want a soft pillow, it doesn’t get too much better than old, comfy loungewear! [...Read More]
White and Beige Pintuck Pillows
September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ashley from Cherished Bliss created her own $10 version of a $128 Anthro pintuck pillow. If you haven’t braved pintucking before, Ashley reassures that imperfection is part of the beauty of this style. No worries about straight stitches or even spacing! Since Ashley’s pillows are just as beautiful as Anthro’s, you might as well save [...Read More]
Woven Twine Vase Candle Holder
September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Karen at The Quaint Cottage created her own woven hurricane using an inexpensive glass jar from Michael’s and twine. Karen broke out a knitting tool from her scarf crazy days and wove the twine until it was the right size to get wrapped around the hurricane. It doubles as a vase or candle holder depending [...Read More]
Color Gradient Desk
September 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Amy from Sisters of the Wild West turned a shabby desk she got for free off Craigslist into a showstopper with just a few paint samples. Amy selected shades of green and blue to give the desk a fresh color gradient look. It was genius on Amy’s part to apply the idea from Anthro’s shower [...Read More]
White T Shirt Rosette Bedding
September 15, 2011 By 4 Comments
What could you make with about 50 extra large men’s white t shirts? Why, new bedding of course! Jordan from If You Give A Girl A Needle says, “I basically drooled over Anthro’s rosette bedding for a year, but could never spend that much money on it. So instead, I bought a bunch of white [...Read More]
Colorful Ruffles Throw Pillow
August 25, 2011 By 2 Comments
Mary from Bugglebee created this “plum peachy pillow” that is full of ruffled goodness. The hardest part of this project for Mary was driving around to craft stores to find enough orange, red, and purple fabrics that worked in her color scheme. I love me some bright, bold colors, and this looks fab with those [...Read More]
Blue “Ceramic” Rose Vase
August 19, 2011 By 1 Comment
A tutorial for paper “ceramic” roses was just the aha moment that Terra from Mama Says Sew needed. She had been pondering how to knock off an Anthro flower-bedecked vase and finally had her jumping off point. Terra bought a dime a dozen glass vase from Goodwill and coated it with some ocean blue spray [...Read More]
Decorative Trim Nightstand
August 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
Britt from Cucumbersome needed two bedside tables that would work in a small space. She came up with the design for this three-drawer nightstand decked out with decorative trim and crystal knobs. A mini chest from Ikea forms the structure for the piece, so Britt just had to add legs and decorative trim. This table [...Read More]
