Life is slowly getting back to normal now that the chaos of our kitchen remodel is over.
School starts in just over a week so we’re feeling the call of the hustle and bustle — getting school supplies, new clothes and attending important orientation meetings for MIDDLE SCHOOL!
I can’t believe my oldest is going in to the 7th grade. Time is flying!
While all he wants to wear are soccer jerseys and tennis shoes, my daughter wants to buy almost everything she sees!
We scored a similar Vera Bradley insulated lunch bag for her this summer while shopping at the outlet in South Texas:
Hers is a different pattern since we bought it at the outlet, but she is in love with it! I think these colorful patterns are so perfect for her.
As I’ve been trying to style my kitchen with knick knacks and decorative things, I’ve been swooning over this super expensive fabric from Schumacher called Chaing Mai Dragon..the picture below is the mocha colorway:
I’ve seen it in all sorts of my favorite spaces, including this fantastic kitchen by my beloved Holly Mathis:
See the aquamarine color version sitting on the window seat?
Here’s a close-up of some pillows being sold on Etsy:
I just LOVE the bold colors in these pillows. However, I do not love the price. The fabric is $150 per yard – YIKES! And the pair of pillows above sell on Etsy for $185 and up depending on the size you choose.
Well, imagine my surprise when I saw this fabric at Calico Corners this week:
It is a VERY similar pattern called “Ming Dragon” and look at that price tag! $26.99! Whoa! When I asked a salesperson she told me that this was the only color it comes in but I’m holding out hope they might start making a mocha version. This blue is too light for what I’m looking for, but I wanted to pass this information to you. If you love Chiang Mai Dragon too, then go check out Calico Corners and save yourself some money! (I took the picture with my iPhone so forgive the blurry-ness.)
Finally, do you love great smelling lotions? When I was on vacation visiting my family in Minnesota, my daughter talked me in to buying this hand lotion:
It’s fragrance is “Sea Salt Neroli” and I’m telling you it smells so wonderful! It makes me feel like I’m staying in a decadent hotel when I smell it. That’s kind of a funny explanation, I know, but have you ever been in a really high end hotel lobby and smelled the fresh flowers and whatever other expensive but lovely fragrance they have floating around? That’s what I think of when I smell this lotion on my hands.
I put it by my kitchen sink and use it after washing dishes. At $10.50 a bottle it’s a treat. Sometimes it’s fun to splurge on a bottle of hand lotion to make yourself feel pampered.
Here’s to hoping you have a wonderful and relaxing Saturday!
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I’m not quite ready for to school to start back up, especially this year when my baby is a freshman in high school and my oldest in a freshman in college! Love the fabric by the way… YIKES when I saw the first price. Hopefully, they will get your color in on the less expensive fabric. I’m sure whatever you do it’ll be gorgeous — everything you do is! xoxo
Remember that feeling when your kids are getting so close to adulthood. Scarey huh? But then when they grow up you have another part of your life to find out more about you and your husband to enjoy each other. Sometimes people forget that there was just two of you before kids and now you’re two different people that have raised great kids.
Hubs and I didn’t have that as I had 3 very young kids when we married then we had one. Enjoy this time together when kids aren’t quite ready to be on their own but you have more freedom.
Our daughter and her husband are finding that out, they’re 44 and 50 and girls are 14 and 17. The girls went to San Diego for few days to stay with my oldest, their Aunt, they found themselves alone, had some time for few days, got reacquainted so to speak. Good for every couple.
While Asian patterns aren’t something I prefer the colors are gorgeous. Glad you were able to find some less expensive fabric. Wish we had a Calico Corners here in Grand Junction, CO but we don’t have lots of popular stores, (total bummer no IKEA either). Pretty much have to rely on Hobby Lobby and Jo-Ann’s for fabric.
You’re lucky, kids here started on Aug .4th. for school. Whatever happened to after Labor Day weekend? Since area we live in few miles west of G.J. is very rural many kids were made to forget about their 4H and FFA projects for state fair in Pueblo next week starting and it ‘s pretty darned hot yet. Happy weekend