All About Decorating

Home Fashions U - Pillow Challenge Contest Winners

First Place for $300 in Classes at 2009 Spring Retreat is

 Kathy Squires of Draper,Utah with pillow #2

 

Second Place for $50 in Classes is

 Sharlie McRaney, Tigh Interiors of Scottsdale, AZ

 

Third Place for a $25 gift of classes or supplies is

 Myra Haddad of Dallas, TX

 

A special thanks to all of the entries in the 2009 Spring Pillow Challenge. 

Other Challengers Christina Alamdari of Krys Pillows and More and Bonnie Michele both of AZ

Home Fashions U Spring Retreat is April 1-9, 2009 in Peoria, AZ

 

 

Just had to Share this Video- Just a Wonderful World with Louis Armstrong

 Sewing and Stitchery Expo in Puyallup. WA 

Karen Erickson, Slipcover America Inc.,#140 You Too Can Slipcover Like a Pro, Thursday/Saturday 4:30 pm Room K

#141 Slipcovers for Dining Chairs, Friday/Sunday, 10:30am Room K

 Stop by the booth and see the latest redesign and staging project from JoDee's Inc. 

Button Button, WorkroomButtons.com has Diy Buttons

West Village Studios, in West Townsend, Massachusetts  has just launched a workroom button website.  Have you ever wondered how to cover buttons by the hundreds?  Well Dede O’Hair is a expert at buttons.  You will find many sizes of buttons on her site.

  

Pin Back buttons are a great way to decorate and add finishing touches to garments and home decor.

       

Dede uses the C.S. Osborne Button maker which you will find on her website.  www.workroombuttons.com 

 Workroom Buttons manufactures removable custom button components for the soft furnishings industry.

Fast and easy assembly,  No adhesives!, Ssecure,and Won't rust or tarnish.  They also offer a wide variety of specialty and standard button parts.

New From Market - Sunbrella Rugs, Can you believe this?

We are excited to introduce our new licensed collection of 100% Sunbrella Rugs! 

Our Renaissance tm Collection carries all the characteristics of the Sunbrella Brand: Enduring Color, Luxurious Feel, Worry Free Use.  Perfect for indoor and outdoor decorating.

               

        How about these great Sunbrella Colors!

Now you can select the design of your rug and the colors for a custom outdoor or indoor rug.

Here are the following design to choose from.

           

These beautiful outdoor rugs can be custom ordered and will be on our website Home Fashions U by February 25,2009

Sizes range from a 22" x 34" to 11' x 14'  The outdoor Indoor rugs can be designed to match your present patio furniture.

Contact: Claudia at 623-878-7350

Pillow Challenge Contest - Time to Vote

The Pillow Contest is on design and creativeness, the winner wins $300 in Free Classes at the April 2009 Home Decor Retreat.  2nd Place $50 in classes and 3rd Place $25 in classes or supplies.

Please Vote for your favorite Pillow.  You can leave a comment with your vote or email Claudia at HomeFashionsu@gmail.com.  We will end the voting February 27,2009 

Pillow 1

 

Pillow 2

 

Pillow 3

 

Pillow 4

 

Pillow 5

 

Pillow 6

ETA Dallas February 13-15th

 

ETA Dallas was a great show............

 

Show floor at ETA Dallas  www.etadallas.com

 

Home Fashions U exhbit at ETA Dallas

Home Decor Retreat - April 1-5,2009 Peoria,AZ

Classes are filling up and the Pillow Challenge Contest ends today.  There is still time left to send your pillow photos in.  Just email them to homefashionsu@gmail.com.

Become a Home Decor Teacher, take the Instructors class from Karen Erickson.  Many have enjoyed this class and become successful teachers.  Learn the art of controlling the crowd, writing a curriculum, realizing learning skills, time management and more.

Register Today for this Class

Spending My Sister's Money

Back from a fund spending trip in Vegas.  Spoke with several Vendor reps and they were all excited about the attendance and sales from the Show.  Looks the economy it going to surge up for 2009.
Below are a few photos from the show and more to come.

What incredible architecture, walk ways connecting all 3 buildings.


My sister Lindia with her Melrose International Rep
www.ChristmasinMaxwell.com


Nancy Gilbert with Angelo Surmelis from Rate My Space
Nancy is a incredible and  talented display decorator, she
decorates my sister's store in Maxwell, California

Angelo Surmelis in Building A - Las Vegas World Market

Yesterday we spent the morning at Melrose shopping for ChristmasinMaxwell.com, what beautiful ornaments they had!  Its time to add a little orange to the copper tree and some naturals to the rustic trees.  We did some pretty intense shopping at Melrose, then a break for lunch and on to Building A what fun, lots of art, furniture and more.  The favorites seam to be Go Home, a very nice line of bar ware, accessories and contemporary and trendy accents for the home.  Imax was our second great find.

Nancy caught Angelo Surmelis going down the escalator in Building A and he mention something about a new furniture line?   I will post the photos I took of Nancy and Angelo Surmelis when I return home.  He is the Host of HGTV's Rate My Space.  Nice Guy!



Photo from HGTV