I'll be cleaning 'till the cows come home.

I've kept just a few Christmas/winter decorations out to warm up
 this corner of our kitchen.  We're in the middle of an Arctic blast so cold
 I don't even want to leave the house.  Brrrrrrrr!!!!
In fact, every public school in the state of Minnesota will be closed
 on Monday due to the extreme cold weather!

As you can see, I finally got around to painting over the awful Grey Poupon color
 on my sterilizer cabinet.  I topped it with a few wintery items including poor little lambkins.
(Maybe I'll ask Tracy to crochet him a leg warmer.  He's partial to white wool, by the way.)

I'm sure you've all been busy cleaning up after the holidays and packing things
 into boxes that seem to have shrunk since you unpacked them just over a month ago.

How in the world does that happen?

As I was finishing my post-holiday cleaning, I received a package

in the mail.  In all the holiday madness, I'd forgotten about the prize I won

from Debra's giveaway at Common Ground!

 I'd just gotten rid of the faded and threadbare pillows in our living room,

and her giveaway was sponsored by Elliott Heath Designs,

a Minnesota based company that just happens to make gorgeous designer pillows.....

soooo, I signed up and I won!!!!

Here's the pillow I chose:

I love the faded red and white graphic design layered with French text!  Oui, oui!

It fits over a standard 18 inch pillow form and is backed with burlap.
It's just the ticket to update my wing chair!

Here's a very small sampling of the pillows available on their Etsy site:

To see all of the designs produced by Elliott Heath Designs, click here!

Now that the cow (I have a son-in-law who would correct me here.  Bull? Steer?)
 has come home, and I've finished my post-holiday cleaning, it's time for a little R & R.

This was supposed to be a mitten for a 2-3 year old child.....

but somehow it's turned into an oven mitt for a child with fingers
 all the same length and an extra-long thumb.   Hmmmmph.
Back to the drawing board.

Thank you Debra (Common Ground) and Elliott Heath Designs
for my fabulous moo new pillow!!!

Vickie

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Cozy Little House Tweak it Tuesday
Revisionary Life Thrifty Life Thursday