Pillows... and a painted futon

I made two new pillows for a friend of my mom's.  I brought them up to our cabin over the 4th to give them to her.  Before I handed them off, I snapped so pictures:

 See the nice white futon?? Well at the beginning of the summer, it was a light wood tone, that had quite a bit of water damage. One weekend while I was up there, it was rainy- so I got to painting. I forgot to snap any before pictures....

Then, when I was out shopping, I saw these:  My same pillows... only round.  What do you think?  I kind of like them - but do people prefer square pillows.  If I made some of these for my Etsy shop - do you think they would sell?  

Oh - and do you see the square one on the bottom left - it kind of looks like a poinsettia - just got some ideas for Christmas :) 

I am doing it...

Last week I blogged about how much I wanted to start an Esty shop, but how I was really nervous to.  But many of you offered your kind words and advise, and I am going to do it!! Not just talk about it, but really do it. I have been working hard the past few days to get some stuff ready.  I want to have a few things to put on the shop before I start.

I just wanted to share a sneak peak with you all of what you can expect from the shop - my first pillow addition:

I also have this pillow in 2 other colors - green and gray.  What do you all think? Your opinion really matters to me!

Pillow Talk

 While I was adding dimension to the pillows on our basement couch, I thought I would spruce up the pillow on our chair.  Before it was a boring plain brown pillow.

With a little scrap fabric, I made the pillow have a little more pizazz!

The brown stitching it only there for added decoration.

I hot glued the very edges of the strip to the pillow.

I love it! What do you think?