Jo-Ann Fabric's Moving Sale! (& Home Projects to Come!)

So I have been so lucky that my local Jo-Ann fabric and craft store is moving and therefore is having some amazing deals. Everything in the store is 30% off which goes ON top of sales items and things which are on sale for the week. So if a fabric is 40% off say you get a yard that's regular $10, you get the fabric for $6 but oh wait, you're not done there you'll get an additional 30% from there, so really it comes to $4.2!! Ok, so enough math there. I wanted to share what I picked up from the sale as well as my hopes and dreams for projects that are to come from my great steals!

Not that you need a visual, but I think pictures make everything better, so here's my goodie haul bag!

Not sure how clear this receipt is for you, but just to show you what I got, I paid $27.66 and saved $68.25 with all the fabric I purchased I have enough to make a full quilt top and cover the dining room chairs, to follow...

 Ok so here's project 1 that I want to share you, and when I say Project 1, I'm not really labeling it as that, just that here's another work in progress that I hope to update on here as progress becomes more than simply purchasing the fabric. But don't' get me wrong, finding the correct materials I want is half the battle.

Just to give you a little insight: I have 6 dining room chairs a la the picture below. They all have different colored fabrics on each cushion and I want to take these from shabby to chic. I plan on staining the chair a dark espresso brown and then they will be covered with this creamy-white leather fabric. The fabric I found is great because it's leather-like yet, the little grooves it has are not to deep or feel icky like; if something gets on this fabric they will easily be washcloth washable, which I'd say is always a requirement when thinking about upholstery. You want your fabric not just to be the correct color, but also to function and be good for where you need it (i.e. in the kitchen/dining room)!

 Just a close up of the current seat... Not bad, but they need to be re-done.

On to project 2 from my hauling!!!

I picked up these 4 cotton fabrics and hope to put together a quilt with them for my living room. I am loving the combination of teal and coral and I thought these fabrics provided a nice balance. I have not "re-done" my living room by any means, but this is the beginning to my inspiration of what I will want to do color-wise. The coral fabric is actually not as "hot" as the picture appears. I think I took about 40+ pictures trying to get an accurate color on that fabric, but for some reason my camera doesn't like orange-red.

Here's the fabric all next to give you a better idea of my palette. I will be using neutrals which are found in fabric 1 and fabric 4 below. The cream combined with white and the leaves on the fabric 4 there is actually more of a muted coral and not yellow or gold. So this 4th fabric compliments fabric 3 when you see them all together.

 Teal-blue. It's a good idea to not all have bold or large prints when choosing fabrics to come together in a quilt. This is a good choice, because it's not a a solid, yet the print is fairly simple that it will not compete with the larger prints such as those in 1 and 3 above.

Love this print. This is a better coloring of the coral-orange than the above pictures!

This fabric brings out the coral in a muted medium shade. The neutral cream plays through this fabric as well. It is good to have coherency throughout the fabrics you chose as much as you possibly can, so they all make "sense!"

This print is "bold" but not in the way that the coral fabric is, but moreso because of the contrast of the teal-blue from the cream background. This brings out the teal-blue and is a wonderful compliment to the coral-orange.

I don't know what quilt I will be making as of yet with these quilts yet. I need to sketch out ideas or work a little bit on Electric Quilt (EQ) which is a simple quilt program that lets you draw up and color different quilts to give you an idea what they will look like. Look for more on this project to come!

Inglot Haul! Viva Las Vegas

I have to start by saying, I love Inglot cosmetics! I wish there was a local Inglot store nearby me as shopping from their website is something I do NOT recommend. The Inglot eye shadows in the Freedom System are more than worthwhile to check out and not to mention extremely high quality and about the half the price of a MAC shadow.

Oh yes, I just went there and dissed the prices of MAC. You can see in all of my images below the amount of product you get (they do vary, but the smallest was 2.5 grams) They were $6 apiece at the Inglot store. Now when I compare this to MAC eyeshadows, comparing "pans" to "pans" here: the Pro Palette Refil Pans are currently $11.50 and you get 1.5g of product.... Hmm, So about double the price and you get 50% to 40% LESS product. Wow! I would say the Inglot shadows are just as good of quality or better than those in MAC. And again each shadow is different so always try/research before you buy!

The Inglot Freedom System palettes offer a variety of sizes to make your own palettes. Going to the Inglot store in Las Vegas was quite the great experience! I was able to swatch and figure out which colors I liked and which had the better textures to my liking. I am not going to go much detail more than this, other than leave with the recommendation to either personally swatch shades you are interested in before you buy Inglot or do your research online and make sure the reviewer likes the shade too!

Heres's what I picked up in Vegas: 

 These are all the eye shadows I picked up and 1 lipstick to be put in a quad and a duo.

Quad: 

I love how chic and simple these look. The lids are removable and if you get more palettes in the same size they all magnetically stack together neat and tidy; so neat!

Shine 43: 

gorgeous mid-tone ashen brown!

Shine 15:

love this shade too. I wanted a sheen of an orange I could layer over my lid to make my blue eyes pop!

D.S. 500:

I wanted a dark shadow that was versatile to use as liner or for a smokey effect. this shade does have "shimmer" but they are so fine and very minimal. this is a great dark grey shade to layer or smudge along the lashline.

Pearl 395:

 I wanted a versatile light shade I could use all over the lid but that was also not so sheer it'd be washed away. This shade does just that, gives me lid a nice light shade/glowy effect without disappearing into my skin

the Duo:

simple and cute take 2 shades with you wherever you want to go

Pearl 441:

this is such a fun purple shade, almost duo-chrome like finish with its "pearl" effect. I really can't stand shimmer, but this shade has a gorgeous change of purple reflections less the sparkly mess on your face.

Shine 46:

a nice all over/highlight like color except with a slight more peachy/pink hint to it. I really love the smooth textures of the shines! they have great color payoff even with shades as light as these.

Lipstick: love the chick simple square, glossy packaging

Picked up the shade 106. This is a sheen, almost "luster" like finish i you were to compare it to MAC, but it has a great color payoff. I wanted a pretty peach-pink for summer and this shade is more than I hoped for. I will need to do a lip of the day with this to show you on the lips!

Target finds (January 6, 2011)

Went shopping at Target tonight. I wasn't looking for anything in particular, but I did pick up some great deals in the clothing department. They had all of their clearance clothing, which ranged from 30% to 75% off original price and then you got an additional 30% off of that! I just love a great bargain, and I honestly love Target clothing. I don't care if they are not high end or designer, I have had many sweaters and shirts from Target that look just as great the day they were purchased. I don't think all clothing is "you get what you pay for" especially when it comes to Target. Ok, enough praise for the company here. I picked up a Merona sweater grey with thin black stripes original $18 for $6.60 and a pair of velour type lounge pants original $15 down to $5.60. All in all my total actually came down to $10.97 as you can't forget about the Target red card to save yourself an additional 5%! Did I mention I love getting an amazing deal? Now I really wish I had my camera or that vid cam I was talking about earlier. I believe it really would make for better posting, don't you agree?