Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Simple Pleasures...


Vintage pillowcases embroidered with roses, found at my favorite thrift store several months ago...


Good Morning/Night pillowcases I embroidered with my own lettering and trimmed with ribbon last summer...


I've been wanting red gingham sheets ever since I saw this bed last December......and today I scored! I refuse to pay a ridiculous amount of money on sheets, and I found this Ralph Lauren top sheet on clearance at Ross for $6!


I adore linens; old and new, handmade and store-bought, mix and match and mismatched! A perfect place for restful slumber and sweet dreams :)


Now perhaps I should get busy and finish up this A mon ami Pierre alphabet so that it can finally be made into a pillow for the bed???


(I've searched high and low for a link to this pattern but can't find one. Can someone help me out? It's a freebie called 'a et alphabet suite' by grille gratuites and designed by A mon ami Pierre.)

Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite!

28 comments:

SandraRee said...

Staci, I'm speechless.

Stunning! Just stunning. :)

Wished I could help you out with the freebie...I have a lot of French patterns but I don't recognize this one.

Anonymous said...

Oooh... I love your pillowcases!

Unknown said...

i love this pattern and went to see if i could find it and low and behold i have a link for a pdf for you

Your Link for your Pattern

Anonymous said...

Your bedlinen looks wonderful - very fresh and pretty! The AMAP freebie will look wonderful as a pillow alongside the linen.

mainely stitching said...

These pictures make me want to make my bed, and then stitch up some beautiful linens to decorate it with!

Anonymous said...

That looks like a wonderful place to sleep. Very lucky

Anonymous said...

very beautiful !!!

Wendy said...

There is nothing better than fresh bed linens! Love the red!!

Sally said...

Your bed linen looks gorgeous. I feel a need for something like this for mine:)

Lovely alphabet too.

Nicole said...

Your bed looks great!! I love the pillows!! Those sheets are great! I actually have one of those sheets hanging in my room as a curtain (to hide the laundry room) and I love it! I'll have to check Ross to see if they have anymore!

Kim B said...

Your bed is gorgeous! It looks so inviting! And how much I love love love the "Good Night/Good Morning" pillowcases you did!

Olga said...

Gorgeous pillowcases and beautiful bed.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful !
I like yours pillowcases.
Beautiful dreams in your bed
:-)))

Sharon said...

Staci, I want to get into your bed! LOL The linens and pillowcases are so lovely and inviting looking! Your whole setup is lovely.

Kathy A. said...

How lovely your room looks and I love that red.

Susimac said...

Your room looks lovely - I love your bedlinen and your pillow cases are so perfect.

Annemarie said...

Staci, I´m sure I wouldn´t be able to sleep for one moment if my bedroom looked anything like this. I think I´d just dream with my eyes open. Sigh... How gorgeous.

Annemarie said...

Oh, and if you google "a et alphabet suite" (including inverted commas, or whatever these two tiny stripes are called), you are directed to the freebie directly :o)

Julie said...

Beautiful! I love those sheets! I would like to know, see a bit better what those three pieces are thats hanging over the bed.

Julie said...

Holy Smoke a land sakes alive! Check out all those blogs you have listed in your side bar! I know what I'll be doing next time I'm bored! LOL! I thought 101 blogs was a lot!

K.C. said...

These are great. I know that you just love them. These are wonderful for fillers around the house. So beautiful to look at. KC

Hazel said...

Awwww it all looks so pretty together. Great AMap freebie too. xx

Concha said...

Your pillowcases looks beautiful. I like it very much!
Un saludo !
Maria

Sonda said...

I love all of your hand-dyed fabrics!! It's inspiring as a project this summer!! Your finishes are lovely as are the exchanges you've received.

Teri said...

You are one brave woman to place such beautiful linens on your bed. They are all so beautiful! The pillow cases are all heirloom pieces!

Stitchingranny said...

Have just found your blog and have added it to bloglines so I cam revisit. I have been looking through and you do some lovely stitching and finishing.

Thank you for the link to the freebie.

Kathy said...

What a gorgeous set-up for your bedroom. Not much for red, but I love the way you did it. Makes me want to do something similar.

Like you freebie design, too. Nice stitching.

ebs said...

I have the link for this pretty alphabet if your still looking for it:

pagesperso-orange.fr/.../AMONAMIPIERRE-AetALPHABETSUITE.pdf

I save EVERYTHING, isn't that a common stitchers problem

Ellen