Thursday, July 5, 2012

A Pillow for Mark

You may recall waaay back in March I hosted a Favorite Things Exchange and Giveaway.  I randomly chose two winners and made each winner a pillow of their choice.

Mark won through Google Friend Connect and Ms. Jaime won through email.  Jaime chose an exact replica of my Pottery Barn Pillow Knockoff and Mark chose the Felt Dahlia Pillow, similar to the pillow I made for my sister's birthday. 

Mark wrote a hilarious post describing the pillow I made him and I thought you might enjoy reading it as much as I did.

Mark makes me laugh!  I'm fortunate to call him my friend.     

You can read Mark's post by clicking here


48 comments:

Julie Ann said...

This pillow is beautiful! Great job. :)

Julie
www.jamscorner.com

Latoya @ The Scott's Crib said...

Awesome job! I love the colors:)

Pam@OurAdventuresInHomeImprovement said...

He is so funny! I love the post and am now definitely following him!

That pillow is amazing!! You are SO talented!


Have a great weekend.
Pam

Sherry @ No Minimalist Here said...

Hi Brandi, The pillow is beautiful! I just read Mark's post and he is hilarious. I am glad you left a comment so I was able to find your lovely blog. I am now a follower.

Tamsyn said...

Oh my goodness Brandi, that pillow is gorgeous!! And how funny is Mark!? Hilarious :)

Rosemary@villabarnes said...

That pillow is AWESOME, my friend.

Jenni said...

I love the pillow you made, Brandi! Every pillow you make is beautiful, I always enjoy seeing what you come up with!

Did you have a good Independence Day? I hope it was a lovely one for you and your family! :)


I will go see what the winner of the pillow had to say now!

Blessings,
Jenni

Mark said...

Hey, I just woke up to three more Followers and I was like "what?". Seriously, what would happen overnight that three people would start following me? And then I start to go through my Google Reader, get down to the D's and see this. And now it makes perfect sense!
Listen, your pillow(sorry, I mean "my" pillow) is proudly on display on my new bookcases. Seriously, I love it to pieces and although it would look great on a sofa(if I had one), it's safer up there and out of the reach of my kid-crew.
I still am so excited that I won that pillow and even though I had to go through so much "drama...", it was well worth it.
Your Friend, m.

Decor & Harmony said...

Great pillow! I love the color combination :) Mark is a lucky duck!

Shelby@ My Perfectly Imperfect World said...

I'm in love with that pillow!!

Mrs. Chic said...

The pillow is so pretty!!

Pam said...

So pretty!!!! I am going to attempt the mirror soon and now I might have to make this pillow.

Deme Crinion said...

This pillow is fantastic!!

Telisa Van Leeuwen said...

Sooooooo amazing!

Jessica said...

So pretty! I love it :) visiting from Show and Tell Saturday!

Rhonda said...

That is a gorgeous pillow... I hope you do another giveaway soon! (hint hint)

Visiting from Show and Tell...

Rhonda @ home.made.

Sherry said...

Brandi, I just visited Mark's blog and I did chuckle...you did an awesome job on that pillow!

Crystal said...

The pillow is AWESOME! :-)

Erin @ His and Hers said...

I love that pillow so so much. The blue is gorgeous, as is the detail in the flower itself! Can I win your next giveaway? ;)

Brooke said...

Holy crap this pillow is awesome!! It's seriously gorgeous; you are really good!!! Off to check out Mark's post...

ღ Jans Life According To Milo ღ said...

That's a great pillow and I'm sure it was well worth the wait for Mark. Lol! : ).. You put a lot of thought, love and creativity in it. That's such a great thing! Nice pillow!

Rachel said...

Awesome pillow! Love it!

Michaela @ coveredinmodpodge.blogspot.com said...

Beautiful pillow!

Betsy@Living in the Moment said...

Gorgeous!

Comeca Jones said...

I am officially jealous!!!! I love your pillows good luck to Mark!Great job Brandi!

Tina@WhatWeKeep said...

Hi Brandi,
Thanks so much for commenting on my post about Bruce! I am thrilled to follow you and see all the fantastic things you do. Your pillows are amazing. Can't wait to browse here!
I loved Mark's blog, too and laughed so hard at his "ordeal" with you- hilarious post.
I'm kind of a nut job perfectionist, too-
but I'm in recovery I swear. ;)

LDH said...

These are really incredibly cool pillows! I will have to head to Mark's blog :)

Sara said...

A plus for originality!! Pat yourself on the back!

Robin@robinsnestquilting said...

That is one FABulous pillow! :-)

Jenn said...

This is so stinkin cute! It looks like it was a lot of work.

Our Delightful Home said...

Love the pillow!

Mrs. Delightful
www.ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com

Liz said...

I really LOVE this pillow! Liz

Shades of Summer said...

Brandi - I love that pillow and I am so jealous I could pop! You did a fabulous job! I am actually trying your eggplant recipe tonight with a marinara!

Lesley said...

Your pillow is breathtaking. I went over and read the blog post from the recipient. omg...that dude is hysterical!!!

Lane McNab said...

What a gorgeous pillow! I'm so impressed...
-Lane
www.urbanorchardinteriors.com

GiftedEye said...

This pillow has the perfect colors and is beautiful to say the least! I am sure Mark loved it!

Love ya cuz! You did an awesome job as always!

Bonnie and Trish @ Uncommon said...

Beautiful!! love the color and texture! great job! ;)

Hubba said...

What! This looks so cool, I loved seeing the up close pics of the flowers, there is so much detail. I'm a new follower and would love if you followed back at www.iheartpears.blogspot.com

Aimee - ItsOverflowing.com said...

I totally want one Brandi! This is amazing! Featuring you on Saturday! XO, Aimee

Nicole said...

OMG! Mark's post was hilarious! This pillow is GA-GEOUS!! I love it!! I want one too!!

Nicole

Mel said...

How completely awesome is that pillow!!! Wow, lucky Mark!

Jennie Louise said...

What a stunning pillow! Really beautiful.

Desiree @ The 36th AVENUE said...

Wow! This is amazing... Thank you for sharing :)

Desiree @ The 36th AVENUE said...

I featured you today... Thank you for sharing :)

Jennifer Dawn said...

What a beautiful pillow! I would love it if you stopped by my new link party http://thelifeofjenniferdawn.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-little-bird-told-me-link-party-3.html and linked this up. Hope you to see you there!

Michelle@Somedaycrafts said...

Thanks so much for sharing with us at Someday Crafts today! I will be featuring your project on my round up of party favorites tonight! Please stop back in an grab a Featured at Someday Crafts Button for your blog. Thanks for the inspiration!

Candace said...

You are amazing! I love that pillow so much.

Smart Momma said...

i just recently found your blog and i love all the pillows that you made! you are very talented!

btw, i checked out mark's post about this pillow...it really made me laugh!! his story about the whole process is so hilarious!!
especially when he said "she probably had 10 different kinds of heart attacks" when you did not received an email from him about the pillow!

huggies ***
smart momma