Just something about purple...

On Saturday night, Mr. T and I went out to celebrate his birthday (which was yesterday...picks coming soon)...after dinner we went to the Gateway mall in SLC...he wanted to hit the Mac store...so I slipped in to Z Gallerie...ohhhhh....it was beautiful! I kinda wished it was my birthday because I for sure would have bought myself a little present...like this one...

(it's on sale for $30...I may go back and get it:)

I also LOVE these pillows...but I'm pretty sure I can make it, so I will save my $50 and buy myself some fabric with one of my 2 Joann gift cards from Christmas:)

My living room is accented with a deep purple. I have never been a lover of purple...but after adding the purple in my living room, I seem more and more drawn to it...of course the purple tablescape they had at Z Gallerie with the most gorgeous chandelier didn't help my purple love diminish at all...so...

while I was there, I decided that I need to also introduce some purple into my kitchen table serving stuff...I LOVE this purple beaded placemat. They are super expensive, but absolutely gorgeous...somehow I need to figure out how to make one for cheap...

Then there were the purple napkins and blingy napkin rings...

I will be making a set of each of these...seriously simple...the one above is sheer purple fabric with silver thread serged around the edge...the one below is just a purple satin napkin with jewels glued on...love it!

You should have seen (or you already have) all the great napkin rings...

A few of the colors were also on sale...I'm thinking I just may have to return this weekend to actually purchase some of these items...the ones I just don't think I can duplicate!

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Besides that little shopping excursion, I spent the morning hitting a few thrift stores and an antique store...I left them all frustrated. I have 2 things in my head that I want and no one has what I want. So if you live in the Salt Lake area and know of a ornate mirror I can turn into a earring holder....or a single chair that I can makeover for my craft closet could you let me know...I don't want to have to wait until spring when the garage sales start up again...