A friend of mine just closed on his first house last Friday and while technically he's thrilled, the horror of adulthood is settling upon his shoulders and he's taken to spending the last few days weeping over how much it's going to cost him to be a homeowner.
So, to cheer him up I have decided to create a series of throw pillows for his couch of all the places he loved to go to before he decided to sink his entire net worth into a row home and never leave again.
The pillows will look similar to these (If I don't royally fuck them up):
The concept was created by ultra-talented crafty blogger Emma Jeffrey who it appears can make silk out of shit, so don't get yourself tied up in knots if your pillows look like a five-year-old with cerebral palsy made them...it's the thought that counts.You can find the tutorial HERE and don't worry, you won't be printing out fabric on your printer. You'll be uploading it to the fabulous Spoonflower which creates fabrics based on prints and designs you upload to the site (just imagine the possibilities!).
Now, if the idea of making pillows makes your asshole quiver but you still like the idea, you can always make a wall hanging from the fabric by attaching it to stretcher strips that you find in the canvas section of your local art store so that it looks like a painting.
However, in my case I'm gonna make the pillows, so I'll be uploading various bar locations that my friend has gotten drunk at so that he will always feel close to the places where he puked on the floor...while he cries on his couch.
It's the least I can do for a friend.
Source: Craft Magazine
