Show and Share Thursday: Vera Bradley…an Addiction
Posted on March 20, 2008
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Hello, my name is Michaele, and I’m an addict. A Vera Bradley Addict.
What’s surprising is that I wasn’t aware of the extent of my addiction until today, as I went through the hutch in our dining room to find Easter-ish or Spring-ish place mats or tablecloths for this weekend.
I kept pulling out set after set of VB place mats and realized that there were still *more* sets packed away with the Christmas decor! In fact, the photos I’m sharing today don’t include my VB tablecloths, napkins, table runners, purses/handbags, or clothing items… and the sets shown above aren’t ALL, since I’m using several sets in our barrister bookcases and throughout the living room and kitchen for spring accents:
I’m guessing my love of Vera Bradley table decor is linked to my love for quilts- each of these place mats are quilted with a coordinating fabric on the back. I’m always on the look-out for retired patterns and colors on Ebay, Petit Point, Black Walnut, and Maison Blue especially:
What’s not to love? They’re machine washable, patterned enough to hide a small stain here or there, and instantly dress up a table or other surface beautifully. With a toddler and busy family, EASE and FUNCTIONALITY are essentials in our home, but in case you were wondering, no, I simply cannot resist PRETTINESS.
No, no, I’m NOT a Vera Bradley salesperson or store representative- though I wish I were if it would get me a discount on the new line of RUGS available online! Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!
If you’d like something a bit more romantic, “foofy” even for table decor, try April Cornell, another favorite of mine!
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Easter/Spring Projects:
~Kelli at There’s No Place Like Home has made some beautiful egg-shaped pocket cards and walks you through, step by step…
~ Lisa at Celebrate Creativity in All its Forms shows us how to decorate a new vase, just in time for those spring bouquets, though I think I’ll use her techniques and advice on a few storage containers I’ve been saving up lately for my desk…
~ Terry at Bent Objects expresses some Easter humor with a chocolate bunny, some raisins and Raisinets, a nice change from the deluge of Peep dioramas that many others have produced this year…
~ Laura Rebecca’s Kitchen tells us how to make perfect hard boiled eggs (still on my to-do list for today!)
~ Angry Chicken shares a recipe for birds’ nests (edible!) that kindergarten teachers, their students and families are sure to enjoy!
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Recent Blog Discoveries:
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I forgot to mention that while I was playing with Scrabble tiles and tongue-twisters the other day, I also made a Scrabble rack to go with my Easter decor in the epergne:
Happy Spring!
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Vera Bradley is hugely popular in my school district. I always feel out of place at meetings when I show up with my laptop in some dull bag rather than VB. When will the government send you all up near DC? You’d fit in so well!
Heh heh heh, it seems Uncle Sam is sending us back to Oz instead! Probably a good thing- Vera is appreciated there, but not so mainstream as to be an indicator of preppiness status! I’ve found a crafter online who makes loud yet beautiful bags, but I still haven’t figured out if she makes one large enough to qualify as a “teacher’s bag.” I figure I’ll treat myself once I’m back to being employed. Here’s her blog address: http://nestdecorating.typepad.com/nest_decorating_designs/
Happy Spring!