Saturday, August 7, 2010

A pretty guest towel

I've said before, I'll pretty much put rosettes on anything, and here I go again. I embellished this pretty blue guest towel and LOVE how it looks, especially with the sand colored towel hanging with it for subtle contrast.


I got this 2 pack of hand towels because the color is gorgeous. It is more blue than green, a really nice shade of turquoise. I knew that burlap and muslin would look great combined with this vivid color.

I like it. I like it alot!


And since God is in the details, here is the way I finished the trims on the back. Simple, clean, elegant.

I pulled out some rosettes and buttons, dug into my bead stash and started having fun.



How pretty is this? The towels cost $1.50 apiece and I already had all the other supplies. Breaking it down dollarwise, the muslin and burlap actual cost was about 15 cents and the buttons and fabric rosettes add maybe another 15 cents to the total...so about $1.80 for a whole lot of decorative bang. I still have one more towel left, should I make it complementary to this one or go in a completely different direction? OR, should I go get more towels and have some fun? Decisions decisions. ;0)

I'll be linking to the fun parties in my sidebar, come join the fun and see what creative bloggers are writing about this week. There are TONS of wonderful ideas out there!

22 comments:

  1. I Love This!! Wow what a pretty towel. I love the way you dressed it up. I'm going to have to make some for my bathroom. Thanks for the inspiration!!!

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  2. I love the colors. I am re doing my guest bath with colors that are similar. This would work.

    ~Makalani
    www.MakazHome.com

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  3. I love it. The colors really pop.
    Have a great week-end,Annette

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  4. This is so pretty! I love the combinations and the little details are awesome!

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  5. That is really pretty!! I love the details and femininity (is that a word? LOL).

    You know what else that would be pretty wrapped around....a jar candle!

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  6. That looks really nice! Love the colors and the embellishments you used.

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  7. Thanks for linking up to the Mad Skills party this week!

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  8. Beautiful! I love the blue and cream together.

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  9. Love the colors and the texture together :)

    ~ Emily N. from "too Blessed to Stress"

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  10. Super cute! I love the fabric combo too...very nice! Thanks for linking up to Mad Skills Monday!

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  11. I love the colors together! Very pretty!

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  12. Ann, you've done a lovely job on the towel! GET MORE!! HAVE MORE FUN!!! LOL! Thanks so much for joining me for Pearls and Lace Thursday! I knew the moment I saw your Cobalt Header that I'd love your blog, and I was right!!!
    Blessings, Doni

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  13. What a seriously lovely and not too difficult towel. Thanks for sharing and linking to Fabric Fun Thurs.

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  14. This turned out so pretty! Sorry I wasn't able to admire your work last week. I was out of town. Thanks for linking to Transform Tuesday!!

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  15. Love these colours and your rolled roses. So pretty. Your post has featured in Friday Favourites at Creative Link Up http://creativelinkup.blogspot.com/2010/08/friday-favourites.html

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  16. Oh wow! Your towels are gorgeous. I really think this is much more beautiful than my curtains though :) I love the ruffling that you did. Wish I had seen this before I did my tie backs because I might have used your idea ;)

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  17. Very pretty! What an nice change and it looks great! Thanks for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday's!

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