Cowboy Hat Quilt Clips for Western Room Decor Themes

Howdy, pardner! {sorry, couldn't resist!}

This set of 4 cowboy hat quilt clips were handpainted for a very special handmade quilt. Here are the colors, clockwise from the top:

1. burnt umber hat with a light blue band accented with a grass green squiggle
2. bright yellow hat with a light green band accented with burnt umber x stitches
3. toffee (tan) hat with a red and white gingham band
4. grass green hat with a white band accented with tiny burnt umber dots

Each style can be customized with the colors of your choice, or you can even order them unfinished so you may paint them however you wish. Rope in your order today at www.littleelephantcompany.com. {just had to do it!}

Star Quilt Clips

Did you know that my star quilt clips can be painted in any color?

I can also paint them in contrasting colors or even add stitches or distress them to better coordinate with your child's bedding set.

A happy mom sent me this photo of my stars with her son's all-star quilt. These are a lipstick red and match perfectly with the bedding, bringing out the red accents for his room.

Stars coordinate with many different bedding themes, including celestial, sports, transportation, teddy bear, and more.

I handpaint each one to your specification, but I am also happy to send you a set unfinished so that you can paint it yourself.

Visit my website at www.littleelephantcompany.com to order a set for yourself today!

White and Bright Yellow

Distressed Lipstick Red

White - the most popular

Country Twill and Cream

Jungle Jill Quilt Clips

The jungle and safari animal theme is one of the most popular themes for nurseries, and there are many different style twists to the theme. Jungle Jill by Carter's is a feminine twist, incorporating popular shades of pink as well as some girly flowers in the precious animals.

For this set, I had the monkey, elephant, and zebra all laser cut. The elephant started with a soft apple green body and a basil green ear. I then carefully handpainted the white flowers, dotting the centers with bubblegum pink.

The zebra is a white with fun bubblegum pink stripes and fuschia accents. And lastly is the monkey in iron oxide brown with a country twill face. I finished her details with a cream and country twill striped belly, bubblegum pink on her ears and feet, and a bubblegum and fushia flower.

Would you like your own set? These adorable jungle animals are on my website individually so you can create the set that best suites your tastes! Here they are:

• elephant
• zebra
• monkey

Note that the Jungle Jill animals can also be used for wall letters, a growth chart, curtain holdbacks, a hair barrette holder, a name sign, and more. If you have any questions, please be sure to contact me today!

Vintage Inspired Airplane Quilt Clips

Transportation themes are popular for boys, right behind jungle and sports themes. And these vintage inspired airplanes are a beautiful touch to a nursery.

These airplanes fly straight up when hung, as if they are lifting the quilt up, up, and away!

For the red airplane, I started with my newest shade, tomato red. I love the richness of it. I then handpainted the propeller, window, and stripes in white.

The blue airplane is a deep navy blue. The wings are chambray blue, a pale blue with a gray base. I then cut out a star to trace onto the wings and painted those white. (I think next time I will have some stars laser cut to be layered onto the wings.) The propeller is a nice dark yellow, and the window is white.

Would you like your own set of vintage inspired airplanes? I would be happy to create a set for you as quilt clips, wall hangings, curtain holdbacks, wall letters, a growth chart, name sign...nearly anything.

Contact me today for your inspired children's room decor today!

Hristos Voskrese!

Jacob, Tyann, Joey, Mike, and Noah

Our annual Easter family photo. Looks like sitting on the couch is becoming our usual pose.

This is our living room, with my husband's grandmother's artwork in the background. Nina came to the United States from Russia when she was 8 years old. The family tale includes that her family came from a line of royalty...maybe she was a Russian princess?

Nina was wonderfully and artistically talented. Her art was to create rugs. Yes, rugs. She would purchase burlap the size of the rug she wanted to make, whether a small picture size or a large area rug.

Then, she would take wool fabric, many times picking up wool clothing from garage sales, stripping it to small pieces. Nina dyed the wool to the colors she wanted and set to hooking the wool, creating the rug artwork.

Click the picture to see the details.

Nina's pieces were her own masterpieces. Sometimes she even created pieces mimicking a famous painting. My husband's favorite piece of hers was her rendition of Van Gogh's Starry Night. Unfortunately, that piece was lost after Nina passed away.

We had the piece hanging in our living room professionally framed and cleaned so that we can enjoy it. The scene is of an idyllic countryside, including a horse and buggy, a small village, and birds flying over the mountains. Nina's attention to detail is amazing.

In memory of Nina, Hristos Voskrese (Christ has risen!). He has risen indeed!

The Bag Lady

Me and my bag

Yes, I am known as "the bag lady" at our local post office. It's a secret nickname the postal workers call me because of my giant bag I carry packages in, and one day a clerk let it slip. Whoops!

But being known has its advantages:

• No waiting in line.
• They know I just need to drop off packages.
• When I do wait in line to pay for an international package, they know what I need and run the transaction quickly.

How big is my bag? Well, it could easily fit two 2 year old kids! I have fit nearly 30 packages in it at once. A giant bag is so much easier than balancing a stack of packages, and my 8 year old can take it in if I need him to.

My 2 year old niece and the bag ready for the post office.

Where did I get my bag? It's not a bag that's available to just anyone. The bag is from the clock and watch company Seiko. They sent these oversized canvas bags to the fine gift stores that carry their large clocks. And, lucky for me, I was working for one of those stores when I first started the Little Elephant Company. The owner was nice enough to give me one of the bags when I asked, as I saw the potential for the bag immediately.

You know you want a package carried in my giant bag sent to you, too, right? ; ) Shop Little Elephant Company today for inspired children's room decor today!

Quilt Clips, Wall Letters, Growth Chart and More for the MiGi Blossom Bedding

It's no wonder that the MiGi Blossom bedding is one of the most popular bedding sets right now, because it is beautiful.

Since it came out, I have done many, many sets of quilt clips for it. The birds are a snow white with iron oxide brown eye. The wings and and flower are in Valentine pink and sprinkled with iron oxide brown and pale pink dots. The center of the flower is white with iron oxide brown streaks.

And, a wonderful mom shared a picture of the set of quilt clips on the wall with her bedding. So pretty!

Remember, the MiGi Blossom design is available in all of my items, including wall plaques, lightswitch covers, growth chart, wall letters, peg rack, hair barrette holders, and more.

And...it is now in the purple tones as well!

Visit Little Elephant Company today for your MiGi Blossom decor. You can also order from my Etsy shop. If you don't see what you want on my website or Etsy shop, please don't hesitate to contact me!

5 inch wall plaques and single lightswitch cover

12 inch Victorian font wall letters (also available in the stock font)

Growth Chart and Peg Rack

Name Sign and Hair Barrette Holder

9 inch Wall Letter Hair Barrette Holder and Hair Barrette Holder

Purple Tones in Hair Barrette Holders