Gold on black for the holidays, how to make a West Elm inspired pillow….

I see  a new trend coming. I can see black slowly creeping back into decor.I haven’t used black in a while, but I love it.

I’ve seen these West Elm plates all over blogland and love the look gold natural hand-lettering on the black matte finish of the plates.

These plates are done by a very talented artist named Shanna Murray

This pretty setting is from Making Lemonade

I know you have seen her work before, here are some holiday cards she did for Terrain last year.

In fact you can see a lot more of her work on her Facebook page.

I was inspired by her work to create this pillow.I zipped a quick pillow with an envelope enclosure in black suiting material. I really wanted  to use black linen, but my fabric store was out.

I printed out my image and transferred it using chalk.

I rubbed chalk on the backside,

and then used a pen on the front to trace the image with firm pressure to transfer my text.

Once I made sure my whole transfer was done,I used a gold paint pen to trace the chalk lines.

Then I filled in with gold acrylic paint.

I let it dry 24 hours. If you think you are going to wash it, you can add fabric textile medium to your paint.

I put in a pillow insert and BAM!

Though I will tell you, I have found black to be a challenge to photograph if the light is bad.

 

 

I also have the text printable for you so you can make your own!

 

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