Red & Pink

So this post is close to a month old, but I had guilt posting about Valentine's in January! I just cannot help myself with decorations, I was very excited for Valentine's Day fun. I already had some amazing stuff for the kitchen, but needed a few things for the mantle and really wanted to make a pink blanket. I just wanted my house to be full of pink, white, and red!

KITCHEN

I love this little pitcher and matching cups! My mom got them for me back in college and every year I am so excited to pull them out!

 

 I think my mom also got me the matching pink towel!

 

I wanted to tie in more of the conversational hearts so made this little vase thing. It is just fun and pink!

 

LIVING ROOM

So the living room was lots of fun. I went shopping with my friend, Adeline, and we had the most incredible luck finding amazing stuff. First, we found the cute LOVE plate and heart candles, which aren't in the mantel, but next to the TV. Then we found the little love birds at Target along with the heart wreath.

The best part was when Bryce saw the love birds, he told me he was the white one and I should think of him when I saw it. HAHA!

So this is the pink blanket! That I actually cannot claim I made, but has the most incredible story! So Adeline is amazing at sewing so I convinced her to help me with making a blanket. 

 

We went to the fabric story and found this amazing pink and brown fabric. It is super soft! So it is kind of expensive, but was 30% off and so we got 5 yards cut. We get up the cashier and my bill comes out to $80. Ok, so this was going to be one expensive blanket!

Anyways, we asked if that was the sale price and the cashier told us the fabric wasn't on sale. We were a little confused because they had a sign that it was. She told us we read the sign wrong and that it wasn't on sale. So Adeline went and took a picture of the sign and showed her how it looked like from the sign. The cashier then said it was for some different fabric. So the manager came over and we told her how it the fabric wasn't labeled very clearly and she told us that it wasn't on sale.

Well at this point, Adeline asked if I wanted the fabric. NO I DID NOT! If they are going to be that rude about it, I don't want their expensive fabric. So we left annoyed that they had such terrible customer service. I mean they could of at least told us that the sign was poorly place and would be confusing!

So Adeline said she was going to write the company and let them know because this wasn't her first negative experience at the store. The next day, she got on the company's website and tried to write an email using the customer service site, but it wasn't working so since she is smart she decided to try her luck at some spamming techniques. She got the names of the CEO, COO, CFO, the chairman, and the customer service manager and tried typical email addresses (firstname.lastname@company.com). Well 2 of the emails got failed delivery, but 3 got sent!

She wrote an email describing our experience and how she does lots of sewing and is the bread and butter of their company. From now on, she would go out of her way to avoid the store. Well, half an hour later she got an email from one of the executive secretaries asking to schedule a call and that action was being taken to review the store by the regional manager. The next day, Adeline talked to corporate and by the end of the call they arranged to send us the fabric for FREE!

I just love this story so much! 

Also, Adeline did all the sewing and pretty much everything, but she still let me have the blanket! She is awesome!