dreaming & drooling over this bolster pillow

Okay, seriously, I am coveting this Pottery Barn Bolster Pillow but have restrained myself from even contemplating trying to afford it......

closeup view

another view

I could save my funds and buy it, but really its not worth the price they are asking...unless it was 100% handmade then maybe thats what you would charge.  You really don't want to know what they are asking for this but since I am gasping for air, I will write it down for you:
$65 for the pillow form and $99 for the pillow cover. Yah...ouch!!!


I am determined to find a way to make it, and yes WAY cheaper!  even if that means I have to crochet or knit it myself!  That really isn't such a bad idea, because I do know how to do both, it just would be flat out time consuming which is something I don't have right now in my planner with other unfinished projects and deadlines taking up time slots.  In the meantime, I am dreaming and drooling all over it.  


Don't you agree its just way too cute and would look lovely on my shabby chic bed?  Yah, I knew you would totally agree with me!!!   So do you have any resources for these two items so I can fulfill this want?

start or finish projects???

There is nothing more inspiring or motivating than seeing something that you so want to create yourself!  You know that feeling that just pumps you up, makes you energized and gleaful to start a new project?  I am sure you have experienced it!  You almost feel like a little kid in the candy store with the happy prize you are gonna get.  I love it all: the dreaming, the searching for all the materials, the research on how just to do the project, the actual creating process, and even trying your hand at something completely new and maybe even making it look like an old knock off of someone elses.  But how do I do at finishing the project?  Sometimes, I am right on target and finish it in a day or two!  Sometimes I completely loose heart.  Why???  I only wish I knew.  Is it because I was still wanting to be there creating when the duties of life pulled me away from that fun thing or the bedtime hour was screaming at me and I knew if I didn't listen I would be paying the consequences the next day when I was supposed to be alive and working hard on the job?  or is it because this creative project is not turning out like I invisioned?  or because it has become totally exhausting and time consuming?  I have on more than one occasion made resolution to finish ALL started projects before I start another one, but the dreaming and creating is so fun...who wants to pick something up and try to figure out where you left off or how to make this limp looking thing alive and refreshed and inspiring once again?  I work well if I have a deadline, real or imagined.  There is just something about the thought of someone seeing my house with piles around of "things" or an unfinished job that makes me get my focus in gear and totally spurs me on to complete a project and work under time constraints that are usually beyond conceivable to accomplish.  I am just curious, are you a starter or a finisher of projects? How do you keep yourself inspired all the way through the project?  How do you keep yourself going? Share your tips with me in the comments because I am wanting to be inspired to do better and tackle that stack of unfinished projects.......