Two guys from Utah have managed to make the necktie functional.

By making them blow up and act as a pillow, the duo have put together the new brand Pillow Ties.

The Pillow Tie is the invention of Tom Bowen, a former business student at Brigham Young University in Prove, Utah. The Daily Mail have said that the tie looks normal but has a larger not and can can be blown up in one breath and deflated in seconds.

Shawn Baxter, friend and business partner, said that Bowen had come up with the idea after his sister told him about a bad habit of her son sleeping in church.

“He used to sleep in church by rolling up his tied as a pillow,” Baxter told AOL News. “Around that time, Bowen was taking an entrepreneurial class where the assignment was to crate a new product.”

The idea came to light when Bowen thought sticking a pillow inside a normal tie would work and discussed the idea with his professor.

“The professor didn’t think Tom could do it,” Baxter said. “In fact, he laughed. However, Tom went to China and had it designed within four months.”

The professor saw Bowen’s results and graciously gave him the A he deserved telling the rest of the class that they would all be working for Bowen one day.

Now, 62 varieties of the Pillow Ties will be available at the ‘inflated’ price of £19.95; however the blow up part can be removed if the wearer wishes to simply wear a normal tie.

“We sell a lot of these to guys who hate ties or to women who get them as gifts for men who hate ties,” Baxter said.

The sales are expected to rise as they believe many people will see the need to incorporate a pillow into a tie due to boring corporate meetings, sleepy church sermons, tiring wedding ceremonies, where a pillow will most likely be appreciated.

The two business partners have already seen their ties being worn in public without people realising they are in the company of the two designers.

“In fact we will see people we have never met wearing the ties and ask them and they claim they know the owners,” Baxter said.

The pair are setting their ambitions high, saying, “We’d really like to see these on ‘The Office,” they said.

View the full range at PillowTie.com

If you like to get into the groove before bedtime then the Sound Asleep Pillow is the perfect pillow for you.

The pillow is installed with a tiny speaker which allows you to listen to a few tunes before you go to sleep, a better solution that using headphones. The new pillow is a great idea for hypnotherapy or even to help learn a new language or even as background noise for those afflicted with tinnitus.

The pillow is a soft, round the neck style plush travel pillow with a speaker at either end and a little pouch to hide away a 3.mm jack. That way you can listen to an mp3 or iPod without it annoying the person next to you.

The funky design is the perfect travel accessory to ensure that you get a decent rest whether stuck on a plane, train or in a car or coach.

If you are looking for bedding accessories and furnishings including bed linen and pillows then why not take a trip to Duvet and Pillow Warehouse the online bedding store for all your bedding needs and requirements.

The team specialise in high quality products to suit their customers needs and requirements; and the best thing about it is that their products are all at affordable prices.

For more information and to view all of their products visit www.duvetandpillowwarehouse.co.uk

Designing your bedroom can be loads of fun. From picking the paint to adding the finishing touches, there is nothing more exciting than making your style stand out through your bedroom decoration!

And there are so many ways to do this. From funky wallpaper to classic furniture, you could spend days looking for new furnishings to make your bedroom your haven.

And a great way to do this is through decorative pillows. There are thousands out there and so many which you can use to throw on your bed, chairs, sofas and even on your floor to create a stylish and funky room that shouts out, ‘THIS IS ME!’

And to give you a little taster of what is out there, we have found some of the funkiest pillows for you get a few ideas on styling your room!

Geek Pillow

If you are a bit of a geek and spend most of your day acting like one, then this pillow is perfect for you!

Not only is it wearing a shirt, it has place for a little pocket where you can store your geeky gadgets or notepad and pen, just in case you get one of those inspirational moments while sleeping and need to jot it all down.

Game Controller

If you are a bit of a game console freak and spend most of your day fighting aliens or racing around the track, then you need to grab yourself one of these funky pillows.

Boyfriend Pillow

If you are on your lonesome and miss a bit of a cuddle each night then you might want to grab a hot date with this boyfriend pillow!

Not the most attractive of guys yet he still loves a little cuddle each night and an added bonus is that he won’t disappear in the morning! Result!

Whatever style you create in your bedroom, make sure that you pop down to Duvet and Pillow Warehouse and view the largest selection of duvet covers, pillows, including goose down duvets all at fantastically low prices!

For more information visit the website today at www.duvetandpillowwarehouse.co.uk

Single or lonely men sometimes miss having the odd snuggle up in bed with a partner, and we all know about pillows being hugged in replacement of a person, but a pillow which looks and feels like the lap of a female?!

Men think women have issues…?! Who would honestly use a ‘lap pillow’?! Someone with very little self pride, or on the other hand, a great sense of humour maybe?!

But now, single and lonely men can now use a lap pillow when they are missing a female companion, yes you did hear me right, i said a ‘lap pillow’.

These pillows consist of skin coloured thighs which are on show due to a rather short skirt…apparantly this pillow is perfect for men who like to feel comforted when they are napping, reading a book or just chilling watching the TV.

And as surprising as it may be, it is actually a very popular seller! When the lap pillow was first launched sales reached over 3000 in a matter of a couple of weeks.

When speaking about the product the managing director said “we created this item to help tired people relax, we thought our main customers would be men in their 20s, but even men in their 60s are buying it”

And great care and attention to detail was used when the lap pillow was designed, elements such as the softness of the thighs and wrinkles on the lap of the skirt – this is to make it feel and look as real as possible – which is a bit weird i know!

At the stores that stock them, the lap pillows gather crowds where people poke and touch the foam legs, seriously though, whatever next?!

Our modern day world is best known for being surrounded by technology, we live and breathe it thoughout our days, even to the point where we now don’t even realise!

We send e-mails instead of letters, we talk over ’skype’ instead of in person, we don’t buy CD’s we listen to ’spotify’ online, everything is changing, and becoming easier and fast paced…. so much so that we are definately going to need a good nights sleep every night to completely ’switch off’ from our high paced days at the office! All sleep experts recommend  to get a good nights sleep you must turn off all technology and completely relax, and to some techno freaks that is enough to give them nightmares!

But, if you cant cope to be without your technology fix even at night time, there are ways…

The recent hype in the technology market is the new iphone, and a company have now introduced iphone bedding, so if the thought of going to bed without your beloved iphone sends shivers down your spine, check out this fantastic iphone theme bedding – so you can sleep soundly knowing your ‘iphone’ is wrapped around you!

Some people like to go over the top with their bedroom styles and designs and it can often be a little overbearing! Well we have been on the lookout for the biggest and smallest bedding accessories the world has ever seen and have posted them all on here for you to have a look at!

Worlds Biggest Bedding Pillow

World's Largest Pillow

This pillow was manufactured in Shanghai, China on 29th May 2009 and set the new record for the largest cushion in the world. The bedding pillow measures in at 10.08m (33ft 8in x 33ft 8 in) and was made by Shanghai Konglong Textile Ornaments Co., Ltd.

World’s Smallest Teddy Bear

World's Smallest Teddy Bear

Some of us just can’t get to sleep at night without our teddy bear by our side and so German artist Bettina Kaminski created “Mini the Pooh”. At just 5 mm tall, it is the world’s smallest Teddy Bear! Very very cute but you couldn’t really snuggle up to it at night.

World's Biggest Teddy BearMr Beans' teddy bear!

Where there is small there is big and we found the world’s biggest Teddy Bear! Well, its either one of the two above so you can make your own mind up! You would definitely feel protected if you had this teddy bear in this room.

The second picture is an 11 ft teddy bear which is thought to be the world’s largest and was recently sold at an auction in Solihull last September.

World’s Largest Bed

American basket ball player Shaquille O'Neal's bed

This huge bed measures in at 4.572m*9.144m (15 x 30) and is situated at the basket ball player’s home in Orlando.

BiggestBed to Travel the World

This bed travelled the world and was set up in London, Shanghai, Paris and New York for a cross continental bed jump lasting 16 hours. The 30 double mattresses and huge super sized duvet was used to create the bed for people to have a quick bounce on their way to work.

If you are looking for bedroom accessories including pillows, mattresses, duvets etc visit Duvet and Pillow Warehouse today for more information and products. We don’t sell beds and pillows as big as these but we don’t need too as we pack our products with super soft fillings to make your sleep a good one.

Forget pillow fights, how’s this for the world’s largest pillow fright?!

This devil-red gnashing pillow derives from a character in Monster Hunter, named Furu Furu, and is the basis for what many believe to be the world’s scariest pillow due to owners waking in the night and being frightened to death.

The pillow is 105cm long and 28cm in diameter and its ‘mouth’ also functions as a storage pocket for your iPod, PSP, and any other sleepytime provisions – including body parts it happens to bite off in the night.

An American Girl Guides group are giving their hearts away next weekend.

As part of their “stress for less” badge project, the girls have spent six weeks cutting, stuffing and sewing heart-shaped pillows. But instead of brightening up living room sofas, the pillows will land in the arms of heart surgery patients at Scott and White Hospital.

Rachael Clift, one of three co-leaders, said the project was born when the girls came up with ways to be less stressed.

“One of them was to give to others because if you can focus on other people, sometimes that’s helpful instead of concentrating on what you’re stressed about,” she said.

Each troop member gave individual attention to a pillow, picking different fabrics and making them different in little ways. When the pillows were done, however, each girl added the same touch to their individual pillows. Letters, one pinned to each stuffed felt heart, carry words of encouragement for those who going through a grueling recovery process.

We love heart-felt stories like this, especially when they involve pillows too! You go girls.

We all love a little social get-together making use of that big sofa, and now you can take ’social’ to an all new level!

If you can’t get enough of Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, check out these uber-geek pillows to add some squishy cotton-filled, web-themed comfort to your living space.

Other social networks represented in cushion format are Reddit and FriendFeed.

As you can probably tell, we love pillows and duvets. In fact anything to do with bedding, we know about or search the world to find what is going on.

And because we are not selfish, we take all of our information and write it in this daily blog for you to read and enjoy!

From informative articles to funny stories and top tips, there is something for everyone and you should consider visiting us daily to see what fabulous treats we have in store.

As we have just launched our brand new website, we thought we would start off this week with a Funky Pillows article to give you a bit of a giggle and to keep you coming back to our blog for more.

Luscious Lips!

This funky pillow stands out a treat and would look fabulous in a girls bedroom or apartment.

Lego Pillow

The pillow is fab and funky and stands out a mile above the rest. Can’t imagine it being the most comfortable pillow to lie on, can you?

Synthesizer Pillow

If you can’t work a real synthesizer just buy a cushioned one and pretend you know what you are talking about!

Nintendo Pillows

It’s really rubbish when you don’t have a games console but all your friends have and you have not a penny in the bank to buy one of your own.

To make it feel like you have a little bit of something you may possibly want to consider these Nintendo consoles pillows.

They look cool, but will possibly get a little boring after a day or two and you will probably crave the real thing once again.

If you are interested in getting your own pillows whether they are feather or memory foam, visit the brand new Duvet and Pillow Warehouse website today at www.duvetandpillowwarehouse.co.uk.