Kids Shirt to Pillow Project
I admit I have a hard time parting with the super cute little shirts my boys grow out of. I had these two shirts that we used in some photos, they of course grew out of them almost before we even did the shots.
I held on the them and couldn't let them go. I decided to make something out of them instead of boxing them up.
I had a couple of plain white pillow covers from Ikea.
After cutting the front off of the shirts I trimmed them into shape and used the back side of the shirts to frame them.
I zig-zagged the front to the back rectangle.
I straight stitched the whole thing to the pillow leaving a bit of edge to curl up. I didn't want it too perfect.. after all it's for a little boys room.
Here are the pillows all finished. My oldest loves his, his brother...well he is three, so could care less. It' dosn't have "Cars" on it. LOL
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Master Bedroom Update
I wanted to put up an update on our bedroom. It's only a partial update...as if I showed you the other direction you would see the room has no closet doors. You can also see that this room, like all the others, needs bottom trim.
Here is the room when we first moved in, with the old white carpet.
We pulled up the carpet and had the wood floors refinished.
After paint, a new area rug from Lowes, Ikea bed, my chalk painted nightstands. You can see the goodwill dresser a bit. My husband put in the built in dressers..made from inexpensive Ikea dressers.
The bedding is Pottery Barn but the pillow covers (Southern Living Home via goodwill) and a vintage patchwork quilt. Lumbar pillow is from Target.
The curtains are actually Target shower curtains. I loved the print but walked away due to the price. Then one day I found one at goodwill..that allowed me to buy the second new and keep my cost down. Shower curtains hemmed work in this space because the window is lower than a normal window.
Enjoy!
Here is the room when we first moved in, with the old white carpet.
We pulled up the carpet and had the wood floors refinished.
After paint, a new area rug from Lowes, Ikea bed, my chalk painted nightstands. You can see the goodwill dresser a bit. My husband put in the built in dressers..made from inexpensive Ikea dressers.
The bedding is Pottery Barn but the pillow covers (Southern Living Home via goodwill) and a vintage patchwork quilt. Lumbar pillow is from Target.
The curtains are actually Target shower curtains. I loved the print but walked away due to the price. Then one day I found one at goodwill..that allowed me to buy the second new and keep my cost down. Shower curtains hemmed work in this space because the window is lower than a normal window.
Enjoy!
Halloween at Our Cottage.
My Halloween decor this year was pretty simply outside. I threw some lights into the garden, put out the big blow up thing and decorated around the door with our pumpkins from our trip to the patch and spiders and garland we already had. My favorite is the sign that says "An old witch lives here with her little monsters"
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