Pillows

I recently found some pillows I loved at Just another hang up and had to copy them. I just used her inspiration and then made my own pattern using the size pillows that I had. I just used the guide below for the size of my pillows and pieced the pillow pattern together in any way that I wanted. Then I made envelope inserts in the back. I love how these turned out. So cute! The flowers were made from using long strips of extra fabric, and I just knotted the end and then twisted it around to make the look of leaves and glued with a glue gun. It is super easy. These pillows are great for a beginner. I had never sewed a pillow before in my life and I am pretty pleased with how they came out.

I did these one's for downstairs with matching curtains. Not quite as in love as I thought I would be. I think it is a pattern overload. Oh well, you live and learn. By the way the cheapest place to by pillow inserts is Target you get a 2 pack of 18 x 18 for $4! Here is a guide for how big to make your pillows -

• Your square piece is the size of the pillow form plus 1" square. So if your pillow form is 14", your square piece of fabric should be 15" square.
• Your rectangle pieces are the same length as your square piece on the long edge. For the short edge, they are half your square piece plus 2.5". So, if your square piece is 15" square, half of that is 7.5" and plus 2.5" is 10", so your rectangles should be 10" x 15" each.

Brooke's $35 Furniture

We just moved into a new house and it has a very brown carpet. Brooke's Twin bed that we bought her is black and I had such a hard time finding some bedding that I liked that was girly that went with brown and black. So my solution...new furniture! We moved her twin trundle to our guest room, and then I began the search for a new bed for her. I finally found a solid mahogany twin bed with beautiful lines on Craigslist for $35! I acted fast and picked it up that night. With a little time and paint it is now so perfect. I love it! My mom also gave me a nightstand that was her and my dad's and I did a little magic on it. Here is Brooke's $35 furniture makeover.

Before

After - The old nightstand. It was pretty dinged up and had a veneer on it that was chipped off in some places. I fixed it up a little and spray painted it with a pretty pink color. I also took the doors off of it and just filled the holes and put a basket under instead. Te rug is from PBteen. It is what I designed the room around.

The bed. I didn't even sand this guy. I just primed it and painted it with Rustoleum's Heirloom White. I also spray painted the matte in the pic to match the little pops of pink. I still have a long dresser to do in that room. More updates to come once the room is finished.

Easy Cheap Chalk Board

I'm sure most of you have already seen something like this done, but it is so easy and usable I thought I would share mine. I picked up this frame at the Goodwill for $2.50 and with some leftover paint I made a chalk Board. I just removed the glass and sprayed it with the chalk board spray paint. Then I primed and painted the dinged up frame. There you have it. Easy and inexpensive. I also can't write with chalk because it gives me the heebee geebees so I bought a chalk pen that works great and works just like a pen. This project also works great if you add some vinyl to it. That's on my list of to do's.