Denim Pillow Covers

We've needed pillows for our couch and chair for a long time. I had gotten some pillow forms from amazon but we didn't have money to go buy fabric. So what did I do, I gathered some of our old jeans that I've been saving in case I ever want to make a denim quilt and made pillow covers.

The pocket side

 I used one pair of jeans per pillow so that the wash of the denim would all be the same. I also made sure each pillow had a pocket.

The other side

The first two are made from Johns old jeans and the last one from mine. I really like how they turned out, and the fabric was cheap as free Yay!

This is how I like them placed on our couch and chair.
They are rarely there usually a child has tossed them to the ground.

Random October 2011 Pictures

Daddy and Abi sharing popcorn

Daddy and the girls at the home at Wheeler Farm

Katie 

Playing outside

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Sleepy Abi

Halloween 2011

We had a fun October filled with fun Halloween activities here are a few of them.

This ghost family is made out of glue we squeezed glue onto wax paper and added black paper eyes and orange bows for the girls and a tie for the daddy ghost. I wish I had gotten a picture after we peeled them off the wax paper and hung them up but I didn't. I fond this idea on Pinterest  then on this blog post. They used googly eyes which would have been way cute too!

I also got this idea from Pinterest which linked to this blog post. I used tissue paper I ripped into strips and wrapped around fun size kit-kats. These went to school with Katie for all her classmates.

Yet another Pinterest item. Candy corn cookies, Katie decieded she loves candy corn so I thought these would be fun. This idea is found here. I used Alton browns sugar cookie recipe for the dough.

I made ghost pancakes for breakfast one day using chocolate chips for the eyes.

Here's our jack-o-lanterns this year, mine is on the left and John's is on the left.

This is the best picture we could get with the girls and pumpkins.

Halloween Day!!!

The girls were Pirates, Abi insisted they were pirate princesses. I  made their skirts and swords using this tutorial. They are made by Lindsey Bordman of Filth Wizardry, she has great projects to do with little ones. The shirts I used this freezer stencil tutorial from Dana at the MADE blog, I just found a skull and cross bones I liked and then followed her tutorial. I used glow in the dark fabric paint and they turned out awesome, after Halloween I put the shirts in with their regular clothes because they are so cute.

Abi had a good nap.

Abi swinging

Katie playing

Dueling Pirates

Katie in purple as a pirate princess

Abi in Pink as a pirate princess

More dueling

Katie

At the trunk or treat

We had little skull and cross bones temporary tattoos 

Pants for Katie October 2011

Katie was in desperate need of pants, she was in between pant sizes it seemed everything was either too short or too long. I had some fabric my mother in law had given me and used it to make these cute pants using this tutorial and pattern from MADE. I made the flat front version for this pair. I love the knee pads I think they are so cute

She was also in need of pajama pants as well. I used the same pattern and tutorial (not flat front though) to make these 2 pairs. This first pair of ducky pj's is made from an old pair of my pj's I had made years ago but didn't wear anymore.

These pj's I made from fabric I had bought a couple years ago but had never used. I added the butterfly knee pads for fun but I think I will stick to simpler knee pad shapes from here on.