quick and easy Valentine pillow

Well, I have a quick and easy project for you today.  I kind of have this thing for changing out my pillows for the different holidays.  I just have three pillow forms I picked up at Hobby Lobby last fall, and have been making slip covers for every holiday since.  So Valentine's in no exception, however, I couldn't find any cute Valentine fabric I liked enough to stare at for a whole month.  So last time I was at Hobby Lobby, I ran across these fabrics, and as much as they are cute, they are not very holidayish (is that even a word?)  So I took it upon my self to fix that.  I grabbed some iron on vinyl from my stash, and a cute file from Lori's shop, and now the set looks the part.

I simply made three pillow cases, but the one that was white I stitched with some red tread to make it a little more fun.  Then I cut out the heart, and ironed it on.  I love quick projects like this, but they look pretty fancy still.

The file I used was from Lori's shop called 3 hearts and you can find it here.

Christmas Pajamas

So I am sure like a lot of you, you give your kids Christmas pajamas for Christmas - I know we have done it since the Christmas I got married, as well as I got them every year as a kid.  My parents would give them out on Christmas Eve, I am sure so we all looked nice for Christmas morning pictures :) Well, that would be my reasoning.  But a couple years ago, I changed the tradition so I give my kids their jammies on Dec 1st, so they look good all season long.  Mostly I have given them Christmas themed pajamas and now with them having them all season long, it just adds to the Christmas season!  So this year, I took my girls to the only fabric store in town to pick out material for their pajamas.  My two year old carried or hugged the bolt of fabric all over the store, because she "lubbed" it.  So I came home and thought, how can we make these just a little cuter - so here comes the iron on vinyl.  The snowman was an easy match, but my six year old picked out the reindeer for hers.  Two hours later, including sewing time, out came two sets of pajamas, custom made for my little girls.  Now to get the boys to do the same (I am not sure they want cute icons on theirs!)  I even added my little "Graham Cracker" labels, are they not so cute?

Materials needed

fabric of your choice to make pajamas (I put a cute little ruffle on the bottom to make them a little more girly)
Die cut shapes (found at LoriWhitlock.com, snowman and reindeer)
Cricut or silhouette
iron-on vinyl

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