I got these pillows in my "red" phase about 5 years ago. They have been sitting in a closet for about 2 years. Everyone that knows me, knows, that I am not a seamstress. I wish I was! But I can do some basic sewing. So I took on the project of recovering these pillows instead of buying new ones. New ones were too expensive!

Since they were looking pretty sad I refilled them. That only cost $3.50. And I have a ton left over to do more projects. Because you know there will be more!

Much better!

The frame is from the wonderful Graphic Fairy site. The words are from me. If you can't read it, it says "God Shed His Grace on Thee".

This picture I just found on the internet. It has the Pledge of Allegiance on it.

This one is also from the Graphic Fairy. It's just a pretty french saying.

Yes those are handmade and individually stitched on! Now that was a project!

I just printed onto the fabric with my printer. There are a few ways to do this, so do some research first. You don't want to kill your printer! If done right it's really was easy!

The material cost me about $7.

I had all the other stuff needed. Thread, needles, and the material to make the little flower embellishments.

Total was about $10.

I still have one more pillow I'm working on. So I really recovered and decorated 4 pillows for 10 bucks!

So what do you think?

Wardrobe- Before and After

So this is what I started with. A beautiful, very old and very beat up, wardrobe.

One side still was nice on the bottom but the other was completely gone and replaced by a large piece of wood.

Original key holes and the handle on the left was also the original but obviously the ones on the right are not. There was a lot of deep scratches and gouges all over the place. Don't you just love wood filler!

But after a TON of sanding, cleaning and paint I now have this!

I went with Heirloom White for the outside. And those are the cute new feet that I added.

The glass antique knobs were a gift from my sister last year. I was really excited to finally be able to use them on something.

I distressed all the edges to make it look it's age.

I know this is a bad picture but the lighting at the time was not great. I painted the inside an oops paint that I bought at Home Depot for 1 dollar! I would call it Robins Egg Blue. I wanted a pop of color. :) It only came with 3 shelves on one side and since I want this to be our linen closet I am making more. Can't wait to get it inside and get my sheets and towels in one place!

Purse-Before and After

I have had this purse for about 4 years. I don't know about you girls but my husband gets that I "need" more than 2 pairs of shoes and that I "need" more clothes but he does not get my "need" for more than one purse. Don't get me wrong, I really don't like to spend that much money on purses anyway so I decided to take and old one of mine and make it new. For FREE!

I folded the fabric in half and cut out the shape of the purse. I then sewed the edges, flipped it inside out and just slipped the purse in. Next I stitched the material to the top of the purse, basically exactly where the white stitching is. I gathered the sides and the top, below the rings, and stitched it to the purse. Then I just tied some material in a knot around the area and stitched it. I finished it by adding a simple ruffle to one side and a simple flower.

Now I have a "new" purse for FREE.

Before and After Rugs

Before........My old rugs don't really go with the new color on the walls in my entryway. I wanted new ones, but I only purchased these about 10 months ago. Since rugs are so cheap (I wish!) I knew I needed to come up with another plan! So to blog-land I went and found that some people had painted their rugs. Anyone who has seen my garage knows that I could take stock in Glidden and Behr paint, so this project was FREE.99! Love that price tag!

I taped off the areas I wanted to paint.

This is during. I used the same paint that I used on the walls. Light French Grey and White. I started with just cheap sponge brushes but that was more work than worth it. The brushes broke down really fast because of the texture of the carpet. So I switched to a regular painting brush and things went much better.

Here is the After.

I painted both rugs with this process. And I love how they turned out! I only did one coat of each color. So I will let you know how they stand up to the traffic. But now they match and it was free!

What do you think?