two napkins really do make a pillow

Happy Monday lovelies!  I hope you had a very beautiful and relaxing weekend.  Our weekends have changed a bit now that Daniel is working Sundays instead of Saturdays.  The transition has been harder than expected (I know, it seems silly that one day would make such a different).  We were in a groove on Sundays: make breakfast, go to church, grocery shop, relax all afternoon.  Now that he is working on Sundays we are limited when we can go to church.  Our church has an 8pm service, and last week we tried to go...it failed.  And I turned into that wife I didn't want to be.  I was upset that he can't just leave when he is "off", that we couldn't go to church, and it turned into the "Jamie Pity Show".  I know, it's not pretty.  And that makes me forever grateful for a loving, and forgiving, husband who never remembers these ugly moments the next day, and just hugs me through it all.  

So this morning I went to church solo.  And instead of being upset, I got inspired to catch up on some crafts that I've been wanting to do for a couple months.  On the list of things to do were make new throw pillows for the living room and new coasters.  

For the coasters I followed this tutorial and it turned out quite well.  I'm not very familiar with stenciling, so it was a bit of trial and error.  The cat kept jumping up on them, then the stencil would slip a minute later, paint was everywhere...in the long run here were the 6 that turned out: 

And the two that didn't.  

Next up were the throw pillows.  I attempted some last summer, and even though they were cute-they just weren't quite what I wanted.  I found the pillow forms at Ikea (after much digging around) for $6 each.  A friend mentioned that the best way to make pillows was to use fabric napkins!  Genius, right?  Off to Anthropologie I went and ended up spending way too much money.  They all ranged from $8-12 a piece.  So I decided to check our World Market, just to be on the safe side.  Turns out I was able to find napkins there just as cute, for only $3.99.  I ended up keeping one from Antrho and used the rest from World Market.  Oh, and the black and white one I can't take credit for-that's all Ikea.  Overall, I'm in LOVE with how they turned out and they are a beautiful reminder that we all have our moments and we can make something beautiful out of unpleasant attitudes!