I was cleaning our dining room the other night and realized that I still have my Pottery Barn Reindeer plates on display. Nice. 

At least I caught it by Valentine's Day...although the Cupid plate in the middle may actually work.....



The plates are cheesy but I love them.  Nothing says Christmas like cheesy.

Any Christmas decorations still hanging around your place?  I hope this is the last of mine...

I've had my eye on Pottery Barn's Sweater-Knit Pillow cover for awhile...

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Unfortunately, Pottery Barn and I don't agree on pricing. 

I kept thinking about the pillow covers and debating if it was something I could tackle.  I then decided...what's the worse that could happen? I would ruin a $1.50 sweater I got from the Salvation Army.  I can handle that loss.

So, I headed to the Salvation Army and picked out two $1.50 sweaters (along with a pair of $3 Express Editor pants in perfect condition....yeah, awesome. I know!).


I suck at "how-to's"...especially on this because I didn't know what I was doing.

I shoved (technical term) the pillow form into the sweater. 
I cut off the arms.  I placed pins around the pillow so I had a general outline of where to sew. 
I used a large, zig-zag stitch to sew where I had pinned (on 3 sides of the pillow).  I left the 4th side open because I change my mind with decorating as often as some people change their underwear (you can decide how often that is). 
To close the last side, I tied some bows with ribbons. 
And wah-lah...........sweater pillow cover for $1.50.

 Take that Pottery Barn.