Sweater Pillows

Since I have not been doing much crafting lately, today's post is brought to you by mom from Red Maple Cottage.
She used sweaters found at a Thrift store to recover pillows for the front porch at Red Maple Cottage.

This a great idea for sweaters that are to small that you don't want to get rid of. These sweaters cost about $2.50 each. 

First, mom cut off the sleeves and collars, forming a square that would fit over the pillows. 

The pillows were ordinary throw pillows that mom had outside already. 

After mom cut the sweaters to fit the pillows, she placed the sweater on the pillow (as if it was wearing the sweater) and sewed up all the openings. 

Add in a matching blanket...

And Ta da....nice place for Miss Lilly to curl up. 

The snow flake that was on the pillow in the first picture and on the table in this picture is just a felt ornament from the dollar store. 

30th Birthday Gift

I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday. Is it the weekend yet?
ahhh the weekend.
 Last weekend we went to a surprise 30th birthday party for a friend of the hubs. Since it was his friend I let him decide what we would give as a gift......ok ok I added to it, but his idea was still there. He decided on $30 worth of scratch off lottery tickets, I turned it into this

I got the mug at Savers and cleaned it out. (that's what was in the car when the hubs found his anniversary present) I added the lottery tickets and some candy I had leftover from the Beer and candy gift.

He liked the whole thing. He said the mug was great since it was larger than a regular mug and he drinks alot of coffee. The candy He was trying to hide so his kids didn't eat it all on him and we were all hoping he wins on the lottery tickets.
When the hubs turned 30 I got him 30 scratch offs $90 worth. He won $45. I was really hoping he would at least get my money back. Oh well. I also threw him a surprise party...I got him good too. I will post about that sometime in the near future.

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