Creating For Me

Being a stay at home mom, I sometimes feel trapped inside my own home. I have had a hard couple of weeks lately wondering what I'm doing and why. Being a mom can be a thankless job sometimes and I was running on empty. Each of the kids needing attention, trying to keep my house clean, figure out what is for dinner, referee the sibling love, kids taking their turn being sick, mommy being sick, the list can go on and on. It just all gets to be too much and I begin to lose myself and breakdown. I find that when I can create, I again start to find myself. It is something that I do that takes me away from being a mommy and wife and do something for myself. So I am always on the look out for a project to keep my juices flowing.

My latest project has been to redo my front room. I would love to have a room that is warm and welcoming. I have plans to repaint, but I'm still trying to pick out the color and find the time. I would also love new furniture, but that takes extra money. We have had our couch for over 7 years and I was beginning to get tired of it. It is still a good couch, just needed a change. I was laying awake one night and thought why not just make new pillows. Aha, a project for me, yah! So to the fabric store I head. I discovered that day shopping for fabric that I love to shop for fabric! I am not a shopper at all, but that day brought me joy and happiness. I wanted something with a splash of color, to add new life to my couch, and I found that. I usually like to stay neutral but I went with color that I think is bold but not overwhelming. The only problem is the store didn't have enough of the fabric I wanted so I could only cover three of the four pillows. I haven't decided if I like just three pillows or if I should order more of the fabric to make that last one. The best thing is that I made them into slipcovers, so I can easily change it back or even make more of a different fabric and change them out.

The way my couch used to look, it definitely needs a cleaning!


Now with a splash of color!




The red felt pillow is inspired by many of the creative blogs out there and these are how my turned out.


Plus I made two pillows to put on our window seat.