Making Monday [18]

Welcome to this week's Making Monday link party.

We're so excited to see what you've been up to this week. I hope your Christmas season is wonderful and that you're making cherished memories with your loved ones.

The party where you can find fun new creative ideas and tasty recipes shared by amazingly talented people. Every Monday bloggers stop by to link up their posts and share with all you party goers. By joining in {both bloggers and non-bloggers} you will discover new blogs, be inspired to make something new, try a yummy new recipe, and most importantly make new friends!

This party is hosted by Lori and me, and your projects will be shared on both of our blogs. We love that you're here and we love featuring you on our social media so be sure to follow us so you can see if your post gets shared!

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We also pin to our Making Monday pinterest board and we'd love to have you follow along! This is a place you can find projects from all the previous parties, too, so it is like a party every day!

This is what your hostesses have been up to lately:

Chalkboard Murphy Bed from Kitchen Table Art

Two True Uplifting Christmas Stories from A Bright and Beautiful Life

These are the fantastic features from last week's party chosen by Lori:

 

#1. Leilani at Keeping Up With Mrs. Smith shares her grandmother's velvety~smooth pecan~loaded Soft as Silk Chocolate Fudge. #2. Reminiscent of the chocolate covered cherries, Kathy' husband Mike gives this Chocolate Cherry Covered Fudge a "thumbs up." Hop on over to Melding Magic for the recipe.

 

#3. Katie over at View From the Fridge is sharing her Anthropologie Inspired "Wool" Wreath that she made for a fraction of the store price. #4. This super easy, super quick, and super cheap Ribbon Wreath was created by Tasya at My House and Home.  

#5. These delicious looking Old Fashioned Caramels were made and shared by The Pin Junkie. #6. Carrie at A Mother's Shadow linked-up a family favorite ~ Cranberry Salsa. It sounds interestingly tasty.

 

#7. I think this Asymmetrical Half Square Triangle Quilt is absolutely stunning. Click on over to Stitch By Stitch to see Marelize's intricate quilting.

#8. Rachel at Adventures of a DIY Mom teaches us how to make these adorable Wire Angel Ornaments.

 

 #7. I'm making this Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake this weekend and I can hardly wait! Leigh Anne at Your Homebased Mom made this friend and family favorite for a holiday brunch she hosted. #8. Is there anything sweeter-looking and that completely says Christmas than Gingerbread Houses? Amy at Amy's Confectionary Adventures shares her family's fun creations. I think they look wonderful.

We thank each of you fabulous ladies for linking up and sharing your talents with us.

Hopefully they will inspire each of us to do beautiful things for our home and family.

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Double Papasan Chair Cushion Tutorial

This is one of my Black Friday deals. Yep I got a double papasan chair on black friday for a STEAL! Sadly, it didn't come with a cushion and a new cushion cost more than I paid for the chair. So, obviously my frugal self said heck no I will make one before I pay that price tag!

I looked up tutorials and didn't really find any on any papasan cushion but found absolutely zero for a double papasan! I made mine up as I went and it isn't perfect but next time I make one I've got it all figured out! 

Here goes the tutorial!

Supplies:
1 9x12 drop cloth
6 $3 pillows from Wal-Mart 

STEP 1: Lay out your drop cloth so it is folded in half and draw out the oval shape of the chair. To get a good estimate on how large your oval should be measure loosely the chair seat with a tape measure. 

STEP 2: Once I had my oval drawn out (I used chalk) I tried a few different ideas for fitting in the pillows but ended up with 3 columns of 3 pillows. 

STEP 3: Cut the oval out. don't forget to do both layers!! 

STEP 4: Sew up the two pieces like a pillow case. Remember to leave a big enough opening for you to fit the pillows in and you probably will need to fit some of your upper body in too! 

STEP 5: Once I had the pillows where I wanted I just tufted the cushion. So basically I did a real easy stitch through both sides of fabric to keep the pillows in place and to give the cushion a bit more "oomph". 

My cushion doesn't fit to perfect, but for about $40 it works just fine! 

Tepe has turned this in to her dog bed. We've had it for about 4 days and it is already stained from her dirty paws, but hey if my baby is comfy for $40 I'm not complaining! Plus I am just so in love with how cushy and comfy it turned out to be. I know I'm gonna have to do it again when I get some outdoor fabric but again FORTY DOLLARS TOTAL. yep, I'm good with it for now:)

I LOVE MY PPPOOOOORRRCHHHHH :) This is such a dreamy spot. I wish I would have been as motivated to do it in the summer because I really wanna use it but I do not do cold weather! So I just check it out every night when walking in the house and dream of the day I can curl up with a good book :)

PS> I'm doing a house tour for the holidays and will be sharing more of our rad porch then!