About Recipe

So, Octavian's big boy room makeover has officially spiraled out of control. I am obsessed. OBSESSED! I can't stop adding more and more and more big and small details. And, thanks to Pinterest and all you super talented DIYer's out there, I am fixated on filling his room with pillows. Since pillows sell for SO MUCH MONEY (especially all those cute kid ones), my Pinterest clouded brain decided over the weekend that, "I"ll just buy the fabric and ask my MIL to make the pillows (and rug, and banners and chair covers) for me". My poor mother-in-law. However, being the totally amazing and generous woman that she is, she never said no (although she did strongly hint that I learn how to sew). I have managed to pull my head out of the clouds a wee bit and no longer expect that his room will be overflowing with pillows simply because I can't decide which fabrics I like best (seriously, Spoonflower, Fabricworm, Hawthorne Threads, you're all killing me). And, thankfully the husband has no idea that some of these fabrics go for $17.50/yard and that that yard will make one, maybe two pillows (not counting filling and whatever else one needs for a pillow), otherwise, Operation Octavian Room would be O.V.E.R. Overall, however, Octavian's room has been done on a budget. Thank you Ikea for providing me with a canvas and Pinterest for providing me with inspiration. I am also going to be doing a few of my own (non sewing) DIY projects and will be sharing them on the blog just as soon as a find the time to cut out a million tiny clouds, feathers and triangles and paint without a toddler and puppy ganging up and stealing the scissors or eating the paint. Can you imagine? HA! I can! (Potential hospital and vet visits aside) I can't decide what would win, my frustration or inability to stop laughing. Probably both. Either way, I can hardly contain my excitement. Now, I just have to press that little SUBMIT PAYMENT butto