Friday's Featured Slipcovers & A Discount

Love this gorgeous ruffly sofa slipcover made by Tamerie from A Little of this and a little of that.



Absolutely adorable ottoman by Pink Post Card! Love this fabric and the long skirted ruffle is to die for!


Red Toile Arm Chair Slipcover by Brick Path Studio.


Ruthie made these dining chair slipcover's to change things up a bit for fall. They fit like a glove!





You can also make your very own slipcover by downloading The Lazy Girl's Guide to Custom Slipcovers. For today only...until midnight eastern time, you can purchase the eBook for 20% off. Just click on the button above and enter the discount code. And get to slippin'!

Discount code : fridayslips

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Cheap and Easy Halloween decor

I'm trying to simplify and use what I've got! I get to benefit from the previous owner's rose's...orange and red! FREE fall decor! What do you have in your yard that you can use for decor?

I found this birdhouse for $5 on a side of the road yard sale. The crow's are from Dollar Tree and the branches are from my yard {free}. Use branches and pine cones for easy free decor. Put them in apothecary's or large glass vases. If you celebrate Halloween, stretch some dollar tree spider web around the branches. Instant eerie!

I found this white pumpkin at dollar tree and the urn and glass apothecary at the thrift store. You can make your own monogrammed pumpkin...here. Just plop it up on top of a candle stick.

My Hutch...which is similar to last year. We just haven't added the spider webs yet....ooohhh.

Use books with a black binding. My hutch is decorated in black and white. The white ceramic pumpkin has candy hiding in it...for adults only. No children know it's there!

Use frames you have...just find three and type out different fonts to spell out "boo" or "eek" or whatever thrills you! I also re-used wine bottles and covered them with dollar tree labels and put candles in them. Centsational Girl has some labels you can download here. How cool would a red candle look in one of these bottles...like blood dripping...eek...

With the front door, I just simply put pumpkins on top of the urns with some spanish moss and dollar tree crows. We'll be putting some spider webs on the porch soon...

Mums! Everyone needs mums...even me...even though I have a black thumb! I do buy mums every year. Go check out the How-To for the "Monogrammed galvanized bucket" here.

Monogrammed Crow Plaque for the front door or...where ever you want it. Here's the tutorial. To decorate for fall or Halloween...just look around your house! I'm sure you've got something you can use!

I'm linking to Nester's Fall Mantel Party...even though my mantel is decorated with my man's TV! I decorate else where! Also, linking to Hooked on Houses and This Blessed Nest.

Ready for Halloween

My family is ready! I pulled out the big orange and black bins indicating it was time for Halloween. I was trying to do a little fall decorating, but out came the wigs, costumes and the characters began. We love Halloween! I've by-passed fall and gone straight to Halloween with the encouragement of my two littles.

Tomorrow, I'll show you how simply and cheaply you can decorate for Halloween by using what you've got. I'll, also, be participating in Nester's Fall Mantel Linky Party...although my mantel leaves much to be desired. I'll be showing you my hutch and other stuff!

Linky Slipcover Party!

Gina from Slipcover Chic made this beautiful, non-skirted slipcover. So clean and chic!


Love what Kelly did with these two miss-matched wing chairs over at Much to do with Nothing.


Deb from Cappuccino Cottage ordered this slip and it was ivory, not white. Go see what she did to whiten them.

Now it's your turn...Link up your slipcover and show us all your amazing talent! Just a couple of rules:

1) Please link to your specific slipcover post.
2) Please be so kind and grab a button and link back here from your blog.

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Wing Chair Slipcover

I finished this beauty! I adore how it turned out and like I said...this was my first attempt at making a slip from a print. It was also my first attempt at sewing with upholstery zippers. Not that hard...just a little patience. I will do a post on sewing a zipper...so don't fret your pretty little selves.

I made this slipcover to put in a local fabric store...that wants me to teach a basic slipcover class. So stay tuned. I'll let you know how it pans out. Although, I want to keep this chair all to myself. I found that birdhouse at a yard sale on the side of the road last Friday...for a mere $5. I had to restrain myself from jumping out of the car and sprinting over to it.

I'm slowly trying to get my fall decor out. Really I'm just waiting to put out Halloween stuff! It's my favorite holiday! It's not too early for Halloween decor...is it?

Zipper Love

Yes...I know...coming from the professed zipper hater, I am quickly falling head over heels in love with this stuff.

Zipper Upholstery Tape! I wanted to try it for the wing chair I'm working on. It's really not as scary as I had thought. And they give super easy directions...right on the back. I purchased this at Hancock's, but I heard JoAnn's also has it.

I just have to finish the skirt and I'll be done. Then I need to finish the other 47 projects I've started. I've been asked about the fabric. It says "Chris Stone California 2005" on the binding. I purchased 5 yds as a remnant. There was no more....sorry. I looked online and couldn't find any. If you do, let us know! What project can you be determined to finish this week?

Friday's Featured Slipcovers

Check out Cottage instincts double rocker re-do...and the adorable pleated skirt! Swoon!


Laurel from Ducks in a Row made this white loveseat slip with gorgeous details! She even sewed in a zipper!


Tidy Brown Wren made these super simple matching ottoman and cushion slipcovers.

Grab a Featured button if you've been featured! Have a great weekend! I'll be finishing up this wing chair slipcover. It's my first time doing a print. Here's a little sneak peek...

Kristi makes slipcovers.

This is how my daughter sees me.

Day Trippin'

We took a day trip to go thrifting in Wilmington. We hit Ivy Cottage, Thrill of the Hunt, Shop of Seagate...and a plethora of thrift stores. It was all about the thrifting and the eating...of course. We ate at Dockside for lunch. I had shrimp and grits {my first time}...delish! Guess who else was at Dockside for lunch...


We were total paparazzi geeks! I'm soooo lame!

Then we went to K38 for dinner and I had the yummiest grilled mahi mahi fish tacos! "VitaMama", who is my friend IRL and a sponsor also went...along with my friend "T." We had a great day hanging out and would you believe that I came home with only 1 shirt for myself? No furniture! Where do you Day Trip?

Friday's Featured Slipcovers

Wing Chair covered in Ticking over at Holly Mathis. Slipcover by Michelle Fritz.


This is genius! Debbie made slipcovers for camping chairs! She even has a tutorial. How cute would you be on the soccer field sideline?


And just in case you've been living under a rock...Did you see Design Intervention's Pottery Barn inspired Savannah slip?? She also made the linen slip below...


The girl's got talent!

Quilt in the making

I'm working on this "easy peasy grandma quilt" for my daughter. Even if you don't quilt...you can make this. I'll show the completed quilt soon and I'll have a tutorial, so you can make your very own. I'm hoping her room will come together the way I have it in my head. I've tweaked several things...including this quilt. I still have my fake roman shades to make and I'm trying to decide if she has enough room to house a comfy chair. I want to take the closet doors off and hang a curtain. When the doors open...there is NO room. Stay tuned!

Labor Day Weekend Memories

We enjoyed our last weekend of the summer at Carolina Beach! Boardwalk rides, Britts donuts, fish tacos, boogie boarding, shell collecting, coffee drinking on the balcony while watching the waves and of course...making a stop at the local goodwill.

Show us your Slipcover

Did you pull an all-nighter or were you ready last week! Whether you've covered a chair, a sofa, an ottoman or a table...we want to see it and be inspired! Even if you have slipcovers and someone else sewed them, you are still more than welcome to join! Link 'em up!

There are a couple of rules:

1) Make sure you link to your specific post with your slipcover or i will have to delete it;0)
2) Be ever so kind...grab a Slipcover Party Button below and link back here from your post...so other's can see all of your great talent and join in on the fun!

Have fun!

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How About a Slipcover Party!

Emily from Sibling Revelry showed us this white slip she made from the last slipcover party!

Tomorrow, come HERE to link up your fantabulous slipcover you made and show it to the world! Inquiring minds want to see your slips! It encourages and inspires us...that we can overcome the fear of cutting into a piece of fabric and get our slips on! So what are you waiting for...bust out that slip by tomorrow! You can pull an all-nighter and get it done just in time to link up...Friday, Sept. 3rd! If you don't want to pull an all-nighter, then come back and link up on the last Friday of the month (9/24). We'll be having a slipcover linky party on the last Friday of each month...that's the goal anyway! Can't wait to see everyone's slips!

Altar your furniture

Here's a little sneak peek of the dresser I painted, distressed and glazed! I think I'm in love! And now I want to paint every.single.piece of furniture I own in some funky color...turquoise or lime green...distress it and then glaze it!

I recently read the DIY Guide to Painted Furniture by Mandie from Altard and it gave me the courage to paint a piece something other than white. Oh, how I wished I'd had this book before I ever attempted painting my first piece of furniture years ago! And I'm not just saying that because I'm an affiliate {because I am an affiliate}. It would have saved me so many headaches and backaches and just plain aches!

headboard by Mandie

You see...I have a daughter who loves COLOR and bling and glitter and sparkle. Right now, I'm in the middle of making her room her own. And...according to her, there is no such thing as too much color! So, instead of my standard M-O of painted white furniture...I decided to go with some color on some pieces.


I loved the distressed, glazed look of Mandie's furniture. And if you're lucky enough to live in Texas, Mandie can do a custom piece for you OR you can buy something she has already 'altard.' Yall, she also has painting workshops. With the encouragement of Mandie's book, I just went for it and love how it turned out! She tells you what she uses' and what works for her. We both, also, have a mutual LOVE for Purdy Paint brushes!

"Our goal in writing this ebook
is to take the scary out of furniture refinishing, and encourage you that
you can have gorgeous one-of-a-kind furniture with just a few hours of
work." ~Mandie from "Altard"

So, if you want to banish your fear of color on furniture, just click below to download Mandie's book for only $10. Hope to show you my little's colorful room soon!



*Don't forget about our Slipcover Partay this Friday, Sept. 3rd! Get your slip on!