No Sew DIY Pillow

That kinda rhymes, huh?

No Sew,

DIY Pillow.

::i kill myself::

anywho, remember my new fabulous pillows? 

I thought I'd share how they came about. Cause this is what I do on Sunday afternoons after hubs works for almost 2 days straight....

Materials:

• old pillow or pillow form
• fabric 
• iron-on adhesive 
• pins
• scissors 
• iron(s) * keep reading it will make sense...

So before I started this I had no clue how I was going to put them together. My mom kept asking me if I was for real going to make my own covers like, for real. And I said 'yup, sure am. Don't know how but I will!' Mom's an interior designer and has her workroom to deal with such silly things. She kept telling me to use her people but what can I say? I love a challenge. And proving her wrong. hehe. 

OK let's do this!

1. Get a glass of wine 

1. Lay out the fabric and stare at it confidently. 

2. Continue to stare until you get an idea on how to move forward...

3. Keep staring...

4. Cut the fabric so it can be folded over your pillow

5. Resume staring...

6. Finally realize you'll need to at least hem the unfinished sides before you really get started. Damn. 

7. Fold over raw edges and pin them down {this was a pain in the ass}

8. Fold over the edges and iron on the adhesive to close the edges

9. Remove the back of the adhesive to expose the sticky side

10. Realize if you fold the sides in you can make a pocket! YES! So fold both sides in and iron over the adhesive strips to make it stick.

11. Fold the bottom half of the fabric up to form the pocket that you can slide the pillow in! Yessssss!

12. Fold the top over and tuck it into your pocket

14.  Add adhesive strips where the side seams meet and use the iron to close them up!

What? The iron won't let you get that close? Yes, I had that problem as well. 

But I'm a genius and figured out that my flat iron would be perfect for this part. 

and it was:

Booya. You've got a covered pillow. 

15. Smile smug-ly at your mama. That's right, I figured it out all.by.myself. 

16. Hang your head in shame when you realize you made a mess out of your kitchen. :::sigh::::

It's totally safe, mom. What are you talking about???

How To: No-heat Vintage Curls!

Soooo some folks asked me how I got these curls without a curling iron or any other heated tools:

For real, it could not be ANY easier. All you need is one of these:

and these:

All you do is dampen your hair in the evening. Dampen. not soak! You want it to be able to dry over night. Damped your hair and run some smoothing serum (for frizz control) and then place the stretch headband over your head like so:

{these curls are from the night before. I dampened my hair to re-set to curl over night}

OK Here we go!

1. Separate the first section of hair
2. Loop the section over the headband
3. Pull through so you have a nice curl over the headband

4. Repeat looping and pulling through until you have the front half of you head done

*each time you pull a section to loop you add the loose part of the piece you just pulled through so your gathering all the hair when looping. Kindof like when you add the sections in a french braid*

5. Repeat on the front section of the other side of your head paying close attention to the first section you looped. This will be the piece that frames your face. 

6. Repeat around the back of your head, picking up the long sections as you go. 

7. Once you have all the hair looped around the headband, keep looping the last section until it is all tucked up. 

Here's the 'finished' product:

In the morning just pull the headband down and carefully untwist your curls. Here's what they looked like in the morning!

A couple things:

1. The smaller you make the sections, the tighter the curl will be

2. Keep things neat - smooth your hair down as you pull it through

3. Be careful when you take it out, if you pull too hard you will get frizz

4. For a softer, more wavey look do large sections and brush it out in the morning. Make sure you use hairspray to keep it smooth. 

I did this vintage-y version for my 1940's inspired halloween "costume"

Now that you are probably confused I'm going to embed the youtube video that taught me how to do this. Thank you, Pinterest :) 

and as always, never take yourself too seriously when your taking/posting a ton of pictures of yourself...