The In-Between

I may have mentioned this before but I decorate for every single holiday.  Including (but not limited to) Labor Day and Veterans Day.  In between holidays, however, I like to change out the colors of my pillows, throws and candles to fit the time of year.   I grow tired of the same old stuff.   I like how new colors and textures always make the main room feel fresh and clean for me.  Also I like to follow the seasons, light colors for spring/summer and dark colors for fall/winter.  However, that constant change was becoming a costly hobby until I discovered pillow covers and the wrapping of candles with yarn and/or ribbon!

I've heard of pillow covers and have seen them many times and I was never too excited about them until my girlfriend told me her throw pillows were pillow covers!  I would have never guessed -- the fit was great!   She bought hers at Bed Bath & Beyond - no less than $19.99 each.  In my opinion that was just like finding a good sale on a pillow.....not really worth it.   Until I ran into the pillow covers at Hobby Lobby.  Good old Hobby Lobby does not disappoint!

The green and white chevron pillows below are pillow covers from Hobby Lobby.  I spotted these on Saturday while out browsing.   When I go to Hobby Lobby with the intention of not buying anything, I call it browsing.  Anyway,  each pillow cover was 6.99 but I got them for $4.19 with the coupon from the Hobby Lobby app that I have on my phone.   The solid green pillows with the flowers on it I already had.   Pretty, yes?  My old pillows became new again!  And they fit perfectly.  I just stuff my old pillow in the new one and zip it up!

By the way, the birdcage pillows from my Valentine day decor are also pillow covers from Hobby Lobby.  See what I mean?  

And because I love to change it up in here, I can just keep buying new pillow covers for $6.99 instead of $24.99 per pillow (from Marshall's or TJ Maxx or even Target).   I add a throw to match the pillow and I'm all set.   And storage has become a non issue.  I just take off the cover, fold it up and put it in the linen closet. 

To tie it all together I added the apple green candles (that I already had on hand) from Ikea.  It was a perfect match:

And because I love to change out the candles to match the pillows, I've started using wide ribbon (I used yarn through the fall/winter) to cover the candles and candle holders to change those without making a major purchase.

I bought this burlap ribbon with white polka dots from Hobby Lobby for 3.49.  I covered all my glass votive holders:

For Valentine's decor, I used a heart ribbon for the same glass votive holder:

I love the fresh look I get with that simple change:

I also used it to wrap around my white candles:

Which is what I did for Valentine's day too:

Now when I'm "browsing" at Hobby Lobby this coming weekend, I'll keep an eye out for potential pillow covers and ribbon for my Easter decor!