Simple Outdoor Pillow Slipcovers

My attempt to add a little fall flair to my front porch continues with some new pillow slipcovers to go onto THESE pillows that I made this summer.

I really didn't want to re-sew and re-stuff new pillows for fall, so instead of new pillows I made some simple pillow slipcovers.

To make the slipcovers, I cut one piece of material just a little bigger than my pillow to account for the seams. Then I cut another piece of material with about 4 inches of extra length on one end to make a flap. I sewed the two pieces of material {right sides together} on three sides leaving the end with the flap open. It ended up looking kind of like a pillow case with a longer flap on one side. 

I turned the slipcover right side out and stuffed the old pillows into it. The picture above shows the flap that is at the top of the slipcover.

After the pillow was completely stuffed into the slipcover, I simply tucked the flap into the back.

Now I have new fall plaid pillows that took very little time or effort to make! My favorite part about these slipcovers is that now I can have new pillows for every different holiday and season without having to spend hours sewing and stuffing!

Wordless Wednesday: Three Under Par

Inside Out Caramel Apples

If you have been a follower of my blog for long, you know that I have issues with apples...buying too many and then not eating them quickly enough:) I bought a couple of apples and some caramel bits with plans to make some fun caramel apples with the boys after my friend Angie posted pics of her yummy caramel apples. Somehow life got in the way, the apples never got made, and they started to get a little too soft to eat on their own. So I decided to try and salvage them {like I always do} with a fun new recipe I call

Inside Out Carmel Apples!

I started with 3 apples, some caramel bits, and some peanuts.

I chopped the peanuts in my mini food processor to make them more like the peanuts that you would roll a caramel apple in.

I cute the top off the apple with a sharp knife.

Then scooped out the core and the seeds. I found that the pointed end of a spoon worked really well to get all the core out of the apple.

Then I loaded the hollowed out apples with layers of caramel bits and chopped peanuts.

I topped each apple off with a dollop of butter....because butter makes everything better:) Then I baked them in the oven on 350 for about 30-40 minutes {just until the apple is nice and soft}.

This was a really fun way to eat a caramel apple...and it would be even more awesome with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream!