DIY Thanksgiving Home Decor (pillow + placemats)

Hi there friends! I’m Shayna from The Wood Grain Cottage and I’m so happy to be here today sharing my latest project.

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I’ve been adding a few small touches to our home. Since we’ll be visiting and enjoying Thanksgiving with my husband’s family this year, I haven’t had to focus on the actual entertaining/ house preparation that would normally take place if we were hosting family. But even though we won’t be home, I still wanted to add decorative touches for one of my favorite Holiday’s.

It’s easy to forget how blessed we are. There’s always something better to have, items to upgrade and new things to add to the never ending wishlist. I know I’m guilty of it. But Thanksgiving always puts things into perspective for me. I am blessed.

So, today I’m sharing our new pillow…

I really love it. The black fabric, the white writing. It’s reminiscent to a chalkboard, and I love me a chalkboard. 😀

I did learn a few things with this one, like black linen fabric and white poly- fill don’t mix. Because of that, the pillow has a bit of the poly-fill peeking out from the pillow. The OCD in me almost made me completely start over, or line the inside of the pillow cover, but then I realized that would be a bit silly considering it’s not really that noticeable in person, just in the pictures. And even though there are a few pieces sticking out, I love, love it.

Here’s how I made it:

I started with the saying. I designed the wording/ image in my Silhouette design program, then cut it out on freezer paper…