Children's Pillowcases!

A few Christmas' ago I remember seeing 

 personalized pillow cases for $24 each.

As darling as they were

I, at the time had four children, and was unwilling to spend

$96 on pillow cases just because it had my child's name on it.

So, I ventured out into the unknown-

personalizing and painting pillow cases myself. 

I bought white pillow cases and fabric paint markers.

(That was the easy part).

I have tried to fill my children's room

with Scriptures and a thought came to me-

'How about Scriptures on their pillow cases?'

I studied different Scriptures that I wanted for each child.

I found one Scripture that I wanted  

at the top of each pillow case:

"I will lie down and sleep in peace,

for you alone, O LORD

make me dwell in safety." (Psalm 4:8)

The pictures that I uploaded to the blog are

actually the pillow cases I made more recently for my

dear friend's children. 

This pillow case was for my friend's son Logan.

The Scripture I chose for his pillow case says:

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified...

for the Lord you God goes with you,

He will never leave you nor forsake you." 

(Deuteronomy 31:6)

As for the pictures I drew onto the pilllow cases

I had searched the internet them. 

(I could not draw the kind of ideas I had in my head-

so, I googled 'cartoon pics of knights,' princesses, etc).

I made this next pillow case for her daughter Alexis. 

I didn't just put their name on the pillow,

I put,

"God Loves You, Alexis!" 

I was looking for a picture of a little girl sleeping 

and I found it in a Christian Board book I own.

This particular book means alot to my children and I

and when I saw it 

 I just knew I had to copy it for this pillow case.

I would show you the pillow cases I made for my own children,

but I failed to take pictures of the cases when they were new.

Now the cases are worn out and stained-

not much to look at.

But they have memorized their scriptures, 

and hate when I have to wash them!