it's been a while since i've had any pictures of my craft room up on the blog ...
mainly cause most of the time it's a mess with product for the store & packing supplies
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but i had to get it in order for last weekend when i hosted a cookie exchange that my close friends and i have every year ... this year we had so much fun ♥
i wanted to spruce up the room with a little bit of Christmas cheer
but didn't want to over-do it since there is already so much color & detail in the room and well...
i was just plain tired :)
so i went the simple route :)
ahhhh.... simple....
i feel like this little bloggy of mine has come a long way
since i first posted about my craft room ... it's been neat to watch it grow ...
if you follow me on Instagram, you've already seen a few of these updates ... but this bunting was made from my vintage sheet stash, just cut in strips and tied to some twine
with some nails & hot glue, i now have pretty things to hold up my garlands and pictures
i hammered the nails where i wanted the spools to go,
then with a little hot glue on one end, slid the spool onto the nail
with some help from my two aunts :) finally got around to organizing my fabric stash
this shelf holds only vintage linens ... the other side has my non-vintage yardage
i love how pretty they all look together ♥
i filled some apothecary jars with a hodge podge of things
that i thought we bright and Christmas-ish :)
the trees were made with styrofoam trees, again with strips of different fabrics
wound around from top to bottom ... made pompom's for the tops
i think Christmas can be found in the everyday of things
it doesn't always have to be in red & green
i love to be outside of the box :) don't you?
my cushions were upgraded too when BHG came, these were from Target
i love how they add simplicity to such a busy room
my sewing area hasn't changed much ...
the twine and large spools of thread that i mostly use for packaging,
were put up out of the way on wooden dowels
the sewing machine cover was made from a vintage pillowcase
... thinking about selling a few in the store
it has definitely earned it's keep :)
it holds all my littles
my entry way get's no light at all, it's hard to snap a good picture here
but this is where my Joy to the World sign is with another wreath like the one on my craft shelves ... i got the wreath and wording around the chalkboard idea from Miss Mustard Seed
(even though her's is way more grand & gorgeous!)
so these are my besties :)
they are the friends that encourage me & laugh with me through everyday things
i love them so dearly ... they are the sisters i never had :)
we have craft night once a month ... we leave kiddos with daddies and we come together to eat and make stuff ...and eat stuff :)
and there's never a dull moment, at all....
every December we exchange cookies and handmade gifts
we even get a little carried away making stuff for each other's kids :)
it's hard to find good friends in life ... hard to find one, let alone five
and i can honestly say they are all a blessing to me ... love ya girls ♥
Merry Christmas bloggy friends ♥
you have put gladness in my heart ... psalm. four. seven
sweet parties here:
