my craft room ... Christmas style ♥

it's been a while since i've had any pictures of my craft room up on the blog ...

(you can see the whole room here) 

(and some more here)

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 ... 

when Better Homes & Gardens came last month, it was the final push i needed to get in gear and tie up all the loose end projects that i never finished 

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

remember my decoupaged trinket box?

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:

live laugh Rowe ♥ live laugh linky

i {heart} naptime ♥ Sundae Scoop

Tatertots & Jello ♥ Weekend Wrap up Party 

Funky Junk Interiors ♥ Saturday Nite Special

the 36th Avenue ♥ Party Time!