More little additions to the craft room.  Maybe I’m doing this backwards, but I’ll get to the big reveal as soon as the nursery is done too:)

So anyway, I started out with a boring ol white magnet board from IKEA, that needed some definite fabric love.

Haha, can you even see it??  Told ya it needed some love!!

Measure your magnet board and cut a piece of fabric about 2 inches bigger on all sides.

Hot glue one side, and then the opposite side pulling nice and tight.  Finish with the other two sides, and voila!!

Add some ribbon or ric rac, some cute magnets, and some cute pics:)

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Have I told you lately how fabulous  I think stencils are!!  I have lots of fun stencil projects lined up, but I wanted to start with something very basic, (if I can do it, ANYONE can)!!

Little by little I’m adding decor to this little craft room of mine:)  I needed some storage for my spools of thread, and thought a painted board would be a cute way to hang/display them on my wall.  But why not take it up a notch, and STENCIL the board!!

So for this project, grab your favorite stencil (don’t worry if you don’t have one, you will have your chance to win $50 to spend at the Cutting Edge Stencil site), and let’s get started!

Supplies:

• wooden board (I used an old broken board I’d been saving for later)

• sand paper (if your board is previously painted)

• acrylic paint (2 colors)

• stencil

• stencil adhesive

• stencil roller or brush

• hammer and nails

Step 1:  Prep your board.  I gave my board a good sanding to rub the letters as flat and smooth as I could, then I wiped off the dust with a damp cloth.  Now your ready to paint.

Step 2:  Paint your bottom coat of acrylic paint.  Wait a couple of hours and paint a second coat.  Allow to dry overnight before painting the stencil on top.

Spray the back of your stencil with adhesive spray.  I love this product from Krylon.

Position the stencil where you would like it, and press down to hold in place.  Dip your brush in the second color of paint, wiping off the excess.  (You don’t want to use too much, or it will bleed a bit)

Start at one end, and brush the paint over the design.

Remove the stencil and allow to dry.

Step 3:  Arrange the spools of thread the way you would like them displayed.  Take a pencil, and mark the center of each spool.

Hammer the nails in each of the pencil marks.  (I used 2 inch nails)

Hang the board on the wall,

and add your spools of thread!

A super simple but cute display for any craft room!!

Now on to the fun part…  The lovely folks over at Cutting Edge Stencils let me choose any stencil from their online store to review.  I chose the Marrakech Trellis Craft Stencil and LOVE it!!

Cutting Edge Stencils come neatly rolled up with very thorough directions to guide you as you create your stenciled project.

But check out their site for fabulous VIDEOS to help you along the way…

And the lovely folks at Cutting Edge Stencils have offered one of YOU a $50 credit to spend at their site!!

What stencil will you choose!!!

To enter this giveaway:

• visit the Cutting Edge Stencil site and choose your favorite stencil, come back and let me know what it is

• Like Cutting Edge Stencils on Facebook

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• Publicly follow or subscribe to Just Sew Sassy

• share this giveaway via facebook, twitter, or blog post

Lots of chances to enter!!!  Please leave a separate comment for each entry. Giveaway will end Tuesday, Feb. 7th.

Good luck my friends!!!

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This is a SUPER SIMPLE  tutorial, with a bold look!!  Slowly but surely I’m getting this craft room done:)  What’s a craft room without the words, “sew”???

Wanna make some fancy letters of your own?  Grab your supplies and lets get started:)

Supplies:

• wooden letters

• scrapbook paper

• mod podge and brush

• exacto knife

• self healing mat or another protected surface

• ink pad (optional)

Step 1:

Turn the paper over, and place the letters upside down onto the back of the paper.

Trace each letter with a pencil

Step 2:

Carefully cut out each letter with an exacto knife

Step 3:

Using the brush, apply a think layer of mod podge to the top of the wooden letter

Place the paper on top carefully lining up all of the edges.  Press down firmly on the paper from the center working your way to each end, smoothing out any bubbles.

Apply one more thin layer of mod podge on top of the paper.

Step 4:

I wanted to give my letters a bit more dimension, so I used an ink pad to smear the edges with black ink, giving it even more of a distressed look.

All done!!

Simple right!!

Now hang your letters and enjoy:)

My plan is to paint a cute board to display/store my spools of thread, and hang it right under my letters:)  Just a few more simple projects and this craft room will be done!!!

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Holy Moly!!!  Where did the week go!!  I mean weekend??  I had a couple of posts planned for this weekend, and umm, they will have to wait until next weekend I guess, sorry about that friends!!

I have a couple more Valentines tutorials for ya, so you can be all decked out ad ready for the day of LOVE!!

Today I’m gonna show ya how to make framed heart art:)

Supplies:

• an old frame

• red spray paint

• scrapbook paper

• vinyl or cardstock

• yarn

• hot glue

First, you’re going to paint your frame.

Next, cut a scrap of paper to go in the frame.

I glued this right to the cardboard piece in the back of my frame.

For this next step you can either use vinyl or cardstock, I chose vinyl b/c I think its easier to work with using the Silhouette.

Find a heart template, or create your own.  I knew I was going to make 3 rows of 3 hearts, so I found a template with three hearts in a row.

Cut out the heart design.

Attach some transfer paper to the vinyl and place it right on the paper.

Repeat until you have the desired amount of rows and hearts.  For the last heart, I used the same template and cut some red patterned paper out of cardstock.

Lastly, use a pencil to trace a word, (I used love) and follow the lines with a hot glue gun.  Immediately add the yarn to the hot glue, and trim after each letter.

And you’re done!!

I found the best invention ever at Hobby Lobby last weekend and had to try it out with this project.  It’s a pom pom maker!!  You basically wind the yarn around, tie it off, snip it, and you’re done.  I filled up an apothecary jar with these little yarn pom poms to coordinate with the  yarn from the frame.

I can’t wait to make a garland with the stuff too!!!

Have fun yarning it up:)

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I saw this wreath on Pinterest the other day, and new I had to make one!!!  Thanks to Lil Luna for the fabulous tutorial!!

I usually throw up my berry wreath for Valentines Day and call it good, but after seeing Lil Luna’s version, I knew I could add something more to my plain old berry wreath!!

I have to say, I LOVE how it turned out!!

I had everything on hand so this wreath cost me a total of $0!!!

If you would like to make your own here is what you’ll need,

Supplies:

• a large berry wreath (most are on sale right now in the Christmas Clearance)

• an old 8X10 frame

• red spray paint

• scrapbook paper

• vinyl and a cutter

• embellishments (felt, lace, buttons)

• ribbon

• hot glue

Step 1:  Remove everything from the back of your frame before painting

I wanted the brown to show through a bit, so I only used one coat of paint.

Step 2:  Decide on a font, and the correct sizing of your letters to fit inside the frame.  Cut the vinyl.  (You could also use chipboard or cardstock if you don’t have vinyl)

Step 3:  Cut the scrapbook paper to fit the inside of your frame.

Cut small triangles to make a pendant.  Apply vinyl to the paper and the triangles.  Decide on the placement of everything before securing with hot glue.

Step 4:  Cut a couple strands of bakers twine, (you could also use ric-rac, ribbon, lace, or twine) and attach with hot glue.  Add the rest of your letters.

Embellish the side of the paper.

Step 5:  Add the finished paper to the frame.

Embellish the frame with flowers and buttons.

Attach the ribbon to the back of the frame and tie around the berry wreath.  Hang your new LOVEly wreath on your front door and enjoy!!!

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So, there will probably be like 10 parts to this project.  Know why, cuz I have no idea what I’m doing!!  This is totally a learning process, but so far I love the results!!

We’re feeling a little bit squished in our little house, and with a new addition coming soon, we had to make some changes!

This used to be my boys’ bedroom…

We moved them down to the basement/playroom (don’t know why we didn’t do it sooner, it’s awesome!!!) and are converting their old bedroom to a craft room/nursery!

And I’m embarrassed to admit, this used to be my old office…

I had about 4 X4 feet to work with!!

Ok, so back to the NEW room,

The painting process…

This is a terrible picture, sorry, but you can see it’s a buttery cream on top, and bluish grey on the bottom.

I won a stencil a couple of months ago from Royal Design Studio, and I LOVE it!!  This was my first time ever using a stencil, but it was great!!  The stencil process…

I did most of the work before we found out the gender, but I was SO SURE it was a girl I went ahead and went on the girly side of neutral…

Yep, these are pretty girly faux roman shades…

I’m hoping the nursery bedding can be baby boy greys and blues, it will have to do!!

So… stay tuned for more!!

Christmas is less than a week away!!  Oh my goodness!!  Are you freaking out!!  I am forgoing my usual Pinterest Post b/c guess why, I haven’t been on Pinterest this whole week!!  I’m telling you, most days I’m lucky if I can eat a full meal, it’s just been one of those crazy weeks!!

Moving on.  Just wanted to show ya a couple more highlights of my Christmas Decor, before it’s no longer relevant, haha!!

My entertainment center shelves…

Our Christmas Centerpiece

These are the same felt topiaries I used for Valentines Day last year, still holding strong:)

I can’t believe in a couple more weeks, all our festive cheer will be packed back up for next year:(

But on a happier note…

We are finding out the sex of our baby this Friday!!!

I could not be more excited!!  I have a baby quilt for a boy, and baby quilt for a girl.  So I was thinking it would be fun to give one away to you!!  More on that tomorrow:)

Happy Monday!

Ever since I saw THIS post on I Heart Naptime from cute from Funky Polka Dot Giraffe, I knew I wanted to host my own cookie exchange.  Oh my word, this was such a fun night!!!  From beautifully delicious cookies, to amazing and hilarious gifts, lots of laughter, yummy food, and darling printables, this will definitely be an annual event!!

So here’s a little re-cap for ya…

My cookies…

White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread Cookies (click HERE for recipe)

My amazingly talented friend Kristy designed and printed all the darling labels, cards, awards, and banner!!  Check out here company Snickerplum for more cute party design printables!!!

Food Labels

The goods…

Lovely Banner

Kyra won “Best Tasting for these perfect Sugar Cookies

and Jaime won “Best Looking” for these delicious Ginger Star Cookies

Voting Cards for the Cookies

The Prizes…

Most Unique went to Liz for her Eggnog cookies

and Most Creative, our very own Paper Designer Queen, Kristy!

Aprons were the prizes for our ladies:)

Each of our ladies brought a handmade gift for the gift exchange, and these girls were AMAZING!!!

Love these pillowcases Jaime scored…

or these darling Christ Centered Ornaments Liz brought home…

and this hand-knitted beanie, I’m loving!!!

I LOVE this group of ladies!!  What a fun night!!

We’re a silly bunch!!

Thanks for all the fun girls!!!

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I am so excited to be participating in this year’s Holly Bloggy Christmas Week!!  Make sure and check out the full post at Simply Sweet Home for a list of all the fun linky parties and giveaways going on!!

Yesterday Nikki featured some delicious Christmas treats over at Chef in Training, and tomorrow you won’t want to miss the Christmas Decor Party over at The Shabby Creek Cottage!!

This is by far my FAVORITE season to craft and create!!  I have a list a mile long of ideas and inspiration I have found on Pinterest that will probably take me YEARS to make:)  I saw a clever idea to add ribbons and bows to your cupboards for hanging Christmas cards.  I decided to make something similar using my pantry door!

Simply tie a LONG strip of ribbon or tulle (I used tulle) along each side of your door.

Add a festive banner if desired.

Paint some clothes pins, and clip up your Christmas cards!!  Such a fun festive way to display your lovely greeting cards:)

For more simple ideas and tutorials, click on my Christmas category tab:)

Now on to our fabulous giveaway!!

Ali Lilly specializes in making jewelry with hemp, beads, crystals, metals and more.  She also loves to make custom pieces for her clients!

Take a look at some of my favorites!

I love these Winter Blue Dangle Earrings

and this Winter Wonderland Ice Crystals Necklace is just gorgeous

I love the dainty look of these Pink Silver and Pearls earrings

and if you need something festive for the holidays, Red and Green Christmas Earrings!

Ami also makes beautiful headbands, like this Autumn Harvest Rosette Headband

Be sure to stop by Ami’s blog, AliLilly for tonz of great ideas, tutorials, recipes, and more.

like this gorgeous Pretty Christmas Mantel!!

How would you like to win a $25 credit to Ami’s shop!!

Here’s how to enter:

• go over to Ami’s Etsy shop and choose your favorite item, let me know what it is

• publicly follow Ami’s blog via Google Friend Connect

• like AliLilly on facebook

• follow AliLilly on twitter

• publicly follow Just Sew Sassy via Google Friend Connect

• follow Just Sew Sassy on facebook

Please leave a separate comment for each entry.  Giveaway and linky party will remain open for one week, and then the winner will be announced.

I would love to see your Christmas Craft Ideas!!  Let’s get this Christmas Craft Party started shall we!!

Link up your Christmas Craft Ideas!!

Ok. I apologize for my obsession with burlap.  I think that after this project it will come to an end.  Maybe.

Ever since I saw the candy cane wreath from Whipperberry, I knew I wanted to make a striped wreath.  I followed my tutorial from the holiday bubble wreath, and just alternated colors this time.

I had an old frame (I have a collection of old frames for occasions such as this:), that I spray painted white.  I sanded it a bit, added some burlap rosettes, and looped it at the top!

Oh, and I forgot about the glittery stars:)

Merry Christmas Everyone!!