The craft room has been a hive of activity recently with the preparations for my daughters wedding and Christmas.
With so much going on, I lacked the ‘oomph’ to go over the top for Christmas this year… deciding instead to keep it simple for our first year in our new home.
I previously shared how I decided on a crafting theme for Christmas in my craft room, when I posted my DIY Makers Christmas Wreath project, filled with all the crafting goodness I love.
But one day last month I was strolling through an Australian department store and spotted tubes of ‘shabbilicious’ baubles…. gorgeous sparkly baubles in shades of pink, aqua and gold.
It was like they were designed especially for my craft room!!
I actually didn’t buy then straight away…. because I was after all, planning a no fuss Christmas with just a few trees and fairy lights that I already had in storage.
I’m sure you know how it is though….
I kept thinking about those shabby chic baubles and how they perfectly matched my aqua walls and realised I needed to find a way to incorporate them into my SIMPLE ‘crafting’ Christmas theme.
So, I added one extra element to my Christmas craft room… a big pine garland.
I’ve had this particular garland for over 20 years. It’s been my favourite garland EVER because of how thick and lush it was, but it has finally started to show its age.
That actually made it the perfect candidate to try out the bag of snow flock I purchased on Amazon months ago (here’s my aff. link to check out what I used). Can’t even begin to tell you how much I LOVE this product!! I’ve already used it a lot this Christmas and will share some more projects later.
Once the old garland was all iced up, I suspended her over the craft storage unit and added the perfectly matching shabby chic baubles.
When the morning sun shines through the French doors the baubles sparkle and shine…. making everything ‘Merry & Bright’.
Before I positioned the garland, I made sure that I moved my storage boxes around so that the boxes I wouldn’t need throughout December are at the top of the unit, behind the garland.
The rest of my crafting room is filled with my usual crafting supplies and I added in a few Christmas elements like mini trees, my handmade decorations and a new ‘JOY’ banner.
Continuing with the crafting theme, this printable banner is perfect for a sewing or craft room. I added little spools of cotton between the pennants and hung it from the shelf unit where my Tilda Reindeers are sitting.
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Of course it wouldn’t be Christmas without adorable Christmas Pixies.
I have a free tutorial on how to make the Christmas Pixies HERE.
The Christmas decor doesn’t end there…. the sewing corner of the craft room has a festive vibe too; another garland that also got the snow flock treatment hangs over the hutch, a Christmas banner from the October kit of the Handmade Club hangs above it on the wall….
Plus there is the the Makers Wreath, a skating Tilda Angel, a Foxie lady in a cherry red coat and pretty flickering lights and candles.
I’ve kept to my aqua, pink and cherry colour palette in this corner.
There’s something very magical about working in a Christmas themed room…..
Perhaps it is the scented candles… or the flickering of a flame…
Maybe it is the glittered baubles sparkling in the morning sun.
Whatever it is, it is an absolute JOY to be spending creative time in my craft room each day.
May your days be ‘Merry & Bright’ too!
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Happy Christmas crafting my friends,
Hugs
♥
Kerryanne
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Love the way you have decorated your craft room, so beautiful and inspiring. Thank you so much for the Christmas pixie instructions and pattern. It has been years since I played around sewing dolls and doll clothes but this is just the type of project to get my creative juices flowing. If I do not get them done in time for this year they will be ready for next year or actually I will most likely just make different outfits to suit any season.
Big Hugs and Smiles
Happy Holidays to you
Thank you Lori. My Christmas craft room feels quite cheerful and just a tad sparkly 🙂
I hope you enjoy making the Christmas pixies. They really are quite fun to make and it’s hard to stop at just one.
Happy crafting,
Kerryanne
Oh my goodness Kerryanne, your garland is stunning??? Actually, your whole room is stunning??? It truly IS MERRY AND BRIGHT??? Love love love your adorable Tilda critters…I MUST make some??? Thank you SO much for sharing your fun, festive, inspiring, and lovely craft room with us Kerryanne???Warm Smiles, Deborah ???
You always inspire me. Everything you do is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this magical season. Hugs.
Love ? your garland, just perfect for your craft room! A dream Craft room, just heavenly ??
Oh, this is so beautiful. I like, well, everything!
Thank you for sharing your Christmas craft room it is beautiful, it would make me want to create all thing that are Christmassy ?
This is so festive and beautiful!
.Love your garland with the different color “icy” balls. My next favorite thing are your little stuffed reindeer with the stick antlers. How cute. That craft room looks like a super happy place in which to work!
Hi Kerryanne
Wow, I love your special Chrismassy craft room! How lovely for you to create surrounded by such magical and pretty items. Love it all!
Tricia
You haven’t disappointed me. I knew your craft room would be something to drool over. I loved last years but this is beautiful too. The garland is wonderful and I’d like to make one for my place. I wonder where I could find something like that but not too expensive. I live on my own now, a widow, and it’s hard to get motivated, especially as I’m not well either.Anyway, thankyou for the inspirations.
Not only have you created a dream space, you completed it in a timely manner so you can enjoy it for weeks! I imagine you dancing in circles in this little piece of heaven. That garland is such a wonderful example of repurposing and creating a beautiful vision. Beautiful!
You know Eileen, I was pretty happy with that re-purposing. I’ve always loved that garland and got all nostalgic and didn’t want to throw it out, so this was a god outcome 🙂
So happy you like my Christmas craft room. Merry Christmas!
I always get such a happy feeling when I read your newsletter and look at the things you’ve done in your craft room. I love it all!!
Aww…. that’s so nice of you Ann. Wish you could visit and have a play date in the craft room. What fun we’d have!!
Thank you for all of your lovely comments, support and encouragement in 2019 xx
That is just about the most gorgeous Christmas decorations I’ve ever seen! I was so inspired I joined your club!
That’s so sweet of you Betsy. I’m glad you liked them and felt inspired. Welcome to the Handmade Club too!!
Merry Christmas 🙂
Thanks so much Deborah. So glad you enjoyed the tour!!
It’s definitely Merry & Bright and I’m feeling very festive.
Merry Christmas ~ Kerryanne