Time to work!

I gave myself until January 31 to get all of the work done on my craft corner. I know that there are several things that will need to wait until we have saved money for new or new-to-us furniture. But, I am going to work hard today to get things done so that you can see how I have my crafting area set up. :)

It's a challenge because I get to have my crafting space in my master bedroom. But, I'm determined to make it work. My 'want to make' list is getting longer every day!

While I'm working, I'll leave you with a couple more photos. I found what was missing from the decor over my bed and hung it up. I'm not sure I like the layout of the grouping; I might play around with it a little more.

Once again, it's from Cherry-Kandy Boutique. I'm pretty sure this one was made by Cherry.

The whole grouping.

Shabby Chic barbed wire cross with antique key, vintage lace/button and some twine. 

Enjoy! 

Hopefully tomorrow I will be back with photos of how my crafting area is arranged. :)

More Pretties!

I added a couple more items around the huge painting that I posted yesterday. Thought y'all might want to see them, too. 

Entire grouping. I think it needs a little something on the right.

Close up of pretties on the left.

And the awesome cross on the right. 

Once again, the amazing decor comes from the ladies of Cherry-Kandy Boutique. Today's items were created by Cherry. Click here to go to her Etsy shop (non-sponsored link).

Thrifty Frame

My husband is my superhero. I'm not lying. He does amazing things for me and the kiddos. Anyway, for our anniversary I commissioned a painting to be done by a local artist.  Our anniversary is right in the middle of the holiday season. Unfortunately, I didn't try to hang the painting until last week. That's when I realized that this awesome painting blended with the color of the walls in our room. :(

We can't paint. It's in our rental agreement. I pondered all different kinds of ideas: weathered fence posts, pallets, fabric, a bigger frame, painting just a square, and buying a frame for the piece. 

Finally, like a truly thrifty crafter, I just used what I had and made do. :)  I really like the results. 

The following is my very first attempt at making anything close to a tutorial. I just took lots of pictures and will share about the process. It's truly very simple, but time consuming. 

I forgot to take a photo of the frame that I started with, but it's an 18X24" poster frame similar to this (sponsored link). 

I took it outside and spray painted it pink.

I was running out of paint, so it's kind of splotchy. That was ok with me. I just needed a non-black background. 

I hot-glued on some vintage lace. 

Then some dark brown ribbon. I lined up the edge of the ribbon with the edge of the frame.

Here, I'm attempting to stick some cork to the back of the frame. 

Then batting

And finally, this adorable batik. I only had 2 fat quarters and the fabric has been discontinued. If you are purchasing yardage, buy a little more than 1/2 a yard. 

Close up of finished product.

Wide view (and our cute thrift store find headboard). 

I didn't end up using the back of the frame. I didn't have enough fabric and it kept popping out. Instead, I just stapled the fabric to the wall. Then, I hung the frame on the wall. Finally, I used pushpins to hold up the painting. 

Cherry-Kandy Boutique  is the name of the place where I got the painting. Kandy worked with me on the colors for the painting and the lace/pearls instead of a frame. She also added our wedding date to the painting. I hope My Superhero loves it as much as I do. (He says he does.)

I will add a photo later when I have that wall finished. I have some other items to fill out the space a bit. 

The Great Crafty Corner

So, I'm going to be a little weird and start off my blog with a "reveal". Well, I will as soon as I get done with the project.

We moved into this house about 3 years ago, and I've never been satisfied with my crafting space. We tried part of the HUGE dining room...that didn't work. Then, my husband graciously gave me half the master bedroom, but I couldn't make that work. All my recent craftiness has taken place on the dining room table. :( Now, I'm re-configuring furniture and attempting to make the master bedroom work...again.

While you are waiting for the great reveal photos, let me share some of my inspiration:

Quilt Monster Closet has a really cute post full of amazing ideas and I'm going to be using some of them. :)

This post doesn't really have 9 ideas, but it does have something that I will be using in my room.

Just a bit from this blog's Pinterest ideas, as well.

And I might have to borrow the pegboard idea from Clean and Scentsible's blog.




Enough eye candy!!! Now it's time for me to get back to work. Enjoy....

Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog. I hope to provide lots of fun content, or at least keep a record of all things crafty/sewing that I do this year.

While this blog is primarily for my own personal enjoyment, I hope you enjoy checking in from time to time.

My name is Sunni (sound like sunny).  Well, it's a nickname. :)  I'm pretty big on privacy, so that's all I'll go by.

I've been crafting/sewing ever since I can remember. My mom has some of my painting adventures hanging on her Christmas tree every year (from when I was barely in school). Within the past couple of years, I have ventured into quilting and have fallen completely in love.

I named my blog Sunni Says Sew because that's said around our house a LOT. :) I changed "so" to "sew" because sewing is my therapy. When I have a tough day, all I want is a hot bath and some sewing time.

Well, enough about me....let's get sewing.