Gettin' Crafty and Snazin' Up the Living Room

Picture this: when I moved in with Pat about seven years ago, he had a crazy-patterned Ikea futon for a couch and an old blue lazyboy loveseat. I added my green plaid loveseat and 70s gold arm chair to the mix, making for quite the eclectic livingroom ensemble.

We eventually got some coordinating furniture covers, which helped a little, but they never quite fit right or stayed on.

So, a few months ago, we finally invested in new furniture! We picked out a beautiful livingroom set in chocolate brown microfiber. We got a couch, a loveseat and two arm chairs - and they all match! It makes me feel like such a grown up to have nice matching furniture!

The only catch was the super-ugly throw pillows that came with them. They almost matched the crazy-patterned futon's throw pillows which we kept because they're so comfy. Add to that the few other funky pillows we'd collected over the years and our livingroom was still kind of a mess.

Lazy, Munchy Crafty Sunday



 You know you've lucked out when you like your co-workers enough to spend time with them outside of work!

The tradition of Crafty Sunday started a few years ago when my boss, Geeta, (an amazing potter) offered to teach us all how to make mosaics. She had a bunch of pottery she considered flawed (although the rest of us couldn't see flaws) and she let us smash it up and use it to make our mosaics.

I decorated a flower pot (see pic below) and loved every minute of it. I was hooked and decided I would make mosaics for everyone I knew for Christmas that year.