What time of day do you love to create?

~ Da Vinci study for you ~~

I have been a night owl as long as I can remember.

When I was in high school

I would stay up until 2:00 in the morning

finishing my homework so I would make good grades ~

obsessive, yes...but I did graduate with all A's!

My brothers are quite similar, loving to stay up late,

so I think it's just the way we are!

So believe it or not, my favorite time to get started in the studio

is about 4:00 in the afternoon!!!

Yes, it's absolutely crazy, I know that.

But my creative time seems to always want to happen

from about 4:00 pm till about 1:00 am!

I want to create, take pics (not the best time to take great photos too)

and then post on my blog.

I guess to each his own though ~

it just seems to be the way I roll :)

I had a few old frames that I added a cardboard backing to,

then glued on a bit of burlap, antique ledger paper and copies

of a few wonderful old images ~ accented by vintage watch faces!

These are both for my sweet DIL Emily ~ just to have in her home,

she picked out the photos herself.

These are very simple pieces but have a wonderful look.

This is the scrap of a very old baby quilt that I've been using lately.

And I do mean scrap too!

I would never cut an old quilt up if it didn't have gaping holes in it :)

Just look at the teeny stitches a wonderful woman made for a sweet new baby.

My joy is to create new items from these tattered old pieces.

This is a little experiment inspired by my dear friend Lisa ~

Just a couple of pieces of waxed paper, sewn together and what's packaged inside?

Dried petals and leaves....to preserve their beauty.

I aged it all just a little with an almost dry ink sponge and brown ink.

Here's a little "in progress" photo....

Lace is everywhere ~ I always lay pieces on top to see how I feel about them.

Can you tell that I love tons of lace and cruddy old stuff?

And here's the end result.

A new needle keep
(thank you Marie for buying my first one!)
just listed in my Etsy ~
using the antique baby quilt, a beautiful fragment of an embroidered hanky,

vintage lace and of course aged seam binding and old buttons!!

And you won't even believe this....

I was able to complete another piece as well!!!

A beautiful collage from an antique card ~ from 1905!

I used the actual card here because I just felt it needed to be in this collage.

Teal seam binding loopy fringe...antique lace...vintage sheet music.

A simple, sweet combination ~ in my Etsy store as well.

It never ceases to amaze me how wonderful I feel when I make something.

Whether or not anyone else likes it....

it. feels. wonderful.

Have a beautiful Wednesday my sweet friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn