Snippets of inspiration ~

I love sharing tidbits that just might inspire you...

so I've been looking through my computer files

to see what I think you may love.

Take a little look ~ and I do hope something will trigger your creativity!!!

First up...precious succulent gardens created inside glass jars...

aren't they beautiful?

And you and I both love antique baby photos....right?

Look at this angel ~

This one looks like two sweet sisters.

How funny that the oldest looks so confident and

the little one is just a bit unsure.

One of my favorite prints ever...

An old piece of artwork I created inside of an old wooden "in box"

One more piece that I created inside of a broken clock.

The clock itself was so beautiful...it needed a new life!

A sweet display in my last studio.

Artwork I made several years ago just using an 11" x 14" canvas
and a page from an antique photo album,
pages from a botanical book and dried flowers.

The smallest banner that I've ever made using round tags,

antique ledger paper, embossed napkins, snippets of old lace,
rusty bells and words that I printed out on my computer
and of course,

beautiful vintage buttons and seam binding!

And lastly ~

To inspire your longing for spring...a beautiful fern!!!

Happy Thursday my dear friends!!!!

Hugs and love,

Dawn

Because I know you love what I love...

I have to share this goodness with you!!!

A dear family member of ours has been doing a little purging

and gifted me some of the MOST. GORGEOUS. LACE. EVER!!!

She's given me some lace before as her brother and his wife

used to make heirloom Christening gowns.

She inherited the lace and has now passed it on to me!!!

I feel so honored and also am totally inspired

to create beautiful things with it!

Please just take a peek at this sweet basket full...

Also, I wanted to share with you

what I do to my baby shoes

when creating little baby shoe pincushions.

You can find my tutorial in my Etsy store but

when the shoes are really scuffed and quite worn,

I like to give them a coat of matte or flat paint

to give them a fresh look!!

Believe it or not, I had purchased a Benjamin Moore color sample

a few years ago, in Manchester Tan, and have been using it!!!

It's such a pale, neutral khaki and looks so beautiful on the shoes.

Who knew?

Using house paint to refresh tiny baby shoes!!

I finally feel like I'm getting back into my groove...

and I'm also kinda glad that I've been procrastinating on making a few

more memory organizers because NOW I have a great new

supply of lace to choose from!!!!

Happy Tuesday precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

Beautiful ferns ~

I just love them!

I found a few prints at the thrift and scanned them in for you ~

they're not the best scans in the world but maybe you can

use them in some way?

Click to enlarge to the largest size and save to your own computer.

They so remind me of spring!

Happy weekend angels!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Sharing wishes of Spring!

It's been a terribly cold winter here in Georgia and
it seems I can't stop thinking of longer, warmer days to come.

So I thought I would post a few pretty images of Spring to cheer us all up!

I so hope you are cozy and warm on this February day...

Spring is coming, I promise!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Happy Valentine's Day sweet friends!!!

I'm having a little VALENTINE'S DAY SALE!!!

50% OFF EVERYTHING in my shop for three days only...

Sale ends Monday night, Feb. 16th.

Simply type LOVEYOU in the Coupon Code box

when checking out to receive 50%

your entire purchase!!!

Click HERE to visit the shop!!

hugs and love dear friends,

Dawn

Where has the time gone sweet friends?

I just realized something.

Tomorrow,

Wednesday, February 11th, 2015

I have been blogging for

EIGHT YEARS!!!

AMAZING...AMAZING!!!

My first blog post was on February 11th, 2007.

I share one little photo of our bedroom...

I was so proud of it!

Here it is:

Can I just tell you how wonderful it's been?

I have "met" so many precious friends

through this little blog.

Friends who've been with me through this entire journey even!

I've shared so many projects, things I've made and ideas as well.

Thank you so much for being there for me!!!

Thank you for visiting and cheering me on ~

I've been little lazy lately and haven't posted very frequently

but really do plan on getting back in the groove!

I already feel that 2015 is going to be a wonderful year

filled with goodness and promise.

I found a few Valentine's Day images to share!

I have a few projects in the making.

I'm working on a couple of treasure organizers!

One is a special order for a baby nursery and the other

will be up for sale in my Etsy shop when it's finished.

I still haven't gotten around to those needle books though!

I need make a tutorial for those because they make

such sweet little gifts...

Thank you again for visiting me here,

always for your kind comments

and for caring about what I'm up to!!

Happy Tuesday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn