A sweet chubby bird &a great magazine find!

I have had this little bird on my mind for the longest time! I've wanted to draw out a pattern and try it and this is what I ended up with!! It's not perfect but I'm loving the chubbiness of it and what's so cool is that I added a river stone to the inside before sewing the opening closed so he's a bit weighted. I placed a little pin about where his eye will be but I'm thinking of decorating him now....maybe with a little vintage lace? I need to change the pattern just a little bit here and there but he does look like what I had envisioned ~ plus drop cloth fabric isn't perfect for EVERY project, it frays pretty easily and that's not good when working with small pattern pieces.

I wanted to share with you a really neat magazine I found today. Now, I'm not a big Martha fan as her look is a little to stark and mod for me as I love more of a romantic/cluttered :) look but this magazine is chock full of ideas for Christmas gifts! I bought it especially because of the lamb pattern! I love lambs and am thinking this one would be so precious for the grandbaby!! Oh and we find out in only TWO weeks if we're having a boy or a girl!

I hope I showed you enough to give you an idea of all that's inside. And to be honest, I don't even remember there being any ads in it at all!

Sharing neat magazines with your friends?

It's a good thing! :)

I hope you have a great Saturday,

xxoo, Dawn

From loving hands ~

I received the most precious mail love Monday. It traveled from far away to get here too . . . all the way from Denmark!!! And what a beauty she is, my little sea angel. My sweet friend Dorthe of Den Lille Lade sent her as a gift.

As I sat and studied her face and all of her beautiful details, I thought of Dorthe's loving hands making this artwork. And now here she is, in my home after traveling so many miles! What a precious gift . . . from Dorthe's hands. I just love her Dorthe. You are so sweet to send her to me and she will take a place of honor in my art room ~ My muse, the sea angel . . .

Many times I stop and look at my hands and thank God for them. They are the tools we use to prepare food for our families, brush our children's hair, fold clean clothes, decorate our homes, and also to create beautiful artwork. I don't ever want to take my hands for granted ~ they truly are a gift. So when you look at that pie someone brought to the picnic, or the freshly ironed shirt someone's wearing or even a sweet sea angel from Denmark, you can know in your heart, it was made with loving hands.

After the post office trip Monday with a laundry basked FULL of artwork going all over the place, I had to stop and see if there were any magazines that I've been missing out on. Well, the new Somerset Home is out and it is absolutely WONDERFUL!!! I've glanced through it but still need to do my slow-page-turning-soak-it-all-up looking at it.

The other magazine I found was the new issue of Holiday Crafts featuring some of Johanna Parker's creations! I love the vintage look of her items and have always wanted to make snowmen ornaments ~ I may have to give these a try!!

Have a great Tuesday!!

xxoo, Dawn