Treasures FOUND sweet friends!!!

They may be small...but that's what I LOVE!

After owning my own antiques store and hauling big pieces of furniture

in and out of the shop, I so enjoy that now the treasures I search for

are really quite small and lightweight!!

I was able to smash all of these goodies

into my little carry-on suitcase

that I took and brought home from Waxahachie!

Here we go....

first, look at this amazingly old ink pad I found!

I don't care what's inside,

and I know it's all dried up but just look at

the incredible GRAPHICS on the case!!!!

This is my haul from the Petticoats on the Prairie show...

and a few goodies from the antique shops in Waxahachie too!

Precious vintage ear bobs from my sweet friend Troy...

I bought these photos for you...I promise I will scan them in and give them to you soon!

And I just love this wonderful bookmark Lisa found for me!

I have a thing for teeny, tiny buttons...

And look at these wonderful velvet leaves Troy and Rod had....

I think I was foaming at the mouth

when I found these!

Plus they had a wonderful doll clothes pattern too!

Troy knew right away that I would love it and pulled it out

of a bin for me ~ how cool is that?

I have fallen in love with velvet boxes.

This is a small one...but oh-so-pretty ~

Here are my purchases from The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie ~

They were so kind to host our Paper Cowgirl classes....

The metal tags will be perfect embellishments for my artwork,

and just look at the vanilla velvet ribbon....

Gifts from my precious friend Lisa....she so knows what I love!

And last, but certainly not least,

look what I found at the W-mart in Waxahachie....

Blue ticking and TAN ticking too!!!!

I HAD to get a couple yards of each :)

Well, that's my haul sweet friends!

I do have one little bitty thing coming with my tools

that Lisa shipped home for me and
I'll be sure to show you as soon as the package arrives ~

And just a little reminder....

If you'd like to create your own little Peat Pot Baby,

my Peat Pot Baby Tutorial is now in my shop!!!

Just click HERE to purchase for only 5.00 ~

I love the hunt but what I love more is THE FIND!

Wishing you an AMAZING Thursday dear friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

Create along with me!

Today I finally teach my class!!!

I gathered all the goodies, packed them all,

then shipped them all here and guess what?

I also created a new tutorial for my sweet Peat Pot Nest Baby!

Would you like to create with us?

Just click over to my tutorial shoppe HERE

and you can purchase the new tutorial for five bucks!

I'll be out of pocket for a few hours this afternoon but

will be checking in later to email you your tutorial purchase ~

let's make something beautiful together!!!

Have a WONDERFUL Thursday precious friends!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Still making stuff....I can't help myself ~

I really can't you know....

I'm making a few gifts for my precious students

who've been brave and purchased a seat in my class.

Out of twenty seats I sold twelve ~

and for my first teaching at Paper Cowgirls,

I am so honored to have had them choose my class!

This is just the project in the beginning stage but I had to show you something.

Do you recognize what I used on the binding???

Remember this stuff I found a Hob Lob in their Easter section?

It worked PERFECTLY as a binding on these journals....

I'm actually using my own altered composition notebook tutorial for these ~

I love turning something so completely ordinary into something special!!!!

Wishing you an amazing Tuesday dear friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

An old friend . . .

That's what this wonderful project is ~

an old friend to me.

I created my very first baby shoe pincushion

when I first started my blog

and have always loved them!

I even made a tutorial for them too!
They also were my very first published artwork ~

I had a special request to create one for a customer and did just that.....

here's the little sweetie:

I dig in my button jars to find just the right jewels to adorn these.

Simple in design but that's the point....not to be too much, you know?

Makes me love my buttons all the more ~ just to have something to choose from.

So while I'm creating this little guy, I ran across a few more lost treasures....

Lone little baby shoes I've collected just waiting to be something more than an afterthought ~

These little treasures are lost and forgotten ~

isn't it wonderful that we can transform them into something pretty?

I have such a love for cast offs ~
I just can't help myself....


Wishing you a wonderful Thursday precious friends!
hugs and love,
Dawn

Christmas time at the farmhouse ~

My precious daughter-in-law Emily is quite the talented photographer!!!

I was busy wrapping so many gifts and Clara was my precious little elf...

taking the gifts to the tree and placing them ever so carefully!

Emily, Brent and DH (dear husband) have a big soap order they're working on

but during a break Emily took a few pics around the farmhouse ~

I told her I was so very thankful because I needed some great blog fodder!!!!

Here is our view at sunset this time of year ~

the leaves are gone but it's still so beautiful.

This pic is earlier in the day but so beautiful ~ across the street from the house :)

See our mailbox?

The snowbird I created for my sweet snowbird tutorial ~

She hangs in a tiny artificial boxwood topiary.

Little peeks at our Christmas tree ~

I've inserted the prettiest glittered up stems!

They have that vintage look to them....

And look what arrived today!!!!

I won the most wonderful giveaway from Becky at A Wing and a Prayer...

A handmade santa that she created!!!!

I'm so in love with him....he sits center-stage on our mantle now!

And Becky included the most precious ornament too ~

Thank you so very much sweet Becky,

I am so honored to own your wonderful creations!!!!

A vintage-feel sign that I saved from some I used to sell in the antique store ~

Our front porch light ~

Curly ivy I purchased at Lowe's that's sitting on the iron set on the front porch ~

Since my ferns are on their last leg, I thought maybe I could plant ivy

in their hanging baskets!

We'll see how that goes....I'll probably kill them :)

Our wonderful old, bare pecan trees...standing beautifully in a row.

A shy, little girl concrete statue standing in our front flower bed ~

(mind you, the bed needs a little cleaning!)

And I'm STILL wrapping gifts too!!

When you have five kids....and add on the fact that our family is growing ~

there are a LOT of gifts to wrap!

Thank you so much Emily for taking these pics today

so I can share them with my sweet friends ~

Wishing you a wonderful Tuesday!!!
hugs and love,

Dawn

A little Christmas giveaway just for you!!!

By little I mean this tree is quite tiny!!

I've decorated it with small vintage beads...

a little ripped seam binding for the garland,

pieces of vintage jewelry and

of course I had to add a sweet banner!

The tree was painted a very creamy white and then

sparkled up with ultra fine clear glitter and

just a touch of silver glitter too!

I found the perfect silver candle stand and glass cloche
to display this little sweetie too....
you'll get it all!

Please simply comment on

THIS POST

To win my little tree under glass ~

If you do not have a blog

PLEASE type your email address in with your comment....

I will choose a winner Sunday evening, December 18th then

maybe I can pop it in the mail for you to receive before Christmas!!!

Another little gift for you....

I found these sweet Christmas botanicals on

Kelly's blog Dreaming of Vintage and turned them into tags too!

Be sure to look at my last post on how to save these in the

largest size possible!

One more little thing ~

I've got to show you the most precious snowman!!!

Teresa of Magazine Your Home

purchased my little snowman ornament tutorial

and ended up created an entire body for her little guy!

Just look at his chubby sweetness:

So are you getting stuff done?

Don't put so much pressure on yourself....

remember what doesn't get done, doesn't matter!!!

I love you all so much dear friends,

Happy Thursday,

Dawn