Yummy good stuff.....

Lisa and I are kindred spirits.

We can't help it but we are!!

But that's what blogging will do for you....

bring kindred spirits together.

We were talking on the phone the other day and she pulled out

an old Home Companion mag and started talking about it

Well OF COURSE, I had the exact same issue!!

Oct/Nov 2003

Good grief girls, I loved this magazine so much...

why, just why is it gone????

Well she talked about Robin Brown's (Magnolia Pearl) feature.

It's absolutely beautiful.

I had to scan the pages in to share with you!

I know you will agree....

Lovely, right????

This was almost TEN years ago!

But still...still so beautiful.

Classic is classic.

It never leaves.

It never goes out of style.

It's not trendy.

It's always wonderful...ALWAYS!

I lied about my iPhone cases I'm working on.

I only have seven but they are going to be wonderful...

just wait.

Wishing you a beautiful Thursday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Thinking on these things....

Source: Country Living

I'm sure you've heard of Pinterest...right?

An incredible website designed for you to be able to "pin", save or bookmark

the wonderful things you've found on the internet.

PLUS, you can "pin" the neat things that others have found too!

There are so many great ideas on how to create things,

beautiful decorating ideas,

amazing artwork and on and on and on.

The minute I discovered the website I loved it!

I began pinning like a mad woman. There is so much wonderfulness

on the internet, I want to be sure to save all the great things I see.

Source: King Arthur Flour

You can take a look at all of my boards HERE if you'd like.

But there's one thing I've finally started checking when I start to

pin someone else's pin....does it lead to the ORIGINAL source?

I don't want just a photo.

I want to be able to go to the artist that created the artwork....

the website that created the tutorial....
the blog that gave that amazing recipe...

or the website that featured the gorgeous decorating.

So now, I find myself thinking, maybe I should back through my pinboards.

You know, to check for those links...but right now, I don't see that happening.

I do know that from now on I do want to make sure my pins have original links. 

So I can KNOW where the beauty came from....

I've found that I've received a good bit of traffic from Pinterest

to my blog, so I'm always happy when someone pins something

they find here...I always love welcoming new readers!!!

The benefits can be wonderful,

as long as the original source is drawn from.

Do you pin?

If you'd like an invitation (you have to request an invite

from Pinterest or have someone that already pins invite you)

just email me a sewmanyroses (at) yahoo (dot) com

I'll send you an invitation....

I'd love for you to join us!

Happy March and happy Friday angels!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Are you creative if......

You did laundry all day long so your family
would have wonderful smelling clothes
to wear on Monday morn and the rest of the week????



AND are you creative if....
you gave your twelve year old a trim
to his ultra-cool swingin' haircut
that you'd better not cut too much off
or you're dead????
(No, this is not my Noah but the hair is so similar :)


If the answer is YES then I had a wonderfully creative day Sunday!!!!


I have to share some beautiful with you though....
don't we all need just a little beauty
to get us through the day??


A snippet from a Magnolia Pearl shoot featured in a magazine ~
I love the simplicity of this window treatment...



Gorgeousness...



Lace is classic and ALWAYS beautiful, right?


Our oldest son graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design....
a photo I took from the beautiful cemetery in Savannah ~


The front porch of the antique store I used to own.....


Beauty is everywhere.

It inspires us,
it moves us,
and it always makes us smile ~


I hope you have a beautiful Monday precious friends,
hugs and love,
Dawn

Inspiration. is. everywhere...

Fall does this to me. I just want to do EVERYTHING....everything that runs through my mind, ideas I see, or books that I read....I want to accomplish so much ~ but I can only do what I can do, and that's OK. It really is. The tree below is from our back yard, can you believe that blue sky? Magical ~

A most amazing treasure arrived in the mail this week from Barnes & Noble. The wonderful Robin Brown of Magnolia Pearl has written a book chock full of her style, ideas and decorating. I know her style is over the top and I just LOVE it....trims, velvet and lace. If you love her style, you will LOVE her new book!! I've tried to give you a tiny preview below:

Another goodie in the mail! I'm scared!!! I've got to learn this though...the possibilities are endless!!

This is a totally crazy post, but look at what my son Brad found for me in a tree ~ not too high up but it was abandoned.....a giant nest!!! Maybe a squirrel's? Too big for the house but would be beautiful displayed on my front porch ~ I'll have to make a display with it as the centerpiece.

Enjoy your weekend sweet friends and thank you always for stopping by to see me!!

xxoo, Dawn