Good stuff to share!!!

I'm so looking forward to this week....

Noah is out of school all week for "winter break" and

I'm just counting my blessings!!!

I can't help myself,

I'm a helpless night owl and that's just the way it is ~

I had a bit of a field trip this past Saturday!!!

The hubs and I headed down to Macon, GA (only about an hour from us)

to visit my favs...Barnes & Noble, Joann's Etc. and to see this new

"Antique" market that just opened up the end of last year.

Well, let me just tell you, they need not put the word "antique" anywhere at all

on their signage. It was totally a gift mart, decorative elements kind of place and

I was so disappointed. And their sign just SCREAMS old stuff, right???

I took a few pics of stuff that I loved and that DID look old

and I think we bought the two really old things they had in the place.

I never mind working in few new things to make the old stuff look fresh

but please don't claim to be an antique market when you are not.

What did we purchase?

Two of the most amazing old frames with old photos inside...

and the crazy thing???

They were only 37 bucks a piece!

I haven't decided what to do with them yet.

I really want to take them apart and create a couple of gorgeous assemblages

inside the bubble frames....but it makes me sad about the folks inside too...

But aren't they just wonderful?

 Inside Joann's...I thought this moss roll was so neat!!! And look at the little fern leaves....

I purchased a few yards of this precious soft, stretchy knit fabric

to make Murray a new swaddle blanket!

He loves to be swaddled and is now almost five months old....

I think it must make him feel secure and cozy.

But he now weighs 20 lbs (he's such a big boy!) and has outgrown

the swaddle blanket he has.....

I found a few purse patterns...I need to start making some instead of just buying patterns!

Cotton batting was half off...gotta have it then!

And of course, I need some wonderful moss...just in case I make a nature assemblage ~

Then we went on to Barnes & Noble and

I FINALLY found the Mollie Makes issue

that my studio is in!!!

It's a simple one page feature....

in the very, very back but I'm so proud and thankful!!

And while I was at it,

I purchased the British Country Living...

the issue was just beautiful!!!!!

Thank you always, always for stopping by to visit me!!!

Wishing you a beautiful Monday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Loving the texture...

I'm such a nut.

I admit it!

I had to run to Hobby Lobby and Michael's the other day

to pick up a few supplies and of course to spend my birthday gift card...

Well, I bought about 4 yards of muslin.

I love prewashing it before I use it

so I threw the long cut

of fabric right into the washer.

After it was finished, I pulled it out

and it had wrung itself into one long twisted piece!

No, I don't have one of those fancy front loading washers ~

ANYWAY,

I began to untwist it, but as I did,

I thought it was so beautiful!!!

I tossed it into the dryer and dried it that way...

If I need it straightened out I'll press it but

I've got to think of a way to use it this way too!!!

I'm restocked on lavender buds now too!!!

Now I can make a few more sachets with the beautiful graphics :)

Here's some sweet finds from Michael's...

See the paper in the back?

It's a Tim Holtz pad and it was on clearance for 7.99!!!

Those tiny boxes are small playing cards!

I thought they were cute and four boxes came in the package,

I've already given Noah one :)

The journal was five bucks and

I loved those aged metal eye screws for artwork.

And believe it or not, this tinsel trim was

in with all of their new spring stuff!!

I just had to get it...the roll alone was so beautiful

but I'm sure it will come in handy next Christmas.

Love these...they look so pretty on the sachets!

Love to use these on artwork...I've got to get busy and make something new!

Here are a few pics of the Tim Holtz papers ~

I recently made these angel wings for a special order...

And guess what???

The new issue of Mollie Makes is now available in the UK

with my little page featuring my studio!

My sweet friend Leigh, who writes for them, sent me a pic of the page in the mag...

it won't hit the newsstands here for a few more weeks or so.

Goodness, the studio looks like a wreck in these pics...

but they chose from large selection of photographs!

So....if you're new here from the magazine,

WELCOME!!!

I'm so very glad you dropped by and I hope you enjoy your visit!!!

Wishing you a beautiful Friday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn