Making my way back to the studio!

Now that our yard sale is over (and thank goodness for that!!!)

and some of our spring planting is finished,

I finally feel like I can get back to the studio!!!

Tammy was working on a few projects and noticed the beautiful

sunshine, sky and trees through our studio window.

I had to take a pic to share with you!!!!

The curtains are antique and sheer.

We have a string of pretty pearl garland draped on the rod as well.

The weird spiral thing you see is and old

store rack that I love.

I need to put all of my favorite antique baby dresses on it

but haven't gotten around to it quite yet!

And that's a dress form that I've pinned tons of stuff to.

I love looking at pretty things in the studio!!!

And our newest addition to the studio:

WONDERFUL task lighting so us ol' girls can see what we are doing!!!

I just love them. And our poor eyes needed them!

I'm trying my hand at button jewelry!

I've been wanting to do this forever and it seems like the perfect time

to give it a go!!!

So stay tuned sweet friends!

Hopefully I'll have some pretty pieces to put in my Etsy store soon.

Thank you always for visiting me here,

I cherish you all!!!

Hugs and love,

Dawn

A new angel in the making ~

I've started on another small, altered dress form

and thought I'd share

my progress so far!!

A friend on Facebook requested that I make another so....

if she doesn't choose to purchase her you know the angel

will end up in my Etsy store!

This is the dress form as I purchased it...

really pretty but you know me,

I've got to make it mine!

It stands about 17" tall, so it's a nice size ~

I painted a coat of gesso over the entire thing, from top to bottom.

Then painted a coat of Folk Art Antique White craft paint all over ~

Next...(sorry, I forgot to take a photo of this step)

I water down dark brown paint just a little, paint on layer on the stand

in sections, wiping the excess away with a damp rag.

I do this for the knob on top as well.

Next...I started digging through my old doll dresses and I begin to play!

I found this one and just LOVE the way it drapes on her!!

It's too long but there's something about that that I think looks ethereal...

I've cinched the dress around her waist with

seam binding but may add another layer of it

so I can have seam binding tails down the front ~

and added beautiful old millinery flowers.

She needs a pretty necklace, a Bible verse around her waist and of course

her angel wings!! So, we'll see ~ I'll be sure to share finished

photographs with you and if she ends up in the shop too!!

Thank you always for stopping by and for your sweet comments

on yesterday's post ~ you know I love you all!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Always sharing beauty...

Yes...my sweet friends...I am STILL working on the curtains and am
just about ready to throw them all in the burn barrel out back!

I do love them but I'm just SICK of them,
do you know what I mean?
I have so many other projects to work on
but feel that I need to finish these
before I can move on to other things.

So today I will share past pics with you and can
only hope that you love them and they make you smile!!!

I'll never forget the day I walked into my local thrift store

and walked over to the curtain section...and my eyes fell on this precious thing!!!!

I just about fainted!!!

It's only one panel but I didn't care ~ it truly made my heart sing!

I've never had the heart to cut it up, to turn it into something other

than what it is. I should just hang it like a piece of artwork....

I treasure old linens...

and always think of the time and effort

spent to create their loveliness.

I hope you have a beautiful Thursday dear friends!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Time for a little inspiration...

We took a field trip this past Saturday!

You know I LOVE junkin' but this was a little more like 'tiquin',

that's what Noah called it when he was little :)

We drove to Madison, Georgia to check out their antique stores ~

Here are a few glimpses of things that caught my eye....

See the sweet little ballet slippers? Yep, mine now :)

And I SO drooled over the tiny wash stand!

Do you think I could use these babies in some artwork?

This girl was about 80 dollars, had a bad eye but I still thought she was wonderful ~

I am SO in love with these colors:

This old leather chair was INCREDIBLE!

The old homes were so beautiful. I barely got a photo of this one going 45 miles an hour!!

And what did I end up with besides the precious ballet shoes?

THIS GORGEOUS BABY ENSEMBLE!!!!!

My hubby bought it for me....thank you so much sweetie ~

So what will I do with it?

Simply gaze at it's wonderfulness.....

I'm helping out at the soap shop again this week,

things are really hopping now!!!!

Wishing you a wonderful Monday precious friends ~
hugs and love,

Dawn