Forgotten lace, old buttons and humble fabrics ~

I'd been wanting to get back into the studio and

put together a single treasure pocket similar to my large ones...

and I FINALLY did!

It's funny how I drift away from making things for awhile but then

when I get back to it, I love is SO MUCH!

Here's the first one that I made...it's sold but I still wanted to

share it with you. I even stuffed it with a few of my own treasures too.

A roll of sheet music, antique baby photograph, rhinestone pin, an old baby shoe

and a teeny bundle of vanilla roses. It's simple really, but you get the idea.

I stuffed the bottom of the pocket with sewing pattern tissue

to lift the items up but it could easily just be filled with even

more goodies!

I'm also finishing up another Treasure Pocket Organizer.

These take time, just because I want each piece of lace, each button and

their placement to be just right (well, in my mind anyway!)

This one is sold as well but it's fun to see in-progress photos.

Sweet old lace, pressed and waiting for a new purpose...to be even more beautiful!

More lace stash...you really have to have a ton of stuff to make pretty things, I mean it!

You can't create without a wonderful supply to choose from.

And guess what else has been going on around here?

This precious girl...

this sweet baby, our granddaughter Clara started FIRST GRADE

this past Monday!!

She's so excited!! But I'm sure, since it's Friday and

this was her first week back, she'll be exhausted tonight.

And don't worry about our kids starting back so early ~

Every six weeks, they get a full week off AND two weeks at Christmas!

It's a great schedule and works out so well for the students and the teachers.

AND this goob...our sweet baby Noah...

now 17 years old, started his SENIOR year of high school!!!

And what's funny? This is a photo from last year.

He's growing his hair out and has a BEARD!!!

WHAT?

Someone at school told him yesterday, "Hey man, you look like Jesus"

HAHA! I told Noah, what a compliment!

Where has the time gone?

I hope you're having a wonderful summer and staying cool.

You realize we will blink and it will be Fall!

Thank you always, always for stopping by to see me ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

Just playing around ~

I'm about to start working on a few more treasure organizer orders

but took the weekend off and have been playing around with some

of my new Waverly Chalk Paint!

You'd think I was their spokesperson but I promise, I'm not.

I just love that it's cheap, right here in town

and that there are beautiful shades to choose from.

I found these sweet baby shoes at the thrift last week and thought they would be PERFECT

to experiment with using the new Waverly chalk paint I found at wallyworld!

I mixed half of the "ballet slipper" shade with half of the "plaster" shade to come up with

a beautiful pink to paint them with.

Ohmygoodness...it dried like VELVET!

I just love the finish!! I need to give them a coat of matte varnish but think

the pink is just beautiful. These will end up being pincushions.

I'm sure I have some sweet little roses fabric to fill them with!

I also found these chubby little resin birds at the thrift last week.

The colors were too loud for me so I thought I try the chalk paint on them as well.

Here they are after one coat of the shade "plaster"....I haven't decided if I'll antique them or not, we'll see.

Here's one of the finishing coats they offer...I love a matte finish so it's the first one I purchased.

So...now every time I visit Walmart I go by the display to see if there's another shade I like!

Here's my latest purchase..."crystal" I love the beautiful pale blue-gray shade!!

Our precious granddaughter Clara went fishing with her daddy this past Saturday

and caught FOUR fish!!! She was so proud and she even told me that she now

has a fisherman's thumb! When you take the fish off the hook and your thumb comes

in contact with the fish teeth I guess your thumb gets tough??? Sweet, sweet girl ~

And I wanted to share a photo of our sweet grandson Murray.

I watched him last week when his mama and Clara went to the library.

Here he is watching trains from our front porch...he LOVES them!!!

We are only about 500 feet from the tracks so he was in heaven ~

Wishing you a beautiful spring week dear friends!!!

Thank you always, always for visiting me ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

Almost finished...

I just gave out of steam!

I've been working on a few special orders and almost, almost finished

them but finally had to call it quits for the night...

A few precious babies I've given to you in the past

to use in your artwork

click a couple of times to save the largest size:

My pile of sweetness that I almost finished ~

several lavender sachets and even one needle book (not pictured)

These just need a teeny bit more embellishment and

they will be ready to go!

I just love using the wonderful old lace that I've collected over the years...

it's so beautiful and deserves to be enjoyed.

Wishing you a beautiful Wednesday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Coming soon...

Well, looks like Emily will be induced
Wednesday morning at 7:30 am...

unless something happens before then!!

Oh well, guess we have to wait a little bit longer....

I would so love your prayers
for a easy delivery,

healthy baby and mama!




 There's not much else new going on around here...
just waiting to meet
our new gift from Heaven!!!

Wishing you a wonderful Tuesday dear friends,
hugs and love,
Dawn

A precious find ~

I had a little dental thing to go to today ~

well....maybe not so little,
but I DID IT!

I didn't want to ~

but I finally did.
And I'm not quite finished but will be soon :)

Anyway, after the appointment I went to a local antique mall

and found the most precious little girl photograph for you!!!

Here she is ~

Maybe you can use her in your artwork?

She is absolutely so adorable to me!!!

Have a beautiful Tuesday sweet friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn