I'm so loving this new chapter sweet friends!!!

This is the last artwork I created for a dear friend the end of this past September.

She was so pleased with it.

Thank you precious Mary for supporting my creativity dear friend.

I was closing up shop and preparing for a huge move to our new home.

And believe me.

IT HAS BEEN HUGE.

What has happened between then and now?

Caring for my precious grandbabies....

Look at baby Tilly, now 9 months old!!

REALLY?

Clara is 9 going on 10....Murray is now 6!!!

They love their baby sister so much!

Our middle son Brad sold our 2nd son David and his wife Heather their new home!!!

PLUS...they are expecting a new baby in May!!!!

Owen is going to be a big brother!!!

We are so loving that our family is growing.

And their new home is closer to us and is just beautiful!

My precious mother-in-law...Grandma Jackie had her 80th birthday party and

we all celebrated with her!!! Baby Tilly loves her as we all do!

Little Miss Ellie is so loving our new digs...

The gorgeous arrangement that sweet Tammy made for our holiday table this year...

These sweetie pies came to Trick or Treat in out new neighborhood too!!!

They had such a blast!

Our beautiful new front yard:

Don't you just love the blue fall skies?

The new studio in the making ~

Always remember ~

Life is like a chapter book!

Stay tuned for my next post...the new studio is going to be GORGEOUS!!!

Thank you always for checking in on me sweet friends!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Where Bloggers Create 2013!!!

It's that wonderful time of year again!!!
Time to share our creative spaces with everyone
for
Where Bloggers Create!!!

If you've haven't been here before,

my name is Dawn Edmonson

and I just love making things!

And of course, if you love to create,

you need great stuff to create WITH so...

As you look through my studio you may be thinking,

"good grief that girl knows how to cram 10 lbs in a 5 lb bag!"

Well, you're right!!!

Please enjoy looking around my creative space....

I can't wait to see yours too!!!

We live in a 1925 old farmhouse so you have to walk from the foyer through

my studio to the master bedroom...

you can see the foyer on the left side of the photo below ~

and on into the living room.

I've skirted the desk to hide more goodies,

cigar boxes, cardboard that I use in my artwork, etc.

The sewing table...

it is skirted as well, hiding more supplies :)

(See the master bedroom door frame on the right?)

You can tell I love buttons too!!!

I love sorting them by color...that way you can find what you need in a hurry!

I love, LOVE my seam binding supply...from my favorite store ever Zipperstop!

I truly believe that if you surround yourself with beautiful things,

treasures that inspire you...

it will truly nurture your creativity!

I love to store supplies in vintage train cases and suitcases...

each one holds something different.

One has all the supplies for soldering,

another has all my supplies for paperclay and sculpting,

and I have one that is filled with embellishments to use on

sachets, bottle brush trees, etc.

I've stored lace in several suitcases and have even started organizing it too!

I love using old furniture in my room...

this small whitevcabinet always makes me smile.

What's inside?

Tons of cards that I've purchased and blank cards to create with.

This is one of my published pieces of artwork...

I've kept most every piece that has been published ~

And doesn't everyone need a spare wedding dress to cut up for lace??

I love this tiny glass cabinet so much...

I think I've crammed so many treasures inside it's about to burst!!

Again...surround yourself with all that you love ~

Another published piece of artwork, an Advent Calendar that I made ~

I also love surrounding myself with my all of my precious friend's artwork!!!

Inside one of the train cases:

I've saved this gorgeous box forever ~ I'm not sure what it's original use was but

I've stashed tons of vanilla buttons inside.

More train cases and their contents:

I have lace stored in several of these suitcases and in the accordian file?

Different papers that I can use in my printer...

Underneath the skirted wire shelves that flank my desk...

Inside a few of the drawers too:

 I love my fabric stash so much...here's just a fraction :)

This is a tiny baby shoe pincushion that was one of my first published pieces!

The baby shoe pincushion on the left
was also published in the same article in Somerset Life!

I hope you've enjoyed my tour...
If you'd like to see a sampling
of some of my artwork and creations
just CLICK HERE for a few photos!

I can't wait to see everyone's creative spaces ~

It's so wonderful to see each and every one...
be sure to visit Karen's blog to see the amazing
list of everyone sharing their studios
for Where Bloggers Create!!!

Thank you so much for visiting me!!!
hugs and love,

Dawn