Book love....

I can't help myself, I love them!

Books, that is.

But mostly books that inspire my artwork, or in this case

organizing my studio.

I'd like to think I'm organized but in the end,

I don't think I am!

We could always be better, right??

Lisa told me that I would love this one and she was SO RIGHT!

I've taken a ton of pics to share with you,

and yes many are blurry, and not the best

but this is just to show you what's inside

and show you that you will love it too!!!

Enjoy ~

So.

What do you think???

Wonderful, huh????

And this is just a fraction of it...

I still need to sit down and really pour over it ~

Wishing you, my precious friends, a beautiful Thursday!!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

OK, please don't laugh....

I have been creating, I promise!!
But I can't show you the finished photos of my four art pieces
that I mailed off to Pam for her new book....
but I will show you a snippet of one ~
just because I am in love with the image!!

The image is from Mary's new image collections "Beautiful Women"
and it worked PERFECTLY for one of my projects ~
You can see and purchase your own set HERE.....

About eleven years ago I had my very first antique space
in a beautiful antique mall, Antique Griffin.
The owners have always been so wonderful to me,
as I would come and go until I eventually had my own antiques store.
I still visit their antique mall and continue
to buy so many wonderful goodies there.
The owner, Phyllis sent a box home with
my husband the other day for me.
She had been making her own collages and
decided she wasn't going to be making any more
and wanted me to have all of her supplies that
she'd gathered to use in making them!!
I just had to show you have amazingly generous she was!!!!

Such WONDERFUL goodies, I felt as though Christmas had come again!!!

Get a load of this shelf in my studio....
chock full of things....
things that don't having anything to do with each other
except for the fact that they are here, together ~

A few books ~

And this is what I don't want you to laugh about.....
we had "snow" last night!!!!
Enough for school to be cancelled today for Noah ~
I know it's just a dusting (there was ice too )
but we make a big deal out of even a flake!!!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend sweet friends!!
hugs and love,
Dawn

It's here!!!! Where Bloggers Create day!!

I'm so very glad that Karen of My Desert Cottage decided to do this!!
It really motivated me to organize and get a few things accomplished
that I've had in my head for awhile....

Just a little background if you've not been to my blog before, this room was formerly the garage of our house! One of our older sons lived with us for awhile and converted it into a room! It still has the garage door if it should need to be transformed back ~ which I'm hoping isn't in the near future because I've worked so hard turning it into my creative space!!

This wall is on your right as you step down into the studio ~

This is still on your right, my little sewing area ~

Don't you think this is a good place for the ironing board?
Right in front of the air conditioner!

An inspiration board filled with wonderful old things ~

My desk where I create!

One of the projects I was working on ~
a framed, cloth-covered board with beautiful ephemera pinned on....

I just couldn't cut this matelasse curtain panel so I draped it on the chair very carefully and placed a few little stitches here and there to form a slipcover for my office chair. The stitches are concealed by beautiful vintage buttons.

My comfy chair ~

The table in the center of the room is perfect for working on projects where I need a little more space ~

Just a little bit of fabric ~

And here we are back at the door going into the house!

I love being in this room ~ it truly soothes my soul. I'm surrounded by things I love and beautiful artwork so generously given to me by my precious friends.

I hope that you enjoyed the tour....
don't you want to come over and make something together?! :)

Please be sure to check Karen's blog, My Desert Cottage,
for a list of all the bloggers that are participating ~

Thank you always for stopping by to see me sweet friends,
wishing you a wonderful Friday ~

xxoo, Dawn