Today marks TWELVE YEARS for this little blog!

Can you even believe it??
February 11, 2007 I posted my very first post here.
I know I don't post as often anymore,
seems folks love Facebook and Instagram right now.

Blogging has become outdated but
truth-be-known,
I've met the most precious friends here!!!

Thank you always for visiting me and following
my life, my journey and my art.
And so, to celebrate I'll will actually POST today!!!!
HAHAHA!!!




I'm in love with all the precious birds in our new neighborhood!

It's an older neighborhood so the trees are huge and so we have

tons of different birds and other visitors too!

Even chubby squirrels ~ I'm sorry, I just love them!

I had hamsters when I was young and they remind me of them!

I started off with this lame bowl full of birdseed on the back deck

but after a heavy rain it instantly became soup!!!

I can see this sweet feeder from my computer so you know I love it but
something had to change.

I found this covered feeder at Wallyworld for only about 20 bucks.

Now, that's much better!!!

After days and days of rain in Georgia, it was so great to see the blue sky again!

We finally emptied our storage unit and put our leather furniture in the living room.

I'm so loving it all and very thankful for our boys who made it happen!

And guess what???

The studio is FINALLY taking shape and is looking wonderful!

Here's a sneak peak and I promise I will share more photos later.

The new studio is already inspiring me!!!

When you see all of your beautiful supplies, you are

reminded of the cool ideas that you had while buying them!

I can't wait to get back to creating but I have a bit more to unpack.

Says every hoarding artist!!!

But what I say is you can't create without supplies...

the more you have, the more you have to draw from.

Wishing you a sweet Valentine's Day dear friends!!!

You know I love you all ~

Dawn

Where has the time gone sweet friends?

I just realized something.

Tomorrow,

Wednesday, February 11th, 2015

I have been blogging for

EIGHT YEARS!!!

AMAZING...AMAZING!!!

My first blog post was on February 11th, 2007.

I share one little photo of our bedroom...

I was so proud of it!

Here it is:

Can I just tell you how wonderful it's been?

I have "met" so many precious friends

through this little blog.

Friends who've been with me through this entire journey even!

I've shared so many projects, things I've made and ideas as well.

Thank you so much for being there for me!!!

Thank you for visiting and cheering me on ~

I've been little lazy lately and haven't posted very frequently

but really do plan on getting back in the groove!

I already feel that 2015 is going to be a wonderful year

filled with goodness and promise.

I found a few Valentine's Day images to share!

I have a few projects in the making.

I'm working on a couple of treasure organizers!

One is a special order for a baby nursery and the other

will be up for sale in my Etsy shop when it's finished.

I still haven't gotten around to those needle books though!

I need make a tutorial for those because they make

such sweet little gifts...

Thank you again for visiting me here,

always for your kind comments

and for caring about what I'm up to!!

Happy Tuesday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Celebrating Seven Years of Sharing!!!

I can't even believe it!

February 11th was my seven year blogging anniversary!

Seven years of sharing my home,

family,

feelings,

creativity,

accomplishments,

discoveries and

basically

my life!

What a gift this little ol' blog has been.

I've made some of the most precious friends here.

And they are all around the world!!!

How amazing is THAT?

I always loved the idea of pen pals and blogging

has made it possible to have so many.

Some years have been better than others.

We all know that sometimes all that goes on

in our lives can prevent us from keeping up with our blogs.

But as a whole, I'm still so happy blogging.

I love sharing and love my friends here so much.

Thank you always for taking the time

out of your busy lives

to stop by to see what I'm up to!!!!

Here's to many more years of blogging

and sharing all that I love ~

Happy Wednesday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Let's celebrate my FOUR years with a GIVEAWAY!!!

Yep.
FOUR years of blogging!
And what a wonderful four years it has been!!!!!
These years have been filled with so much goodness...
Almost 1600 posts of
creating my heart out,
sharing my loves and life
and the best thing of all???
Making so very many AMAZING friends!!!!

You've touched my life in ways you'll never know,
inspired me and encouraged me,
thank you SO MUCH!

So to celebrate four years of blogging,
I would love to have a giveaway
with FOUR prizes!!!!

 I will create a sweet piece of art in the next few days
for the FIRST gift.
I'll add the photo here too :)

Next, I would love to give away a copy of

Pam Carricker's new book

Art at The Speed of Life
for the SECOND gift.

I wrote a little about blogging (surprise, surprise!)

and how much I love it ~

my heart artwork is featured on this page...

I'm sure you'll recognize a couple of my other pieces below as well ~

Pam did such an AMAZING job on this book...I think you are going to love it too!!

There are wonderful techniques shared and so much great advice on

how to fit creating art into your busy life.

I'm so honored to be included with all of the other artists inside...

thank you very much Pam!!!




For the THIRD and FOURTH giveaway winners
I would love to offer you two tutorials from my
Lessons from The Nest store!!!!

Simply leave me a comment on this post!!

And please leave me your email address if you

should not have a blog.....

The giveaway ends next Friday, Feb. 18th at 6:00 pm EST!!!!

Thank you for four wonderful years
of blogging precious friends!

Happy Friday and wishing you a great weekend ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

Where has the time gone??

Lately I've been going back to some of my very first blog posts ~

I can't believe it's been four years already!!!!

Just a glimpse at a few of pieces of my artwork
along my blogging journey.....

Below is a re-post from April of 2007!!!
I'll be celebrating my FOUR YEAR BLOGIVERSARY February 11!!!!
I've been looking back at some of my very first posts and can't believe all that has happened in the last four years ~ and best of all?
I've been able to share it all with you!!!
And what an honor, too.
For you to take the time out of your day
to see what's happening in my simple life......

I truly am honored that you visit me!!!

Here's the blog post from April 6th, 2007:

My little addition to the potluck today is a very easy recipe that many of you may already know about but I cooked it for my family last night and not a teeny tiny speck was left!

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

• 2 reg. sized cans of Veg-All
• 2 reg. sized cans of Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1/2 tsp of Pepper (adjust to your taste)
• 1 chicken cooked and cut into bite-sized pieces
• 1 box of refrigerated Pie Crusts

Mix the first four ingredients in a large bowl. Spray an 8 x 8 pan or casserole dish with cooking spray (I used a 9 x 13 in the photos) and lay out one of the pie crusts. Then place chicken mixture on top of this crust. Place the other crust on top, tucking in around all edges. Slice top to allow steam to escape. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until browned on top. Serve to your sweet family!

I've shared so many different things here on my blog...

even the ol' chicken pot pie recipe!!!

Have a great Monday dear friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn