Tiny fragments of nature under glass ~

I've been gathering tiny bits of nature for as long as I can remember.

It may be a small dried flower, acorn caps, twigs or moss,

it doesn't matter to me.

I think that they all are so beautiful!

I just finished a few specimen tubes filled with some

of these little natural elements.

The swirl of text embedded inside is simply a torn strip

from a very old botany book!

These tubes can be displayed hanging on a cabinet knob,

hook or even the switch of a lamp.

And of course, everything is more beautiful under glass!!!

All have been listed in my Etsy store now too!

And this little piece is finished too!

The glass jar measures a mere 4" high buy about 4" wide.

Gathered inside is a precious tiny nest with speckled eggs,

bark, moss and a sprinkling of other small nature elements.

I just love small things and this little nest assemblage turned out wonderful!

Also listed in my Etsy store ~

And one last little bitty thing.

This is a sweet hummingbird's nest that

was given to me by a friend and I simply adore it!

Wishing you a wonderful rest of the week dear friends and

thank you always for stopping by to see me!

Hugs and love,

Dawn

Welcome Spring!!!! And what's going on in my neck of the woods!

The older I get the more quickly time flies!

I'd always been told that but now I see how true it is.

Spring begins next week!!! EEEK! I simply can't believe it.

I so hope that life has been treating you well.

Things have been clipping along here in our old farmhouse

so I thought I'd share what's been happening around here.

The photo below is from a few years ago,

a sweet cardinal's nest in one of our shrubs.

The color of the eggs are beautiful!

And since my last post...

look at how big our precious grandson Owen is!!!

He's about to be three months old and

is such a happy baby...

he knows how much he is loved!

In other news ~

I'm not sure if you're on Facebook but I had the bright idea

to start a "Dawn's Studio De-Stash" group!

I've been going through EVERYTHING!!!

I thought I'd try to sell a few items as

my hoard had grown to GIANT proportions.

So....

why not sell to my friends?

If you'd like to pop over to Facebook and join,

I welcome you!

Simply request to join and I'll approve you.

I have no schedule but am constantly adding new things.

MY DE-STASH GROUP

Here's a sampling of items that have already been sold:

Neat, huh?

I'm still adding items to my Etsy too.

I have even made a few new things!

A couple of altered bears wearing wonderful vintage

doll clothes...and lace lavender sachets!

MY ETSY SHOP!

And lastly I'm almost finished with the guest room!!

Yes, I have been adding and adding more things

to the point that I believe it's reached maximum capacity!

I found these wonderful cones at Hobby Lobby for half price.

Only 7.00 each!!!

I knew they'd be beautiful on either side of the framed lamb print

over the bed.

Then I found a furry pillow cover at Hobby Lobby for half off as well!

I love it...it seems to remind me of lamb's wool.

I found a beautiful bookcase at Walmart for only 80.00!

Searching all over the house,

I gathered tons of old, raggedy books and placed them inside.

I'm so pleased with it!

Of course it's still a work in progress.

It's so much fun placing items inside.

I'll hang the thankful sign over the door going into the bathroom soon.

More botanicals!!!

Again, half off at Hob Lob.

I want to put them in the wicker cone below ~

My last project will be to finish framing FIFTEEN

of these beautiful herbarium pages!

I will hang them in three rows of five

opposite of the sheep and bed wall!

I can see it in my mind's eye already.

I'm puttying the corners of Dollar Tree frames

and spraying them with Kilz.

I found some wonderful text scrapbooking papers to place inside

as a backdrop. I'll be sure to share when finished!

WHEW!!!

Sorry for such a humongous post but it's been awhile!

I hope you are doing so good

and want to wish you a very Happy Spring

dear friends!!!

Hugs and love,

Dawn

Random goodness ~

We had a WONDERFUL Fourth of July weekend around here
I so hope you did as well!!!
Just a little swimming, cooking out and spending time
with our precious family.
I don't have too much to blog about but will always re-share
something I think that you may love to inspire you!

I sewed this little doll dress a few years back....and aged it as well.

Seeing this photo makes me want to make a few more!!

I wonder if they would sell in my Etsy shop?

Don't you just love beautiful old book covers?

This one was falling off of an old book I bought,

so I scanned it....click on it a couple of times to see how big it is!

 

I love, LOVE botanicals and tinted these

so they would be sepia toned ~

I still love them so...

The pic below is random but still thought it was good to share again ~

you all know I'm a freak for seam binding!
Don't forget to visit Zipperstop to buy your seam binding
and remember to tell Jeff that
The Feathered Nest sent you!!!

 Sweet old woman....

One of my favorite images....EVER!

And I'll leave you with a wonderful photo

I took of the antique store I used to own ~

this was the little bitty front porch all dolled up!

Those are gauzy curtains that are hung near each post.

See the "P" on the painted door?

It is one of those vinyl sticker things...neat idea, huh?

The shop was call The Plum Tree Antiques ~

sometimes I miss it but then again, I really don't...

it was fun while it lasted though!

Thank you always for visiting me here

and especially for your precious comments!!!

Have a wonderful Monday dear friends!

hugs and love,

Dawn