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

Small steps ~

Since moving to our new/old little farmhouse the first of October

well, really the middle of September....

I've not made much progress in decorating our new home!

I've been weeding out our stuff,
and trying to figure out what goes, what stays ~

I think we still have too much but I'll keep weeding.....

a true hoarder's promise, RIGHT??!!!!

I still have NOTHING on the walls and if only you knew how much

I have to hang...you would LAUGH your head off!!!

But I walked through the dining room today and thought

it didn't look too terribly bad and
I took a couple of photos to share with you.

I love this old place.....

can you see how much stuff I have crammed in that shelf????

You gotta love a hoarder just a little bit :)

BEFORE:

AFTER:

I hope to show you more of the farmhouse soon...

maybe even with something on the walls!!

Ellie likes the new digs pretty good herself!

Have a WONDERFUL Wednesday precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

The shades of old.....Inspiration Friday ~

I have so, so many things that inspire me...

It's REALLY easy for me to participate in Inspiration Friday

hosted by Debra of Common Ground!

As much as I love the pure white and cream decorating,
it's not very realistic for me :)

I do love having my cream guest room though!!!

My colors have always been the shades of old.

What are those, you ask?

Basically the colors of dirt.

No, really....the sepias, the sages...the antiqued rose....

THOSE are my colors.

With five sons you can certainly understand why!

Carol Hicks Bolton....the designer and past owner of Homestead in Texas

has always, ALWAYS inspired me as I love her style, 

her colors and her way

of loving all things old.

I appreciate so many different styles of decorating...

but THESE photos and Carol Hicks Bolton's style of decorating,

TOTALLY inspire me!!

Have a beautiful Friday precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn