A little something pretty and a new addition to the family!

I recently found these beautiful old images or rather paintings

that I knew you would love!

They each have a wonderful ethereal look to them.

So far we've had a pretty quiet summer around here.

We did have a family reunion last month and I snapped this photo

of our precious grandbabies Clara and Murray!

I just love these angels.

I've made a little bit of handmade soap for a few birthday parties...

And have even been getting back to printing on fabric!

There's definitely a trick to it, getting the paper to feed into the printer correctly

and avoiding paper jams but the results are always worth the work.

I created several lavender sachets for a local French restaurant that has

a sweet shop attached. She really liked them!

I also have a few that are listed in my Etsy store if you'd like to take a peek!

Filled with approximately 1 full cup of fresh lavender buds and adorned with

a little bundle of seam binding and a vintage button of course!

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY ETSY SHOP

Another little tidbit of news from our farmhouse...

Our pair of diamond doves have a sweet baby!!!

Born just a few days ago.

We will see if it's sibling hatches too,

it was laid a few days after the first.

Neat, huh???

Thank you always for stopping by to see me!

I hope you are doing so very good ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

Simple stitches ~

I've made strawberry pincushions in the past but I had the bright idea

to make a few that were filled with lavender buds!

You can hang them on a knob or hook and enjoy their simplicity and fragrance.

I just finished this pair yesterday and they sold mighty fast!

I'm always thankful when someone spends their hard-earned money on

something that I've made!!!

I still wanted to share them with you here.

I post my items first on Facebook and

eventually I end up writing a post about them on my blog.

The photos make them look different but I guess it was because

there was different lighting everywhere I took the pics.

I really enjoyed sewing the simple French knots on each one.

AND....I splurged and bought myself two sweet diamond doves last weekend!!!

They are so calm, cool and collected and pretty too...

I just love them!!

I already had a huge black bird cage so I scrubbed it up and now

they are living here with us. Noah has named them some goofy names

from that movie Dumb and Dumber (Harry and Lloyd) and I just let him

but they know they are my sweet babies!

This past Saturday I finally went to Michael's!

I promise you, I haven't been in MONTHS...

Well, they have TOTALLY remodeled ours and it looks wonderful!

I found some gorgeous handmade paper that looks like a muted bronze,

a few seed beads for my next pair of lavender strawberries,

glue that my sweet friend Lisa turned me onto and

some beautiful teeny frames that would look gorgeous

on some artwork....good finds!!!

Another treasure that Lisa told me about...this magazine!

I found it at Walmart and have the first issue too.

This is the second issue and it's GORGEOUS!

If you see it on the newsstand, pick it up, thumb through it and see if you agree.

Now a few photos to share from our home.

This is the field right behind us and they just cut it.

They started baling the cuttings into those huge hay bales...

And here is the field beside us...all baled up and beautiful!

I have one last photo to share with you.

It was so beautiful here in Georgia last week, the temperature was even mild!

I was walking to my car and looked at the porch ~ I had to take a pic.

The giant magnolia tree out front is in full bloom, my ferns are very happy and

the front porch was just so pretty!!!

Thank you always, always for visiting me here!

I wish you a beautiful week and a productive one as well ~

Hugs and love,

Dawn