Sometimes I lose my way ~

It's true.

I lose my way, my juju, my muse and simply want to kick myself.

Do you ever feel that way?

I've been trying to look through books, magazines and Pinterest

to gain a little inspiration for creativity though.

Hopefully it will help!!

I do want to share something I made recently

and am still in love with it!!!

It has sold to a dear friend but I still wanted to

share it here.

It's quite simple really.

And old divided drawer or box...

I added gorgeous antique ledger paper pieces to the back...

Then added beautiful dried blooms and botanicals inside

each section, each one secured carefully.

The back has a hanger that applied to it and

a few silk strands have been added to the top.

Sometimes simplicity is beautiful.

I hope you're having a wonderful summer sweet friends, stay cool!!!

Hugs and love,

Dawn

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

Make something beautiful...it's soothing to the soul!

Creating beautiful things can be such wonderful therapy!

I've made a few pretty things lately and creating always soothes my soul.

A bird's nest assemblage on a tray and I'm making sweet

dried roses test tube ornaments!

All are listed in my Etsy store ~

Here are a few photos:

And this is the condition of my work table today!

So many different elements but I'm filling glass test tubes with

gorgeous dried roses.

This one is listed in the store...but I'm working on more.

Why does everything look so much more beautiful under glass???

Thank you always for stopping by to see what I'm doing!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Welcome back sweet muse!

It's funny how our creative muse works (or doesn't!)

Seems mine's been on break for quite awhile but

is slowing returning!

I think it may be the changing of the seasons.

Fall is my very favorite and it always brings creativity!

So, in returning to blogging a little more often,

I thought I'd share a few projects that I've recently finished.

First, I've altered a beautiful bottle that I've had for years.

Yes, years.

It has beautiful lines and I finally decided it was time

to give it a facelift!

I've used wonderful wedding lace and even a piece of the back

of a vintage wedding dress to feature the gorgeous satin buttons.

Of course I had to add my favorite seam binding and

even a vintage rhinestone pin.

The French label is a favorite of mine and suited it perfectly!

The small ruffle under the satin button section is actually

the wrist section from a vintage sheer glove.

Yes, I cut it to pieces. But I only had one and now it looks

so pretty on the neck of the bottle.

It would look beautiful displayed in a bathroom or on someone's dresser.

I've added it to my Etsy store if you'd like to take a peek!!

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY SHOP!

I also finished a few pressed flower bookmarks!

These have already sold but I plan on making more.

I have a huge phone book FULL of pressed flowers!

I'm sharing the photos below because I simply love drying flowers.

They are beautiful to me alive or as they dry!

And lastly, this girl.

Thelma seems to love my new throw and has claimed it as hers!

Next up?

I'm going to alter a few apothecary jars!

I'll be sure to share as soon as I'm finished ~

Thank you always for visiting me here!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Beautiful roses...wonderful finds!

The day before the yard sale weekend before last,

a sweet college friend came over for a sneak peek preview

and ended up visiting with us most of the evening...

we had the best time catching up!!!

Don't you love friends like that?

No matter how much time passes,

you always just pick right up where you left off ~

You may remember that she was so generous

and created the sweet arrangements for Emily's baby shower for me!

Tammy owns her own flower shop, One Rose Florist in Jonesboro, GA

and showed up with a gorgeous bouquet of roses for me!!!

They were fading this past weekend so I clipped them off to dry...

I love them just as much now as I did when she gave them to me!!!

Appreciating the beauty at every stage....

I made a little trip to Michael's this weekend and found several treasures!

You know I have to share with you so here's a look....

In the jewelry section I found a whole new batch of Industrial Chic products and these

gorgeous Rhinestone looking pins had to come home with me!!!

Don't you love their dollar section??

I found these sweet Mary Engelbreit cards and this pen!

The pen ended up being only .01 cent!!!!!

Of course I had a 40% off coupon and applied it to this big ol' pack of Creative Paperclay ~

I've had the hankering for a LONG time to work on an art doll...

I'm still trying to muster the courage though!

I'm such a freak and don't want it to look like a hot mess ~

And FINALLY my Michael's had this perfect flesh color of Martha Stewart paint...

 

And I found the latest issue of Somerset Life...it is BEAUTIFUL!

So it came home with me too.

And the crazy thing? They already had some of the French General line on clearance

so I scooped up this wonderful ribbon...

 

Lisa gave me some French General fabric for my birthday a while back

so I thought the ribbon would look perfect with it!

Maybe for a few lavender sachets?

And lastly a new Etsy listing!

This piece didn't make it into the yard sale

because, well...

it's too pretty!!

Click HERE if you're interested ~

I always feel like I don't thank you ENOUGH.

For taking the time out of your busy day to visit me

and to see what I'm up to ~

Thank you so, so much!!!

Wishing you a beautiful Monday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn