Staying very busy!!!

I promise I've been busy!!!!

I'm finishing up a few orders for dear friends and

will then start on some new goodies to sell ~

The post below is an older one but I just know you will love it!!!!

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When I've not been terribly productive over the weekend ~

I tend to look back at my past creativity, photographs and blog posts

to share with you and to inspire me too!

I have an inner desire to be creative ALL OF THE TIME ~

but being a wife, mama and mimi just doesn't afford me that luxury...

and truthfully, I would much rather have those blessings

that keep me from the studio

than to have all the time in the world to make stuff

A few photos that I love that I hope you do to!

Treasures:

I found this photo of my sweet little snow guys I made last year ~

these are from my little snowman tutorial!!!

A gorgeous sunrise ~ I have so loved living here at the farmhouse!

 Our tree last year....I hope our tree will be just as pretty this year!!!

One of my little mittens ~

Here's my first little elf shoe too!!!

Happy Thursday precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

Dear little fairy shoes...

I've been working on a few pair of

my little fairy shoes!

These are made of leather...one pair is cut from a antique ladies glove ~

Each pair is a little different from the other but

I'm so pleased with how they look!

This is how they started off looking after I put the basic pattern pieces together ~

both pair were blank slates ready for me to embellish them!

And here the are!

They will be sold as pairs, each pair with seam binding hangers so they can be displayed

hanging on a knob or hook...

I still have to add the seam binding to the last pair

so they should end up in my Etsy store sometime today ~

I always love the feeling when I make things...

Wishing you a beautiful Wednesday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

A thankful heart ~

As I thank the Lord each night in my prayers,

I am reminded of all the precious blessings He has given our family.

No, things are not always perfect around here,

and I don't share all that here....

but when you get down to the nitty gritty,

no matter how tough things get,

no matter how many trials and tribulations we have been through,

our family is truly blessed!!!

I created the image below just for you...

a quote straight from a Veggie Tales video

out little Noah (now almost 16 yrs old) used to watch!

I have to show you these beautiful elf shoes that

Beth of Gathering Dust created

using my little Elf/Fairy Shoe Ornament Tutorial....

she has a beautiful way of putting them together, don't you think?

I think they are just GORGEOUS!

And what have I been up to?

We had a precious house guest this past weekend...

Clara came to spend the night Saturday and helped me decorate our Christmas tree

and put out the Christmas village....we had the BEST time together!!!

I normally don't put the tree up before Thanksgiving but my parents

are coming into town this week and

next weekend will be so busy visiting with them ~ 

Here's the fruit of our labor!!!

Doesn't everyone have a Christmas village surrounding their TV???

It was the only available space I had and guess what?

Our precious granddaughter Clara didn't mind at all!!!!

She just loved helping me set it up and playing with it ~

These truly are the things that memories are made of.

I'm working on an order for ten rose petal sachets that has made the studio

smell like a beautiful garden!!!

And we're also working on TONS of soap orders as well ~

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!

I hope you are doing so good and
thank you so much for stopping by to see what I'm up to ~

Happy Monday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

On sharing creativity ~

One of the most wonderful things

about sharing your creativity,

as I do with my tutorials,

is that from time to time you get to see what others

have created using your instructions!

I had a sweet customer, Jeanne Marie, purchase

my little Elf/Fairy Shoe Ornament tutorial

and it wasn't but a few hours later that she emailed me

these wonderful photographs of her little ornaments!!!

I just love the different fabrics she used, different colors,

different stuffings ~ each one is so precious...

We had a couple of sweet visitors this past Sunday...

I just can't believe Murray is already one year old and

Clara is going on FIVE!

We had the best time with them...

Wishing you a wonderful FALL Monday sweet friends!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Looking back for inspiration ~

When I've not been terribly productive over the weekend ~

I tend to look back at my past creativity, photographs and blog posts

to share with you and to inspire me too!

I have an inner desire to be creative ALL OF THE TIME ~

but being a wife, mama and mimi just doesn't afford me that luxury...

and truthfully, I would much rather have those blessings

that keep me from the studio

than to have all the time in the world to make stuff

A few photos that I love that I hope you do to!

Treasures:

I found this photo of my sweet little snow guys I made last year ~

these are from my little snowman tutorial!!!

A gorgeous sunrise ~ I have so loved living here at the farmhouse!

 Our tree last year....I hope our tree will be just as pretty this year!!!

One of my little mittens ~

Here's my first little elf shoe too!!!

I hope you had a great weekend and wish you a wonderful week ahead!!!

Happy Monday precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn