The sweetness in my life ~

Our boys are truly our blessings in this life!!!

I've scanned a few photos that I've shared on Facebook

and I thought I would share them with you here as well!

Our second and third born, David and Brad! Only two years apart and VERY animated!!!

They were about four and two years old here...now?

30 years old and 28. REALLY?

A sweet photo of David at the beach when he was just a wee little one.

A precious photo of our fourth born, Chase...he looks like he's up to something!!!

He's now just about to turn 24 years old.

A sweet photo of Noah, our baby who is now 17 years old...he was only about two here!

This is a photo of our oldest son Brent who was a mere 1 3/4ths year old checking out

his new baby brother David...in 1984.

My goodness ~ Brent is 32 and now David is 30.

A precious photo of Brent when he was only about four ~

Chase, our fourth born is such a sweet angel here and only a teeny toddler!

David and Brad. Exactly two years apart to the day!!! Discussing The Night Before Christmas....

And here is a much more recent photo taken just a couple of years ago...

Our beautiful babies!!!

I hope you don't mind me sharing my sweet sons with you ~

I've been looking through old photos
and just can't believe how fast the time has gone by.

Cherish the moments dear friends!!!!

A few scans for you from my sweet gifts from Lisa!!!!

Wishing you all a wonderful Friday and weekend!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Snippets of inspiration ~

I love sharing tidbits that just might inspire you...

so I've been looking through my computer files

to see what I think you may love.

Take a little look ~ and I do hope something will trigger your creativity!!!

First up...precious succulent gardens created inside glass jars...

aren't they beautiful?

And you and I both love antique baby photos....right?

Look at this angel ~

This one looks like two sweet sisters.

How funny that the oldest looks so confident and

the little one is just a bit unsure.

One of my favorite prints ever...

An old piece of artwork I created inside of an old wooden "in box"

One more piece that I created inside of a broken clock.

The clock itself was so beautiful...it needed a new life!

A sweet display in my last studio.

Artwork I made several years ago just using an 11" x 14" canvas
and a page from an antique photo album,
pages from a botanical book and dried flowers.

The smallest banner that I've ever made using round tags,

antique ledger paper, embossed napkins, snippets of old lace,
rusty bells and words that I printed out on my computer
and of course,

beautiful vintage buttons and seam binding!

And lastly ~

To inspire your longing for spring...a beautiful fern!!!

Happy Thursday my dear friends!!!!

Hugs and love,

Dawn

The beginnings of Christmas ~

I've discovered as I get older that I just don't have what it takes

to put up a big ol' Christmas tree and all of the decorations anymore.

Simple and small is perfect for now...and this little tree was just the ticket!!

I found this 3 ft. tree at w-mart and saw it in the display section, just 25 bucks!

It has red berries and tiny little pine cones wired onto the branches.

PLUS it was pre-lit too!!!

There weren't any in boxes so they let me purchase the floor display.

I loved that!!! It was already assembled and I just plopped it in my car

and then put it right onto my buffet in our living room!!!!

I've added a few bird's nests, burr oak acorns and some beautiful feathers...

I'm gathering a few things from the studio to add to it.

It's definitely a work in progress but I just love it!

ALSO in other news...OK now, don't faint.

I actually went junking a few weeks ago and I just have to share

the sweet things that I brought home!

This precious frame was priced so reasonably I just had to buy it!!

I haven't figured out what I'm going to put inside but no worries,

I'm sure I will!

The rest of my treasures?

A couple of beautiful antique photos and vintage buttons.

It was such a wonderful day spent with a precious friend.

Can you believe that I'm finally getting back to my organizer???

It has already been purchased by a dear friend and customer but

my mom and dad came into town for a week for Thanksgiving and

delayed my finishing it up. I'll be sure to share photos of the finished piece

in my next post!

Something else I've worked on recently....these little nested egg soaps!

I made these for my friend Lisa of Tarnished and Tattered,

she's having an antique sale and wanted to have some of our soap!!!

And this photo below is a recipe I saw on Facebook....they. sound....DELICIOUS!!!

One last photo to share ~

Our sweet granddaughter Clara with her cousin Brant at Thanksgiving.

They both had the best time playing together!

I scanned the wonderful antique photographs I found, just for you...

Just click to enlarge them and right click to save them to your own computer!!!

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

Wishing you a beautiful December weekend precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

A busy, busy bee!

Well, now I've moved on to soap!!!

We've got a ton of orders and we are doing some

SERIOUS catching up around here!!!

Just trying to squeak out a living and pay our bills...

I miss you when I don't post so I had to pop in and say hello ~

Thank you always for stopping by to see me dear friends!!!

Happy Tuesday angels,

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