Just for you ~

A simple post for you today...filled with pretty images ~

Take what you want, I love to share:

Have a wonderful Tuesday my sweet friends!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

New handmade goodies!

First, a few fern images ~
I love ferns...I love MY ferns!

I have four on the front porch and LOVE it when

they are full and lush....

Can you tell what they are?

iPhone cases...in progress!

I used canvas drop cloth fabric, tan and cream ticking and

warm and natural batting sandwiched between.

All have been laundered and pre-shrunk, so that's a good thing!

The pic below is BEFORE embellishing ~

Here are the AFTER pics!

I only made two, just testing out the fabrics and style ~

Just listed in my Etsy....I think I'd like to make more of these!

They were really fun and now that I have the method

down pat, it will go faster next time, don't you think??

Today we will attend the mini graduation
of our youngest son, Noah, from middle school
to HIGH SCHOOL!!
Plus it's the last day of school for Noah for the summer
YAAAAY! For him AND me!!
Being the night owl I am,
believe me, it's a good thing :)

 

Have a wonderful Friday precious friends!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Before and After....and of course lovely images!

I've been digging through all the photos on my computer!

I was just looking around,

and you know what?

I've been a busy girl these last five years!!!!

Good grief ~ I'm tired just from looking at it all....

and of course it's all documented here on my blog.

I wish so bad I could afford to create a book of my blog....

five years, 1900 posts.....

boy, it would cost a fortune, don't you think?

Here are a few gorgeous images for you:

To save the LARGEST size of my images:

Right click on the image.

Left click "OPEN LINK IN NEW WINDOW"

Then....Left click the image AGAIN.....
you will now have the FULL SIZED IMAGE.

Now you can right click it to "save image as"
and save it to your own computer.

The two images below always, always take my breath away!

I have got to make something from them soon ~

One last little thing ~ while looking through all the old photos,

I ran across the piece that I just created my artwork in!!!!

Here is the before (on the left) and the after (on the right)

I painted the entire frame because the distressing was too manufactured
for me and the color was just too white for my taste.

Now it's painted a creamy ivory and

I did end up sanding just a tiny bit off
here and there....

Thank you so much for stopping by to see me!!!!
I treasure your comments.....

I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday sweet friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

My tricky muse ~

Thank you for being so kind to me on my last post ~

I wanted to experiment to see if I could make a short video

with my simple point and shoot camera and it worked!

Yes, it was very amateurish and I definitely need to place my

camera a little higher so my forearm isn't front and center but

for only one take, it was OK.

Did you notice the stacks of needle books I've been working on?

I have been AWFUL about finishing them!!!!

Just dragging the task out, day after day,

I should be knocked in the head.

Sometimes it seems I sabotage myself....

trying to create SO MANY of one item.

It always, always, always shuts me down!

What is wrong with me?

But I thought, I need to make six, why not make 24?

And when it all becomes like an assembly line it

just doesn't feel creative at all ~

Hopefully I'll finally finish this massive batch of needle books

today and have them listed in my Etsy OR maybe they'll just trickle in,

who knows...my muse is a tricky one and doesn't like to be pressured!!!!

Wishing you the most wonderful Friday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Fragments of Nature ~

I've been busy in the studio!

Thank goodness...

I think the worst is over with the pollen around here ~

It's so good to finally feel a little better

and get something accomplished.

I know you've seen this botanical here before...I just love it!

Scroll down to the bottom of my blog

to see how to save it at its largest.

Another clipping from an old Victoria ~ love, love, love!

I thought I'd share with you my bits of progress with

the new nature assemblage.

I placed little ledges inside the opening on the back of the canvas ~

See them on each side?

These will allow me a sliver of a shadow box space...

I slathered matte gel medium all over the place and using the original pages

from a great old bird book, began the process of covering the entire back.

Wrinkles? Yeah! Who cares...I love them :) They add character, right?

I added a piece of stained tissue paper over the very center to dilute the text a bit.

And that wasn't enough.

I lightly dyed some scrim, ripped it to size and it will now

be the foundation for my fragments of nature ~

I'll probably stitch the scrim on...that's the beauty of working with canvases,

I can use strong thread and sew right through the back.

I haven't done it yet though ~

And to show you where I'm headed with this piece,

I positioned a few found nature elements here and there over the scrim,

and placed the glass over top.....

each item will be carefully secured.

Next I plan on taping the glass in with wide copper foiling tape

and then soldering over it to seal the glass down and the treasures inside!

I have some wonderful stain to age the solder too....

We'll see how these last few steps go ~

So that's the anatomy of what's on my work table this week ~

I just love working with these small treasures....

and seeing a new idea come to life!

Wishing you a wonderful Tuesday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Snippets of Inspiration ~

Hey sweeties ~

I'm still working so hard...

Our sons have been amazing and such a wonderful help.

Please! Who am I kidding?

We couldn't have done it without them!

We are living in the new house now and I'm trying

to get things put away ~ the studio still remains to be moved though :)

Yes, I know, it's crazy full...

I'll be packing it up this week for the boys

to move it all in this coming weekend.

I'll take a few photos of the new house as soon as I can ~

A few images for you and a little inspiration :)

Thank you so very much for your precious prayers for Mark ~

He's still in ICU and they are warming his body back to a normal temperature

(after chilling him down yesterday to encourage healing.)

We're praying he breathes on his own tomorrow

after he comes out of the induced coma.

Thank you again for keeping him in your prayers ~

Wishing you a wonderful Tuesday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

A gift for you ~ and a gorgeous giveaway...

A scan from my new old dictionary....for you ~

And Vicki at 2 Bags Full is giveaway one of her beautiful creations....
a knitted bird's nest!!!!
Be still my heart.......
~ JUST CLICK HERE TO COMMENT AND ENTER ~

Oh and ps. She's giving away some wonderful knitting needles too!



hugs and love,
Dawn