Where has the time gone sweet friends?

I just realized something.

Tomorrow,

Wednesday, February 11th, 2015

I have been blogging for

EIGHT YEARS!!!

AMAZING...AMAZING!!!

My first blog post was on February 11th, 2007.

I share one little photo of our bedroom...

I was so proud of it!

Here it is:

Can I just tell you how wonderful it's been?

I have "met" so many precious friends

through this little blog.

Friends who've been with me through this entire journey even!

I've shared so many projects, things I've made and ideas as well.

Thank you so much for being there for me!!!

Thank you for visiting and cheering me on ~

I've been little lazy lately and haven't posted very frequently

but really do plan on getting back in the groove!

I already feel that 2015 is going to be a wonderful year

filled with goodness and promise.

I found a few Valentine's Day images to share!

I have a few projects in the making.

I'm working on a couple of treasure organizers!

One is a special order for a baby nursery and the other

will be up for sale in my Etsy shop when it's finished.

I still haven't gotten around to those needle books though!

I need make a tutorial for those because they make

such sweet little gifts...

Thank you again for visiting me here,

always for your kind comments

and for caring about what I'm up to!!

Happy Tuesday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Finding the beauty in each day ~

Sometimes our "real" days aren't really blog-worthy...

they are those days where you vacuum, do laundry,

feel a little under-the-weather but trudge on.

Because you love your family and have a things

you want to accomplish for that day.

But truthfully, these simple things are not something you'd

really want to share to inspire others on your blog!

So I dig around in my archives,

to find images I've shared in the past

that maybe you missed?

Here are a few, click to enlarge any and all to save

for your own personal use ~

I just love roses if you can't tell!!

I love blogging though, I can't help myself ~

You all are my inspiration, thank you so much for that!!!

Happy Thursday sweet friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Always sharing beauty...

Yes...my sweet friends...I am STILL working on the curtains and am
just about ready to throw them all in the burn barrel out back!

I do love them but I'm just SICK of them,
do you know what I mean?
I have so many other projects to work on
but feel that I need to finish these
before I can move on to other things.

So today I will share past pics with you and can
only hope that you love them and they make you smile!!!

I'll never forget the day I walked into my local thrift store

and walked over to the curtain section...and my eyes fell on this precious thing!!!!

I just about fainted!!!

It's only one panel but I didn't care ~ it truly made my heart sing!

I've never had the heart to cut it up, to turn it into something other

than what it is. I should just hang it like a piece of artwork....

I treasure old linens...

and always think of the time and effort

spent to create their loveliness.

I hope you have a beautiful Thursday dear friends!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

In my little workshop...

Lately I've been a busy bee here in my little studio!

Mostly with things that you've already seen here on my blog...

Some folks don't really want to make my tutorial projects themselves

and place orders for me to make them.

I'm really so very thankful too!!

Every little bit helps me buy Christmas goodies for my family ~

Can you tell what my latest order is for???

Yes, sweet mitten ornaments!

I just received the latest Folk magazine in the mail the other day

and really LOVE IT!!!

It's one of those that the front is a cover for half the magazine and then

you turn the magazine and the back is a cover as well for the other half of the magazine,

each half having wonderful features, articles, Christmas ideas and more ~

I thought I'd share a few photos of the inside to tempt you!

I think you should be able to find it at Barnes & Noble very soon.

Even the ad pages are beautiful!!!

And so, back to work I go....

candy cups and mittens are waiting!!!

Wishing you a beautiful November Friday sweet friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn