A little something pretty and a new addition to the family!

I recently found these beautiful old images or rather paintings

that I knew you would love!

They each have a wonderful ethereal look to them.

So far we've had a pretty quiet summer around here.

We did have a family reunion last month and I snapped this photo

of our precious grandbabies Clara and Murray!

I just love these angels.

I've made a little bit of handmade soap for a few birthday parties...

And have even been getting back to printing on fabric!

There's definitely a trick to it, getting the paper to feed into the printer correctly

and avoiding paper jams but the results are always worth the work.

I created several lavender sachets for a local French restaurant that has

a sweet shop attached. She really liked them!

I also have a few that are listed in my Etsy store if you'd like to take a peek!

Filled with approximately 1 full cup of fresh lavender buds and adorned with

a little bundle of seam binding and a vintage button of course!

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY ETSY SHOP

Another little tidbit of news from our farmhouse...

Our pair of diamond doves have a sweet baby!!!

Born just a few days ago.

We will see if it's sibling hatches too,

it was laid a few days after the first.

Neat, huh???

Thank you always for stopping by to see me!

I hope you are doing so very good ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

What's happening over here in my neck of the woods!

Well, when you don't see me for a while it's always because I'm busy!

I've been working on MORE pumpkins for a special order from Etsy.

She didn't like the original stems that I added so I trimmed them up

just for her!!! Still, no sale.

So now I offer this sweet set of three to you ~ the very last of the season!

Simply click HERE to see my listing...

PLUS!!!! We are having a fall sale in our General Store Soap Shop as well!

Simply type the word LEAVES into the Coupon Code box when checking out

to receive 20% your ENTIRE ORDER!!!!!

The VERY best part of my week so far???

Our second born son has found a precious girl and is so much in LOVE with her!!!!

This right here makes my day, my month, my YEAR!

Happy Tuesday angels ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

A day in the life ~

I'd like to think of myself as an artist.

I've even called myself that...even a few magazines have too ;)

But sometimes...

I'm simply a mama, a mimi, a house cleaner, seamstress,

cook, laundry maid and even a soap maker.

Seems as of late I've had to concentrate on soap making

as we received a HUGE order and have been working

furiously to get it completed and to the customer.

I had to post to share just so you know I've not forgotten about you!

These sweet little tubs of soap and animals will each be bagged

in a clear cellophane bag and cinched up with pretty ribbons.

If you'd like to take a peek at our soap Etsy store click here!

Wishing  you a beautiful weekend precious friends!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

The beginnings of summer ~

Even though it's not officially summertime around here

we sure do act like it!!!

Noah's out of school and enjoying being with his friends from

his youth group most of the time. Do you remember being 16 years old?

I felt the same way. Always wanting to stay busy!

He only has his learners license (thank goodness) for now

and is enjoying hanging out and swimming with his buddies and brothers.

I'm feeling so much better and have been busy, just not with creating much new.
But I guess making soap should count, right??

I did watch these two sweeties this week!!!

Our precious grandbabies Clara and Murray.

Their mama, Emily, had a doctors appointment and we got to spend

a couple of hours together on their turf.

It's so easy to watch them at their home as they have all their toys

and things right there.

Plus Murray has the perfect and safe "baby jail" to play in!

I snapped a few photos of them to share with you ~

Yes, Clara has her very own tablet....thanks to her Uncle Chase!

She is so great at operating this thing it amazes me!!

After playing and watching a Winnie the Pooh movie, Murray decided to catch a few zzzz's.

Look how grown up this five year old child looks!!!

Oh my goodness little Clara ~

Since we opened our General Store Soap Etsy store back up we've been very busy!!!

Here's an order we've been working on for the last few days ready to ship out ~

Thank you so very much for your sweet comments on my mammogram results.

You all truly are such blessings ~

Wishing you a wonderful weekend,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Sweet speckled eggs ~

So....I've been working quite a bit lately!!!

And on what you say?

Creating these wonderful, speckled soap eggs ~

Each little one is hand-poured...hand-cleaned...then thoroughly

inspected before we package them up for shipping!

Being the perfectionist that I am, I've learned quickly

how to clean them, smooth out any imperfections and

of course, you know I love the packaging part!!

I made these robins egg blue soaps just yesterday ~

don't you love the pale blue shade?

Each one is approx. the size of a quail egg,

a perfect size to me!!

We're creating them in other shades now, pale green and pale yellow too ~

But the blue, pink and of course, ivory are still my favs.

If you like to peek at our soap shop

just CLICK HERE!!

I hope you're having a great week....

wishing you a beautiful Thursday precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn