A few small offerings ~

I have SO enjoyed getting back to my basics around here.

I love making pretty things and I really love to make small things!

Here is a photo of what I've created this past week.

I know it's not much, but I am slow and precise....yes, that sounds good!!

A few lavender strawberries with hand stitched french knots ~

a pair of lavender sachets with vintage doilies and antique buttons ~

baby shoe pincushions with sweet trims, antique lace, millinery, buttons and jewelry!

It's been a good week for me and it always feels SO good to be creating again!!!

My newest handmades are listed in MY ETSY STORE ~

Wishing you a beautiful Sunday precious friends and

thank you ALWAYS, ALWAYS

for stopping my my little blog

to see what I'm up to!

Hugs and love,

Dawn

A few of my favorite things!

I was finishing up a lavender sachet order for a friend of mine

SO I thought...

why not make a few extra to offer up in my Etsy store!!!

These are my very favorite images....

They feature antique and vintage graphics that I have printed onto

very thin muslin that has been ironed

and then pressed onto full page sticker stock,

trimmed with a rotary cutter exactly to 8 1/2" x 11".

I then add a more substantial fabric backing to the image

and use it as well for the backing of the sachet.

I fill my sachets TOTALLY with lavender buds, no extra fillers!

It's such a wonderful way to enjoy the beautiful graphics of yesteryear and

of course, enjoy the sweet fragrance of lavender as well!

You can see all of my latest sachets here in my Etsy store ~

Thank you so much taking the time to visit my blog dear friends!!!

Wishing you a beautiful Friday,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Old linens and ticking ~

Some things just look beautiful together, don't they?

I've had these fabrics and linens laying together for quite a while now...

just waiting for me to do something with them.

I knew that I didn't want to cut the linens up though.

They have a few light stains but I'm a weirdo and love that about them.

It shows their age and gives them character.

So what I decided to do was make small pillows

that would fit inside the pretty linen pieces!

I also wanted them to have a lavender sachet inserted inside

so I made a pouch of about 1 1/2 cups of fresh lavender buds

and inserted it right into the center of the small pillow.

They are loosely filled the rest of the way with soft poly fil

and then sewn closed.

And I guess you know I had to had a little seam binding too!

They've both been listed in my Etsy store if you'd like to take a look ~

I just can't believe school starts here tomorrow!!!

Noah will be a junior in high school and little Clara is starting kindergarten.

Time just flies by, doesn't it???

Our schools start early because every six weeks they get a whole week off

and two weeks at Christmas. It really works out great for the students and teachers!

Now if I can just get up early...ugh.

Happy Monday in advance precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Busy as a bee!!

I really have been! I've been trying to de-clutter around here and

remembered I had two sachets that I had almost finished SO...

I pulled them out and put these sweeties together!

I used fragments of muslin that I'd printed images on, one roses

and the other French text. Added some beautiful antique lace,

wedding lace snippets and of course seam binding and rhinestones!

I've just added them both to my Etsy shop if you'd like to take a peek ~

No, I still haven't gotten back to working on my sweet doll, but will soon!

Happy Thursday dear friends!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Breaking the seal ~

That's truly what I feel like I did...FINALLY.

Broke the seal of creativity.

When you get out of the habit of making things it

can seem daunting to even get back in there

and get started on something new!

I roll things around in my mind and finally I told myself,

you are going to make something!!!

Yes, it's another lavender sachet but I'm really working on

being a little more loose in my composition and since I have

about three big ol' bags of lavender,

a sachet was the perfect project.

I've saved so, so many snippets of lace, fabric that I've printed images on

and of course you know about my button hoard...

ANYWAY, I just had to share my bit of creativity!

Since my little pretty sachet has roses featured on the front,

I thought I would look through my computer and share

a few roses images. Most I've put up here before but

sometimes people miss them! So save them and use them

on handmade note cards or even in your artwork.

Please forgive my absence lately....

I think I've been pretending

I'm on vacation!!!

The lavender sachet has been added to my Etsy store!

Happy Tuesday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn