~ The Feathered Nest ~: millinery flowers

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Sweet blessings ~

I've been in a stinky mood lately.

Moping around like a sad sack...

worried about things I can't control ~

I need to simply realize

to have a thankful heart for all that is GOOD in life.

I received the most wonderful package in the mail today and...

it made me cry!!!

Lisa of A Thing for Roses wanted my address last week.

She said she had some goodies that I would love and ~

OHMYGOODNESS...

what a beautiful parcel filled with sweet gifts!!!

Pieces of beautiful old lace...

Gorgeous pieces of old jewelry....

Glass buttons...

I'm in love with this card she enclosed too, isn't it gorgeous?

Sweet vintage millinery flowers...

Dear sweet Lisa...

thank you so much for each and every trinket and treasure!!!!

I love it all so much and appreciate you thinking of me!!!

I just know the goodness will come back to you ~

I hope you have a very happy Tuesday sweet friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Friday, October 19, 2012

Discovering old treasures ~

The wonderful thing about making new artwork

is digging around

in my studio for stuff to create with!

I love going through jars, boxes or whatever ~

dumping them out and discovering wonderful old things

that I'd totally forgotten about!!!

I dumped my millinery jar out, which had other goodies inside too,

and dug through to see if there was anything I could use

in my recent artwork.

It's just so neat to find a treasure trove

right under your nose!!!

I guess that's the beauty of being a hoarding artist :)

Look at this wonderful old piece of embroidery stamped fabric!

Good ol' Woolworth's...only 25 cents!

I did finish another little Christmas candy cup ornament!

These are so fun to make...

I don't know why, but I just love small things ~

AND I love digging through my vintage lace to make them.

This one features a snippet of cream millinery flowers too!

You can find my new little ornament

in my Etsy shop too!!!

As I was going through a few things,

I found an old pad of paper I found way back when.

In the middle of the pad I found this:

(click to enlarge)

I love, LOVE finding little treasures like this ~

a collection of quotes that someone loved....

I wish you a very HAPPY Friday precious friends!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Friday, October 15, 2010

Pure yumminess!

You know, collecting amazing, old things has it's advantages....

you end up with such a great variety of treasures

to incorporate into your artwork.

Are you going to be making a few things for family and friends

this holiday season?

Cheryl of ZanyMayd has TOTALLY filled up her Etsy store

with tons of treasures to create with!!!!

I love Cheryl's taste in old goodies too :)

Take a minute to stroll through if you will,

you might just find the perfect thing for your next project!!!!

A small sampling:

CLICK HERE TO VISIT!!!

OH!!!! And look what I found in her Ebay store!!!

PLUS...

Mitzi of Mitzi's Collectibles as a sweet makeover idea on her blog today!!

~ CLICK HERE TO VISIT ~

Neat huh?

love you much sweet friends,

Dawn

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Some favorite things ~

As I took Ellie out before bedtime, this is the beautiful sky I saw. It was even a little cooler ~ the moon was so trying to peek out of the spotty clouds.

The more I work on the yard sale and go through items, I tend to take the smaller items that I know I want to keep to my artroom. Well, by day's end, it had gotten pretty rough looking. I starting straightening a bit and as I finished I started putting a few small items into a grouping that are so sweet to me . . .