It's time my friends...time to LET GO OF THE WONDERFUL!!!

So...here's the deal.

I'm going through my amazing hoard...and listing TONS of stuff!!!

It's really time.

I've not been very creative lately but have SO many wonderful things!

Why not pass my found treasures on to another artist???

This is just a FRACTION of my hoard so stay tuned my precious friends!!!

Keep tuning into my little Etsy store HERE.

What else have I been up to?

Hmmmm, let's see.

My precious mother-in-law had a birthday SO

I wanted to make a wonderful gift basket for her!!!

Bedroom shoes to keep her feet cozy,

a fuzzy throw to keep her warm this winter,

hand wash and hand lotion,

yummy smelling soap,

the most wonderful smelling candle,

a coffee mug and since she loves wearing silver,

a container of silver jewelry cleaner!

SHE LOVED IT ALL!!! SCORE!

ALSO...I've been working on some wonderful lavender sachets!

They are for a precious friend of mine that will be a vendor

in the Country Living Fair here in Atlanta!!!

EEEEK!

My little handmades will be sold there!!!

Finishing them up this week for her.

And so it goes, this simple life of mine.

Thank you always for taking a peek inside!!!

Wishing you so much goodness and love,

xxoo,

Dawn

Where Bloggers Create 2015!

Here is a glimpse into my studio ~
Last year I broke down our guest room and
now I have a TWO room studio.
I have lots and lots of stuff but I can't help it,

I LOVE IT!
My motto is,
"Surround yourself with what you love and you will be inspired!"

There is so...so...much more space!!

Yes, I still have a few piles and goodness gracious

I just hope I can remember where I put everything.

If you're OCD these pics may seriously test you!

I really tried to group things though.

Now that my sewing machine is in the extra room,

I've placed most all of the sewing supplies in there

except of course all of the STACKS AND STACKS

of fabric...no, I'm not moving all that.

So here are the photos I want to share with you ~

It's still not perfect but a vast improvement and

in doing this it has fired me up to create!!!

Here's a peek (just please ignore any dust you may see!)

And some of that clutter on top of the bookshelves

and black amoire will end up in my Etsy.

Wonderful Santa created by artist and friend Becky Carney ~

My advent calendar published in Somerset magazine ~

Artwork gifts from dear friends ~

Inspiration board ~

So, wanna come over and make something pretty??!!

Karen of My Desert Cottage,
thank you so much for hosting this for all of us!!!

Thank you always for stopping by to see what I'm up to.

Happy weekend precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

It's the little things that make you happy!

Well....we've lived here at the farmhouse for almost five years now!!!

I've looked at the red brick fireplace day after day just knowing

that it could be so, so much more beautiful with just a teeny bit of effort!

I mentioned to my dad that I would love for him to build me a fireplace surround

completely out of gorgeous moulding.

Completely removeable but wonderful all the same.

Well, mom and dad came down last week and he was ready, willing and able!!!

At almost 75 years old, this precious man

(a total handyman by-the-way) wants to make me happy!

He measured and measured again.

We headed to Lowes and started looking at all the components we would need.

We totally designed it on the concrete floor of Lowes!

We purchased some items but after one night's sleep,

my dad dreamed all about it by-the-way...

(he is who I get my artistic goodness from!)

and decided we needed to return some things and buy a few others!

He used thin luan as the foundation for his fireplace surround creation.

He purchased small flat-head screws that he screwed in from the BACK

of the luan so they would not show from the front and need to be puttied.

He used 1 x 6 boards on the sides that he shaved down

to the proper size to apply the luan base to.

Then he began using wood glue in addition to the screws

to add the different mouldings to the front.

The wonderful thing?

The fireplace surround is only attached to the wall on each side of the fireplace!

It can easily be removed if needed.

Here are a few photos of this wonderful transformation!!!

BEFORE:

I still need to add a finish coat of white paint but

I LOVE IT SO, SO MUCH!!!!

It adds so much more character to our sweet living room!!

AFTER:

And as wonderful added bonus?

My sweet son Brad gave me an early Mother's Day gift.

A pretty ceiling fan for my studio with a great light!

My dad and son Brent installed it too...I CAN SEE NOW!

Happy Monday angels!!!

I'm wishing you a beautiful week ahead ~

hugs and love,

Dawn