BIG Changes are going on around here!!!

 
My precious 80 year old parents who have lived in Hiawassee, Georgia
for years now have finally decided that it is time to move back down south
to be near our family.
SO....we've have been searching for the perfect home
that my husband and I can share with them!

Well, we finally found it!
It's an hour south of where all of our boys live but
with the market being so hot and active
we had to look a little further out into the country.
The house is a rambling brick ranch waaaay down
in South Georgia!

BUT listen to this!
It has a living room for my parents and a den for us.
It has a large Master Bedroom and bath for my parents.
It has a large bedroom for us.
AND a guest room too!!!
The icing on the cake?
It has an in ground pool!!!
AND a pool house that will be my studio!

Yes, we need to make a few alterations and updates
but it will be just fine.
I'll share just a few photos but please stay tuned!!!
I'm so excited!
It needs a lot of love but we are all ready to give it!

My new studio!!! My dad is repairing a few pickets on the railing.

I promise to share more soon!
I'm finishing up packing for the next few days
and we will be moving in this coming weekend!

Thank you always for checking in on me here,
Hugs and love, Dawn

Making my way back to the studio!

Now that our yard sale is over (and thank goodness for that!!!)

and some of our spring planting is finished,

I finally feel like I can get back to the studio!!!

Tammy was working on a few projects and noticed the beautiful

sunshine, sky and trees through our studio window.

I had to take a pic to share with you!!!!

The curtains are antique and sheer.

We have a string of pretty pearl garland draped on the rod as well.

The weird spiral thing you see is and old

store rack that I love.

I need to put all of my favorite antique baby dresses on it

but haven't gotten around to it quite yet!

And that's a dress form that I've pinned tons of stuff to.

I love looking at pretty things in the studio!!!

And our newest addition to the studio:

WONDERFUL task lighting so us ol' girls can see what we are doing!!!

I just love them. And our poor eyes needed them!

I'm trying my hand at button jewelry!

I've been wanting to do this forever and it seems like the perfect time

to give it a go!!!

So stay tuned sweet friends!

Hopefully I'll have some pretty pieces to put in my Etsy store soon.

Thank you always for visiting me here,

I cherish you all!!!

Hugs and love,

Dawn

Today marks TWELVE YEARS for this little blog!

Can you even believe it??
February 11, 2007 I posted my very first post here.
I know I don't post as often anymore,
seems folks love Facebook and Instagram right now.

Blogging has become outdated but
truth-be-known,
I've met the most precious friends here!!!

Thank you always for visiting me and following
my life, my journey and my art.
And so, to celebrate I'll will actually POST today!!!!
HAHAHA!!!




I'm in love with all the precious birds in our new neighborhood!

It's an older neighborhood so the trees are huge and so we have

tons of different birds and other visitors too!

Even chubby squirrels ~ I'm sorry, I just love them!

I had hamsters when I was young and they remind me of them!

I started off with this lame bowl full of birdseed on the back deck

but after a heavy rain it instantly became soup!!!

I can see this sweet feeder from my computer so you know I love it but
something had to change.

I found this covered feeder at Wallyworld for only about 20 bucks.

Now, that's much better!!!

After days and days of rain in Georgia, it was so great to see the blue sky again!

We finally emptied our storage unit and put our leather furniture in the living room.

I'm so loving it all and very thankful for our boys who made it happen!

And guess what???

The studio is FINALLY taking shape and is looking wonderful!

Here's a sneak peak and I promise I will share more photos later.

The new studio is already inspiring me!!!

When you see all of your beautiful supplies, you are

reminded of the cool ideas that you had while buying them!

I can't wait to get back to creating but I have a bit more to unpack.

Says every hoarding artist!!!

But what I say is you can't create without supplies...

the more you have, the more you have to draw from.

Wishing you a sweet Valentine's Day dear friends!!!

You know I love you all ~

Dawn

I'm so loving this new chapter sweet friends!!!

This is the last artwork I created for a dear friend the end of this past September.

She was so pleased with it.

Thank you precious Mary for supporting my creativity dear friend.

I was closing up shop and preparing for a huge move to our new home.

And believe me.

IT HAS BEEN HUGE.

What has happened between then and now?

Caring for my precious grandbabies....

Look at baby Tilly, now 9 months old!!

REALLY?

Clara is 9 going on 10....Murray is now 6!!!

They love their baby sister so much!

Our middle son Brad sold our 2nd son David and his wife Heather their new home!!!

PLUS...they are expecting a new baby in May!!!!

Owen is going to be a big brother!!!

We are so loving that our family is growing.

And their new home is closer to us and is just beautiful!

My precious mother-in-law...Grandma Jackie had her 80th birthday party and

we all celebrated with her!!! Baby Tilly loves her as we all do!

Little Miss Ellie is so loving our new digs...

The gorgeous arrangement that sweet Tammy made for our holiday table this year...

These sweetie pies came to Trick or Treat in out new neighborhood too!!!

They had such a blast!

Our beautiful new front yard:

Don't you just love the blue fall skies?

The new studio in the making ~

Always remember ~

Life is like a chapter book!

Stay tuned for my next post...the new studio is going to be GORGEOUS!!!

Thank you always for checking in on me sweet friends!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Dreams DO come true!!!!!

FINALLY!!!
I can share with you sweet friends what's going on around here!!!

The Edmonson's are MOVING!!!!

We have found the most wonderful, charming, old farmhouse!

The house was built in 1925
and is on the highest elevation of the county....
it sits on approximately 30 acres
and was a former peach orchard!

Here is the beautiful girl ~
can you see the tin roof???

A wonderful old pecan tree on our property ~

The side entrance to our front porch and a peek at our lil' barn!

The side of the farmhouse ~

The sweet back door and yard ~

(oooh, BEWARE of Ellie!)

The amazing old barn ~

A photo from the side fence ~ you can see the barn roof off to the left.....

Across the street!

The front porch ~

A majestic old magnolia tree in our front yard ~

Let's go inside...

this is a photo from inside the foyer ~

can you BELIEVE this screened door??

Looking from my soon-to-be studio,

through the foyer into the living room!
(which ALL will soon be painted)

This view below shows looking from my studio,

through the guest room and into Noah's new room ~

The door you see in Noah's room
is an entrance to the guest bath...

Off the studio to the left is the master bedroom and another bath!

The view below looks from the guest room into the new studio ~

don't you LOVE the interior french doors???

The sweet little kitchen ~

All the paneling above and below the cabinets will be painted!

The ceiling is sloped and so charming with the beams.

Yes, those are yellow countertops but oh well, WHO CARES?!

The fireplace in the living room ~

the paneling will all be painted in here as well.....

The guest room again ~ and it WILL be painted too....

Another shot of the kitchen ~

The cozy dining room ~ which will be totally painted as well...

Another shot of the living room....

Noah's room ~

The most amazing old barn ~

The view from our back door ~

So there you have it!!!!

Dennis and I both love old things....

and we've always dreamed of living in a wonderful old home too!

In March we will be married thirty years ~

we have five precious sons

a daughter-in-law and future daughter-in-law that we love

and an angel of a granddaughter from Heaven above

.....so remember

DREAMS DO COME TRUE!

And if I'm not creating for the next few weeks,

now you know why!!! I'm painting my little heart out and

hope to share our new home with you after we've made it "ours"....

Wishing you a great Wednesday dear friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn