A new twist on an old favorite ~

I had something so neat happen last week...

I was at 999 sales in my Etsy store!!!

Well, I declared it on Facebook as I couldn't

believe I had almost reached 1000 sales

after all these years of having my Etsy shop.

My sweet friend Cindy Craine of Lilly's Lace

messaged me and said,

"Create a listing for a baby shoe pincushion for me,

I want to be your 1000th sale!!"

How wonderful is THAT???

I haven't made one in a while but of course,

it all comes back to you when you get started.

I sell the tutorial in my Etsy shop

if you're interested in seeing how I put one together :)

Since I was making Cindy's special order, I decided to go ahead

and make another for the shop as well.

The twist???

I painted the soft leather of the vintage baby

shoes before I put it all together!!

I painted them a beautiful champagne color using

regular old craft paint. I think what I used was from

Folk Art and I love this shade because it reminds me

of beautiful old pearls.

So here is the sweet pair....

one will be heading to Cindy and the other

has been listed in the Etsy store!

I also made a lavender sachet for a friend and

made just a few extra to put in the shop too!!

I hope you are doing so good this summer!

I'm so sorry if I've not been to visit your blog lately,

I plan on visiting everyone really soon ~

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

I hope you have a great Thursday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

An old friend . . .

That's what this wonderful project is ~

an old friend to me.

I created my very first baby shoe pincushion

when I first started my blog

and have always loved them!

I even made a tutorial for them too!
They also were my very first published artwork ~

I had a special request to create one for a customer and did just that.....

here's the little sweetie:

I dig in my button jars to find just the right jewels to adorn these.

Simple in design but that's the point....not to be too much, you know?

Makes me love my buttons all the more ~ just to have something to choose from.

So while I'm creating this little guy, I ran across a few more lost treasures....

Lone little baby shoes I've collected just waiting to be something more than an afterthought ~

These little treasures are lost and forgotten ~

isn't it wonderful that we can transform them into something pretty?

I have such a love for cast offs ~
I just can't help myself....


Wishing you a wonderful Thursday precious friends!
hugs and love,
Dawn

Where do you see beauty?

I see beauty in the simplest of things....

Old, aged watch faces ~ the grungier the better.

A recent batch I found....I'm always trying to build up my stash!

An image from an old pattern ~

beautifully old and precious.

I found this image here a long time ago and have always been in love with her.

She's called a Spit Doll....

She is so beautiful to me.

A little doll dress I made then aged....

the aging makes it beautiful.

How about precious old baby shoes...that have been worn out by learning to take new steps.

Stitches on old linens, stained or not ~ they are beautiful to me.

Someone took their time and skill to create them.

When I was younger, everything I loved had to be so perfect to be beautiful.

Now, not so much....

the more aged and distressed something is,

the more I seem to love it!

Wishing you a beautiful Thursday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn