I worked on a little project today for Gail at Shabby Cottage Studio. She mailed me the cutest chipboard kit in the shape of a little girl's dress ~ I used one of her digital collage sheets, part of a vintage linen, millinery flowers and lace. It turned into a one-of-a-kind card for the parents of a new baby girl ~

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I know you're probably tired of seeing pet photos but I wanted to show you what friends Ellie and Paxton are now! They love playing together, chasing each other and now apparently cuddling with one another too!

Do you think Paxton is comfortable enough?

Happy Thursday!! xxoo, Dawn

Ahhhh . . . livin' the life ~

Here's my son Brad's cat again, Paxton. Don't you think he has a hard life? :)

Sweet images that I love ~

We had a wonderful Father's Day. We relaxed at home and DH made a yummy meal for us because he just loves to cook. Chicken Enchiladas, Shrimp Bisque and Lemon Pound Cake!!! Delish!

Today we start getting ready for our BIG yard sale this Saturday. I have tons of things to price and signs to make!

Hope you have a very happy Monday!!!

xxoo, Dawn

Puppies, cats, glue & baby bibs . . .

An adorable photo that my ten year old took ~ dog and cat resting comfortably together!! (sorry it's so blurry)

The glue that I discovered at Michael's Friday ~ maybe it will work on the pearl pins a little better. The next bottle I buy is going to be The Crafter's Pick . . . I love having TONS of glue!

A tiny tattered bib ~ stains and all. I discovered this the other day when I bought the doll clothes and forgot to picture it. No one loved it anymore so I had to bring it home. Just look at that sweet embroidery!! Maybe I could use it for fabric on a pincushion, how precious would it look popping out of a baby shoe?

Thank you ALL so, so very much for all of your kind comments about the magazine!!!! I truly am about to bust about it! You all are always so encouraging and sweet, I thank you for that.

I can remember being in the library when I was in middle school (back then we called it Junior High, oh well) and enjoying looking at magazines! I would grab the current issue of Teen and Glamour, find a table and just pour over each of them. Reading tips and enjoying the ads. Remember Pam Dawber in the Sweet Honesty ad?? Oh well, I'm sounding quite old. But anyway, I enjoyed magazines then and I still enjoy them to this day. And to actually have something that I made be featured in one, is such a dream come true!! I sound like I've won an Oscar but I guess it's my Oscar . . . thank you for encouraging me and helping me feel good enough to even try!!

Wishing you all a very Happy Father's Day!

Ellie update!

Tina of Garden Goose asked me about little Ellie so I thought I'd snap a photo of her! She's still pretty small and such a sweet little girl. She loves her family so very much. Here she is snoozing with Paxton, our son Brad's cat. She had to wake up to see what I was up to, but Paxton was totally not concerned. She'll soon be one year old July 15th!!

I'm finally finishing up my big project to send in and will hopefully be back to creating for my Etsy again. I've just added a few new things that had been in my antique space if you'd like to take a look!!

I'm so very excited!! If you read Fifi's blog, Chez Fifi, she's shown the cover of the new Romantic Country magazine! Well, there's a little surprise inside . . . :)

It should hit the newsstands really soon . . .

Oh, and I wanted to tell you that the little cardinal nest is in a large bush right beside our garage. So I just take a step stool outside and I can get the photo from the top step!!

Hope you have a happy Tuesday!! xxoo, Dawn