Creating a little and missing you...

I love blogging so.

I love my friends here and our connection to each other ~

you always, always inspire me and you know

that I pray that I can do the same for you!

We had a wonderful, relaxing weekend and I finally got back

to making a little something!

I've had this most amazing vintage ironstone sugar dish for a few years now

and finally decided it was time to upcycle this sweetie into a pincushion!

Here she is all finished...perfect with staining, crazing and of course

you know I had to add a little lace, seam binding and rhinstones :)

I've added this new pincushion to my Etsy if you'd like to take a look!

A week or so ago, we went to an estate sale so I thought I'd share

my teeny tiny finds with you!

The pincushion is in the pic and was in progress....

Not much but still sweet things ~

I love this little chair so much...it's stained a little too much but I hope to fix that ~

I think some folks collect these...

And our precious grandson Murray visited Sunday
as Brent and Emily took Clara

to the movies to see Despicable Me 2.
Look at his two new teeth! He's already 10 months old ~

good grief the time just flies by.

Clara was a happy girl after the movie and I know she loved

having some one-on-one time with her mama and daddy!

I hope you are doing so, so good

and thank you always for visiting me here!!!

Happy Tuesday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

No longer forgotten....

Precious little shoes....worn by a little girl's favorite doll or

maybe silk ruffled booties that have once been on a chubby baby's foot ~

I love them all!

If they're dirty, scuffed or even smashed flat....it doesn't matter.

They can still be brought back to life.

It just takes a little tender loving care and these little forgotten

treasures can have a new purpose and make someone smile again!

I've been a busy bee the last few days....here's what I've been up to:

A tiny doll shoe transformed into a pincushion ~

Just add a few embellishments...tiny bits of antique lace...and pretty trims ~

it doesn't take much to turn something ordinary into something precious!

Here's is what I've been up to sweet friends ~

All are now in my little Etsy shop!

I didn't really have any pretty pins to place in these pincushions

so I had to make a few ~

I've shared this with you before but it's so easy, I had to share it again.

The supplies are simple....straight pins, a few old pearls, tiny beads and a little jewelry glue!

I usually prepare a few...feed the beads or pearls onto the pins, only about halfway ~

Then put a little jewelry glue near the head and down the pin about a quarter of an inch.

Slide the beads up to the head and wipe off any excess glue that blobs out onto

a piece of scrap paper....then just lay the pins down to dry for awhile.

My pretty little pins are now ready for a pincushion!

Easy, huh?

Take the ordinary and transform it into something extraordinary!

Have a beautiful Wednesday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Happy Spring and a little creating!

I bought this a few years ago from one of the sweet dealers

in my antique store ~ I just love the look of it!

I've been playing ~

pulling out things,

laying them all out on my desk

just to see if they "speak" to each other ~

I adore old, old lace....the finer the better ~

net lace makes me swoon!

I even draped a piece on a cream peat pot!

This little piece of lace is one of those I play with a lot ~

it's just beautiful!

I am so loving Pinterest.com!

I drink in the gorgeous photographs people post.

This is something I ran across this week

and it has REALLY

spoken to me....

to not wait to create.

(source: here)

I did change the color just a bit :)

I am linking to sweet Debra's blog Common Ground
and her Vintage Inspiration Friday ~

I hope you have an amazing Friday dear friends!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Pretty flowers, precious shoes . . . and sweet gifts ~

I found this beautiful postcard for you the other day ~
It has such a wonderful look to it . . .

I finished a few things!!
Just a small jar featuring the most precious petite doll shoes ~
Embellished with millinery flowers, old lace and seam binding.
What is it about small things?
They just tug at your heart...

SOLD ~ Thank you so much Rose!!

And remember all the jar lids I found while out junkin'?
I wanted to make these adorable pincushions with them!
These are very similar to the ones offered in this month's Artist Class.
I just used the zinc jar lid for the bottom ~
I need to do a bunch more to go in the antique space!!

And there's nothing better than looking in your mailbox
and seeing a little parcel addressed to you!!!
Look at the gorgeous Valentine and tag that Sharon sent me!!
Thank you so much sweet girl,
I just love them both....they are so beautiful!!!

Well, you are not going to believe this BUT
today we have a SNOW day!!!!
We are actually supposed to get a little snow
here in Georgia!
Well, we'll see :)
I think I should be ashamed to show any pics here
because so many of you are covered up with the stuff!!!!

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Friday my sweet friends!!
hugs and love,
Dawn

Lace, drop-cloth canvas & seam binding...what more do you need?

I've been wanting to put together a pincushion lately....
you know how you just get something in your head
and you're not satisfied until you see it finished??

Here's my latest offering available in The Shoppe ~
created from canvas drop cloth (yes, I AM addicted to the stuff)
beautiful antique lace and the prettiest shade of seam binding.
All accented by a Mother of Pearl buckle ~

Now I want to make something else!!!
It's funny how when you finish one thing,
you want to keep going....and create more!

Here's a sweet giveaway my friend Rose shared with me ~
Ana of A Petite Cottage is celebrating 100 followers!!
She's giving away a beautiful Christie Repasy signed print~

JUST CLICK HERE TO COMMENT AND BE ENTERED!

Our son David is coming home from Savannah tomorrow,
Chase is home from college,
and Brad will be joining us (Dennis, Noah and I)
Saturday evening at Brent and Emily's house for a big cookout!!!
All the boys together!!
That doesn't happen very often anymore and
I treasure the times that we are all together ~

I hope you have a great Thursday sweet friends!!!
hugs and love,
Dawn