Goodness.....just pure goodness!

Dear friends...I just received my fresh-off-the-press copy

of Better Homes & Gardens HOLIDAY CRAFTS!!!!

My sweet snowmen are featured inside so I had to share the

little photo with you...it's not a big ol' feature but I'm so honored

that they contacted me

and had me create these little guys just for this issue!

It should be on news stands August 1st and there are so many

wonderful holiday decorating ideas...you will love it!!!!

All perfect for Halloween AND Christmas!

Don't faint but I even made something this weekend!

A small partial beeswax collage using the most beautiful image ever...

By-the-way...did you know you could braid crinkled seam binding???

I LOVE IT!

I'm such a seam binding freak anyway...I still need to take pics of the color cards

that I received last week! If you love using it, the color cards are SO worth the money!!!!

A dear friend of mine wanted this collage the minute I posted it so....I am so grateful!

I DID list a few gorgeous needlepoint pieces that I have

had (HOARDED) for a long time....

I just haven't done anything with them so maybe someone else will?

The sweetest part of my weekend???

This little angel....

she even ASKED me to take her picture!!!

Little ham....

She was making all these funny faces and I said,

just smile, sweetie....

We went out on the front porch together to water my big ol' ferns

and of course, she got her clothes wet!!! This baby LOVES water!

So I tossed her outfit in the dryer and let her wear a soft tie-dye t-shirt of Noah's,

well....she LOVED IT! And didn't want to take it off till she left!

Look at the precious photo I FINALLY got of our baby Clara....

she's not such a baby any more you know.

She's waiting on her little baby brother Murray to arrive

around September 9th!!!!

My goodness, how the time flies.....

Wishing you a beautiful Monday my dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Déjà vu sweet friends!

Do you know what déjà vu means?
It is French for "already seen" and is used to refer to
when a person experiences the feeling that they have seen or
experienced something at an earlier time....

And what am I referring to?
My very first article in Stampington's Somerset Life
has been republished!!!!!
What a true honor to be in their upcoming (July 1st)
Handcrafted 2010 issue!!!!!

I received my free artist's issue a couple of days ago
and have since been able to look through each and every bit of it.
Friends, this is a WONDERFUL issue!!
And I'm not saying it because my pincushions are inside ~
I had to take a few photos to give you a preview.
I think you'll love this one!!!!

My little article ~ and they even used totally different photos from
what they originally used in the Life issue!!!! Neat, huh?

Now, for a little taste of what else is inside:

OK, I'm in LOVE with this bear!!!! And they even include the pattern!

I just had to share this with you!!!




Mitzi of Mitzi's Collectibles has a few wonderful ideas for wallpaper
on her latest post....take a look HERE!



AND

Julie of Junkin Julie is celebrating her 100th Post with a giveaway HERE!





OH, and I JUST realized....I have reached 1400 POSTS!!!!!
Goodness, I'm a blogging FREAK, aren't I??!!
But I've been doing this now for 3 1/2 years so they do add up :)
I think a giveaway is in order, don't you??
And I think tomorrow's post will be the giveaway post.....


Thank you for always coming by...
and for the sweetest comments
on my recent soap box art!!!!
Do you think I should give it away? Hmmmm....

Have an amazing Wednesday precious friends,
hugs and love,
Dawn

A little article in Small Town LivingE-magazine ~

Seems funny sometimes to promote yourself. As women, don't you find that it's basically against our nature? We put others first, the house and then lastly ourselves. What I'm finding is that at this tender age of 46 that my boys are older, three actually living out on their own. Chase is on the cusp of taking flight and little Noah is bringing up the rear and just thinks that he's seventeen.

But back to my point. Right now, at this age, I feel like it's OK. It's time to feel comfortable with a little self-promotion. I've always loved creating but now, at this time in my life, it has been truly fulfilling. Having my blog, meeting so many of you wonderful, creative friends has encouraged me all the more to step outside of my comfort zone and experience a few new things!

Thank you again my friends ~

Tina of Garden Goose contacted me a few weeks back and asked me if I would like to write an article for their online Small Town Living e-magazine. A few years back, I would have politely declined. But I gladly agreed and wrote the article!! I'd love for you to take a look. The magazine is chock full of information and articles. Click here to visit the Small Town Living website and just click on the magazine cover to open the PDF file to read!! Thank you so much Tina and Paul!