Autumn is finally here and my heart is happy!

 

Fall has always, always is my very favorite time of the year.
I have so many precious memories from this sweet season.
Starting college, meeting precious life-long friends, dating my husband....
I always have loved the cooler weather too, Georgia summers can be brutal and so humid!

Right now it's raining cats and dogs outside and will probably make many

leaves fall that I still want to see turn.

It's okay though.

Rain is a precious gift and I'm thankful!

This has been a very rough year for all of us.

I've missed my family so terribly.

And then staying home...day after day...can mess with your head!

I've always been a homebody but at least I had a choice to go out.

We are simply trying to be wise in our household as we are all

physically compromised here.

I'm not sure what our holidays will hold at this point

but I do know this.

I love my precious family dearly.

Even if we have our celebrations separately,

we all love one another so much!

This too shall pass.

I'm having a small sale in my Etsy store if you're feeling creative!

It's mostly tutorials that you all know I sell plus

a few handmade items as well.

Click HERE to visit!

Here are a few of my artist pieces! You know how I loved dried elements!

I'm sorry for the sparseness of my posts.

Seems my heart just hasn't been in it.

With a studio full of supplies even.

Praying for better times for us all!!!!

Thank you all for continuing to visit my ol' blog.

Hugs and love!!!

Dawn

Make something beautiful...it's soothing to the soul!

Creating beautiful things can be such wonderful therapy!

I've made a few pretty things lately and creating always soothes my soul.

A bird's nest assemblage on a tray and I'm making sweet

dried roses test tube ornaments!

All are listed in my Etsy store ~

Here are a few photos:

And this is the condition of my work table today!

So many different elements but I'm filling glass test tubes with

gorgeous dried roses.

This one is listed in the store...but I'm working on more.

Why does everything look so much more beautiful under glass???

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

hugs and love,

Dawn

A little June sale!!!

You know I have to share a few images with you ~

Yes, they are random but I always hope you love them!

I'm having a little sale in my Etsy shop!

For one week only, until June 20th,

simply type JUNESALE into the Coupon Code box

when checking out to receive

25% OFF YOUR ENTIRE PURCHASE!

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY SHOP

There are a few things in my shop that I've made,

a few old things and of course my tutorials.

I'm going to try to add more goodies all week long so keep checking in!

Thank you always for visiting me precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

Home is where you hang your ferns ~

Yes, I've used that title before here on the blog...

but I don't care, I love it!

It's been about three years now since I've enjoyed beautiful ferns

swinging on our front porch. It's so good to have them again.

To me they signify hospitality and southern charm and

I especially love my old wire planters that I plant them in.

I've also planted a few rose bushes!

It's rained about 400 days in a row now (exaggerating) and

the ground was wonderfully soft, so I bought three sticks

that claim they are roses and placed them in the ground.

We'll see if they grow! They are supposed to turn into

the gorgeous roses that are featured below.

Well...we'll see.

I've been playing around with a few fabrics to turn these

sweet pink mary jane's into pincushions.

I shoved this particular fabric into one to get an idea what it would look like.

You won't believe it but it's actually

a Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic fabric napkin from Target!

I love having little stashes of fabrics around my studio. I've had this one for years now

and you just never know when the perfect time to use it will be!

This is just a test, it is in no way finished.

I'm also working on my last two organizer orders!

I'll be sure to share photos of them before they mail out too.

I hope you are doing so very good and

that Spring has finally arrived to smile on your face.

Things are really good here and I'm so very thankful ~

Wishing you a beautiful day precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Breaking the seal ~

That's truly what I feel like I did...FINALLY.

Broke the seal of creativity.

When you get out of the habit of making things it

can seem daunting to even get back in there

and get started on something new!

I roll things around in my mind and finally I told myself,

you are going to make something!!!

Yes, it's another lavender sachet but I'm really working on

being a little more loose in my composition and since I have

about three big ol' bags of lavender,

a sachet was the perfect project.

I've saved so, so many snippets of lace, fabric that I've printed images on

and of course you know about my button hoard...

ANYWAY, I just had to share my bit of creativity!

Since my little pretty sachet has roses featured on the front,

I thought I would look through my computer and share

a few roses images. Most I've put up here before but

sometimes people miss them! So save them and use them

on handmade note cards or even in your artwork.

Please forgive my absence lately....

I think I've been pretending

I'm on vacation!!!

The lavender sachet has been added to my Etsy store!

Happy Tuesday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

A teeny, tiny wish of mine ~

I wish I didn't think so much about what I NEED to do.

I wish I would just do SOMETHING rather than be

overwhelmed with all that's racing through my mind

that should be done.

There is a fine line between CHORES....

and doing things you really LOVE doing.

Chores are things like cleaning, vacuuming, dusting, dishes, washing clothes,

washing bed linens, cleaning out clutter from closets, etc. an on and on and on.

I come from a long line of "do your chores first, then do what you enjoy" folks.

Well....that seems to create a lot of inner turmoil for me!

Because those "so called" chores are NEVER ENDING!!!

So if I were to always, always yield to the fact that they needed to be done,

I would NEVER get to the good stuff.

And sometimes it paralyzes me.

I have some projects that need attention around our home

that need to be taken care of so guess what???

I freeze.

So I guess I need to address this issue so I can create again.

Do you understand where I coming from?

Happy Good Friday precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

Finding the beauty in each day ~

Sometimes our "real" days aren't really blog-worthy...

they are those days where you vacuum, do laundry,

feel a little under-the-weather but trudge on.

Because you love your family and have a things

you want to accomplish for that day.

But truthfully, these simple things are not something you'd

really want to share to inspire others on your blog!

So I dig around in my archives,

to find images I've shared in the past

that maybe you missed?

Here are a few, click to enlarge any and all to save

for your own personal use ~

I just love roses if you can't tell!!

I love blogging though, I can't help myself ~

You all are my inspiration, thank you so much for that!!!

Happy Thursday sweet friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn