A slice of life ~

My goodness, it seems that time is whizzing by at a high rate of speed!!

I guess the older I get I realize just how fleeting time really is.

I have been busy though!

I finished the two organizers that were to be baby shower gifts.

One even had little touches of pale, pale pink sprinkled all over it.

I had the most gorgeous pink ribbon that I used on some of the pockets

and across the bottom too! I even found pale pink buttons in my stash

to add to the front of the pockets. I guess it helps when you're a hoarder!!

Here a few photos I wanted to share with you:

Plus I had a friend wanting a pair of baby shoe pincushions...

These are so fun to make!!

I had a few sugar dishes that I thought would be pretty repurposed as pincushions too ~

They've sold but I still wanted to share them with you!

And now I have a project of trying to save six panels of wonderful bark cloth!

The curtains have serious damage on the edges so I'm pressing them

then creating new side hems for them. So far it's going really good ~

I just love saving beautiful, old things!

And speaking of time flying by...

GUESS WHO IS 3 YEARS OLD TODAY???

Our precious grandson Murray!!!

Happy Birthday sweet boy!

So, the temp is supposed to 90 degrees here in Georgia tomorrow.

I'm ready for cooler weather!!

Hopefully it will arrive soon ~

Thank you always for stopping by to see

what's going on in my little corner of the world ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

My little forest...

I finished my sweet Christmas trees!!

Each one is just a tad larger than the last ~

The sugar dishes are quite tarnished but I love them that way.

By adding a few old pearls, fragments of vintage jewelry,

beautiful vintage buttons and of course...seam binding,

they're now ready to celebrate Christmas!

The little one is now sold but the other are now listed in my Etsy shop!!

I hope you have a wonderful Friday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Back to playing again...

After being so rudely interrupted by a little thing called diverticulitis!

And it wasn't such a "little" thing...OMYgoodness ~

it's quite painful but thank goodness it was diagnosed quickly

and the meds have worked wonders in just a few days.

Thank you all so much for your well wishes!!

I wanted to share my most recent project with you ~

Last Christmas I made several adorned bottle brush trees.

Well, I still have a good many left that had already been bleached
just waiting to be painted and decorated ~

I don't know why I love painting them, but I do.

On these three trees, I used a Martha Stewart white perle craft paint...

it has a subtle shimmer to it.

I like to get down the dark roots and really lay the paint on.

Next, I used a little flecking tool that I have (but you could use a toothbrush)

to fluff the bristles back up as sometimes they would get matted with the paint.

Wow, you'd think I'm working for Martha BUT I love these two glitters

and while the paint was still wet, I held the tree over a plate and
sprinkled on both glitters pretty heavily.

Don't worry, you can save the overflow in a separate container!

Here's my little tree, you really can't see all the glitter on it but it's beautiful!

Next, I added a few pretty pearls (from old pearl necklaces found at the thrift!)
using my favorite "go-to" glue, Fabri-tac...
no, I'm not working for them either but just love the stuff!

Then, I ran across these wonderful, tarnished silver
sugar and creamers from my stash

and thought they would be sweet containers for my little forest!

I'm still going to adorn them a wee bit more...

maybe an old earring for a tree topper, a tiny banner and of course

I may try to work in a bundle of seam binding on the handles, we'll see!

All three soon to be placed in my Etsy shop ~

WOW, time is whizzing by oh-so-fast!!!!

I have so many things I want to make and do before Christmas...

Who has time to be sick???

Good health truly is such a treasure ~


I'm linking up with Becky of Timewashed Blissful Whites Wednesday!

Wishing you a beautiful Thursday precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn