A little inspiration for you ~

Back-in-the-day I used to buy TONS of magazines.

But I was very selective.

I had to be able to flip through the magazine very quickly and

have my breath taken away several times and I would KNOW

right then and there,

it had to come home with me!

Then as the magazine grew older,

I would eventually thumb through it with an exact-o knife

slicing out the pages that inspired me.

These pages would then be slipped into page protectors

that were placed into notebooks.

These notebooks were SWOON worthy to me!

I still have them too :)

I've scanned a few of my favorites over the years

and shared them here on my blog but

they never, ever fail to please me.

With blogs, Pinterest and other internet inspiration

it's getting harder to be impressed by magazines

but it is still wonderful to come across one that

you just can't leave behind.

To inspire you this Thursday:

(with a few prints and images sprinkled in too!)

I love the cabinet of curiosities feel of the shelf display.

Look at the slip cover on the dark chair and

the ballet shoe inspired leg ties!

Love it all...

Rustic but beautiful bird feeder ~

Ah...the shelf displays ~

I love that the statuary seems to be holding her flowers ~

A simple but elegant window treatment.

After working in a drapery room for a while,

do you know how easy it is to create these?

You simply measure from the outside left hemmed edge about six inches

(this measurement may need to be adjusted, play with the fabric and

the size of the window to really see what you like)

and sew on small plastic rings to the back, starting at the bottom and

working your way up about every four inches or so

up to the rod pocket (or just half way up is really enough).

Do this for the right side as well. Then just feed

some thin twine through the rings up
to where you want the curtain to hang,
usually just 3 - 5 rings is sufficient.

Do this for the other side as well and voila!

You have a gorgeous window treatment!

I love the double layer of curtains here...

Look at how these curtains drape so beautifully ~

A pie safe for your towels and toiletries...

Carol Hicks Bolton ~

Just beautiful to me ~

From the set of the movie 'Practical Magic' ~
that house is why I love watching that movie!

More Carol Hicks Bolton:

Just a little something to make you smile today!!!

Wishing you a wonderful Thursday sweet friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Simply thankful ~

It's been one of those days that seem to slip away from you...

do you have those?

You look up at the time and can't believe how fast it's flown by

and you didn't accomplish near what you had in mind.

But it seems that at this time of my life I finally realize,

that it's OK to have days like that.

I'm just thankful to have the day, period.

Our lives can get so wrapped up in trying to get so many things done,

that we simply forget to enjoy the fact

that we have the gift of another day...

A day to enjoy our blessings,

love our family

and simply to be thankful.

A few repeat image gifts for you my sweet, sweet friends:

The best part of the day?

Loving on our grandbabies, watching Clara play and

hearing Murray's hearty belly laughs!!!

Wishing you a beautiful Wednesday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Dreaming of Spring!

I guess we're all the same!

Always looking forward to the next wonderful season our Lord gives us ~

Each one has so many promises...

I look forward to Spring because I love the green of the ferns hanging on our porch...

The wonderful new growth on our bushes, especially my hydrangeas!!!

Our gorgeous pecan trees with leaves again and the beautiful shade they provide ~

A peek at an old piece of artwork I made ~

A few old seed packets I scanned a few years ago...just for you:

A beautiful quote that always, always inspires me!

I just love these planters...maybe handmade hypertufas?

The land across from our farmhouse ~

Absolutely beautiful...source unknown ~

One side of my precious Winnie the Pooh bookends ~ I just love it so!

A few pillows on our guest bed ~

And lastly, I finished my newest goodies!

These pretty cottage style lavender sachets ~ in sweet groups of two....

all have now been listed in my Etsy store!!!

Thank you always, always for stopping by to see me to see what I'm up to!

You truly inspire me to be more creative and to do what my heart loves doing ~

Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday dear friends,

hugs and love

Dawn

A few lovely, old things...just what I love ~

Hello dear friends!!

I guess you can tell I've been taking it easy this week...

but I do have to get back into my creative groove very soon ~

I scanned in this precious baby for you (a gift from sweet Lisa)

and blushed her cheeks ever so slightly too!!

Click to enlarge and save ~

I just have to share some wonderful gifts I recently received from Linda of Willow Nest ~

She said she had some things that she knew I'd love and

of course you know I DO!!!

She was able to bit TONS of  wonderful treasures in this little 9 x 16" pillow slip...

let me give you a little peek:

I unloaded it all and carefully laundered all of the precious fabric goodies,

French baby dresses, shirts, bibs....

I'm so in love with those two blue and white dresses!!!!

Beautiful old French ephemera and photographs ~

She told me that the bibs are from a French friend of hers when she was a baby!

All laundered, all pressed...what to do with them?

I've got to think of something ~

And just look at the teeny doll hangers...

Yes, this is the smallest, most precious doll pillow case!

Now I've GOT to make a pillow for it.

Look at the old fabric measuring tape, it's beautiful to me.

I so love this, I'll be sure to scan it and share it with you!

And I so love this red striped thingie with button holes...

it has them on each end like it was a cuff or something.

Wouldn't it be beautiful foundation for a collage???

I hope you enjoyed seeing the sweet treasures she gifted me,

you really couldn't even see them all!

Thank you so much precious Linda,

you are such an angel for thinking of me!!!

Wishing you wonderful weekend precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn