Sharing your creative spirit ~

Since beginning my blog waaaay back in 2007,

I've always loved creating new things, sharing photos of what I've made
 and even sharing how I've made them!

Sometimes I will share my creative steps
with free tutorials here on my blog,
(see the link at the top of my blog for those :)

with my tutorials for purchase and

even in simple photographs in a blog post.

But always, always I have loved sharing my creative spirit.

My sweet friend Suzanne contacted me a while back

and after purchasing one of my tutorials mentioned

that she and her friends were heading

to her mountain home getaway
(the gorgeous photo above is from her mountain home!!!)

and were all going to create the project
from the tutorial!!!

I told her it sounds like so much fun and to please share photos

with me when you return, I would love to see!

Here are their wonderful Silver Plate Collages and

Suzanne said they had the most fun being together and creating!

I think they are all so GORGEOUS!
Beautiful, French and each special in it's very own way ~
Thank you so much sweet Suzanne for sharing your photos with me
and I am so very thankful that you shared your creative spirit with your friends!

Happy Tuesday my sweet friends,
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