A thankful heart ~

We really have been so very busy around here!

Soap orders have been piling in and

I am so very thankful but they do pull me away

from my other endeavors you know.

I have to share with you a sweet photo of our robin's egg blue soap

that is packaged in a glass apothecary jar ~

ALL we did was create soap this past weekend,

then clean it and package it up for mailing.

I really should have taken a photo of it before I boxed it all ~
it was just so beautiful!

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I hit the thrift store yesterday and just LOOK

at the GORGEOUS lamp I found!!!

Don't look at the shade that it came with

as I will change that,

but don't you love the lamp itself????

A few more wonderful finds from the last few days?

This amazingly large paper mache dress form!!!

Can you guess what she will become?

You know I am so, so stingy now when it comes to buying magazines, right?

Well, here are two that I purchased lately and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them!

I didn't take photos of inside but just thumb through them at the store

just to see what you think, OK?

I thank you so much for stopping by to see what I'm up to ~

I treasure you all so much!

Happy Tuesday precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

One last angel for now...

I just finished my last angel for now ~

it's time to move on to something different.

What that will be, I don't quite know!

But I wanted to share this sweet girl with you...

she is already sold but still wanted you to see her.

I've used another baby/doll dress ~

I'm not sure which it was, I think doll though.

Gorgeous old millinery flowers adorn her waist

and of course seam binding!

A fragment of an old rhinestone earring for a necklace pendant.

The wings as I embellished them...

And you're just not going to believe this...

Our little Murray turned 11 months old yesterday!!!

He's such a sweet boy...he's getting around so good, dragging himself all over the place,

sitting up and he's starting to pull up as well.

He'll even raise up on his hands and feet like he's doing push ups!

I hope you have a great Tuesday dear friends!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

He shall give His angels charge over thee...

I have to share with you my latest tattered angel that a friend wanted ~

I finally finished her and wanted you to see.

She's wearing a very old baby dress that has been sculpted and pinned

to fit the dress form...it drapes so beautifully!!!

I added wonderful old millinery around her waist.

And I also printed out one of my favorite Bible verses that I love to tie around her waist.

Her necklace is a part of an old rhinestone earring...

The wings were purchased at hob lob but I added layers and layers of

white feathers to embellish them.

On the front AND the back.

A side view ~

I truly love how this angel turned out and can only hope that

my friend loves her too!!!

I thought I would share a quick photo of our beautiful egg soap

from our General Store Soap Etsy shop

BEFORE it has been cleaned and readied for shipping!!

This soap truly IS handmade ~

Here is the AFTER...each one trimmed, cleaned and ready ~

I never, ever tire of making pretty things!!!

Wishing you a beautiful Monday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

A new angel in the making ~

I've started on another small, altered dress form

and thought I'd share

my progress so far!!

A friend on Facebook requested that I make another so....

if she doesn't choose to purchase her you know the angel

will end up in my Etsy store!

This is the dress form as I purchased it...

really pretty but you know me,

I've got to make it mine!

It stands about 17" tall, so it's a nice size ~

I painted a coat of gesso over the entire thing, from top to bottom.

Then painted a coat of Folk Art Antique White craft paint all over ~

Next...(sorry, I forgot to take a photo of this step)

I water down dark brown paint just a little, paint on layer on the stand

in sections, wiping the excess away with a damp rag.

I do this for the knob on top as well.

Next...I started digging through my old doll dresses and I begin to play!

I found this one and just LOVE the way it drapes on her!!

It's too long but there's something about that that I think looks ethereal...

I've cinched the dress around her waist with

seam binding but may add another layer of it

so I can have seam binding tails down the front ~

and added beautiful old millinery flowers.

She needs a pretty necklace, a Bible verse around her waist and of course

her angel wings!! So, we'll see ~ I'll be sure to share finished

photographs with you and if she ends up in the shop too!!

Thank you always for stopping by and for your sweet comments

on yesterday's post ~ you know I love you all!

hugs and love,

Dawn

There are angels among us...

I just love beautiful angel images...

and love, LOVE creating angel themed artwork.

I know they watch over us and are most likely

our loved ones who have passed on before us ~

I finally finished my tattered angel!

She was primed, painted and the stand was antiqued.

The small dress form stands 16" tall and

is adorned with several old treasures...

An old doll dress has been shaped to fit her ~

and another little doll dress serves as her petticoat.

Vintage millinery and seam binding were used to cinch her waist

and antique lace was used as a camisole.

Even a new-made-to-look-old rhinestone charm adorns her neck...

She is already sold but I just had to share her with you!!!

Thank you always for stopping by to see me ~

Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday sweet friends!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

A tattered angel in progress!

I haven't finished her but couldn't stand it...I just had to share!

I found a small dress form at the store the other day

and knew it would be wonderful altered.

A few years ago I altered a paper mache dress form

that was really quite large and transformed it into

a tattered angel ~

I used old lace, feather wings, rhinestones, etc.

That's exactly what popped into my mind

the minute I saw this smaller form!

So rather than wait, I thought I would share my steps and progress!

Here she is...about 14 or 15 inches tall....

there were some designs printed on the fabric

but I didn't care for those ~

I've had these sweet angel wings for a while,

probably since last Christmas...

I found them at Hobby Lobby which

they probably have them again as they

are all stocked up for artists and crafters

to create their goodies for the fall 

and Christmas shows.

Next, I pulled out the gesso and gave her a good coating....

just so I could paint her a pretty shade of off white ~

The gesso dried quickly and I couldn't even wait to paint her,

I had to play a little bit!!!!

Since this piece will be totally different than my first tattered angel,

I thought I would pull out all of my collected doll dresses

and see if I had one that would work for her....

I found the PERFECT little dress!! Plus I found a slip that I will use as as well ~

This is just pinned in place to give you an idea...

I still have to paint her a beautiful linen color,

antique the stand and begin layering pretty components

that will add to her charm!

Stay tuned dear friends!!!

Wishing you a wonderful Monday,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Looking back....

The more I look back at my past blog posts,

the more I want to make something!!!

You have always been so encouraging to me...

Here are a few images I found that I've offered to you earlier ~

One little piece of artwork that I still wish I had!!!

My tattered angel...

While I'm busy helping out at the soap shop...

I'm taking a look back at older posts.

Even seeing things I've made and shared,

feeds my creative spirit!!!

Happy Tuesday my sweet friends!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn