A little art, a little organizing and a precious gift!

I can't even believe it's already getting close to the end of January!

Seems the time flies by faster and faster as I get older.

I DID actually create something in the last few days!!!

This is an old clock case we've had for years and my husband

had the idea of me turning it into a nest assemblage.

Of course, he was right!

And it turned out so precious!!!

It being only 4" wide I had to use a very teeny nest.

I lined the interior with a wonderful mesh fabric,

embellished the nest with feathers and fragments of moss tucked here and there.

And then of course, added three tiny speckled eggs.

The top is tied with scraps of silk sari ribbon and an antique woven piece.

Don't you just love small things? They are my very favorite.

A dear blog friend purchased this piece last night as a gift to her husband!

As I was cleaning up the studio last week

I thought I'd share some of my antique lace collection.

Now this is not stored in some fancy antique chest but a new

plastic drawer thingee but it does serve it's purpose.

I took a photo of the contents of each drawer to share with you.

This is not ALL of my lace but some of my very favorite antique pieces...

Here is the contraption that I'm using.

They are not that attractive but work beautifully!

I'm trying to tag boxes so it will be easier for me to locate things.

It's terrible when you are looking for elements and can't remember where you put them!

I've even been organizing my button collection!!!

Dried roses and beautiful pieces of bark...

And yes, I have a thing for teddy bears!

They decided they wanted a selfie for me to share with you! HAHAHA!

THIS is the precious gift that I wanted to share with you!!!

As you know we lost our sweet Ellie girl back in November.

Well, a dear blog friend that I've know for YEARS wanted to

needle felt me a small replica of our precious pup.

LOOK AT HOW AMAZING SHE IS!!!!

Can you even believe it??

If you would like to request something for yourself

from my dear friend Cheryl Goode MacKinnon,

you can find her on Instagram HERE

or you can email her at zanymaydoriginals@yahoo.com.

Thank you ALWAYS for visiting me here on my little blog!!

Wishing you an amazing week dear friends ~

Hugs and love,

Dawn

There are angels among us ~

I know that many of my followers here on my blog

are also friends of mine on Facebook.

This is our precious angel Ellie.

We lost her last week and words cannot describe

how much we all miss her!!!

I've never lost a pup before and it's like losing a true member of the family.

We miss her routine, her love and of course simply her.

I hate to start a post off with such sad news but this blog

is a journal of my life. She was such a huge part of it!!!

We will see you again sweet girl.

While things were so very sad here, with Ellie's declining health,

I received a package from a friend.

Linda has purchased several things from me in the past and I simply LOVE her taste!!!

Well, not because she bought MY wares

but she has shows and sells amazing antiques and finds.

We are friends on Facebook and her family hunts turkeys. Her children and grandchildren.

She posted that they had several turkeys and she had a TON of feathers.

Linda wanted to know if any of her friends wanted any.

OF COURSE I DID!!!

I love using feathers in my artwork!!!

She wanted my address and said she'd send some my way.

Well, my friends.

THIS is what she sent me!!!!!!!!!!

(Tons of photos to come, sorry)

Turkey feathers!!!!

Then there is THIS.

AND THIS!!!

Velvet pieces and luscious fabrics!

I literally cried.

My heart was so heavy and sad.

But to see this sweet friend send me so many elements to create with

touched my heart so much.

I thanked her immensely and she told me that she just had a feeling

that I needed a box of happy not even knowing about Ellie!!!

Thank you so much precious Linda, you truly are an angel.

Every little thing is so, so appreciated!

You've inspired me to get busy and make something beautiful!!!

If you want to look her up (she's in Arkansas) and follow her on FB,

here is her FACEBOOK PAGE.

You will LOVE her taste!!!

Thank you always, always for checking in to see what I'm up to.

Hugs and love,

Dawn