Oh my goodness! The lace angel visited me today!!!!!

Long time no post!

But, y'all....

This is truly post worthy!!!!

I met a sweet friend through Etsy that purchased

several of my tutorials.

One of which was the Candy Cup tutorial.

She was looking for lace similar to what I had used

in my photo in the tutorial.

I mentioned that it was wedding lace.

I told Madaline that maybe

if she went to JoAnn fabrics and

visited the wedding section and trims,

she could find something beautiful.

WELL....apparently this dear girl bought some for her....and some for me!!!!

Goodness gracious!!!

She told me she wanted to send me a few

snippets of lace so I could use them in my creations as well.

These are more than snippets!

I'm so, so, so very thankful sweet Madaline!

You truly are my lace angel ~

thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Now....what shall I make?

I'd better get myself busy creating, right???

First,

I will enjoy this wonderful gorgeousness!!!

Thank you always for stopping by sweet friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Welcome back sweet muse!

It's funny how our creative muse works (or doesn't!)

Seems mine's been on break for quite awhile but

is slowing returning!

I think it may be the changing of the seasons.

Fall is my very favorite and it always brings creativity!

So, in returning to blogging a little more often,

I thought I'd share a few projects that I've recently finished.

First, I've altered a beautiful bottle that I've had for years.

Yes, years.

It has beautiful lines and I finally decided it was time

to give it a facelift!

I've used wonderful wedding lace and even a piece of the back

of a vintage wedding dress to feature the gorgeous satin buttons.

Of course I had to add my favorite seam binding and

even a vintage rhinestone pin.

The French label is a favorite of mine and suited it perfectly!

The small ruffle under the satin button section is actually

the wrist section from a vintage sheer glove.

Yes, I cut it to pieces. But I only had one and now it looks

so pretty on the neck of the bottle.

It would look beautiful displayed in a bathroom or on someone's dresser.

I've added it to my Etsy store if you'd like to take a peek!!

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY SHOP!

I also finished a few pressed flower bookmarks!

These have already sold but I plan on making more.

I have a huge phone book FULL of pressed flowers!

I'm sharing the photos below because I simply love drying flowers.

They are beautiful to me alive or as they dry!

And lastly, this girl.

Thelma seems to love my new throw and has claimed it as hers!

Next up?

I'm going to alter a few apothecary jars!

I'll be sure to share as soon as I'm finished ~

Thank you always for visiting me here!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Almost finished ~

I've been a busy bee around here!

Sorting through my vintage lace and choosing

just the right pieces to add to each sachet.

I have ten that will be going towards an order and

six extra that I'll be adding to my Etsy shop!

All that's left to do is fill with lavender buds,

sew each one closed and embellish with

my very favorite things ~

seam binding and sparkly buttons!

I hope to have a few in my shop this evening!!

Guess what?

I checked the calendar and the first day of fall is in two weeks!!!

I hope you have a beautiful Friday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

The river of creativity...

Sometimes the river flows at full force ~

rapidly moving...overflowing the banks even!

But sometimes, it's a simple trickle and guess what,

there's just nothing, nothing at all you can do about it.

This life we live takes over and sometimes it just doesn't happen

how we planned it out in our heads!

Anyway ~ I did finally finish these two sweet "flea bags"!

One is already sold but the other has been listed

in my Etsy shop ~

I've used gorgeous old wedding lace, more vintage laces and doilies...

antique buttons and even a vintage watch face with tiny pearls!

They are such a wonderful size, perfect for slinging across your chest

and hitting the antique market!!!!

So how's your river flowing these days???

Wishing you a beautiful, creative and wonderful Monday precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

Can you ever have too much?

Ugh....I think NOT!!!!

When it comes to lace ~ I am ALWAYS on the lookout!!

I've collected lace ever since I owned my own antique store...
and when I'm out junkin', I still search for beautiful old pieces.

I had baskets filled with lace all over the studio and finally

decided to get them all together and dump them into a big ol' vintage suitcase!

Yes, I know....what a mess! Everything's all jumbled up together ~

And when I'm creating, I just dig and dig.

The suitcase below is the smaller one that was already filled with lace ~

Some pieces may be only about three inches long ~ I don't care...

they're like little treasures to me.

I even store several bunches of crinkled seam binding

that I haven't gotten around to using with the lace,

they look good together, don't you think?

I really should organize it all....
but I'd rather make stuff instead!


Have a beautiful Wednesday dear friends ~
hugs and love,
Dawn