A sweet New Year's giveaway ~

Diane at Diane Knott's Musings is having a wonderful New Year's giveaway on her blog!! Just click HERE to enter to win....you know I LOVE birds!! Don't we all?

xxoo, Dawn

Aren't you so excited about this new year???

I sure am!! I can't quite put my finger on it but know that I have a good feeling about it. Our frame of mind has such an impact on our day, month and year, doesn't it?? I'm no psychologist (I'm not even sure if I spelled it right! :) but I do know that our minds are quite powerful! That is just a little food for thought this Saturday morning......

My little quilt is flying it's way to California now!!! Thank you so much for your sweet compliments...I do hope that Jenny is pleased ~

If you've been thinking about sending something to Somerset to be published...I want you to go ahead and do it!!! I would LOVE to see you on the pages.....make a few things as a matter of fact ~ you're all so wonderfully creative!


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The other day Emily and I stopped by one of my favorite thrift stores just to see if there was anything that we couldn't live without. Don't you just love the prices? Well, I bought another big 2.00 worth of old sewing patterns to use as tissue in my packaging (they are only .10 each!) and then I headed to the books. I love old books, the older the better. Emily loves them too! I did find one to alter (I've been wanting to do that so bad!).

Well, we were about to leave and stopped by the baby clothes area and you. will. not. believe!! the precious clothes we found for Clara!!!! Each one was only .99 each and I spent a big whopping 10.00 for the whole shebang! We came home and I washed the little things and dried them....and then laid them all out for us to admire ~

They all look brand new! But they are so tiny and probably were only worn for a nano second! I just had to show you ~ so don't forget to look for treasures at the thrift store!

Wishing you a wonderful, relaxing weekend sweet friends!

xxoo, Dawn

You can sew most anything to fabric!

This is a piece that I made earlier in the year and I know you've seen it before. It was in Somerset Studio a few months ago. Well, I want to show you a few close ups just so you can see how I stitched it in place!

Fabric with batting behind was glued into the opening of the old album mat....to provide me a base to sew my coin purse to ~

This is just a close up of the old watch face with a button glued right in the center! I snipped the shank off ~

These are those wooden eggs that you can buy at the craft stores, just painted with the acrylic paint and speckled with watered down brown paint on a toothbrush using my thumb as the device to flick the paint!

The art quilt is FINISHED!! I REALLY enjoyed making this....and figured out that you can sew most anything to fabric....it was like making an assemblage with a different medium! I'd better not show it all as it's going to Somerset tomorrow ~ but you get the idea!! Oh and by the way, I LOVE printing on fabric!!! It's like creating your very on fabric right in your home. Check out the way I do it by clicking the link in my sidebar....

I hope you had a wonderful New Year's day!! We sure did! DH made the most amazing traditional dinner...baked ham, collard greens and black-eyed peas ~

Thank you all so much for your sweet words about my post yesterday, but I truly mean it that we all inspire one another....it's a magical cycle!

Wishing you a very happy Friday sweet friends ~

xxoo, Dawn