Getting things together ~

I hope you had a WONDERFUL Independence day!!!

Ours was quiet but still so good.

Not much has been going on in the studio though ~

Noah is about to head to Florida this coming weekend with his church youth group,

so I've been trying to make sure he had all that he needs...

washing his clothes and getting everything together.

Hopefully I can get back into the creative swing soon ~ I miss it!

Wishing you a wonderful Thursday sweet friends....

hugs and love,

Dawn

Cherishing our freedom....

Wishing each of you...my sweet friends,

a wonderful July 4th ~

I pray you are enjoying the freedom we have

because of so many that have served,

sacrificed and are still serving

our wonderful country we call home.

We must always cherish our family and our wonderful country!!!

And let us always pray,

God bless America!!!

Sending you all many hugs and much love,

Dawn

Beautiful roses...wonderful finds!

The day before the yard sale weekend before last,

a sweet college friend came over for a sneak peek preview

and ended up visiting with us most of the evening...

we had the best time catching up!!!

Don't you love friends like that?

No matter how much time passes,

you always just pick right up where you left off ~

You may remember that she was so generous

and created the sweet arrangements for Emily's baby shower for me!

Tammy owns her own flower shop, One Rose Florist in Jonesboro, GA

and showed up with a gorgeous bouquet of roses for me!!!

They were fading this past weekend so I clipped them off to dry...

I love them just as much now as I did when she gave them to me!!!

Appreciating the beauty at every stage....

I made a little trip to Michael's this weekend and found several treasures!

You know I have to share with you so here's a look....

In the jewelry section I found a whole new batch of Industrial Chic products and these

gorgeous Rhinestone looking pins had to come home with me!!!

Don't you love their dollar section??

I found these sweet Mary Engelbreit cards and this pen!

The pen ended up being only .01 cent!!!!!

Of course I had a 40% off coupon and applied it to this big ol' pack of Creative Paperclay ~

I've had the hankering for a LONG time to work on an art doll...

I'm still trying to muster the courage though!

I'm such a freak and don't want it to look like a hot mess ~

And FINALLY my Michael's had this perfect flesh color of Martha Stewart paint...

 

And I found the latest issue of Somerset Life...it is BEAUTIFUL!

So it came home with me too.

And the crazy thing? They already had some of the French General line on clearance

so I scooped up this wonderful ribbon...

 

Lisa gave me some French General fabric for my birthday a while back

so I thought the ribbon would look perfect with it!

Maybe for a few lavender sachets?

And lastly a new Etsy listing!

This piece didn't make it into the yard sale

because, well...

it's too pretty!!

Click HERE if you're interested ~

I always feel like I don't thank you ENOUGH.

For taking the time out of your busy day to visit me

and to see what I'm up to ~

Thank you so, so much!!!

Wishing you a beautiful Monday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn