Welcome September!

First, a few beautiful photographs my precious daughter-in-law Emily

took a couple of years ago around our old farmhouse ~

Yes, I know.

I'm a little bit late on this...

but here in Georgia we do love it when

September finally arrives!

It's the promise of cooler temperatures,

lower humidity and of course, the anticipation of fall.

Isn't it wonderful that we can enjoy our gorgeous seasons?

And how neat is it that we love the season we're in but

we also look forward to the coming change!

I wanted to share what I'm up to at the moment ~

I had a sweet customer special order TWO treasure organizers

and they both are for precious little baby showers!

Each one for an expected baby girl too!

I'm almost, almost finished with them and wanted to

share a few in-progress photos.

I have everything ready to sew to the pockets and base...

now to simply choose the buttons to adorn each pocket!

ALSO...

I wanted to share that I'm having a sale in my Etsy shop!!!

I'm offering 50% OFF of everything in my store!

I have a few handmades to offer and 19 different tutorials.

It's the time of year for us all to get creative sweet friends!

Simply type in WELCOMEFALL into the Coupon Code box when checking out

to receive 50% OFF your entire order.

This sale is for THREE days only...

from now until Sunday, September 6th at midnight.

Click HERE to visit my shop!

Are you looking forward to our next season?

Cooler weather and beautiful Autumn leaves?

It's always been my very favorite time of the year ~

I can't help it, I love it!

Thank you always for stopping by to see what I'm doing!

Happy Friday angels ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

Making pretty things ~

I just finished five sweet treasure pockets!

Of course I have to share them with you ~

They've all sold to friends on Facebook but

I still wanted to post them here.

They are created from laundered drop cloth fabric...

laundered blankets for stabilizer...

and of course tons of antique lace,

vintage buttons and other treasures

that I've gathered from my studio!

I think that I'll make more but the pockets will be empty.

Ready for others to fill with THEIR treasures...

I love looking at my favorite things ~

so all you do is place your very favorite things inside the pocket

so you can see them every day and enjoy them!

And I have to share this precious angel with you!

Clara's mama is knitting and made her a beautiful cowl...

here she is modeling it!

Sweet girl is growing so fast it makes my head spin!!!

Wishing you a beautiful Tuesday precious friends!

Thank you always for dropping by to see me,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Forgotten lace, old buttons and humble fabrics ~

I'd been wanting to get back into the studio and

put together a single treasure pocket similar to my large ones...

and I FINALLY did!

It's funny how I drift away from making things for awhile but then

when I get back to it, I love is SO MUCH!

Here's the first one that I made...it's sold but I still wanted to

share it with you. I even stuffed it with a few of my own treasures too.

A roll of sheet music, antique baby photograph, rhinestone pin, an old baby shoe

and a teeny bundle of vanilla roses. It's simple really, but you get the idea.

I stuffed the bottom of the pocket with sewing pattern tissue

to lift the items up but it could easily just be filled with even

more goodies!

I'm also finishing up another Treasure Pocket Organizer.

These take time, just because I want each piece of lace, each button and

their placement to be just right (well, in my mind anyway!)

This one is sold as well but it's fun to see in-progress photos.

Sweet old lace, pressed and waiting for a new purpose...to be even more beautiful!

More lace stash...you really have to have a ton of stuff to make pretty things, I mean it!

You can't create without a wonderful supply to choose from.

And guess what else has been going on around here?

This precious girl...

this sweet baby, our granddaughter Clara started FIRST GRADE

this past Monday!!

She's so excited!! But I'm sure, since it's Friday and

this was her first week back, she'll be exhausted tonight.

And don't worry about our kids starting back so early ~

Every six weeks, they get a full week off AND two weeks at Christmas!

It's a great schedule and works out so well for the students and the teachers.

AND this goob...our sweet baby Noah...

now 17 years old, started his SENIOR year of high school!!!

And what's funny? This is a photo from last year.

He's growing his hair out and has a BEARD!!!

WHAT?

Someone at school told him yesterday, "Hey man, you look like Jesus"

HAHA! I told Noah, what a compliment!

Where has the time gone?

I hope you're having a wonderful summer and staying cool.

You realize we will blink and it will be Fall!

Thank you always, always for stopping by to see me ~

hugs and love,

Dawn