You know I love you, right?

And since we haven't really gone on a vacation this year,

I thought I'd take a little mini vaca for myself...

Just for a few days ~

and if I make anything wonderful,

I'd be sure to share with you.

You KNOW that!!!

Thank you always, always for visiting me here ~

you truly are my inspiration!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Sharing your creative spirit ~

Since beginning my blog waaaay back in 2007,

I've always loved creating new things, sharing photos of what I've made
 and even sharing how I've made them!

Sometimes I will share my creative steps
with free tutorials here on my blog,
(see the link at the top of my blog for those :)

with my tutorials for purchase and

even in simple photographs in a blog post.

But always, always I have loved sharing my creative spirit.

My sweet friend Suzanne contacted me a while back

and after purchasing one of my tutorials mentioned

that she and her friends were heading

to her mountain home getaway
(the gorgeous photo above is from her mountain home!!!)

and were all going to create the project
from the tutorial!!!

I told her it sounds like so much fun and to please share photos

with me when you return, I would love to see!

Here are their wonderful Silver Plate Collages and

Suzanne said they had the most fun being together and creating!

I think they are all so GORGEOUS!
Beautiful, French and each special in it's very own way ~
Thank you so much sweet Suzanne for sharing your photos with me
and I am so very thankful that you shared your creative spirit with your friends!

Happy Tuesday my sweet friends,
hugs and love,
Dawn

Creating is always, always good!

I managed to park myself in my studio and make a little something new!!!

I've had this beautiful box for years and finally creating something inside ~

my newest nature assemblage!

I just love using nests in my artwork...speckled eggs...

and gathering as many other natural elements to

add to the assemblages.

Here it is!! Fresh from the studio:

I found the most amazing birch bark printed paper and used it

to line the interior of the box...

I choose each and every element carefully and play with the placement until I'm happy.

Each feather is placed strategically in the nest

to enhance the clutch of speckled eggs ~

You can find this piece in my Etsy shop if you'd like to take a peek!!

Thank you so much for stopping by to see me and

always for your sweet comments!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn