A giveaway for you!!!

I have to share this with you dear friends because

I want YOU to have a chance to win

some of our beautiful egg soap!!

Barbara of The Everyday Home blog is sponsoring

a giveaway on her blog for our robins egg blue egg soap!!

Just click HERE to be taken to her giveaway post

to simply comment to win ~

Thank you so much Barbara for hosting this giveaway for us!

Plus...I don't think I've shared these cute new soaps with you yet!!

They are the most adorable, chubby worms!

They are sold in pkgs of 2 and are about 4" long each...

Clara LOVES them so I know they must be a good thing!

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

I hope you have a beautiful Tuesday sweet friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

A new season ~

I can't believe it's that time again!!!

School starts for Noah today
and how in the world did the time fly by so quickly??

He's now a tenth grader and towers over me!!

There's always been something neat about school starting to me.

Almost like it's a new season, a fresh start...

similar to the first of the year but different.

I always hope that I can get my schedule flipped back

the way it should be ("hope" being the key word),

maybe I'll go to bed at a decent time
and be productive during the daylight hours!

We'll see how that goes :)

How did my sweet baby grow so fast?

Fall 2009

And now...Noah's the tall one :)

This was taken just a week ago at his Youth trip in Florida!!

And don't worry about his school starting so early ~

They get a week off after every six weeks!!!

It's really great for the students AND the teachers.

Wishing you a wonderful Monday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

The beginnings of something new ~

I just have to share what I'm working on ~

even though it's totally not finished!!!

I found an amazing box and knew, just KNEW

it would be beautiful altered.

Here are the beginnings, I have to share with you ~

I'm not quite finished but have painted the entire box a soft cream color

including the hardware (which I LOVE painted!)

I've also used an antiquing wash all over...painted on, then

wiped off so the goodness falls into the crevices and cracks.

Next, I've added my most very favorite image onto the top ~

I can't help it, it's just beautiful to me...

I've painted a rough coat inside as I've not quite decide what to do yet...

maybe line with sheet music and add a handmade gathered luggage pocket in the lid???

I just have to share because I know you love what I love!!!

Happy Friday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn