We had such a great Thanksgiving!!!

We spent Thursday afternoon with hubby's family and

everyone was there...all our boys, Emily and the grandbabies ~

The food was amazing and it was just so good

for everyone to be together!

As I get older I realize how precious these times are...

our families are so very busy all year long it's just

so good that we can stop

and gather together

for this precious time.

Today, we are having my family's Thanksgiving!

My parent's are in town and

since our dining room is now our little soap shop,

we are having our dinner at David and Chase's home...

I'm so thankful our boys don't mind hosting us this year!!

We truly are so very blessed.

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving...

whether it was a large event

or even a small one.

To pause and give thanks for all we've been blessed with

is what really matters.

I finally finished the large rose sachet order!!!

Everything is all packaged up and ready to be mailed Monday ~

I did make two extra rose sachets that have been added

to my little Etsy store if you'd like to take a peek!!!

Wishing you a wonderful weekend dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

I've been a busy bee!!!

We've had TONS of soap orders that we're working on,

plus I'm finishing up a big rose sachet order and

wanted to share a few photos...

There will be two extras that I will list in my shop too!

I still have to add pretty seam binding bows and a little bling....

My mom and dad will arrive tomorrow for our Thanksgiving gathering...

it seems as the years pass

I realize how very precious each and every visit

with our loved ones is ~

We truly must treasure these times....

OH!!!! My sweet friend Karen has her wonderful blog back up and running!!!

Check her new blog address HERE!!!

Happy Wednesday my sweet, sweet friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

As I thank the Lord each night in my prayers,

I am reminded of all the precious blessings He has given our family.

No, things are not always perfect around here,

and I don't share all that here....

but when you get down to the nitty gritty,

no matter how tough things get,

no matter how many trials and tribulations we have been through,

our family is truly blessed!!!

I created the image below just for you...

a quote straight from a Veggie Tales video

out little Noah (now almost 16 yrs old) used to watch!

I have to show you these beautiful elf shoes that

Beth of Gathering Dust created

using my little Elf/Fairy Shoe Ornament Tutorial....

she has a beautiful way of putting them together, don't you think?

I think they are just GORGEOUS!

And what have I been up to?

We had a precious house guest this past weekend...

Clara came to spend the night Saturday and helped me decorate our Christmas tree

and put out the Christmas village....we had the BEST time together!!!

I normally don't put the tree up before Thanksgiving but my parents

are coming into town this week and

next weekend will be so busy visiting with them ~ 

Here's the fruit of our labor!!!

Doesn't everyone have a Christmas village surrounding their TV???

It was the only available space I had and guess what?

Our precious granddaughter Clara didn't mind at all!!!!

She just loved helping me set it up and playing with it ~

These truly are the things that memories are made of.

I'm working on an order for ten rose petal sachets that has made the studio

smell like a beautiful garden!!!

And we're also working on TONS of soap orders as well ~

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!

I hope you are doing so good and
thank you so much for stopping by to see what I'm up to ~

Happy Monday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn