Weekend findings

SEnding Love for the Start of a BEautiful week Dear fRiends! FillEd with TreaSureS and UniqeLY dEeSigNed sparKLes MEant juST For YOU!! XO

A little more jewelry inspiration

Going on a girls trip this weekend..........uplifting and inpsiring Women of Joy...... and might do a little beading in the hotel room. Guess I caught the beading bug from my previous post! What about you dear friend? What calls you to be creative right now??

Sending JOY for the weekend.

PS~ Will miss you Anjie....sending you an extra dose of that Joy!!

sweet weekend finds

These beautiful pieces were found handcrafted treasures from Rebecca's little corner at ARtifacts. Such a sweet store and owner for sure. Clarksville is adorable if you ever head to Tennessee....just a little off the beaten path but well worth it! I chose the necklace for the beautiful blue stone. It reminds me of Earth.......I keep running my fingers over it as I wear it and saying a prayer for this big ole blue ball we call home. We sure need it, and the necklace seems to be my favorite treasure, although I saw many good things in Sweet Rebecca's booth! (Oh but the bunny, he is mine all mine!)

Speaking of Rebecca, it seems she and Jenny Doh and some others are doing something for Japan......keep watching Creschendo here or Rebecca here....thought I would pass that along as well!

Scroll down and you will see another sweet treat we found near downtown Nashville. Oh, the flavors they have! Hers was birthday, mine was wedding cake. I guess we went with the traditional ones.........but oh so many fun choices. Hope your weekend was great as well! Sending wishes for a sweet week to you my friends. XO

Gentle Heart

So many of you agree I know. Hearts going out to Japan. Gentle prayers for all they have faced and for protection and provision of all that remains.

This canvas has a bit of celebration to it, but still I want to send that out. To celebrate what was, what is, and is to come.

Finding the good. We are so blessed.

Just look really, really hard sometimes. Eyes on the prize my friends! XO

Sweet Inspiration

Time for a little rainy day crafting with some youth group friends today. Spring break here and many have flown south, so my Anna (right) and I decided to play a bit while the boys were playing basketball and Wii indoors today at Chruch. They made the greatest necklaces with these Tim Holtz tags. We also created a collage on wood, and I was so into creating my own, I forgot to take pictures! Teen time is good. Roller skating tomorrow....pizza factory Thursday...and then perhaps a little family road trip. Treasure hunting sounds good! I can forgo the sunshine for that, any day! Hope you have a fun week, sunshine or rain and with a teenager if you can too!! How can you insprire one today? Maybe one inspired you too! I know they did me. Sending you patience and inspiration today my friends! Love! XO

She won!!

Sue Stokke, that is..... here at MyArt's Desire! She is one of the most treasured finds in all my blogging days, She is! Sue is one of the most encouraging and inspiring peeps out there and ooooh la la her eye for beautimus things! A heavenly artspace too, this gal. Sue wins the Vintage notions book and pattern from Amy Barickman, I offered a couple of posts back!

I was so tickled to hear Sue had signed up for the next SheArt class and wanted to remind you all of that as well. Teacher Christy Tomlinson has posted an offer to win some sweet things too, here, on her bog. Check that out while you are at it! Have a super good day my friends! I will post some more of these SheARt projects this week, so stay tuned! XO!

My very first girl......in She ARt

Not sure how you feel about taking this fun, most reasonably priced class~ playing with paints and paper and canvas and just about anything from fabric scraps to rub ons. I can tell you from looking at all the work my classmates are doing...............it's nothing but good!! Check out Christy Tomlinson's class here, and her shop too.

I will not be the same~NOT!! I love that this incorporates media I use in Art Journaling. Even the words and captions. Love it. You will see more from this SheArt student! Hope you can join the fun in this 3 week class, starts again April 11th.

Sending Joy for the weekend my friends!! XO

Vintage Notions Give away

Wanted to share an offer that comes to us through Amy Barickman . She has generously offered You and I a free copy of her book Vintage Notions as well as an adorable pattern called Boudoir Basics. Cutest PJ's ever! Just leave a comment below for Friday's drawing.

Amy's book is a charming coffee table book with an instant flavor of historical southern charm. As the title suggests, It's vintage feel is what inspires me the most. A book rich in heritage with essays, recipe and decorating ideas, and of course, sweet vintage sewing prompts. I like the idea that the book is broken down into months and seasons....and cute little book pockets after each one!

If I could say anything I dislike about the book is that is makes me long for times when women spoke and lived as so much of this book depicts ! You will love it! Hope you win it!

Sending Joy to you this day, my friends!! XOXO

Apron Fun!

Aprons should be fun, right?! This one, Pink and Green, just makes me so very happy.

Then the REAL fun started..... had and urge to buy a vintage slip for a while now. Last week was the perfect opportunity as I drove by one of the shops with a 20%off clothing sign. So here it is............just felt like it was waiting for me for some odd 40 years or so. Tags still on it, in perfect shape! I happened to stop into Lisa's shop Lola Rue yesterday and check out what I bought my paycheck with?! A Pink and Green bag to go with. There are two more in the same pattern there in her shop.....a little smaller in size but every bit as darling!!

No, I won't be wearing this slip out.........maybe not even wearing it in, but I loved the challenge Jenny offered here at THE ART OF THE DRESS and love the opportunities for creativity that it inspired in me. Now to go put the apron on and get some 4 or so canvases done that have a destination for this weekend. Hope you are playing/working and enjoying your aprons today too! Sending you Joy Dear Friends! XO