Monday, April 8, 2013

The Shabby Chic nests ~ (their story)

My Mother's Bible is old and tattered.
   The pages yellowed and loose from their bindings~




Her precious collection of vintage laces sat here in my
 Sacred Yarn room for years ---
waiting--
       waiting--
                   waiting~~

silently calling to me~


until finally~
I had the courage to listen.

Filled with laces from my Mother's collection-
the Shabby Chic nests
  are now more beautiful
 than ever before.


Photographing
them sitting on my Mother's Bible,
 just seemed fitting.


To make them even more special~
I'm adding your very own personal treasures.
~~
your grandmother's pearls,
tiny lockets,
pieces of a wedding dress,
ribbons from christening gowns,
your Father's handkerchief,
pieces of a treasured prayer cloth,
laces from your own collections,...


For weeks now,
tiny packages have been arriving here to me~
filled with precious memories
 from Your past and present--

This note made my heart stop~
a stark realization that life is fragile,
there are no promises.
We should tell the people we love --
that we LOVE them.
~
(I am sharing this photo with the permission
 of a very special lady).
xoxo
~~
Bringing these nests to life
with your own precious treasures
has brought me the greatest
pleasure.


My own collection of vintage embellishments
made a lovely photo~
pearl necklaces, beaded garland, millinery branches,
and feathers.
(I'm adding these embellishments and
lots of beautiful wispy,
 white feathers~)


I've been steadily working on nests since December.
First -- I made all of the Woodland nests.
And then -- we traveled to warm places (sigh~)
(photos coming soon - I promise!)
~~
Since I have been home
I have dedicated long hours to creating these
Shabby Chic nests for those of you
on the waiting list.
~
If you would like info about NEXT year's waiting list --
you are welcome to email me~
vboster1@windstream.net

Of course, Yeller Feller is helping me in the usual way~
~~
My goal is to have the Shabby Chic nests finished by
early June.
Those of you still on the list
will be hearing from me
soon!
~~~~

Some updates~



Your generosity and participation in the
continues to amaze me!
~~
When we returned from our cruise to warm places,
these packages
(containing 24 scarves!!)
were waiting on me!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
To date~ the Pink Scarf Project
has collected over
 100 scarves!!!
~~ 
~~ If you would like info
about the project --
the photo link is on the top of my sidebar
or the link noted above.
~
(I am already working on the beautiful spring photo shoot for the scarves!)
It is going to be amazingly beautiful!
I'm getting SO excited to share the scarves with you all! 
~~
All scarves received from this notice on --
 will be photographed in the
 Summer
photo shoot.
(I'm thinking they might take a trip to the seashore!!) 




A bit of news~
Here I go again-- off on another little blogging break.  For real this time!!
~~
I will return on May 7 --(set your clocks for 2 pm EST) --
Visit me here for a beautiful post featuring my collection of Vintage Millinery -- and a little preview of something new!!~
~~
You are always welcome to email me at any time.  And, can I just say this to you all~~ I love you.
xoxoxo,
Vicki

PS -- Did you enter my Vera Grateful Giveaway??? The link is on the top of my sidebar --

 xoxoxo~