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

Pink Scarf Project

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~