Welcome to my Sacred Yarn Room~ (Where Bloggers Create Event)

Early mornings are my favorite,

   soft sunlight in the window

         reflecting through the leaves on the trees.

With my window open,

      I can listen to the birds as they sing their 

                 morning songs~ 

In the early hours here,

 sometimes I just sit~

a place to reflect

to make plans for my day-

quiet,

      calm,

say a prayer,

~feed my soul

   

Surrounded by all the things 

that make me happy~

fulfilling my dreams,

my passions,

to create~

~Welcome to my Sacred Yarn room~

I'm so excited to share my special place

with you!

I wanted you to see this room as I do, 

starting in the early morning hours -

my most favorite time 

to be here~

I love the way the light filters in through 

the window~

Now that the morning  glow has filled the room,

let's take a walk

 around this place where I create.

~

I want to share with you

all the things that make this room so special

to me.

This antique button bowl belonged to my Mother.

Over time, I've added buttons and used many. 

I like to think it is filled with memories.

Sometimes I like to just let the buttons sift through my hands.

There are treasures in this bowl --

some that I have not even found 

yet~

I'm a knitter of nests

(but you probably already know that).

My collection of vintage books is 
ever growing.
(another obsession)
~
I use the books when I take photos
of my nests.

This vintage seashell dish is one of my favorites~

sometimes I use it to display buttons
for my projects.

 vintage white bliss

some of my favorite colored buttons
Czechoslovakian glass
tortoise shell
leather
vintage Bakelite

my arrangement of glass beaded stems
(another obsession)

one of my knitted nests
(this one is waiting for a giveaway later this year!)

reflections
 from the morning sunlight

this wire dome
 was one of my flea market finds earlier this spring

Vintage pink laces and trims
(these are ready for use in my Breast Cancer Awareness nest)
(I'm working on that nest now!)

my most favorite flea market find ever!
this collection of vintage jars
is used to hold my "shabby" torn fabric strips

this vintage sidebar once belonged to my
 Grandmother
(having it here in my Sacred Yarn room is very special to me)

I love to collect little bird dishes
#yetanotherobsession!

Don't laugh~
but these tiny little jars of glitter  came from the Dollar Tree
(and I love them!)

my yarn scraps
~
 every knot, every tangle, every little piece
for use in my nests
~
this vintage porcelain bowl also belonged
 to my Grandmother

every nook and cranny of this room 
is filled with my crafting supplies
~
it may look disorganized to you
but believe me~
I know where everything is!
(but it might take me a week to find it!)

a beautiful collection of supplies
(vintage and hand embroidered)
just waiting their turn for use
in my 
Vintage Spring nest
(due out next spring)

~a collection of my Mother's vintage laces and trims~
~
her legacy lives on
as I use these to make my
Shabby Chic nests

a collection of treasures
for use in a project that is just now
beginning in my sketch book
~
from first sketch to finished plans-
it will be 2 years before I begin to share this with you!
(but already I am collecting treasures !)

~just one of my beautiful yarn stashes~

My Mother's vintage suitcase
holds another of my yarn scrap collections
(she used it on her honeymoon-
it still has the train ticket stubs hanging on the top)
~
some of my button collections are kept in
whiskey bottles
(our Kentucky heritage is linked to whiskey production)
I love these bottles.

a little bit of bling~

a little cast iron bird
nesting here among my "shabby" torn
fabric strips

~just pretty~

this little hutch belonged to my parents
(I can still see it sitting in the hallway in my childhood home)
~
the yellow bird vase
was another of my recent flea market finds
~
my Mother painted everything
this light blue color--
way before it ever became a popular shabby color!
~
this little bucket is from her collection
and houses some of my
knitting needles. 

~work on the
Breast Cancer Awareness nests
has begun!
~
(I have 3 more baskets of pink yarn that I have not even shown you here!)
(before I cleaned it up for these photos --- 
the Sacred Yarn room looked like a giant pink bomb
 had exploded here!!)

Guilty~
there is NO hiding my obsession
for knitting books.
(especially baby knitting patterns).
~
and yes--
this yarn IS organized
and I know exactly what I have here in this shelf.  
(not counting the 12 other bins of  yarn that are stacked in my bedroom!)
~
the person who dies with the biggest yarn stash wins~
it might be me!

I'm collecting vintage lace doilies
to use in a little project--
I've been collecting for almost 2 years
and I think I am getting close to having enough~

a collection of beautiful vintage books
that I use in the photography
of my nests.
(one of my favorite flea market vendors
saves some of his best vintage books for me)

another great flea market purchase earlier this spring~
this vintage pink transfer ware bowl
holds more of my Mother's
vintage lace collections

~just a small collection of the yarns
that I use in the making of my
Woodland and Shabby Chic 
nests

ahh - another another "nesting" stash

My collection of glass jars with bird lids
is one of my favorite ways
to house my collections. 
~
(that little nest is the first one I ever made)
they have changed a lost since then!

the little porcelain bird box 
once belonged to my Grandmother
It's so very fragile~

~more of my tabletop display~

there is actually organization to this chaos~
yarns and embellishments in these storage jars
are destined for future projects 

the china bluebird platter
once belonged to my great-Grandmother

more treasures
and~~ another little stash of yarn in the back

~another view~
(my parents started housekeeping with that lamp)
~
as you can see I spend a lot of money on my decorations - lol
I walked out in the yard - grabbed a tree branch - stuck it in a jar
(I won't win any prizes here!!)

beaded garland and ribbon
 for use in my nests

it's rare to find a vintage embroidered handkerchief
 with the "V" initial~
I treasure this one.

sometimes this display 
changes with the
 seasons

I love this little berry basket from
Anthropologie~
(it's just perfect storage for my business cards)

and this~~
is where I sit to write my blog

Thank you all for visiting me here today. 
It may take me the rest of the summer--
but I will visit each of you who
leave your comments here :)
~~
Thank you to Karen
for once again hosting this
great blogging event!
We all love and appreciate you so much!
xoxo
(Please click on her name above to be directed to 
Karen's blog and the listing of everyone
who is participating in this amazing
event.) 
~~ 

Some updates for those of you who visit here regularly ~

Coming up next -- MY own contribution to the Pink Scarf Project -- and then all of YOUR latest contributions -- photographed at the seashore!

Vicki