Donna's Shabby Treasure Nest...

Another beautiful treasure nest
                   has flown away to a new home...

 This nest was created for Donna,

using her own vintage 

and treasured items...

 Donna sent me a lovely note,

explaining the story behind the pieces

that she choose for her nest...

 with her permission,

I will share this note and her beautiful

stories...

 Hi Vicki,
When I look at my treasure nest I see my 2 loves,

 the love I have for my daughter and my love for all things vintage.

 To begin I will start with the love for my daughter. 

A year ago she was married and had a beautiful vintage wedding 

at the oldest wedding venue in the country Plimoth Plantation.

 I created a vintage wedding lace journal 

that contained a lot of the elements

 I sent you to use in

 my nest. 

~

 The vintage silver filigree pieces, 

clear and silver beaded trim and my parents wedding picture

 were all used in her lace wedding journal.

 It was such a labor of love. 

 There were so many hours spent on that journal,

 it came out beautiful and I loved 

every minute of it. 

~ 

 

 The other elements used in the nest 

were from my love of vintage and vintage inspired pieces. 

To see some of the vintage inspired pieces that I made

 incorporated into the nest, 

warms my heart. 

~

 I can look at this nest in years to come 

and see some of my most favorite vintage pieces I collected,

 especially the little beaded handbag.

 I knew that this was the perfect canvas to display such a wonderful trinket.

~

 I find great joy admiring the many beautiful pieces 

I have acquired over the years and I am delighted 

to say this is one I will "treasure" forever. 

 I have this displayed on a glass cake pedestal under a glass dome. 

 A very special place for a very treasured nest! 

Thank you so much.....
Kindest regards,
Donna

 A note from me...

Have you all been as busy as me this summer.  I waited all winter for these warm summer days to be here, counted every minute until spring, and then summer...and now that it is here... its flying by!! I have not stopped.  I think that because we were gone for so much in May, we have been working overtime to catch up since we have returned back home.  Everyday, I work in my flowers.  The Gardener and I both start our days out playing in the dirt every morning -- he in the yard, me on my back deck.  In my next post I will share some of our summertime photos from our home...

xoxo

Vicki 

ps -- OF COURSE I am behind in returning your gracious and kind comments..... I'm all about that this week! 

And lastly -- please remember to check out my post on the Kindness Quilt Project.  It runs for a full year and I am hosting a lovely giveaway for that project as well.  There are ways for EVERYONE to get involved. Donations are already starting to arrive and It's exciting, even at this early point in the project. I will begin taking photos soon... Please do visit and consider being a part of this great project.

My friend Karen Valentine
is once again hosting her incredible
"Where Blogger's Create" blog party.
This is a wonderful way to make new friends
and share your own blogging and crafting talents with others.
I'll be there to share my crafty place,
my "Sacred Yarn Room"...
I hope you will consider joining me there!
It's gonna be great fun!
xoxo