...a pair of wings

...hello my dears!

i hope this post finds you all joyful

and dreaming of

the happiest holiday's ever!

i have been like a ping pong ball this week ~

all over the place

in my studio creating a few pretties...

packing up boxes for our impending move??

strategically planning the next few months

you know...just living life!

one of the things on my ~

"if i do nothing else, i just have to do this list"

 this year,

were ethereal angel wings...

i have literally been trying to get to these for years

ever since i first laid eyes on them in my first jeanne d'arc christmas book

i have desired a vintage pair

but they are few and far between

so to create a few pairs this year,

has been my top priority!

i set out to make 8 pairs...

out of which

2 have already been spoken for

this pair however,

 is the next pair that is will be available

 in my etsy shop

i will list each one as i finish them.

hopefully finishing all remaining pairs

no two will be alike but they will all be beautiful...

when i started,

i envisioned how the french nun's

would have perhaps designed them for the Christmas pageants every year

and wondered if they were giddy with excitement

to create such things as a pair of angel wings!

gathering precious bits of beautiful lace and gossamer gauze...

bending and twisting the wire into wing shapes

and then, very lovingly,

hand sewing all these beautiful materials into

 a pair of wings

i pondered if they quietly sang hymns of holiness,

infusing more into these wings than just what meets the eye... 

perhaps ~

a sprinkle of enlightenment and joy went into them too?!

i know that i have enjoyed making them,

taking my time as i too,

lovingly stitch on the most beautiful lace bits i could get my hands on,

smiling to myself, as i whispered the words of  "silent night, holy night"

but,

more than that,

 they have somehow inspired me to keep my heart real this season

and to float above all the entrapment's of the "holiday's"

and all the hustle and bustle...

don't get me wrong

i know i will still be hustlin' and bustlin'

but

my Christmas wish came early this year

for my heart is already filled with such joy and peace!

i guess you could say

that i have been touched by an angel!

now,

i wonder if one of these pairs of wings will fit me??!

ha!

i think our church's "Christmas pageants angel" position

has already been filled!!

no worries though,

if you hear any carolers outside your window this year

i'll be the one with a pair of wings on :)

~ 

sharing this angel wing post with:

My Shabby Streamside's: Vintage Holiday Decor

Faded Charm's: White Wednesday

here's to angel wings!