Anyway...if you would like to have a go at making a dress pop over to see MARGARET to find out more.
Thank you for popping by & please leave a comment if you have time, LOVE & HUGS XXX
Friday, 13 August 2010
DRESS IT UP - AUGUST!
Hi lovely bloggers! After all the excitement of making Christmas stuff I am back with my dress for August and I already have an idea written down for September!!!! For this dress I was inspired by the sea......I love the sea & miss living on its doorstep :(
Once again I used the lovely GINI's template. The background was some card I had been spraying & painting that I didn't use for the previous project. I embossed some swirls in silver to represent the waves and as it needed 'something' I added a flower & ribbons. The teensy cawrie shells are very special to me so I really had to steel myself to use 3 of them. Years ago a terminally ill, elderly friend asked to see me a few days before she died. She very gently gave me a little jar of beautiful shells, telling me that her husband had picked them up off a beach in India while he was there in the war & brought them home for her. She treasured them as, although he survived the war he wasn't with her long. I have always been touched that she knew I would look after them & I have....see I am really a softie!
Anyway...if you would like to have a go at making a dress pop over to see MARGARET to find out more.
Thank you for popping by & please leave a comment if you have time, LOVE & HUGS XXX
Anyway...if you would like to have a go at making a dress pop over to see MARGARET to find out more.
Thank you for popping by & please leave a comment if you have time, LOVE & HUGS XXX
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Hi Karen love this pretty dress and the swirls are very sea like. What a beautiful story too, little things can meen so much to us and both their memories are living on now through you. See I am also a big softie
Love Dawn xx
what a lovely dress Karen - and such a beautiful and touching story about how you came by the shells... no wonder you treasure them so much, but i'm positive she'd be so pleased and touched that you hold them dear and have used them on this lovely project.
Paula x x x
Beautiful dress Karen! two of my favs, the colour blue and the sea! The shells and their history are a total inspiration, I'm so pleased we get to share them with you! fab! Mx
thats a lovely dress karen and such a lovely story :)
A beautiful dress and I am sure your friend would be very pleased that you have created such a lovely piece of art with three of her shells.
I wish I had known of the wardrobe challenge before, I would love to have taken part. Perhaps something similar next year?
Janet xx
That's such a pretty dress - I love all the embossing, but the shells with their special meaning really makes it xxx
Beautiful dres Karen, the embossed "waves" look really elegant. I think using the shells on something lovely would win approval from their original owner, too :o)
Your Sea Dress is really lovely Karen, the most gorgeous shade of blue
I am so touched by your jar of seashells story too ... makes it all the more precious
oxo
Very pretty dress...love the colors you used.
You can't be that far from the sea Karen, you are in Cornwall!!! Lovely dress, I could wear that one.
Beautiful dress lovely the sea blue colour and what a touching anecdote about the shells. x
:)
oh karen,hun you really do make the most amazing,creation,hun this is one beautiful dress hun ,hope you got my email about the bag,hun thanks again,hugs cheryl xxxx
Gosh, what a touching story about the shells Karen. The dress is gorgeous and perfect for them xx
I love seeing the beautiful dresses you make - and this one is no exception - gorgeous x
Aaw it's beautiful and the story that goes with it is just wonderful, tearful but in a good way :-)
Another one of your fabulously elegant gown creations!
Gini
xx
beautiful & very special
What lovely colours you've used for this one, Karen
Love that oversized flower at the waist
I have NO idea how I missed this post or this dress. This is gorgeous, and I really appreciate the delicate silver embossing and was deeply touched by the story behind the cawrie shells. I'm sure your elderly friend is quite pleased with how you shared them this month with all of us.
What a beautiful dress. The shells add the perfect finishing touch. I love the swirly stamp you have chosen it so reminds me of waves. Gorgeous.xx
Lovely embsossed dress!!:))
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