Near the beginning of my blogging life (that would be earlier this year), I posted a picture that evoked a comment from Dana of Unique Christening Gowns in Australia. We've kept up with each other's postings over the months. Dana sews the most gorgeous christening/baptismal gowns and blogs the process. As crazy quilters, art quilters, fiber or mixed media artists, or whatever, most of us love to see each others' works. We draw inspiration from the ideas of others and appreciate the work and talent that goes into our own chosen medium(s). I can promise that you'll feel the same way about Dana's gowns.
Check out Dana's blog at http://uniquechristeninggowns.blogspot.com/
She is having a christening gown giveaway. The winner will pay shipping charges, which is only fair, but it is noteworthy. The gowns, however, are to die for, so WHAT A DEAL!. The picture above (posted with permission) shows one of her many lovely creations. Go check it out!
Being empty nesters, DH & I have four extra bedrooms...... and two of those are made up as guest rooms. One is very feminine and Victorian; the other is very masculine and African-themed (the other two bedrooms downstairs are our office and part of my studio). In the feminine room (or the frou-frou room as DH calls it), I have my wedding bouquet dried and hanging from a shelf peg.
The christening gown, cap and booties were from my christening, more than 50 years ago. (HOLY MOLEY!!!!!!!!!! When did I get old?) I just thought these made a cute vignette, and because of celebrating our 5th anniversary last weekend, I had been thinking of the bouquet. The teapot on the top right was painted by a friend of mine back in California before I had kids.
Random thought: must paint that shelf white and distress it up a bit.......
The round ball on the little lace-covered stand is a potichomania ball (reproduction). These were made in Victorian times by middle-class women to imitate fine porcelain. Basically, they used paper scrap and stickers and reverse-decoupaged them into glass balls. Then the glass was painted white. I was actually "into" this for awhile back in the early nineties (1990's, not 1890's - I'm not *that* old, LOL). Maybe I ought to revive it ?!?!? Yeah right, like in my "spare" time, hehehe.
