Lately I've been reminded how precious our time on this earth truly is & of how truly blessed I am. Life IS beautiful! The pains & the sorrows, the joys & the progress made all together are truly what makes this life a beautiful one! I've been learning more about the law of attraction lately & have truly converted over. With conference this last weekend & everything that has happened these past couple weeks in my life I know without a doubt the Lords hand is truly in our lives.
So I choose to pay it forward & hope you do as well. Let's help each other live this life beautifully!
"There are two secrets, the first is wake up in the morning and be grateful you are here, alive & healthy. And the second is: Give." -Giselle Bundchen
Do it MYSELF! Last Saturday I went to a Shabby Apple Trunk Show & just about died with all the amazingness within. If you don't know what Shabby Apple is, it's a company that makes a lot of really cute modest dresses. And if you don't know what a Trunk show is, it's a fancy way of saying an internet based company brings products to your area to check out/try on. :) So anyways, I was at the trunk show trying on all these dresses, a lot of which I FELL IN LOVE with instantly, but they were all quite expensive, as in 70+ for your average item. I bought one, it was on sale so it was justifiable & was most definitely NOT $70.00. So I'm leaving the show with my new purchase in tow (which looks quite ravishing on I might add) thinking, "Hey, didn't I sew all through high school, and don't I know how to make pretty much any of those dresses in there. And didn't I keep on thinking about little things that would make each dress better while trying them on."Yep, Yes & Quite so. So here's the deal, I'm going to be making my own dresses from here on out. Unless something is super cheap and AMAZING on at Ross or something, then I'll fork out the deniros. But from now on I'm going to be creating dresses just for me. Maybe it will turn into more later on, due to my impeccable taste and skill ;) Who knows :)
Here are a few samples of some dresses I love LOVE <3
I'll probably just add sleeves to this one & raise the neckline a bit! I want to get this EXACT color if at all possible! I've always wanted to make a black lace dress.
I think what I'll make is a combination of these two dresses, The sleeves etc. of the dress above and then the length and pattern in lace of the one below. This dress would be so cute shortened with sleeves would it not? Ohhh I love the scalloped lace neckline on this dress!!! This one is just for fun :)
This color is AMAZING!!! I'm not necessarily going to make it a long dress, or use the pattern for the top half of the dress AT ALL, but I love the ruching (however you spell that!) and the draping in the back of the dress! So elegant! So I've been meaning to have a blood red swanky dress for a while, I'm not sure I'm going to go quite as formal as the first picture, but I may. As for the other pictures, I really only like the striped/stacked look on the right. I think it would be fun, and I could use a fun stretchy fabric.
I love the oversized lace used in the bodice and the hem. It's So fun and springy.
Oh Penelope, you make us all want to be Latin! I like the dress she's wearing, none of the silly ones off to the side. I'd probably just add sleeves. I love the color! I like the way the skirt falls with this one. I'm not a huge fan of the sheerness or long sleeves, but the color & Ruching in the front is fun!
This dress is just for fun! There is no way in hades I would be able to make this look amazing and modest at the same time. I am however; quite literally in love with this dress. If I wasn't LDS & if I looked as amazing as Giselle I would wear this dress every day! Haha not really. But I think it's a gorgeous design..
