All Dressed up and Somewhere to Go!

And I'm sure she'll be in good company at the Dress Form Ball over at Carol's Polka Dot Closet

This scarf, given to me by my Goddaughter at Christmas, is one of my favorite accessories.

If you haven't already....join The Ball.....it's in full swing!!

New items listed in my etsy shop

Please take a peek... link is on my side bar to the right

Pretty in Pink...

I had been wanting a dress form for quite some time and frankly didn't expect to buy one so new but the minute I spied this one at the Wrentham Country Store I knew she was going home with me.

The night dress she's wearing was given to me by my husband many years ago. It's a size small so needless to say.....I've never worn it! :)

LOVE that I now have a place to hang some of my long necklaces and in a place that I can openly admire them.

Brimfield Antique Show

Because we went on the last day of the show, we didn't come home with much - most of the items I wanted had the dreaded red sold tag taunting me in the face!! :)

We did of course, have a great time browsing and snapping pictures....

This potting bench was made by the same gentleman that made the bench I bought at Brimfield's May show (see my post of May 15 )

Love, love, love this seat that actually folds down when not in use. I'm on a quest to find one for my bench. Any leads would be SO appreciated!!

It's fun playing dress up...

I started to paint this dress form that I recently purchased at a consignment shop and then remembered to take a before picture so that's why it's in a half-painted stage at this point....

Here she is all dressed up and ready to "show"!

I fashioned a belt using scrunched ribbon (which I finally figured out how to make myself), clipped on some keys from a necklace I no longer wear, a chandelier crystal and a pair of lovely earrings my Mother in-law made for me.

I went through my bag of vintage bridal lace and trim that was passed down to me by my Grandmother and came up with a great piece of lace that fit perfectly as a shoulder wrap. For the finishing touch, I glued on the Paris "buttons" .... ahem....stickers..

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