My 1930's ballgown

Here are the long-awaited photographs of my 1930's Ginger Rogers style ballgown that I wore to the English Country Dance last year. Enjoy!

Underneath my dress is a two piece bias-cut pale pink satin slip for modesty, as the dress itself is low-cut and transparent. 

I have a pink taffeta ribbon to match.

This is what it looks like with the dress on top. It's made out of pale pink french cotton lace (antique), and some soft tulle from an old ballet skirt that Mother had when she was eight.

The dress is hand-sewn completely and closes with hooks and eyes at the back.

What do you think of it all? I love this dress so much, although I don't get the chance to wear it very much.

We might be going to another English Country Dance next month, so maybe I'll get a new dress to wear there. Any suggestions? Most people there wear historical costume, so which era should my new dress be from? Please comment below with any ideas you might have!

Love,

Making New Friends

I love making new friends, I mean, who doesn't?

That's why I thought I'd give you guys a chance to get to know me better, and advertise for an email-pal!

To be my email-pal, just comment with your name, age, and email address (these comments will not be published), and I'll send you an email as soon as I can!

(I'm not allowed to give my email address out on my blog, so I'll just make sure to email you and that will be easier for both of us.)

If you're a lot younger than I am, my sister Melody might enjoy being your pal instead, as I'm looking for dolly pals about my own age.

Also, if you're not sure about anything, just ask! I'd be more than happy to answer any of your questions :)

Happy writing!

The Best Day

After school yesterday, I went over to my best friend Millie's house.

We had such a great time playing in her backyard!

She has lots of trees at her house, and a passionfruit vine, both of which we had fun climbing.

Here's a picture of her (more coming soon).

Thanks, Millie. I had the best day with you.

Easter Dress

Mother had a busy day sewing today, and I finally got an Easter dress!

Easter was ages ago now, but better late than never!

Here are some photos of me wearing my new dress.

It was made with the simplified bodice from the Tokyo Libby Blossom Dress from Liberty Jane. It's a really pretty pattern, and fits well, except that a bit had to be added on to the back bodice pieces so they would join at the back.

There are also some photos of flowers from our garden, and none of the photos have been edited yet, but I think they look okay without it.

Which photo do you like best?

Long time, no see

Hey there, everyone!

Sorry I haven't posted in so long, my life has been very busy.

Another one of my sisters (who lives in America right now) will hopefully be coming to live here in Australia with Melody and I later this year.

I'm currently helping Mother design and sew a new clothing line for Winter to sell in her Etsy shop. I've come up with some really great designs so far, and it's going to be so nice to see them once they're all made up.

Winter is definitely not my favourite time of year and far as fashion goes, because everything seems so drab and boring compared to spring and summer. In warmer weather, you can wear pretty floral sundresses and such, but in winter it seems I get stuck with wearing long-sleeved dark-coloured dresses underneath my grey woolen coat. It's quite a sad fact, really.

After our winter clothing line has come out, I'm going to be designing one for spring and summer, which I'm sure will be a lot prettier and more fun.

What kind of clothes would you like to buy from our shop?
Please let me know in the comments!

Whoa! I haven't posted for like, months. Sorry about that :/
Again, school and dance practise.
Sooo, I turned 13 on August 22, yippee!
I got:
An AG doll (finally!), Felicity Merriman
Some orange ballet flats
A new practise dress
Pictures coming later for those.
Melly finally had enough money for Elizabeth, so she has her now. Elizabeth is such a cutie, her and Felicity are B.F.F's.
Hang on, let me post a pic of them together….

There we go. Aren't they just adorable? This one is from a photo-shoot Mother and I did with the dolls a while ago. I'll post the rest another time.

But before my birthday, I went with Mother to visit her Grandparents in VIC. It was lots of fun, and I have photos of that as well, but I'll post them later.

After my birthday, Mother had an Irish dance concert. I didn't get to go see it, but she showed me the video and photos from it. I loved her costume! She had a purple velvet top with fluttery sleeves, a black satin skirt, a silver tiara and black tights.

Not a lot has happened since then. My best friend isn't here right now, he's on holiday (for six weeks, grrrr…), but he'll be back in a couple more weeks. I keep telling myself, just two more weeks and you'll see him again, now one week and 6 days, etc. So, yeah. Time's been passing pretty slowly lately.

I'm starting tap lessons next year, which will be tons of fun! I can't wait! Mother's going to order me some tap shoes at some stage soon so I'll have them for when I start.

Oh yeah, and at the start of July, I went to an English Country Dancing ball with my friends, we all had lots of fun together (pics of my ball gown coming soon as well.)! I saw Josefina, Julie, Marie-Grace and Saige there. We had a great time, except that poor Marie-Grace lost her fan :(

Anyway, I'd better go now.

Ttyl!

Park Princess

Hi everyone!

Well, I finally got time to do another post on my blog. I've been so busy with school and dance practice that I haven't really had time for much else lately!

Just over a week ago, we went to the park for a picnic. I wanted to play fashion models, so Mother took along a camera to take some photos of me. Which do you like best?

Love,

I love trees!

Look at me!

Do you like the lighting on this one? it was actually not meant to be like that, but I think it turned out really nice!

Close-up.

Another angle.

Under a tree.

Close-up.

Queen of the Fall! (It's winter now, but there are still leaves everywhere.)

(The special effect on this one was achieved by throwing leaves across the camera at the last minute. It took a few goes to get it as good as we wanted though!)

Pretty face-shot.