Olabelhe: Parade Of Dresses~ Part 11

Monday, May 17, 2010

Parade Of Dresses~ Part 11

Here is another new design that I have been working on...What do you think??? Pattern...Yes?/No?
Tomorrow is the last day of "The Parade of Dresses", I have to say this has been a lot of fun and I am going to miss it too. I want to thank all of you who commented on them, and yes!!! Abby and I have an absolute blast together no matter what we are doing. She truly loves going on photo shoots and we always do something special after each shoot.,,, a trip to the candy shop, or Claire's for new "jewels", sometimes Abby chooses ice cream or we have even gone sticker shopping...this time however her choice was flowers! We went to the flower shop and she picked out 5 bouquets of flowers...a bit extreme I know, but after modeling 12 dresses in the scorching heat she deserved it!! I had to get creative with vases because I don't have that many but we managed and in the end her room was filled with flowers and she was in heaven! Terri even indulged Abby's flower obsession and sent her a beautiful basket of flowers! You should have seen the look on Abby's face when they were delivered...priceless!

Only one more dress to go....stop back tomorrow for the conclusion of "The Parade Of Dresses".

Dawn

5 comments:

Tonyslady said...: I say yes on this pattern...of course i love all your patterns...but i could just see this dress made up with a bunch of ruffles up the back ;); May 17, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Leah said...: Dawn, this dress is lovely--of course you should do a pattern! I am, however, still awaiting the long-promised Lydia dress pattern. Any idea when that one might make it into your work flow??? :); May 17, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Laurie said...: Yes to a pattern. I have a piece of Robyn Pandolf fabric just waiting for it. Hope I don't have to wait too long.

I loved hearing about Abby and her flowers! I'm a flower person also.

I keep meaning to mention that daisies are one of my favorites and the picture of Abby running through the field is just uplifting!; May 17, 2010 at 5:02 PM
organicmommy said...: YES YES on the pattern. OMG my kids can be dressed to the hill!
She is beautiful and I love that fabric for that dress! So girly!; May 17, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Beth said...: YES to the pattern, of course! Love the bow in front :); May 17, 2010 at 11:15 PM

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Seamstress at Heart

Sewing is one of my true passions. I started when I was just a little girl and I have been addicted ever since. I have many wonderful memories of spending time with both my mother and my grandmother watching them sew and spending endless hours in fabric shops. As a little girl I had a closet full of beautiful dresses all handcrafted by my mother and grandmother. I remember them dressing me up and taking me into the city for tea and luncheons all the time. What wonderful memories.

Now I am a mother and my children are my pride and joy. However, my daughter is somehow special. I always wanted to continue the traditions I grew up with and now I have that opportunity. Abby, who is currently ten, loves to go fabric shopping with me and help me pick out pretty fabrics. She will sit next to me while I sew and happily play with scraps of fabric, my button box, tape measure, and spools of thread for hours. When she was 3, she would go into my stash and pick out a piece of fabric and bring it to me and say.."sewing machine it mommy!" I will treasure these memories forever and I hope that she too will someday learn to love to sew like her mama, grandma and great-grandma.

"What's In A Name..."

I have received a ton of emails from people curious about the name "Olabelhe"! Way back when, when I decided to start a blog and a small business I wanted to have a very special and unique name that people would remember and that meant something! Since my inspiration comes from the most precious thing in my life...my children...I wanted "my name" to somehow reflect them. Hence, the birth of Olabelhe. This made-up word comes from the first 2 letters of all 4 of my children's names. OLiver, ABby, ELliott and HEnry! Pretty clever huh? I just love it and indeed, it works.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Parade Of Dresses~ Part 11

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