Ivory Alencon Lace Bolero Topper for Bride
customer, for sale, Marusya, Wedding
A custom ivory/white bridal wedding alencon lace topper bolero jacket with three quarter long sleeves and off the shoulder with scallop neckline for winter/fall

Recent­ly, I cre­at­ed a cus­tom #5810 ivory alen­con lace wed­ding bolero for a bride in Colorado.  The top­per’s neck­line was made to show off the lace’s beau­ti­ful scal­lop edge.  It took a cou­ple mock-ups and a few adjust­ments before I nailed down the final design and fit.  The pho­to above shows the last mock-up, before the final cut. As you can see, I need­ed to take it in a bit in the...

The Calling of the Artist
Marusya
Ukrainian Seamstress Tailor Mary Grace Godfrey

The best things in life uplift us. I am not talk­ing about ele­va­tors when we need to get to the top floor, (although that is nice). Rather I am talk­ing about lift­ing our spir­its as we go about our day-to-day activ­i­ties. This is the role of the artist, who “give us enthu­si­asm to do our work” as St. John Paul II said in his famous Let­ter to Artists. Beau­ty speaks...

Anagrassia (Dress Up) Tea Party
Marusya
Alencon, gold, ivory, white, lace, leotard, bridal, wedding, flower, girl, dress, blush, cream, onesie, fall, winter, champagne, black, communion, tulle, tutu, floral, crown, anagrassia, south bend, photographer, bodysuit, flower girl, chantilly, flower girl, flower, floral, crown, winter, fall, top, best, handmade, custom, couture, ivanka, gigi, catherine, tea, party, sprinkled cookies, bodysuit, best, friends, tiered, anagrassia

Before my nieces sep­a­rat­ed for the sum­mer, my sis­ters and I decid­ed it would be fun to have the girls dress up in Ana­gras­sia (Over­stock Shop) flower girl lace leotards/bodysuits and tulle skirts and have a tea party. The girls enjoyed Babcha’s sprin­kled cup­cakes, Bam­ber’s Mar­ket cook­ies, and milk. Because of the Pan­do­ra (French Cafe) music play­ing in the back­ground, it was near­ly impos­si­ble to keep one of my nieces from get­ting up...