White & Ivory Handmade First Holy Communion Dresses
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Communion dress lace

The way my moth­er remem­bers it, I was not a fan of my First Holy Com­mu­nion dress. The very sim­ple short sleeve lace dress (my mom picked out for me) did not cut it for me back in sec­ond grade. Even though I can agree with my mom now that the dress was per­fect for my style & per­son­al­i­ty, I was not hap­py with her back then! I dis­liked the...

Communion Face Masks
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silk communion face mask

Communion Face Masks Many church­es and schools have set the new dates for First Holy Com­mu­nion. But unfor­tu­nate­ly, they are requir­ing the girls and boys to wear face masks on their spe­cial days. This face masks is intend­ed for girls (10 and under) for First Holy Com­mu­nion mass or wed­ding ceremonies.  Silk Lace Face Mask: Silk/Wool Out­er Lay­er with Chan­til­ly Lace (from France) Overlay Lined with cotton Elas­tic Bands (Unlike the elas­tic shown...

Niece’s Easter Dress (THOMMY Dress with Hand Painted Lace)
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Lace Linen Tulle Flower Girl Unique Dress

Here are a few pho­tos of my niece’s East­er dress this year. It’s the Thom­my Dress design with hand-paint­ed (Style #5284) lace. The Thom­my Dress is made with a detach­able tulle skirt/sash. My niece’s dress (below) was made with­out the tulle attach­ment. Shop the dress here...

The NEW Bergé (Flower Girl) Dress
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Flower girl dress lace embroidery bubble

Here are some pho­tos of the new Bergé Dress. (Some pho­tos show the ear­ly skirt sam­ples- with no embroi­dery and dif­fer­ent fabrics.) Ukrain­ian East­er eggs, Impe­r­i­al Fabergé eggs and Beranger, a musi­cian who I worked with while I final­ized the dress design, inspired the design and name, Bergé. This design is for the fun and chic girls!  There’s a sep­a­rate pet­ti­coat to wear under the skirt- for a fuller/bubble appear­ance. (Gigi is not wear­ing the pet­ti­coat in the b/w...

The Calling of the Artist
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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...