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“Rose Trellis”

Coming to you from the garden is Gracie, my Kaye Wiggs MSD, to show you something new!

I love “real” roses in this color, so when I saw this fabric . . . I had to purchase a piece to create an outfit with! The meandering roses on this fabric are in warm red/salmon or warm pink colors and remind me of climbing roses on a trellis. The background is a two-toned kind of mottled tan color. I decided to accent this ensemble with crisp white cotton lace, a white cotton/Modal® sweater, and a white bamboo crocheted cap for a cool and crisp summery vibe.

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I kept the sweater embroidery in mid-tones—not too dark or bright because there is so much movement in the dress print.

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My new vintage looking resin roses were perfectly matched for this ensemble. I used one for the cap and another for the bracelet. I had ribbon, a glass heart, and roses in these warm red/salmon/pink shades. They all look so pretty against pure white.

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Gracie has a rose bouquet just for you! She gives it to you with hugs.

“Rose Trellis” will be available Saturday (June 25, 2016), at 7:00 pm CST. Check the “Shop What’s New” page at cindyricedesigns.com at that time, for more information.

“Beauty in Blue”

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Today, it’s Gracie’s turn to model a new ensemble for you.

Gosh, I just love looking at this beautiful doll! I think she is my favorite sculpt of all of Kaye’s dolls.

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Gracie looks very delicate in blue, don’t you think? Really, though, I don’t think that there is a color that she wouldn’t look beautiful wearing.

Gracie’s sweater is hand knit with a merino/bamboo yarn blend. The winter white sweater is soft and has some body to it. The blue rose motifs are embroidered to work singly as little bouquets and to also work together to form a well balanced asymmetrical composition on the sweater. I chose natural wood beads as buttons to help pick up the natural colors in the dress’s background.

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Waistline darts help to fit Gracie dress at her waistline. A hand dyed light blue silk ribbon ties around the waist.

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Gracie has picked a simple little bouquet of blue blossoms for you. Her bracelet is made with mother-of-pearl beads and seed beads. A cobalt butterfly and heart dangle from the bracelet.

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Isn’t Gracie a beautiful doll! Do you have a favorite Kaye Wiggs sculpt?

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Gracie’s “Beauty in Blue” ensemble will be available tonight (May 17, 2016) at 7:00 pm, CST. View the “Shop What’s New” page at cindyricedesigns.com at 7:00 for more information on this set.

Thank You & Something for Sugar

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First of all, thank you all for the love and support you showered me with yesterday. It’s amazing how uplifting you all are! I sit all alone and work in my studio day after day, but you all make me feel that I am not really working alone; I feel I am simply in my office which is located in a bigger building. So, thank you all so very, very much!

Today my Fairyland Pukipuki, Sugar, wants to show you her little something in blue. It is a tiny dress knit in a tonal baby alpaca/silk lace weight yarn. I love all of the subtle shades of blue, violet, and pink in this colorway. I’ve used it before here (Little Darlings), here (Amelia Thimble), and here (Amelia Thimble). Although I’ve used this yarn a few other times, this is the first dress I’ve made for Sugar with it. And sadly, it is no longer available, so when my one skein is gone… well, you know… 😦

“Garden of Blues” was finished before “My ‘Blue’-ming Garden” that I showed you yesterday, but Sugar would not agree to let me sell it until now. I told her that I have another dress for her that I am going to dye in a surprise shade of pink, so she relented.

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Sugar enjoyed our photo shoot in the garden very much. She loves how her dress coordinates with all of the flowers that are blooming now. Sugar was especially captivated by the lilac phlox.

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