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“Summertime Roses” for Patience

I don’t have many roses blooming on my three rosebushes (I may have deadheaded them too vigorously) right now, so it’s a good thing they are blooming on Patience’s dress. I really am not good with roses. *sigh* 😦

Anyway, on a brighter note, Patience is here to relieve your rose withdrawal (if you, like me, have any).

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Patience’s tiny sweater is hand knit with the finest lace weight yarn I have in my stash, a blend of baby alpaca and silk. The embroidered bouquet on Patience’s sweater is “tied” with a silk ribbon embroidered bow. Her sweater buttons are glass pearls.

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Silk ribbons also decorate the waistline of Patience’s dress.

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I quickly took the photo below during the golden hour, just before sundown. I noticed how beautiful the light was getting and wanted to capture it. I literally had minutes before it got too dark.

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Patience’s bracelet is part of her crocheted clutch purse. It really opens and closes and can hold a tiny treasure. Her pearl headband is crocheted with the same pink cotton as used for her clutch.

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Patience’s “Summertime Roses” ensemble will be available tonight (July 27, 2016) at 7:00pm CST, cindyricedesigns.com. You can check the “Shop What’s New” page at that time for more details.

Don’t forget to stop and smell the roses today! 🙂

“Pink ‘n Plum Sweetie”

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It’s Lucy’s turn to model something new for you. She has been quite patient, I must say. She hasn’t had a turn since early May.

Back in June Lucy was already wearing a new dress and waiting for me to return from Florida so she could model the entire ensemble for you. Well on the way home from Florida (we drove) we found out that Alice would be arriving very, very soon. Lucy wanted to welcome her with open arms, so gave up her new dress to Alice. Isn’t Lucy the sweetest Little Darling ever!

I love this fabric.. and I think lots of you did too! I used it about the same time last year for an ensemble and then quickly made another in the smaller scaled, but same color way fabric. It turns out that this fabric is PERFECT for the pink mohair yarn I often knit with, so I decided to use it again. Lucy wasn’t around last summer, so this is all new for her! Doesn’t she look happy!

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This time I made a longer sweater, so the dress is a drop-waist style. You can see my first “Pink ‘n Plum” here, and “Pink ‘n Plum Encore” here. I changed the waistline sash from ribbon to lace, and added a bow to the headband. Lucy has a drawstring bag (which she LOVES!) instead of a little bouquet. All in all, she one happy girl.

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During our photo shoot Lucy and Alice wanted some photos taken of the two of them. Then, Gina wanted to try on Alice’s new outfit, so I took some outdoor photos of Gina. Most definitely, we had fun!

First, it’s Lucy and Alice modeling together.

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Then Gina tried on Alice’s outfit.

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I thought Gina looked adorable in “Chic Not Shabby”.

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Lastly, a hug for Gina from Lucy!

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One last look at Lucy in “Pink ‘n Plum Sweetie” which will be available tonight (July 24, 2016) at 7:00 pm CST, cindyricedesigns.com. Check the “Shop What’s New” page at that time for more information.

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Bye for now! Thanks for visiting!

“Heavenly Hydrangeas”

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I love hydrangeas! I cannot grow them, but I love them all the same. I see hydrangeas blooming in neighbors’ yards seemingly without any extra care or attention, and they are so BEAUTIFUL! They don’t even want to grow for me, much less bloom. I did have one hydrangea??? grow for me, but the blooms were so tiny and not at all hydrangea-like, so I question whether it was a hydrangea or not. And, the fact that it actually grew leads me to believe that it was mistakenly marked as a hydrangea and NOT a hydrangea at all. Oh, well. . . maybe one of these days I’ll get lucky. I surely won’t give up!

My daughter brought home a couple of cut hydrangea blossoms for me the other day. The blue color reminded me of a dress that Sugar has been wearing for a couple of weeks now. I couldn’t decide on the embroidery to get it finished, so it waited for me to be inspired.

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Aren’t the blossoms gorgeous? And don’t they match Sugar’s dress perfectly! They were just the inspiration I needed. Sugar is one happy little Pukipuki.

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Clusters of colonial knots worked perfectly to give the feel of a hydrangea bloom. Since I love both pink and blue hydrangea blooms equally, I decided to use both of these colors along with white in my embroidery.

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“Heavenly Hydrangeas” will be available tonight (July 7, 2016) at 7:00pm CST, cindyricedesigns.com. You can find more information on this set at that time under the “Shop What’s New” tab.

Bye for now!