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“Are You Ready?”

Are you ready for the first day of school? It’s not so far off for some, and others have a month or more of summer vacation left. The public schools in Chicago don’t start until the second week in September and here in the suburbs the kids go back middle to the end of August. My niece who lives in a southern state has one more week off. 😦

Personally, I cannot believe it is time to start thinking about school starting up again, but it is.

My Little Darling, Gina, is beginning to get ready and would like to show you her new school-ish looking ensemble.

Gina’s lace sweater is knit out of natural colored lace weight merino wool yarn and embroidered with mirrored image rose motifs to coordinate with the dress print.

Who can resist a beret for back to school? I embroidered this one with a blue rose and added a multi-looped hand tied red grosgrain bow. Très chic!

Isn’t this the cutest blue rose print? The colors of blue, red, and green on an ivory background seemed like the perfect back to school palette.

For more information on Gina’s “Are You Ready?” ensemble, please visit my “Available for Sale” page on cindyricedesigns.com .

Talyssa is “My Golden Girl”

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After seeing Talyssa in this golden yellow ensemble I pronounced her to be my golden girl because she looks beautiful in golden yellows. Fair skinned Talyssa has a beautiful ivory skin tone that definitely prefers certain colors and I think that this is one of them.

This is Talyssa’s first ruffled skirt. I think it fits Talyssa’s personality nicely; she is such a girly girl.

This is my last color to use of my vintage pillowcase looking fabric. You can see the other sets I made with this print in the other colorways here, here, here. I still have a bit more of each, so hopefully can make (at least) one more dress in each color.

For more information on Talyssa’s new ensemble please visit my “Available for Sale” page on cindyricedesigns.com .

Summer Means Lots of “Blue Skies, Sunny Days”

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A picture perfect blue sky along with a sunny day is the kind of summer day I had during this photo shoot with Millie. It was a pleasure being outside and taking these pictures of her. I thought she looked lovely outdoors.

Millie finally got her very own light as a feather mohair/silk embroidered sweater. It is embroidered with sunny yellow roses and blue colonial knot sprays of flowers.

Millie is wearing her new wig that I ordered just for this ensemble. It is a mohair bob from Kemper. You can see it here. I needed to play hair dresser and trim it a bit because it was way long. Trimming the wig was actually quite easy to do.

Using the pool as a back drop added the most gorgeous turquoise color behind Millie. Secretly, I think she wished she could take a dip in the cool water.