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“Garden Princess”

I crowned my Little Darling, Gina, the garden princess. Her grace never fails to shine through on the thousands of photos I’ve taken of her over the years. She’s a beauty, my oldest, and I am happy she’s a part of my ever growing Little Darling family.

Here she is modeling her new ensemble called “Garden Princess”.

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I love the violet-y pink shades in these two fabrics from the same collection. The border print is the same design as “Beauty in Blue” made for my Kaye Wiggs Gracie. The print has a totally different feel when done without the leaves and stems in green, doesn’t it? I like them both, though, no preference.

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I didn’t have the right shade of pink, so I knit Gina’s sweater in white mohair/silk then hand dyed it in a very, very light rosy pink dye bath. I think it dyed to the perfect shade and created a nice background for the embroidery.

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Here’s a close up of the embroidery.

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The accessories all came together perfectly for this ensemble.

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Gina has a bouquet put together just for you. It features baby’s breath, tiny off white blossoms, and a cool pink rose blossom. She tied her bouquet together with a bit of lace and pearl trim.

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“Garden Princess” will be available tonight (July 6, 2016) at 7:00 pm CST at cindyricedesigns.com. Look for more information under the “Shop What’s New” tab at 7:00 pm.

Alice is “Flower Picking”

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My new Little Darling, Alice, is proving to be quite a dreamer and a lover of flowers. I brought her outside for her first photo shoot and all she really wanted to do was meander through the garden and pick pretty pink flowers to match her dress. Since this is her first time out in the garden I let her take her time, then it was down to the business of modeling her new ensemble.

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I must say that Alice is a natural at modeling with her sweet expression and sincere brown eyes. What do you think?

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Alice’s “Flower Picking” ensemble will be available tonight (June 20, 2016) at 7:00 pm, CST, at cindyricedesigns.com. Look for the details on the “Shop What’s New” page.

Introducing . . . and Naming Her

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Exciting news! I have a new Little Darling! Her name is Alice; she is a number one sculpt painted by Nelly Valentino. I’ll let Alice’s photos do the talking. You can see how beautiful and sweet she is. ❤

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This girl was meant to be Alice. When Nelly emailed me her first photos, I showed them to my daughter. My daughter, who also named my Lucy, said she looked like an Alice. Well, I wasn’t sure, so over the course of the next couple of days we both thought of several other names: Dorothy and Dot (both names after my mom), Tulip, Lilly, Susan. We then took the scientific approach (ha ha) for naming this girl because we just couldn’t decide. My daughter wrote all of the names on a piece of paper; I closed my eyes and pointed to a name. My index finger landed between Alice and Dorothy. Okay, now we need a tie breaker. She took the two pieces of paper, one with each name on it, in a different hand and told me to pick a hand; I picked the right hand. So, you see, even after all of the fussing she was meant to be Alice.

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