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Thank you!
Give in to your love of sparkle and pretty frocks and come to the Cocktail Dress Pop Up Shop! Kelly Madden, Meese and Serendipity are teaming up to bring a one stop shop for your holiday party dressing…and its happening this weekend…December 1 & 2
Saturday (the 1st) at Meese and Sunday (the 2nd) at the Kelly Madden & Serendipity flagship store. See the poster below for more details.
Don’t you dare miss it!
p.s. the dress in this picture…there is only one left! See you this weekend!
I do pretty.
This is just who I am. I love to look at pretty, wear pretty, and make pretty.
This week I went out to my friend’s acreage and pillaged her trees for twigs and bark. I have been seeing little birdies made out of lots of different materials, and though I would try making some myself. I am currently in love with different shades of blush/coppery pinks and greys. I love the look of birch bark, and since the bark peels of easily, it was the perfect material. Especially the copper birch trees we have here in the area. The bark is a lovely combination of copper and grey.
The materials you will need for this project are:
1 1/2″ – 2″ styrofoam balls
twigs
birch bark
feathers
glue gun
Start by cutting the bottom 1/4 of the ball off.
Cut that piece in half again, and glue together to form the head. Trim off about 1/3 of it to make the right shape. Glue this to the main body.
Stick the twigs in the back of the main body…its bum as my little niece told me with a giggle! Put glue around the twigs to make sure they stay in place.
Use two small twig pieces to form the beak. A little dab of glue helps to hold them in place
Next is the time consuming part…wrapping the body with the bark. I found it worked best to do a couple of pieces that wrapped from side to side and then fill in the rest with small pieces.
Try to use only a tiny amount of glue on each piece. Once you are just about finished, add a couple feathers for the wings. Cover the ends of the feathers with another piece of bark. Now repeat and make your little birdie some friends!
How time flies.
It’s a commonly used saying, but this week in redoing my website I have had a chance to look back at all I have done with my designing, and was reminded anew at how true that saying really is.
From remembering my first brides, to finding pictures of pieces that I have done for friends that had a direct impact on me falling into what become the Serendipity line, all the while still sewing furiously to get the brand new collection into the new store.
God is so good.
In all this nostalgia, I am stunned by the journey God has taken me on. I can honestly say that I never thought my life would look like this. The way that I had envisioned my life would have me the mother of 3, maybe expecting a 4th. I would still be sewing wedding dresses on the side and making adorable clothes for my children. The way God saw my life was very different, and it is exciting to look back and see how one moment to surrender to God’s dream for my life changed the path that I am walking and how daily I am led in the right direction, even when I can’t see what’s around the next bend, or the next step.
Thank you.
Another thing I am struck by is how blessed I am to have my family and friends support me. I have wonderful parents who have supported me in following my dreams, sisters and friends who put up with my late night fittings, and a brother who helps keep me inspired. I am so excited that we now have the store up and running so that I can meet more of my clients face to face.
If you are new to the website, welcome! And thanks for reading my musings.
Kelsey
I am so excited to finally unveil my new website!
Use a comment and let me know what you think!
