Ivory Alencon Lace Bolero Topper for Bride

A custom ivory/white bridal wedding alencon lace topper bolero jacket with three quarter long sleeves and off the shoulder with scallop neckline for winter/fall

Recent­ly, I cre­at­ed a cus­tom #5810 ivory alen­con lace wed­ding bolero for a bride in Colorado.  The top­per’s neck­line was made to show off the lace’s beau­ti­ful scal­lop edge.  It took a cou­ple mock-ups and a few adjust­ments before I nailed down the final design and fit.  The pho­to above shows the last mock-up, before the final cut. As you can see, I need­ed to take it in a bit in the...

The Calling of the Artist

Ukrainian Seamstress Tailor Mary Grace Godfrey

The best things in life uplift us. I am not talk­ing about ele­va­tors when we need to get to the top floor, (although that is nice). Rather I am talk­ing about lift­ing our spir­its as we go about our day-to-day activ­i­ties. This is the role of the artist, who “give us enthu­si­asm to do our work” as St. John Paul II said in his famous Let­ter to Artists. Beau­ty speaks...

Anagrassia (Dress Up) Tea Party

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Before my nieces sep­a­rat­ed for the sum­mer, my sis­ters and I decid­ed it would be fun to have the girls dress up in Ana­gras­sia (Over­stock Shop) flower girl lace leotards/bodysuits and tulle skirts and have a tea party. The girls enjoyed Babcha’s sprin­kled cup­cakes, Bam­ber’s Mar­ket cook­ies, and milk. Because of the Pan­do­ra (French Cafe) music play­ing in the back­ground, it was near­ly impos­si­ble to keep one of my nieces from get­ting up...