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Published 06/18/2014 One of the benefits of selling on the web is reaching people worldwide! I was recently contacted by a bride in Australia about making flower girl dresses for her July (winter) wedding. Instead of a Chantilly lace for the leotards, she chose the alencon lace I had in stock. As beautiful as the lace was, I had never used the lace and was apprehensive about cutting and designing...
Hand Embroidered Ukrainian Shirts and Dresses Published 20/23/2018 Here are just a few absolutely stunning photos of my sister’s family photoshoot. Each piece was embroidered by my mom. My grandmother sewed the adult vyshyvanka dress around 35 years ago and I sewed the girls’ vyshyvanka dresses and the baby’s baptismal gown, which my sister stuffed in his pants. The photos were taken by Indiana photographer Adina Brown-Selner. Her photography business is called...
Published 07/06/2014 Can you remember a childhood fashion mistake? Not that it was a real mistake, because you did mean to wear it. But rather something so badly put together you wish your mother would have stopped you before you got out the door. I can certainly remember mine — and my sister Tess’. My sister really liked to wear vests. There was a period of time when she would always...
Piccolas Collection Shop Childrenswear Fall Clothing We saved the best garment for last. The final piece of the 2018 Piccoalas fall collection is the hand embroidered blouse/vyshyvanka. It is a white linen bohemian style blouse with black and navy authentic Ukrainian embroidery. The blouse can be purchased on the website here: Ukrainian embroidered blouse Customers can customize the colors and embroidery design. Please email Mary Grace if you are interested in...
The way my mother remembers it, I was not a fan of my First Holy Communion dress. The very simple short sleeve lace dress (my mom picked out for me) did not cut it for me back in second grade. Even though I can agree with my mom now that the dress was perfect for my style & personality, I was not happy with her back then! I disliked the...
One Year Anniversary of the Anagrassia Lace Flower Girl Dress (Date first published December 5, 2014) I really can’t believe it’s been one year since I made my first flower girl dress! It was the beginning of a new chapter in Anagrassia. I want to thank all my readers and recent customers over this past year. I really appreciate your support and business. (And I’m really grateful to those who pushed me...