Alencon Lace Crop Top & Pleated Skirt for Malanka 2016
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Here are some pho­tos of my Malan­ka (Ukrain­ian New Years) 2016 dress. This dress was very com­fort­able to wear and fun to dance in! The skirt was made from mate­r­i­al I bought from Haber­man Fab­rics (in Roy­al Oak Michi­gan) when I bought my sis­ter’s wed­ding dress fabric. I think the mate­r­i­al is a ray­on or ray­on & cot­ton blend. It was an “end of the bolt” clear­ance fab­ric with­out a descrip­tive tag. I love...

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Ukrainian Catholic University Benefit Chicago Ruslana Lyzhychko Maidan Anagrassia

Last Sun­day, my mom and I attend­ed a Ukrain­ian Catholic Uni­ver­si­ty fundrais­er in Chica­go, Illi­nois. After singing both the Unit­ed State’s nation­al anthem and Ukraine’s nation­al anthem before the cer­e­mo­ny, my mom shared some­thing inter­est­ing with me. She said, “When we sing the nation­al anthem in Amer­i­ca, we thank God for our free­dom, while the Ukrain­ian nation­al anthem prays for free­dom: ‘We’ll lay down our souls and bod­ies to attain...