Hello again scrappy friends, welcome back to my blog.
Today I'm sharing a layout for a fantastic challenge over at
I could not resist making a page about my all time favourite dress.
This still hangs in my wardrobe as a salute to the young and carefree days of my youth.
It's very fine crinkle swiss cotton trimmed with guipure lace flowers. Very Mary Quant!
To emulate the crisp, clean style of the dress, the layout is clean and simple.
I made the flowers with a Stamping up stamp and gilding.
Thank you to Louise Nelson for teaching me how to use Flitter Glu in her class.
The centres are from my Mum's stash of lace.
The journalling reads:-
This little black dress trimmed with white daisies, was my favourite “after five” dress when I first met my husband. It still hangs in my wardrobe and reminds me of the giddy times when we fell in love and decided to build a life together. Back then, we thought we knew how the world worked and we didn’t worry about what tomorrow might bring. We were egocentric and naive in many ways, yet we have managed to stick together through good times and bad. I’ve lent the dress to a few people for retro nights and I kid myself that it still looks just fabulous. I wish I could still squeeze into it! Journalling 16 Nov 2016
Thanks for any comments you may care to leave, I appreciate each and every one of them.
beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOOOH! I adore this one! I LOOOOVE the CAS look....those bits of black floating across the page....the SHIMMER on the flowers...the FAB idea of using the bits of lace for the centres! It's just STUNNING. So are you in that dress. I cannot believe you've still got it. What a great way to 'remember'..... I have NOTHING.... I'm a tosser [in more ways than one, I'm thinking right now!!!]..... & it makes me a little sad that I haven't held onto at least one outfit that had meaning.... even my wedding dress[es!!] have gone. oh well...we're all different, right?!!! Oh! Sorry - distracted much! You know I'm going to say, so PLEASED you played along with us at K+ this month:):)!!!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adore this Helen!! Like Lizzy, I am amazed that you still have the dress .. must bring back some wonderful memories! You look so elegant and beautiful in that photo and your page mirrors that to perfection. Love the simple background and the flowers are the perfect embellie! This is simply divine!!! hugs xx
ReplyDeleteOh wow this is pure elegance and memories of a time... not so long ago!!! Your dress does look lovely, and I love the simplicity of your layout, the little flowers on the back ground are fabulous and I enjoyed your journalling too.. Isn't it funny how our clothes shrink when they are left in our closet??? It has happened to my old dresses too... But do you know .. I still fit into a pair of earrings I used to wear to high school!!! I kid you not!!! hehe! I hope your week is going well.. and thanks so much for leaving such lovely comments on my blog too!!
ReplyDeleteWow...how awesome that you kept it and have a photo of yourself wearing it. That is just an amazing walk down memory lane. Love the clean lines of this page.
ReplyDeleteHow elegant and tremendously beautiful! A big wow! Hugs, Autumn
ReplyDeleteOh wow--your layout is a treasure, Helen--beautiful journaling, too! I need to learn how to use my Flitter Glue--love the flowers!
ReplyDeleteLove this! So simple and elegant at the same time. Perfect!
ReplyDeleteI don't blame you for keeping this little number, especially as it evokes such wonderful memories. Always love your journalling and your layout is gorgeous, I like how you have kept it simple and love your handmade flowers, a stunning layout Helen
ReplyDeleteOh. My. Goodness! I adore this - it's complete perfection in a CAS page. I'm in love! (Oh - and with the dress too!) I'm totally blown away.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Helen! Love the fancy blossoms with all the shimmery details!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful & elegant layout, love it! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is just fabulous...the design is soooo fabulous and just makes for a stand-out page! You did a fabulous job with it! Love the photo too...you were certainly a looker!!!! Love the retro feel! ;-)
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