The Secret Garden Dress

I am so excited to finally share this dress!  This dress is the brain child of 2 amazing women, Deb from Sprouting Jube Jube, and Allison from E + M Patterns.  You can get the pattern on etsy on sale for a limited time.  There is also a Rafflecopter giveaway!

Feast your eyes on this beauty!

This dress will bring you back to that first sewing project you made that you were so proud of.  That wonderful moment when you sew the last stitch, hold up your work and think, "wow, did I just make that?!?"  This dress brings that power in spades.  You'll need quite of bit of fabric but I promise that it is so very worth it.

Things I love about this dress;

1. elegant design

2. unique, seriously I don't think I've ever seen a flounce like this

3. comfortable with a simple bodice

4. amazing twirly skirt 

5. perfect for all seasons (don't you think this would look adorable under a pea coat and boots)

After our more "serious" photo session, B loved this dress so much she wanted to run around and "fly".  She insisted that in this dress she could take off if she could just get enough speed.

She was convinced that she left the ground for a few seconds and ran to tell baby C that she flew.

This is a dress that you just have to make!  You won't regret having this in your daughter's wardrobe.  Check out Deb's blog for the blog links of other testers, there are so many beautiful versions of this pattern.

E+M Pattern Giveaway Winner!

It is time to announce the results of the giveaway!  I assigned each commenter (who wasn't the designer or a tester) a number in the order that the comment was posted.  Then I entered the number of contestants to a random number generator and the winner is entry #10, Nathalie Dene!  Nathalie, I don't have your email address.  PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION!!  Congrats!

Thanks for all your lovely comments on my little model and work!  I shared the comments with my daughter and she is very happy.

Too Two Haute by Lil Luxe Collection

Do you need something to go with the fantastic tops that you have seen tested here?  There's a very cute shorts pattern that will be released soon!  Go to the FB page for details.

These shorts have a skort option which is ideal for the girly girl who is one the move.

 What I love about this skort;
1. the unique two panels with the points
2. adjustable waist band
3. inseam pockets
4. they don't look like a golfing skort

The shorts alone are just as adorable.  They are also a fast sew which is great for this wardrobe staple.

What I love about the shorts;
1. slash pockets
2. adjustable waist band
3. cuffs
4. flat front waist band

Other than modeling her new clothes, B has had a very busy social calendar this week.  We live so close to the ocean and very rarely take advantage of it.  However, this week we have been to the beach twice.

This is so much fun, why aren't we always here!

Let's never go home.

Check out this view

In case anyone was curious,  sand is not yummy.

You should have asked me, I could have told you that.

We also visited a splash pad after watching a $1 movie.  How great is that?!

This is pretty much the only un-blurry photo I got at the splash pad.

 After all of that fun, some sun bathing was in order.

Hand me that orange juice with the umbrella in it.

This is certainly the way that summer was meant to be enjoyed.  I really hope that this is something that B remembers fondly.

Don't forget the GIVEAWAY I am hosting.  You have 2 more days to enter!