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Thursday, May 26, 2011

A Dress for Bess

My friend Kasie throws spectacular parties (if you've been reading for a while, you might remember this post about our baby shower with more pictures here) and I know that her daughter Bess' 2nd birthday will be nothing short of fabulous! 



Kasie asked me to sew a dress for Bess to wear to her party.  The criteria was turquoise and orange, goldfish, and ric rac.  She sent me this dress on etsy as inspiration.   


...and here's what I came up with


The goldfish's body is tacked down, but the tail is loose so that it can swish on it's own as Bess skips about.



Ric rac peeking out of the pockets

Box pleats and buttons on the neckline


and buttons up the back


And this morning on our early morning walk, Bo spotted this beautiful tiny birds next.  It was abandoned and fell out of a tree in our front yard last night. 


It's hard to tell from this photo, but our little resourceful bird even incorporated the twine that wraps up pinestraw into the bricks and mortor of the nest! 



Sunday, May 16, 2010

This Wonderful World


Dear Baby Redmond,

You're not even here yet, and all of these people gathered last night to celebrate you.   All of these smiling faces are waiting excitedly for you to arrive and they can't wait to love you and teach you about this wonderful world. 




I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom for me and you. And I think to myself what a wonderful world.


I see skies of blue and clouds of white. The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night. And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky. Are also on the faces of people going by. I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do. They're really saying I love you.


I hear babies crying, I watch them grow. They'll learn much more than I'll never know. And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Thank you to the Baileys, Bosdells, Smiths, Davises, and Childerses for such a memorable and oh-so-meaningful evening.  We love you guys and can't thank you enough for your support.