This week our cards are headed off to 4 year old Isabella, who has been diagnosed with cancer. Sweet Isabella, will be undergoing a weekly treatment for 2 years. This is not what a 4 year old should be doing!
This week there is a party scheduled for Bella and all the young girls in town. Only problem, there's just no dazzle, bling, eye candy. The Teapotters have been assigned with the task to bring on the bling!
Well, being a girl myself, I remember the wonderful dresses my Mom and Grandmother would make for me. I have this one photo of me at about the same age of Bella, I'm wearing this beautiful pink dress that has a wonderful crinoline beneath the skirt, and I'm just beaming. So..., I decided to bring a party dress for Miss Isabella, aka Princess Bella! Handmade and sewn with the love that my Mom and Grandmother put into each outfit! Princess Bella is going to be the belle of the ball. And of course we all know that Bella is the word for Beautiful in Italian! Now every girl needs a little frou frou to go along with her party dress, so I made the pretty pink ruffle scarf that's with the card, for Isabella. She can play like she's a big girl. Maybe I'll give it a spritz of Chanel No. 5, to really give her that big girl feeling.
My card for Jessica (her Mom) will follow tomorrow when I can get a photo, I just finished it this evening.
To make this dress, I copied the pattern and enlarged it to 125%. The lace was the perfect size for this dress, as is the narrow gros grain ribbon.
Though there isn't much bling on this card or dress, Princess Bella will be beaming, and that's plenty of bling!
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Tue, Oct 15, 2013 @ 5:09 PM
WOW! Any little girl would just love a dress like this. Boy, if you can make a paper dress look this good, I can only imagine one you would sew with fabric. It would be stunning as is your card. Jennifer, LOVE LOVE LOVE this! TFS :0)
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Wed, Oct 16, 2013 @ 2:18 PM
A perfectly sweet little dress any girl would enjoy wearing to a party....love the delicate paper you have placed behind it. So girly and soft looking, so many lovely and sweet details.
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Wed, Oct 16, 2013 @ 8:49 PM
Lovely card for Bella, Jennifer! Beautiful dress and that lace IS perfect, isn't it? Like the stitching and tiny rhinestones, as well as, the delicate printed paper background. THX for the link. I copied it and added it to my card upload, as well.
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Wed, Oct 16, 2013 @ 10:06 PM
LOVE this hand stitiched dress backed by the most wonderful DP (where can I get some of that...it has little baby roses on it!!!! My FAVORITE!!!)Love the added ribbon and lace and SUCH a cute way to do Isabella's name. That scarf ROCKS...the colors are such delicous shades of pink and she will LOVE it! Into my Favs and pinned as well...
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131951
Thu, Oct 17, 2013 @ 1:52 PM
OH Jennifer - the card is fabulous. My mother used to make dresses for us, too - we got special ones for our birthdays each year (some of the everyday ones were made of curtain fabric, but the birthday ones were always special ), and I still have a couple . One I still have has little smocking and stitched details on it, so this reminds me of it so much.
And a beautiful scarf too! With or without a spritz of perfume Isabella will indeed be beaming when your package arrives.
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Thu, Oct 17, 2013 @ 3:56 PM
oh what wonderful memories this brings back...my mom made dresses for all 6 of us girls when we were little...and your little dress is the darlingest evah....so glad you could come to the party this week
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Fri, Oct 18, 2013 @ 1:38 PM
A lovely, lovely dress on this sweet card! Nice job, Jennifer! I am loving all this pink......
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