spring flowers

okay so it rained all day today but this dress makes me smile!

first of all, i LOVE these colors.  last week i did an auction basket for my grandmother and she told me that she didn't want me to use any fuchsia because she bought a fuchsia dress years ago and it was bad news haha.  i happen to love fuchsia {especially with the good company of  blossom and poppy colors}

the skirt is shaped by cut out, pleated 'petals'

i cut these flowers out with an exacto knife from a 'zinnia' paper from snow and graham that we currently carry {i love the 3d effect!}

the shell is made from a lightly printed vellum and although hard to see there is a small ribbon piping around the collar

 

my boss always says i create dresses that i would want to wear in real life {and she's right}