Reminder for young ladies...

Girls, remember this (I'm including myself)!  Don't ever get discouraged and think you have to change who you are!  Someday, the right young man will come along who truly loves you for who you are and is willing to work hard to win your heart!

I love fall!

The recent weather has been just lovely, and the trees are quickly changing color.  It makes it so much easier to wake up in the morning when I wake up to a day like this!

I just love living in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia!

Photoshoot

You know those days when you just feel pretty?  For me, it seems the days that I don't feel that way are the days someone is taking pictures of me, and the days I do feel pretty are the days there isn't a camera in sight!  *sigh*  Yes, maybe I am a bit vain....but anyways, Sunday was those days where the weather was almost perfect, and I was in a pretty mood (denim jackets and long brown skirts will do that to me!), so I persuaded my sister, Grace, to grab the camera and capture a few photos before evening church, which she did.  Here are the results:

Sitting on an old church pew on our porch. 

I love the cedar siding on our house!

A pocket full of posies? More like ragweed.  LOL

Thank you, Grace!  

Someone special

This made me smile, and I wanted to share it with y'all.  It's so true!

Fellow costumers, please help!

Ok.  I've got a problem.  I've got a $40 gift card and a 20% coupon (including sale items! you gotta love it!) to Joann Fabrics, and I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BUY!!!  The coupon expires tomorrow.  I need ideas, please, please, please.  So, here's some possibilities.  On my to-sew list in slight order of importance....1) white 18th C. petticoat(s); 2) a quilted petticoat (is it wrong to buy pre-quilted fabric?  or is it just tacky?  or practical? LOL);  3) light grey-blue petticoat (to match both a white jacket and a blue one); 4) 18th c. ballgown (I don't even have any ideas on a color or fabric for that.).  5) Civil War ballgown;  6) one (ONE) Regency embroidered sheer ballgown (those are like the most amazing dresses ever, but when am I ever going to have a time to sew and embroider it? and where on earth would I wear it!  that does present a problem....).  My biggest problem is that I still don't have much experience when it comes to the feel of fabrics, their names, and what is historically accurate!  I need suggestions please!!!