Vintage Summer

Hi Ladies! Where have I been? Well Life is always in the way when it comes to designing, that darn Life....I'm here for a minute to catch up. Can't remember where I left off:) I'll just through some pretty pics your way and hope you enjoy them, love to hear what you all have been up to this Hot summer. I would like to say Thank you so much to Sandy,,,,for my beautiful Lilacs sent in a bautiful box...the smell is so amazing and brought back sweet memories. Thank you Sandy

Summer Gauze Romance

Oh how I love Gauze fabric, since I was about 12 ,13 when I first saw a photo of an older Natalie Wood in a beautiful turquoise gauze caftan, I knew I loved that fabric! She wore a beautiful turquoise necklace and jewelry with it. I just wanted one of those dresses. I would always fill out the order form for a catalog that sold them, but never seemed to have the money to get it, they were quite costly to a 13 yr old :) I have always loved the romantic feel of cotton gauze, I could see myself wearing that caftan in Africa overlooking the Serengeti , yes I was a HUGE out of Africa movie fan....Karen Blixen fan, remember in the old issue of Victoria Magazine....? Now I find myself buying lots of gauze, bolts of it last week.....here is what I came up with! Maybe drifted a bit away from my vintage lace clothing but, for summer, gauze is it for me, the bloomers are amazingly comfy....and best of all they come in size small - 3x even bigger if you request.....having larger sizes is very important to me. Enjoy the photos I'll be back soon with something else under my gauze sleeve :)

Vintage Passion

Another beauty in lace..... I have one more to show you this coming week....I'm in a lavender mode, dying laces lavender for a top today, its unusual, I added tea to the dye, didnt want that bright purple color,,,, The gauze linen top is so pretty, I have them in tea stain pink, tea, and white, so romantic!! Keep your eyes out for some lavenders and the new bag I made for Sandy:) Love and hugs, xoxo Kimberly

More Spring Romance

Bonjour my friends! Behind the scenes I have been working quite a bit in my sewing lab :) Mixing tea and rit dyes, soaking up all the lace and gauze for these sweet fun custom pieces. I just love how everything looks after a good soak in tea, then the dryer with lavender dryer sheets , when the fabric and lace come out its like they aged 50 years or more! My little Time machine :) All three of these items were a custom order for one sweet lady, now I have one more bag to finish this week for my sweet friend Sandy. Her bag is turning out soooo lovely , I saved some special lace for it. I will be sure to give you all a sneek peek after she sees it. The hat is so special, in person it's just ahhhh.... the last piece is a wrap, I call it the Parisian Gypsy , another piece that came out of the time machine:) Well, besides being sick from the pollen , any allergy sufferers out there? It was never a problem in my younger days but ever since I hit 40 a few years back I have inherited all these weird ailments ! Oh well, til next time, thanks again for all the sweet comments I love to hear from you all!! Hugs, Kimberly

Antique Celing Tin Magic!

If you haven't stopped by my fathers new blog GOLDEN ERA ART please do so! Oh my I can't wait to see his new creations, he sent me a small camera photo of one new piece, all I could see were raised roses yikes! I'm so happy he is doing more with his artistic talent Bravo Daddy! Take a look and be sure to follow him, you don't want to miss a single piece:) Hows that for a plug lol Happy day, it's amazingly beautiful here in Jacksonville Fl I hope you all get your spring weather soon! Hugs, Kimberly

Couture 2010

So fancy right, Couture, something about that word is so rich and basically means its out of my price range :) I was so stunned at this piece, I worked on it little by little and it just came to life. Its so Royal yet tattered and worn, elegant old Battenberg lace ,soft wrinkled gauze, tea stained linen. The back is equally beautiful. Its what you would call a duster. Layer it over bloomers, jeans and boots, ohhh I have chills :) Its a beautiful art piece, not to toot my own horn, I just love it. hanks for looking today, birds are chirping in the background it's a lovely day. Sweet day to you all, hugs, Kimberly

Romantic Lace

Hi Friends! Last week I was visiting my family, my aunt Betsy came down from Rhode Island where I was born,by the way, lol I hadn't seen her in 11 years! She is still beautiful. Betsy was a beautiful Ballerina, she still carries herself as if she is still wearing those toe shoes! We had so much fun. When I returned went straight to my sewing room to work on some custom orders, below are a few I finished, they turned out lovely. Were getting ready to stock our website Paris Rags.com for spring summer. So many projects in the works in the way of designs. I have truly enjoyed designing and sewing these pieces using my collection of laces and linens. Thanks so much for stopping by, and thank you for the sweet comments, they truly keep me going! Love, Kimberly