To all who mourn in Israel, He will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. Isaiah 61:3

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Pink Blossom Easter Sunday Dress!



Good Sunday to you all!  I hope you had a most wonderfully blessed Easter!  I had a really fabulous day myself!  Celebrating Resurrection Sunday at church, worshiping the risen King, spending time with my incredible and fun family, getting stuffed on the most fabulous ham I have ever put in my mouth, hiding Easter Eggs for kids who are almost too old to go on Easter Egg hunts, sitting in my parents' backyard in the shade and eating yummy cake made by mom, laughing my head off at the fun stories that are told over and over.  Ya, my day was most satisfying!  

Another fun thing that I did today was do an exceedingly fast fashion shoot with my Colton taking the pictures.  Right after church and before we left for mom and dad's, we drove around looking for the perfect blooming trees to use as back drops for the dress I made for Easter Sunday!

It all started back last summer when I saw this seriously beautiful, fun and PINK floral print cotton at Wal-Mart,  I really liked it and would always pet it when in the store.  I knew it would make a perfect summer dress, but then when I was doing my mad 1930s research a few months ago, I came across the perfect inspiration image and the fabric of the dress was so close to my Wal-Mart fabric I totally freaked out!  The inspiration dress is more peach, but I prefer pink to peach, so that was just fine by me!  I also noted that the blouse portion of the dress could totally be made using Wearing History's 1930s Day or Evening Blouse Pattern if I altered the collar and added an outside placket.  Perfection!!!!!!!

Fast forward to recently.  Driving around this spring, I saw all the wonderful pink and white blossoms bursting forth on all the spring blooming trees.  Oh my giddy aunt!  Photo shoot perfection!! Then I recalled that Easter was coming up...

Fabulous pink fabric + blossoming spring trees + Easter =

We Must Make This Dress NOW!!!!

So....slowly but surely, my Pink Blossom Easter Sunday Dress was made!!  

Then I got all self conscious and didn't know if I wanted to wear it to church...with the make-up...and the gloves...and the HAT!!!

You see, I'm a "wear jeans and nice blouse to church" kinda gal.  So, wearing a dress, that is vintage looking is waaaaaaaay out of my comfort zone!  But after some great council from my fabulous husband (I could wear my dress that I made specifically for Easter Sunday to church as an offering to the King we were celebrating!  Huzzah!!!) I decided to wear my dress!  I'm so glad I did!  It was more comfortable than I thought it would be and the shoes were even comfy!  I am so loving this era and it's happy cotton fabrics that I am so wanting to make more and will possibly be wearing them to church in the future!

So, on to the flowers.  The print on the fabric shows beautiful blossoms, probably cherry, but really, they could be any blossoms!  I had an hour before we had to leave for the parents' and so Colton and I set off to find some trees.  Happily one subdivision offered up two blossom colors and the third color was found off a semi busy road on the way home!  We were crazy running people and I'm sure passers by got quite the laugh!

Thank you to my wonderfully talented son for the great pictures!  You are a rock star!!!




Inspiration image and my dress!




Wearing History's Pattern that I altered to make my dress!  




Flowers of White




Yikes!  Sun Washout!  Oh well...the trees were fabulous!











Flowers of Dark Pink













Flowers of Pale Pink












Well, there you have it.  The craziness of Gina White.  I just never know when the inspiration to make something will strike and I'm so happy that this time around all the things that I envisioned in my mind totally worked well together!  

Have a wonderful week coming up everyone!  Next up?  Another 1930s dress.  Yup.  I have totally lost my mind!!

Blessings!

g

24 comments:

  1. Perfection for sure!!! Ahhh, I love this so much! How awesome to find fabric to match your inspirational image, it's so much fun when that happens!! And the trees look amazing too! Things are, very slowly, turning green here in New England. I can't wait for more color!!
    -Emily

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    1. Thank you so very much Emily! It was indeed to very fun to find this fabric! And not at a quilt shop at that! I hope that your trees are as lovely as ours were. They remind me of big fluffs of cotton candy!
      Blessings!
      g

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  2. What a fun collar on that dress! Our trees are slow to get going here. It's nice to see such luscious blooms in your photos.

    Best,
    Quinn

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    1. Thank you Quinn! That collar, shockingly, wasn't as much of a pain in the neck as I thought it would be. Some of the trees are losing their pinky goodness, but that's ok. More flowers are on their way!
      Blessings!
      g

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  3. Looks great! The dagged edges on that collar must have been a pain!

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    1. Thank you so much! I was thinking that the collar would be a pain, but it actually only took two tries to get it right! Shocking!!
      Blessings!
      g

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  4. I love this whole outfit and photoshoot! Great work. So perfect for Spring.

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    1. Thank you so much Breanna! It was a super fun day!
      Blessings!
      g

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  5. Just beautiful! A lovely Easter outfit, and the flowering trees set it off perfectly.

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    1. Thank you Cindy! I am so thrilled that the trees were still in lovely bloom!
      Blessings!
      g

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  6. This is so lovely, and what a perfect dress for Easter Sunday! All of your accessories and styling are so perfect, you look like you walked right out of the 30s! I think you're very well-suited to the era, and i look forward to seeing your next project :)

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    1. Thank you so much for your most encouraging compliment! This 1930s thing is still new so it's been fun doing research into the accessories and such. And I am also liking how this era fits, and how comfortable it is! No 7 layers of underwear under this era! Huzzah!!!
      Blessings!
      g

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  7. SO SPRING!! You have such talent for pulling together the most stunning outfits! From the accessories, to that snazzy collar and the beautiful blooms, perfection!!

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    1. Thank you so much sweet Anneliese! This has been such a fun era and I'm looking forward to wearing these dresses on a more regular basis!
      Blessings!
      g

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  8. I love it! So very Easter yay for dresses at church!!! You have many many more pretty blooming trees than we do, which goes on the Boise plus side. Also I love the photo on the sidewalk.... beautiful!! Huzzah my friend!!

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    1. Thank you so much my friend! Yes! Blooming trees is a great check on the Boise plus side! That sidewalk was so incredible in real life!!! Wish you could have been there with me!
      Blessings!
      g

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  9. This looks lovely! I love all the details you put into your garments, like the diamonds on the bodice here.
    I also just got a hat that looks really similar to yours! However, it looks much better on your face...

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    1. Oh what fun to have a hat similar! I LOVE this style of straw braiding! I can't wait to see yours in a blog post soon? Thank you so much for your very encouraging compliments!
      Blessings!
      g

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  10. Another fabulous outfit, and perfect for Easter! The collar is amazing, and I love the detailing on the bodice front. I'm so glad your husband persuaded you to wear it to church.

    Also - great photos again!

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    1. Thank you so much BT! I too am happy that Greg persuaded me to wear it. It was quite fun! And I'll pass on your compliment to my Colton!
      Blessings!
      g

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  11. SO beautiful! It's definitely SO VERY PINK but that just WORKS, and you did a wonderful job as always in the creation! Lovely!

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    1. It is so very pink! Like bubble gum pink but somehow it does work for this era! Thank you Crystal!
      Blessings!
      g

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  12. That is so sweet looking, and you do it so well, right down to the little details of trims, hat, gloves, and LIPSTICK too!
    Val

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    1. Thank you Val! This very basic, very low maintenance gal had a super hard time wearing the lipstick! hahahahaha! But it was fun!
      Blessings!
      g

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